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I agree. I usually use a Smiley 5/8 5" 465 MHz or a Laird G4650BN 10" commercial 450-470 MHz depending on my mood I keep the 771G handy in case I want that extra bit of oomph to my signal I also agree on the BNC, with adapters I can have the h-t on the 1/4 wave in the mobile, but I can grab it and switch back to portable mode to carry it with me with just a couple of twists + pulls/pushes

Personally, I prefer to buy from the radio stores for my equipment, I don't support Amazon or the big box stores I prefer to support the radio stores, whether they're individual shops [R&L, Chatt Radio, The Antenna Farm] or small chains [HRO], plus I believe that the stores are going to make sure that they sell genuine brands, not knock-offs or counterfeits I've purchased from Signal Stuff also, he's not a store but an individual [with helpers] I apologize for hijacking the thread, we now return you to the original topic

I think that I'll wait for some user reviews IF someone finds that the F30G surpasses the 771G, I'll consider one, I'm about quality & performance, not "tacticool" For me, 30" would be unwieldy for EDC, my favorite radios are only 4-4½" in height I think that I would have that antenna/radio combo clipped to my belt, on my backside with a speaker mike 73

And, IMO, The White Knight 73

I have a limit of 5 characters on one of my h-ts, so I had to get a little creative, I have a half way decent memory for airport id's, so, Clearwater is CLW, Sarasota is SRQ, Tampa is TPA, etc I personally prefer to alphabetize the id's by location/city/town in ascending order, then if there's more than one repeater in an area, I use the frequency after the ID, so: CLW 550, CLW 600, SRQ 650, TPA 575, TPA 725, etc On the 5 character h-t, it cuts off the 3rd digit, but that's ok, CLW60, SRQ65, TPA57, or TPA72, I can work with that, the 3rd digit is always going to be 0 or 5 73

Most store ops are on MURS, they used to have Ritron h-t's, now they use Motorola configured exclusively for them I don't know what radios the drivers use, or if all of them have one, but usually it's so they can back up to the dock & say "management, Wal-Mart driver is at grocery receiving" since the stores are so busy & short-staffed, either no one answers the phone or there's no one in receiving to hear the truck arrive If it's on the drivers nickel, I doubt that they're going to spring for a MURS mobile, antenna & install 73 to everyone

Between your experience & what I've read about the new IC-T10 h-t [everyone likes it, but thinks that it's overpriced], I'm starting to reconsider my wish that Icom would get back into GMRS equipment Last month I was lucky enough to pick up a used F21GM for $49.00, I just have to source an aftermarket battery for it, new Icom batteries cost more than I paid for the h-t I apologize for derailing the MURS topic 73 to all

I found this online https://www.businessformtemplate.com/preview/Amateur_Radio_Station_Log It's available in .doc format Any word processor that reads & writes .doc files will let you edit the file to your needs &/or wants Or you can just design your own using tables in a word processor [that's what I did] The fields that I have are: name - call sign - QTH - repeater [that I spoke with them on] - notes Or a spreadsheet will probably work also Whatever works best &/or easiest is up to the user, you can always change it or update it later on 73

Flagship 675 is part of North Georgia GMRS I believe that they state that their repeaters are open to "transient" users, so as a traveler, as someone passing through that area, I don't think that they'd give you any grief A few years ago, I was vacationing north of Chattanooga, & I checked into their weekly net as a guest on the Lookout Mountain repeater Other repeater owners may not be as open to travelers, you'll have to find out with each one 73, Happy New Year & enjoy your hike

If you need or want more range, instead of higher power output, look at better antennas Your antenna is what gets your signal out, & brings the other stations signals in to you It doesn't matter how much power you're pushing, if you don't have a good antenna, whatever power you do have will either go nowhere or not as far as it could, & will be wasted, & you won't get the range that you want or need, & you may not receive the other stations as well as you could Stock antennas on h-t's are generally 'OK', good for close in work, or if you're not a zillion miles away from the repeater Many users [myself included] have upgraded their h-t antennas with the Nagoya NA-771G which is tuned specifically for the GMRS channels, it's on the long side at 15 inches, but the improvement you gain is worth it

My goof, when I searched, I didn't look at all the results well enough I quoted the N connector for a TRA4503P I did see the detail about the ground plane being necessary I was getting ready for work when I was reading the forums & responded, I rushed & I goofed I apologize for my mistake

From what I searched, the 4500 is NMO base which is what you want for mobile antenna mounts The 4503 is N female which is usually used for base/fixed locations 73

Icom used to have the F21GM h-t, I forgot when they discontinued it Now Icom is offering two new MURS h-t's I'm hoping that they get back into GMRS with a new h-t [I'd love to see a GMRS mobile from Icom also]

If I'm understanding you correctly [if I'm not, please tell me], you want to change back & forth between two different NMO style antennas on a NMO magnetic mount Yes you can: I have a Jetstream brand NMO mag mount, & I've interchanged a Larsen tri-band, a Larsen quarter-wave, now I have an E/M Wave tri-band, & an E/M Wave quarter-wave, all four fit the mount NMO is NMO physically, at least on the antennas & mount that I have

How do you think I feel? Two of mine have 1000 channels & one has 4000

Some of the NGGMRS repeaters are tagged with: Open to all transient users. permission required for local and regular users. A few years ago, I was in Hixson/North Chattanooga & was a guest on their weekly net on the Lookout Mountain machine It looks like they reopened the .700 machine, it wasn't activated when I was there, only the Lookout .650 & the non-linked Chattanooga .600 were live While you're there, I would announce my call with 'traveling' or 'visiting' Hope my advice doesn't step on any toes 73

I just looked, they renewed it to August 1st, 2023 https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/405_Print.cfm?mode=current&application_seq=107450

I read a post over on radioreference awhile back, that there is a legit experimental licence for digital on GMRS, it's in Alameda, CA https://apps.fcc.gov/els/GetAtt.html?id=234790&x=

According to their website, CHIRP does support the RB75 https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home 73

It was sold by Radio Shack, #21-1850 I forgot what year or years it was offered I believe that they pop up on eBay every so often

On that note, I may enable 8-14 on my other 5 watt / 1 watt h-t as a 'just-in-case', they're already in my other two h-t's which are set at .2 watt low power [I know, I know, they all have detachable antennas...] Better to have them & never need them...

GMRS band center is 465 MHz [465.1375 if you're going to be precise] Repeater inputs center is 467.6375 which is FRS channel 11

Just trying to help here I don't have the KG-1000, so I don't know if this would be compatible, but it's the only desk mic that I've seen It's described as a 6-pin for the TYT 7800 & 9800, maybe it can be modified to work on other rigs https://store2.rlham.com/shop/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=127&products_id=75410&osCsid=1h8utjige5e9spidif1red8ij7 73

Per DX Engineering & RemTronix, the DJ-500TB has been discontinued by Alinco BUT, according to RemTronix, they persuaded Alinco to do another run of the 500TB, & they hope to have them in early December I was lucky enough to grab one from DX Engineering late last month I would keep checking DX Engineering, HRO, & Remtronix for the 500TB

Uh, no Bad catch on my part, I didn't look at the modes being used LAPD is P25, oops, My bad is a severe understatement [hanging my head in shame] At least LASO & LACoF are a mix of narrow band & wide band FM Send me to my room to reread Frequencies & Modes 101 again