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I like to think of it as a podium with a built in toilet for those times you have to poop during an important speech. 
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I think those 2 ideas together raise a big red flag.
Maybe it's a perfectly fine antenna at a good price...but I'd trust almost anyone's data more than the guy who's trying to sell the thing to me. 

given the distortion, and some of the reports elsewhere of cheap intercoms from amazon operating where they shouldn't be, the possibility also comes to mind of it being a harmonic of something operating lower down in the UHF range.

That is a definite possibility as most cheap electronics from overseas does not meet FCC regulations nor are they actually FCC certified. I went round and round with a neighbor over her ultrasonic pest deterrent devices. I should not have been able to hear them. Not only could I hear them but they cause severe pain in my ears and behind my eyes. And those devices also caused interference with my HF radios too.

given the distortion, and some of the reports elsewhere of cheap intercoms from amazon operating where they shouldn't be, the possibility also comes to mind of it being a harmonic of something operating lower down in the UHF range.

given the distortion, and some of the reports elsewhere of cheap intercoms from amazon operating where they shouldn't be, the possibility also comes to mind of it being a harmonic of something operating lower down in the UHF range.

@gortex2 and @BoxCar both good suggestions. I like fabricating so I’d probably go the piece of metal route myself. You can even buy a disc with an 3/4 NMO hole already from Antenna Farm or they have this powder coated steel disc that has a sticky back to use with a mag mount.
They have Laird “no ground plane” antennas in the 450-750 MHz range also which might work well with the roll bar mount though I have no personal experience with them. 

The TRC-24 CB would be during the late 60s/early 70s. I believe the 40 channel CBs came out during the mid to late 70s.

I'm a driver's ed instructor. I had a kid a few weeks ago go "Did you know there are some traffic lights that have sensors for firetrucks and ambulances?"
"Yep, that's definitely a thing," I reply.
"Yeah! And if you flash your headlights really fast, it'll trigger the sensor!"
"Well...you were half way right at least"
 

I still have a brand new, still in the box, Radio Shack TRC-24 23-Channel CB Radio. This is the model with the blank channel between channels 22 and 23, which was known as channel 22A back then, today that channel is the same channel as channel 24.  Back in the day, all you had to do was snip the black wire on the back of the channel switch and you had a private channel that other brand CBs didn't have.

i've got a 40 channel radio shack CB in the garage that gets turned on occasionally (with a mag mount antenna stuck on my vw), but it doesn't hear much.  also have a newer am/fm Presdent (Bill II, I think) that gets thrown in the truck for road trips.  
Actually have another trip coming up this weekend (Pacificon-bound), and I'll probably have the little Anytone and the CB on board with a couple of mag mounts on the roof.

i've got a 40 channel radio shack CB in the garage that gets turned on occasionally (with a mag mount antenna stuck on my vw), but it doesn't hear much.  also have a newer am/fm Presdent (Bill II, I think) that gets thrown in the truck for road trips.  
Actually have another trip coming up this weekend (Pacificon-bound), and I'll probably have the little Anytone and the CB on board with a couple of mag mounts on the roof.

i've got a 40 channel radio shack CB in the garage that gets turned on occasionally (with a mag mount antenna stuck on my vw), but it doesn't hear much.  also have a newer am/fm Presdent (Bill II, I think) that gets thrown in the truck for road trips.  
Actually have another trip coming up this weekend (Pacificon-bound), and I'll probably have the little Anytone and the CB on board with a couple of mag mounts on the roof.

I was at an event and heard them calling for exams...FREE. Got me. I have been reading and half studying and figured what the hell...WAALAA! KR4FHF/AG. I have been beating my G90 up since, 20m, 40m, 80m

I learned how to inspect a webpage to see what port is needed. 🤗
For the MyGMRS forums it appears port 443 is required. If that’s not your issue I don’t know what is. Sorry. I did report it to Rich though. 
 
You might try just the ip address. It’s 44.212.202.2
or including the port 44.212.202.2:443

Ah, forgot that one, my apologies. Iirc, commercial was forced to narrowband effective January 2013, hence that limitation.
Before you start the software, jump into the windows settings and turn off syncing with Internet time. Then set your system date to something before 2013 (i tended to use the current date, but dial the year back to 2005). Start the software, and it should now let you have wideband options.

Thank you!!! that helped out a lot. I got it programmed and working. The only thing that I couldn't figure out was the bandwidth. I could only program for Narrow on all channels. But it's up and working.

I stumbled upon it as we were traveling north on 101 a few days ago so I was looking up repeaters in the area. I made the connection between this and San Joaquin once I started reading the comments or yeah I wouldn’t have thought it was the same either.
I’m heading back down later today so I’ll see if I can hit it around King City though it’s still listed as off line so I’m not counting on it. I have it programmed in still as San Joaquin in my radio but I don’t think I’ve ever heard it before in its previous location. It still has the same tones listed. 

Thanks for the update ...I saw that one on the map, but since the location didn't match I didn't scroll down to the comments.

Honestly, I haven't kept an ear on things, so I haven't heard in a bit if it was up or down.
Was searching the repeater listings today, and wasn't even able to find it listed. last I remember, there was some wording on the listing about attempting to track down someone with knowledge of/access to the repeater, but can't see the listing now to see if that updated.

Thanks for the update ...I saw that one on the map, but since the location didn't match I didn't scroll down to the comments.

The name has changed and as of four months ago appears to be moving to a new home. If you scroll down in the comments you’ll see that it’s the same repeater formerly known as Joaquin Ridge but the name has changed to Hepsedam Peak. It’s listed as offline at the moment. 
Here is a quote from the site (I suspect they meant PAPA 32).
“Repeater has been removed Ham took over With PAPA31 Repeater So new Site Listed and should be up soon 2025“
 

Honestly, I haven't kept an ear on things, so I haven't heard in a bit if it was up or down.
Was searching the repeater listings today, and wasn't even able to find it listed. last I remember, there was some wording on the listing about attempting to track down someone with knowledge of/access to the repeater, but can't see the listing now to see if that updated.