AdmiralCochrane

Now you understand the difference between GMRS and CB

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You should also be thinking they are holding their radio sideways instead of antenna straight up. Antenna polarization is a real thing. Not important standing right under the repeater, but it makes all the difference in the world out in the fringes

I made a 12 mile simplex (radio to radio) contact yesterday. I could clearly recognize my friend's voice.

In 1963 my father bought a CJ6A (same chassis as the M170) with a worn out motor and put a Buick V-6 in it. We used it for decades until it was totaled by an idiot driving on the wrong side of the road. No one was hurt other than the Jeep.

So ... this depends on whether the radio has tone defeat and whether it has a meter. I still posit that this is above the average GMRS owner.

I agree, you can't go wrong with a Mossberg. I have a 590 Now that we have derailed this thread, the question is whether to start a Radios/Jeeps/Guns thread or to continue to mutilate this one.

I'm talking about One would have to monitor the channel bare with no tone, then switch to your channel with tone ... how could you keep monitor without tone on while using tone unless you had dual receiver? Not all radios have dual and not all users would begin to be able to do this.

Should be, but I'm pretty sure this is above the skill and understanding of 999 out of every 1,000 GMRS licensees. Probably above the equipment capability of the majority as well.

Very certain it was roadrunner. It's kind of distinctive.

I have noticed the same while working at the Norwegian Embassy compound. Particularly when the VP was on the move. When the big black vehicle motorcade was in motion, nothing with an antenna seemed to function.

I agree, it's not like DMR If someone doesn't live in the same town as you, a code plug is not likely to be particularly useful.

Antenna polarization Input modulation

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.

Can you explain why you say this?

There is made in China and there is CHEAP made in China.

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.

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.

The million dollar question, Dr Brothers, is "Who will you talk to?"

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.

The one you are thinking of is not so much Baofeng use as it is SHTF combat radio strategy.

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.

As an amateur musician I always remember A=440 No trick or treaters on the busy highway I live on, too dangerous.

Lack of available RAM

I've never made a simplex greater than 12 miles. I guess all my radios are garbage.