Daedalus0101101

According to what some other people on here have posted FCC's Part 95 definition of a base station: "BASE STATION: A station at a fixed location that communicates directly with mobile stations and other base stations." In other words, by simplex. If you are using a radio at a fixed location through a repeater, such as with a mobile radio on a power supply on your desk, the FCC considers that a "control station". "CONTROL STATION: A station at a fixed location that communicates with mobile stations and other control stations through repeater stations, and may also be used to control the operation of repeater stations." My mobile unit will be a control station at that point.

Well its a good thing I plan on only using a repeater anyways then. There is a repeater that I hit that's about 500 AGL and reaches out about 60miles ( or more). I've used my HT to talk on it with people, but 5w and a not so great antenna from an apartment makes it a bit hard. 20w and a good antenna should do me just fine which is why I need a mobile as all HT GMRS are limited to 5w.

When I say base station, I am meaning a mobile unit that I am going to use like a base station. I want to have a better unit at home to clear up the scratchy bit and sound more clear and legible. I think its odd that its referred to as a Mobile unit though. Obviously me saying an iCom 7300 is definitely overkill for GMRS, but it would be nice if someone made a unit in the style of it though. Intended to be used primarily from a table or something. I do plan on going for my AARL license at some point and it would be nice to have something like the 7300 that I can use for that but would also work on the GMRS frequencies. Thanks for the antenna suggestions guys. I'll definitely give them a look. I only plan to use about 20w from my apartment though. 40w when its in the car and the antenna is most definitely above me.

Greetings everyone, I am hoping to get an antenna recommendation for someone that lives in an apartment. I have a HT that can hit my local repeater, but people say that its a bit scratchy and I have to be right next to my window to get good signal for transmit. I am looking to get a mobile station ( home base station.....why are there no radios like the iCom 7300 for GMRS??) and want a good antenna with a ground plane already on it. I won't be able to mount the antenna outside and/or punch holes through the walls for a cable being in an apartment, so I'm looking for something that can be inside near the window. Already have power and my mobile unit (at least my first one) picked out, just need an antenna. Thanks in advance David