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  1.    gortex2 reacted to a post in a topic: New to GMRS - neighborhood watch
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  10. AdmiralCochrane
    Mostly but not completely so. A radio that wastes a lot of RF on off-frequency harmonics is not putting that energy on the center frequency. 97% of your RF on center frequency or 79% on center frequency? Granted, 50% is sufficient at normal/close ranges.
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  12. AdmiralCochrane
    Can you explain why you say this?
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  14. AdmiralCochrane
    There is made in China and there is CHEAP made in China.
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    One of my regrets is not having met Bob since he only lived a few miles from me. APRS.fi domain suffix is fi because Bob's family is from Finland and he was obviously proud of the fact. The English equivalent of Bruninga is Burns. Farther on to the APRS location idea, even with regular ham APRS, you would have to be within range of a receiver. If one is outside of cell coverage, you would also likely be outside of APRS receivers. Paired location data legal GMRS radios would have to be within regular simplex range and would offer no particular advantage other than battery life for the radio sending the data.
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  25. AdmiralCochrane
    Another example of line of sight being more important than distance ... on 70cm (GMRS is the adjacent 65cm band), I have heard a station 250 miles away on a regular basis when I plan on listening. I don't know exactly what their antenna is, but I know their radio has a maximum of 25 watts transmit output.
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  27. AdmiralCochrane
    The million dollar question, Dr Brothers, is "Who will you talk to?"
  28. AdmiralCochrane
    Distance doesn't matter if there is line of sight. I hit a repeater 17 miles away as well as one 5 miles away because the 17 mile away antenna has a GREAT location.
  29. AdmiralCochrane
    The one you are thinking of is not so much Baofeng use as it is SHTF combat radio strategy.
  30. AdmiralCochrane
    The antenna should have its own ground rod to avoid the length to the house ground rod. You want any problem with the antenna to get to the earth as soon as possible and not travel around Robin Hood's Barn to get there.
  31. AdmiralCochrane
    As an amateur musician I always remember A=440 No trick or treaters on the busy highway I live on, too dangerous.
  32. AdmiralCochrane
    Lack of available RAM
  33. AdmiralCochrane
    I've never made a simplex greater than 12 miles. I guess all my radios are garbage.
  34. AdmiralCochrane
    There may be a local or regional group on Facebook that can help you.
  35. AdmiralCochrane
    Voltage vs amperage doesn't matter, it's the wattage/heat. That is the primary reason you can (almost always) get away with it for short transmit cycles. I don't recall a damaged final that appeared to have pure breakdown due to overvoltage. Also pretty sure if it was voltage that mattered, there would be more instantaneous damage vs damage over time (heat buildup).
  36. AdmiralCochrane
    And Marine and Air band and MURS and VHF Business band and railroad band and ... and ... and ...
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