OffRoaderX

Used Motorola XTL5000 - VERY good (LMR Part 90) radio.. Capable of 110watts, but of course you have to dial that back if on GMRS. VERY high selectivity and very high sensitivity.

Xenu shall reward you handsomely.

Its not really a 'hack' as much as it is putting the radio back to its natural state - the way Xenu intended. The video that I watched has a warning about not being able to UNdo it, in the info/description.

I heard a rumor that this video was made specifically to disprove comments that a few "experts" in this very forum seem to regurgitate on almost a daily basis. But, probably just a rumor..

The only people responsible for people who try this are the people that try this.

That guy is a clown, but let me explain what he is saying - since "some people" have a real problem grasping the underlaying message because it is not spelled-out literally enough for their defective brains to process. If you go online (in this forum for example, other forums, YouTube comments, reddit, etc) "some people" teach us that if you ever transmit without an antenna, for any length of time, ever, in any way, it will destroy, or at a minimum damage your radio - No ifs, ands or butts: push button with no antenna = destroyed radio. That video, and the video demonstrating the same thing on an HT (both videos use the "cheap Chinese junk"/CCR radios), show that the common lore of "push button no antenna = dead radio" is not necessarily true. The video does not suggest that people try it, or make a habit of doing it, it specifically says to NOT do it. The video simply demonstrates that the common internet lore spread by "experts", has at least a few exceptions. But unfortunately "some people" interpret the video as "he says you should always use your radio with no antenna" - which, if they actually watched the video and understand the English language, they would understand that is not what was said or even inferred. Both the "experts" and "some people" have come out of the wood-work in the comments on both videos explaining all the reasons, exceptions, etc, why neither of the test radios were damaged - all proving the point that they are trying to disprove. Also, FYI, it seems that it is "some people" that seem to be upset/most angry about the video - claiming fraud, trick editing, other fairy-tales, which is very entertaining - its as though their worlds just fell apart.

Just FYI, in case you were not already aware -IF you are already aware, then disregard: Transmitting on the KG1000G at high power while connected through a lighter-plug will likely pop the lighter fuse AND/OR melt the lighter plug. I'm not just playing internet-expert and regurgitating internet lore I have seen both occur with my own two eyeballs and the KG1000G user-manual also says pretty much the same thing. Keep it at low/medium, and this will likely not occur. source: my eyeballs and the product user manual

The KG-1000G setup will have more output but a "real" repeater like the VXR7000 with only half the power, has much better (almost 2X) range - probably because the internal shielding which reduces desense, and the better/high-quality duplexer.. you COULD spend the extra money on a KG1000 setup for a better quality duplexer, but that gets costly. The Retevis outputs far less power than either setup, but gets about the same range as the KG1000 setup.. Roughly 30-40 miles to a mobile radio, even further to a base-radio.

After having built a repeater with two KG-1000g's, which is a great learning experience, it would be much cheaper and and easier to get something like a Retevis RT97 or a used Vertex VXR 7000.

You are wrong. Just because you can't do it, does not mean nobody can. Unless maybe my Wouxun($79), BTech ($49), and Baofeng($30) HTs don't count as "CCR" radios - all of which talk 80 miles to a repeater.

Thank goodness!

"never" means "never" .. I reiterate what Mr Spaz says about speaking in absolutes.. This is one of the reasons why many people dont trust "online experts".. or, make fun of them.

I've talked to a repeater 80 miles away on an HT.

It may be that the repeater uses "reverse burst" so you may not hear the kick-back..but to be sure, try removing your RX tone (which is optional anyway). If you still aren't hearing anyone talking then you might be out of range. 80 miles is a stretch.

Where I come from, our nets are FUN! A weekly net also proves that the radio, repeater, and noise-holes still work.

Why do those sound so familiar?

That cant work, for the reasons you stated, and to back that up, I tried it. You either need two antennas or the amp has to be before the duplexer, which in this particular case would kill the duplexer.

You wont notice much difference between say, 20W and 50W in most scenarios, most of the time. The extra power might help penetrate through buildings and things like that, but, most of the time, on average, there is not a huge, if any difference. One example: Just recently I was testing a UHF mobile radio (XTL5000 for those interested) operating just above the GMRS frequencies. At about 90 miles, I was able to hit a repeater at 50Watts with a signal of about 3 out of 10 on the receiving end. Bumping the power up to 110W, made no audible difference in my signal strength or quality.

Just for fun, someone should contact BuyTwoWayRadios.com, the largest distributor of Wouxun GMRS Radios in the United States, and ask THEM what the official GMRS Road/Travel channel is now...... Get ready to hear heads explode... ..You're welcome..

You might be able to turn it off, but i was too lazy to look it up.

Damn long-talkers... I see the random numbers on mine from time to time. Not sure if its supposed to happen, but it doesn't bother me.

Your image isnt showing for me, so I can't see it, but the 935G is able to read DTMF tones and sometimes you'll see those if it incorrectly "hears" something it thinks is a tone.. Mine does this from time to time. Does it always do it with long transmissions, or only sometimes?

The software is pretty easy to use and the radio is pretty simple.. My suggestions are dont unplug the radio when you're uploading to it, and dont drop it in the bathtub.. Those are about the only ways you'd be able to mess it up.. If you had got a 935G you would be able to catch it on fire (I seen it on Yootoob!), but I wouldnt try that with the 905G

As per the user-manual Page 67, Menu option #47 will do a factory reset - If that doesn't fix it up, it's probably borked. If you did bork it, I dont think BuyTwoWayRaidios.com will cover a user-generated problem like that, but it wouldn't hurt to call and ask what they can do.

NyQuil is a helluva drug.