AdmiralCochrane

The manufacturer of my vehicle provided extra lugs on both battery terminals specifically for connecting accessory loads.

GMRS is not intended for traffic reports

But it is more likely to apply more of its radiated power on receivable center frequency and less wasted on harmonics that no one hears. Your money is not wasted.

This mule ain't even tired yet, but I believe the issue is resolved.

I think you mean some people

I predict NOTHING will change regarding GMRS under Trump. He and his are only interested in the internet as related to FCC.

Fixed Stations are legacy business data transmission. Stores relaying inventory info to warehouse/distribution.

So much for the disclaimer on the equipment for not being sensitive to allowable RF

Now you understand the difference between GMRS and CB

May win a prize for your best post ever

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.