OffRoaderX
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Its not.. i've caught 2 people jamming our local repeater in the last few month.. Turned out that both were supposed 'friends' ... It seems that radios just attract a certain kind of assholery.
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For the power, are you measuring the power directly out of the radio, or out of the duplexer? For the low-volume radio, are you certain that the radio programmed to the rep15 channel is transmitting in WIDEband, and that both your KG-1000s are also set at WIDEband?
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Did they explain how the radios hack into and connect to a WiFi with a password? PS - I am not only a Navy Pilot, but also an Army General, so you should listen to what I say.
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I just did what the words on the direction-sheet said to do - dont over think it.
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I have a 1486 that I have used with my KG1000G, my XTL5000, my repeater made of two KG1000Gs and my VXR7000 repeater. it works very well - on simplex i'm getting 40+ miles with it. Per the instructions I cut all 3 elements, and IIRC, the SWR was about 1.01:1 . Ignore anyone that tells you to not follow the manufacture's instructions how how/what to cut.
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...just please.. for the love of Xenu, do not do it in the middle of a conversation - wait for them to finish.
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In all seriousness the company itself says it is pronounced: woo-shun - like Ocean, but with woo (ryhms with so) in front of it.
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BoofWhang
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Not all repeater owners listen to their repeater 24/7. I rarely listen to mine.
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The refrigerator.. They always jump under the refrigerator...
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There is no protocol in GMRS, but most people consider a repeater that uses the travel tone to be 'open' .. If it was ME, i would start using it until someone complains. The worst thing that will happen is someone complains...
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Have you tried searching for videos on Youtube for the specific things you dont understand?
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It depends.. on many factors... BUT: If you will be installing it on your roof, a large fiberglass type "base" antenna like the Tram1486 is probably a better choice as it will perform better and does not require a ground-plane. If you just want to put it in the window, then the MXTA26 is probably a better choice as it is smaller and will fit in the window better than a 5-8Ft long fiberglass type base antenna and you can slap a pie-pan under it for the groundplane.
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The MXTA26 was my preferred antenna when using my KG-1000G in my Jeep, it is still the preferred antenna on my Jeep now that I use a Motorola XTL5000, and is the preferred antenna that i use with the KG-1000G PLUS that I use as a mini-base in my office.
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Both Jeeps have Motorola XTL5000 radios, I carry a XTS2500 when running around on foot outside the Jeep, for the couch I use an XTS5000, and as my base-station, an XTL5000.. All for GMRS and encrypted comms..
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He's now giving approvals to people that request access, but not including the tone/any info.. This will make for a poor user-experience for MyGMRS users.. I hope @rdunajewskior someone can do something about it.
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"good" is entirely subjective and depends on what "good" means to you, so you're only going to get a bunch of people telling you what THEY have/what THEY think is good for them. So I'll start: In both my Jeeps I have Motorola XTL5000s.. To me they are good, so I i highly recommend one.
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I have not noticed that, but I did notice that you just signed up here and that was only your 4th post and you're already being a dickhead.
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This is not the case with any of the radios I've dealt with having the audio issue discussed in this thread. FYI: posting the same incorrect information multiple times wont make the information any less wrong.
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The audio problem is caused by the Automatic Gain Control (AGC) being a bit aggressive. Everyone I know that has this issue is able to improve it by not holding the mic so close to their mouth and holding it at a slight angle from their mouth (instead of directly in front of their mouth) so they aren't "popping" their Ps and Ts.
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This new listing: https://mygmrs.com/repeater/6937 is not owned by @WRWI949 and should be removed. It is a copy of-> https://mygmrs.com/repeater/5340 owned by me/my group. Posting here in hopes that @rdunajewski sees it - If there is another/better way to report a repeater please let me know.
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If the receiving radio has no receive-tone set, it will still hear the transmission. If the receiving radio has a different tone set, or of the receiving radio had a tone set, but the transmitting radio is not sending any tone, then receiving radio would not hear it.
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Assuming you are hearing this through a repeater: You may not have the right tone or you have it wrong/backwards in your radio (TX instead of RX and visa-versa) You may not be in range of the repeater - just because you can hear it does not mean it can hear you You are hearing a repeater but transmitting on the simplex channel not the "repeater" channel Probably other things i'm not thinking of
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GMRS Travel Channel (rant 2 of 3) Frequency choice criteria
OffRoaderX replied to kirk5056's topic in General Discussion
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Virtually all repeaters will have an input tone - that is the tone that you transmit to the repeater. The output tone which is the tone for receiving is optional. Some repeaters dont use one, even if they do, putting it on your radio is optional to help block-out other noise/traffic on the same channel. TL;DR - If it has just one tone/code, put it on the TX of your radio
