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Again you can borrow the anytone. Jack knows a lot about 11m, so consult with him before you jump. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

Also have a 10m hamstick on a quick disconnect. It will tune 11m just fine. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

Wanna borrow mine to try? Your ft891 is capable of you mars mod it. I think. Plus Jack has a sirio on the back of his vic. Not sure what radio it is attached to. I think it is a President with fm. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

Not yet sadly. Have a radio capable. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

Let me expand. Phone = voice (Mostly fm modulation, some are going to be digital aka dstar,p25,fusion,dmr,nxdn) Ssb = am single sideband voice Am = self expantory Data = digitl packets aka ft8, ft4 for the most part Rtty = radio teletype Image = slow scan images All of this is covered in the technician amateur radio license material. If you want more ino. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

Phone mostly fm modulation. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

I resemble that remark. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

I have yet to see any state enforce it. Some states even just mark it as a secondary offense. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

Did some further research. Although the law does not spell out "you can use a radio". They tried hard to limit it to "cellular mobile devices". I think you are safe. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(wdrt4cb1pq0li15ad1tplx3q))/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&objectname=mcl-257-602b "257.602b Reading, typing, or sending text message on wireless 2-way communication device prohibited; use of hand-held mobile telephone prohibited; exceptions; "use a hand-held mobile telephone" defined; violation as civil infraction; fine; local ordinances superseded." NOTE: "use of hand-held mobile telephone prohibited" I am not of advocate of texting even with APRS devices. It's tedious even when standing still. So as long as you aren't texting, or reading on your Garmin or ham APRS rig you SHOULD be completely fine. Consult a lawyer to be safe, then put them on rerainer. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

Here in Maryland, they specifically exclude radio handsets. The logic was if they didn't, every first responder could be violating the law otherwise. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

Not really, but height would. No real magic in antennas, especially from manafacturer to manafacturer. Hence, why you see similar bandwidth and gain values. But if you can get the antenna above the ridgeline, then you will see improvements. Maybe even huge gains in reception and transmission distances. Once up there you can look at yagia (trade more gain for losing omni direction pattern) etc and all the usualy yada yada. Your antenna can only really get out to places it can "see". Sounds also like your antenna is very obstructed by the house. Usual recommendations are try to get ²/3 of the antenna above any near field obstructions at least. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

Not bad really for 9:1 swr. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

What's the power fold back like on the swr meter? Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

Sounds right. Could also just set output to csq/none. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

Yeah heard the weather was just about perfect. They did say that the infield was a mess. But it was just the design of it. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

Bluetooth works fabolous for programming. Haven't had an error yet during programming. But the radio is close and fully charged. Only negative with this style of programming is you plow through the battery life. Bluetooth works well with the headset. There is no separate bluetooth profile for PTT buttons, so that is kinda out. I believe there is a bluetooth hand mic that will work but its from Harris (might be a Pyrme retag) and it is expensive as well as rare. Radio has been working great. Its my go to radio, was a BF8HP then a Anytone 878uvii +, now it is the Harris. The biggest cons are no APRS, duh. No Bluetooth PTT profile. Cost and Weight. I was told a guy at Dayton had a cache from a police department of the XG100P. They were full feature set, new in box, with the charger, battery and antenna. One of my friends said the serial numbers and feature set matched the invoice which was in box. He was letting people buy "1" for around $450. He said the line was incredibly long (of course it was) God I wish i could of gotten one. But I didn't even go.

It is rough... since yes it's 2x the cost of a tram/browning of similar design. But built at a different level. So might as well throw it out there, especially with "best" being at the top of the list. He will have to decide his budget. I think the Diamond is a better antenna. But I WANTED survivability, which influenced my choice heavily. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

Unfortunately ³/4 wave on 70cm. My testing showed.. meh. Going to buy another to mount as 1/4 vhf, cut down to fit a ⁵/8 gmrs coil. I need the flexibility. Plus a lot cheaper then 2x sti flexi. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

If you can run a 1/2, 5/8 over 5/8. You can get both bands nicely. 31" sounds like a lot but if it is a flexible type then it won't matter. Can't tell you how much abuse my larsen 2/70b took when it was on the roof of my suburban. Most parking garaged by me are 6' to max 7' clearances. Now try to add gmrs into the antenna mix. Slim pickings and most are incredibly stiff to get the coverage from 2m-70cm-gmrs. They end up being chunky inflexible antennas with barely acceptable performance. Nowadays I try to avoid tri-band antennas. They sacrifice too much, especially in performance. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

Should mention 18-20" 2m antenna is going to be 1/4 wave and 3/4 on 70cm. They will almost always require a groundplane. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

Really kinda tough like Marc says. Mainly because 1/2 wave 2m ⁵/8 over ⁵/8 uhf is going to be about 31". Really, any 1/4 wave 2m , 3/4 70cm antenna will work. ³/4 wave is just terrible from my real world testing but mostly on the transmit side, it received well. So any of the company's that build it will work equally (about) as well. Tram browning larsen etc. They are all going to about 18-20 inches. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

Yes lscott. Those are additional benefits. Another one is most large retailers have cheap frs radios on the shelf. Alot of the are gmrs capable. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

Covid. Combination of people stuck at home and lowering of gmrs license cost. Are big factors. Some migrated from cb, which really is a shit storm 80-90% of the time now adays. I know of 6-7 people whom left cb and went gmrs. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

We actually are doing that here because of multiple repeaters on the same frequency with different tones. Lots of cross repeater chat going on now. Just gotta let the repeaters all drop before next person keys. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

Could be why i was told to disable it. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk