AdmiralCochrane

Hams in my area are completely friendly to GMRS. Maybe a reciprocity problem some places.

I wouldn't bring diffraction into the conversation. Most likely just an obstruction than different antenna pattern.

My present feline stockpile is worthless. I used to have one that would run toward the door and growl when someone approached, better than any dog I ever owned. His size helped too.

Impress me and tell me you've done Delaware

WOW the price on them sure has skyrocketed. I didn't pay anything close to that for mine.

$450 ccr?? Name one

That is exactly what "maximizes contact time" means

Doppler shift maximizes contact time and clarity, but you can listen to most high passes without worrying about it

Much the same in central Maryland. Out in the sticks ... there is a phrase with F's that applies

More like $200,000 than $20,000. Not sure you can use deadly force to protect property outside of Texas. There is only one post suggesting using deadly force.

Historically so, but side to side testing shows the current batch perform well and the Japanese brands remain the gold standard of perfection. In the field even experts rarely are able to discern the differences, only expensive sophisticated instrumentation consistently shows differences.

I have tried it on a 2m/70cm ham radio with noticeable success. There was perceptible increase in reception and transmit with the tiger tail pointed in the direction of the other station and 180° away and null or reduction at 90°. No real noticeable improvement just letting it hang. This was with a Baofeng UV3 with a Nagoya tri band antenna and the larger battery. It didn't make the Baofeng as good as my Kenwood TH6A without

My criticism is there are similar radios with the same features that cost less.

That is about overused resources. WRTC928 spoke of an underused resource.

I grew up riding in the back of a CJ-6. It was the first vehicle my brother crashed (I beat him by a few years with a '49 Studebaker and a phone pole, he only backed the trailer hitch thru the wooden door my father was standing behind). Neither incident resulted in any damage other than our pride. My father told us the 6 was based on the same frame as the M170 ambulance.

I use Mark site read and Unread Content on a regular basis. Sometimes setting the site cookie with Mark site read doesn't seem to clear and on my next visit Unread Content some things that have not had new comments for days or weeks (sometimes months) show up as unread. As if the server only had partial access to the history when I hit Mark site read. It is obvious when I thought I hit Mark site read but didn't, and content from those days or week that I didn't read shows up again. Not a problem, but a curiosity. Maybe a limit to how big the cookie can be?

Not entirely. Politeness should prevail. If no one is using the channel, use simplex if you want. If there is other traffic, pick another. That is why there is more than one channel in the service.

Are you saying there is shooting than just putting bullets in and pulling the trigger? jk

All true in general. This original poster told us about the trees around him. For him, it is most important to get over those trees. He didn't say anything about a 200 ft tower or hilltop. For him, my original advice stands.

Which antenna is much less important that trying to get it as high as you can. A "better" antenna will not make up for being too low.

He's not connecting repeaters, he's bridging GMRS to LTE

I saw the pictures on Facebook

If you say so ...

Maybe it's a regional thing. In central MD dozens of repeaters have dozens of daily users. I am certain the NYC metro area is likewise. DC/Baltimore and NYC are certainly larger Metro Areas. As above, FM VHF and UHF are a tiny fraction of amateur radio.

Exactly what makes you think Amateur Radio Service is dying?