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There are a great many Part 90 organizations with multiple FRNs and licenses for the same physical location. Police departments are primary culprits.

Are you certain the DB-25 is putting out full power? Also, measure the power from the radio at the antenna connector. You could have a bad connector at either end of the cable.

I take it the aluminum angle work is bolted to the van roof so mounting the antenna to the center aluminum piece running crosswise would work. Virtually any metallic surface will act as a ground plane for an antenna.

Narrowbanding was mandated after 1/1/2013 so any time in 2012 works as well.

Perhaps if the major manufacturers had DMR radios the CCR market wouldn't have as deep an inroad into the ham market. Each has their own digital scheme and they are incompatible with the others. The CCRs provide hams with equipment that works across brands and, once it's configured, works well enough. Yes, they could buy public safety grade radios but they lack the flexibility to connect with a multitude of available DMR repeaters.

The money paid for spectrum, like fines and fees, goes to the treasury, not the FCC. They only get the headache of enforcing it.

There are several computer-based radio log book programs however, they are all targeted to hams.

It'll be fixed in 5 minutes. (That's after they find the problem.)

The main point will be to keep short bends out of the cable body and use some sort of boot or strengthening at the connectors. If your are truly worried, use an ultra-flex cable but you still need to protect the connector ends.

That is like asking which radio is best. It depends on what's desired and what's needed. As you are the first in your area, you'll want an antenna that gives the best coverage over the area. That's why many use a DB for its radiation patterns, gain and reliability.

I'm truly sad you had a bad experience with some hams. Try the local club for additional help and assistance on getting a license if you are still interested. The club president is Anthony Casciato and his contact is (414) 550-0444, email is KX3H.radio at gmail.

Getting wet is probably the reason. Depending on where and how it got wet may have left debris inside or you didn't wait long enough for the radio to fully dry. Leaving the radio in a warm (100+) temperature for 48 - 72 hours would help ensure water was gone.

You can also fix a metal plate to the fiberglass roof that's about one foot on each side through glue or bolts and use it. You can also drill through the plate to have the coax inside the cab. The ground plane for the antenna does not need to be connected to the body.

Without a written opinion from the FCC the use of a Part 90 radio in Part 95 is strictly conjecture and should be evaluated as a personal opinion only.

That's what we need here, more enginears, injuneers, engineerz, - well, you get what I mean.

You can put the same entries into channels 20 - 22 freeing 28-30 for other entries but you wouldn't have names unless you can change the default name.

Radio Reference is a site I barely used in 10 years doing Part 90.20 and 90.35 frequency work. A lot of the info on the site is available elsewhere but not as organized. If you want to know what frequencies are licensed for a particular agency, it is a good resource as some have multiple FRNs they use. Is it worth the money? That's something only a user could answer.

you can't change or set an offset on FRS channels and the repeater channels are fixed at +5 MHz.

You can also use a J-Pole as it has an integral ground plane.

I ask how much are they willing to pay me for carrying their advertising.

There's a difference in your scenarios than what you originally posted. In your scenarios he is not using the repeater to carry on a conservation with another party but attempting to contact the "proper" authority.

So, taking your comment further about using someone else's property, you think you have the right to use anything you wish until a "proper authority" tells you otherwise. Your attitude regarding this is disturbing to me and probably many others as well. Just because a repeater is up and you find the codes needed to use it doesn't give you the right to use it. That attitude could be seen as theft of services as you do not have a right to access the system. With only a few channels set aside for repeaters and published codes that could be set, unlocking any repeater is possible. You could also scan the airwaves around you and unlock WiFi systems and use their Internet connection or the codes necessary to access someone's home systems. Your attitude about what is yours and your rights regarding electronic communications needs some serious reconsideration.

While there is truth to the argument that increased power increases range, I have found that to not always be true in the real world. The range is governed by the antenna height because of the distance to the horizon. UHF doesn't follow the terrain so increased power nets out as increased coverage within the effective coverage area determined by the antenna type and height.

Uncle Yoda, If you want a definitive answer on fixed stations, ask the people that wrote the rule. The Wireless Bureau answers email enquiries every day and the answer is free. The key piece is that fixed stations are stations that are not used for normal communications in the GMR service. If a unit does more than communicate to more than one station the class of the station changes to either a base or control station. It's really very simple.