OffRoaderX

If you have not yet decided, the (new) Wouxun 905G is my new favorite. Water resistant (near waterproof) and double the battery.. Same simple interface as the 805G .. I have both, but the 905G is what i now use the most.

Can someone confirm that a properly bonded lighting arrester will also act as an RF/static ground for the coax? I'm thinking yes, but want to be sure.. And yes, I know that the mast must also be grounded/bonded, etc etc.. Just want to confirm that a good lighting arrester is the only other thing I need. TIA

I've got 2 Jeeps - In my 2012 JKU "NotARubicon" I have a Wouxun KG-1000G .. In the wife's 2006 LJ "IsARubicon" I put in a BTech GMRS 50X1 .. Happy with both, but the Wouxun is a far better radio.

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All the GMRS repeaters (both of them) in my area do station ID's .. one in CW ..

It was an exciting day!

My kind of guys!We wheel all over Southern California and lead groups of up to 150 Jeeps 1 or 2 times a year.. Here is a video from a trail we did in a place called Johnson Valley a couple of months ago .. I'm driving the orange Jeep:

Its not the tone/CTSS creating the potential issues you mention, it's stupid people that are too lazy to invest 3 minutes of their life to read the directions and learn/understand how their equipment works that are the problem..

if I was going to spend any real money on equipment, I would get a full ham radio and spend a few days studying to get the ham Technician license (as I am currently doing) .. Around here where I live, GMRS is dead and all the kids are hanging out CQing on 2-Meter..

Well that would be too easy, and take all the challenge out of it.. besides, I think that most people using these little hand-held bubble-wrap radios would have absolutely no clue what a tone is..

ok, thanks, that gives me a starting point at least.

if I am listening to an FRS channel and I hear my neighbors talking, but they are using a "tone" so that they dont hear me, is that a Transmit tone, or a Receiving tone that is blocking them from hearing me? So.. if I am listening to them and I want to use my radio to scan for their tone to program it into my radio so they can hear me, what am i scanning for? R-CTSS or T-CTSS ?

Figured I would jump in and introduce myself.. Just got my GMRS license last week.. I'm in So.California and we lead a lot of large off-road runs and more and more people are buying the bubble pack/FRS type radios so I got my license in hopes that I would be able to get a radio that would allow me to talk to them all with a higher-power radio/larger antenna for more range so I'm hoping my GMRS-V1 will do the job.. I've also been looking for local GMRS repeaters to use for SHTF situations, but not finding much in the area..