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They have pills for that now.

They have pills for that now.

They have pills for that now.

No.

Take it all the way to extra. Just passed my extra exam. It feels good to completely finish something. 

Haha this would only matter on transmit.  Not receive so the op was asking about receiving. 

I've been out here since 1978 and probably the 3rd person to move here. Most people who move out here buy mobile homes and put on their property. The person across the street also has a 2-story house but I'm still higher then they are. I my be wrong but I don't think any trees will grow higher then me. If they do I can always trim them up (timber). I'm not a tree hugger but I do try to save what I can. I had a VERY big tree that birds loved but unfortunately the drought got it. It was falling apart so I had to cut it down before it fell on my fence. We do live out in the country. I have 15 acres, the person behind me has 75 most of the rest have 5 acres. I'm also almost at the top of a hill so even if people do decide to build they'd have to go more then 3-story and even then I don't think it'll be a problem. Thanks for your reply

FRS radios must have a permanently attached antenna and have a 2 watt maximum output power.

Anything else is illegal.

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I'm not sure what your overly-pedantic point is?  are you saying that the FCC IDs and certifications are meaningless and do not matter? Please clarify so we all can understand if we should ignore the FCC IDs and certifications or not.

Finally got everything in and some good weather to get up on the roof.  Before I tore everything down I went ahead and tested the current setup.  Up at the antenna after running through the 10' coax from the radio to the arrester, then from there to the antenna via a 50' coax, my SWR was reading at about 1.46 and wattage indeed cut in half as Steve suggested it might.  Read at 25.23W.  After running the new M&P (a 9' and a 50') and the new Comet antenna, SWR is about 1.44 and the wattage was 33.0W.  Definitely able to hit the repeater I'm trying to get to.  Able to hear folks responding to my callout--albeit with static.  But I could hear it.  I think at this point geography is the limiting factor but I can live with that.
Original antenna & coax...
 

 
New antenna and coax...

 
Antenna mount...

Seems to be close to all they're doing these days! Pages and pages or Pirate notices.  Most seem to be FM. The Roger Wahl thing though....

That's what forums are for. 🤣

My handshakes have often been described as both cold and icky.. and sometimes... moist..

Shaking Elvis's hand would be icky considering how long he's been cold.  Meeting him would be even worse, because that would mean I was with him.  Not sure if Randy has been complimented or insulted. 

WOW!  NOTARUBICON replied to one of my comments!

It's like meeting Elvis and shaking his hand!
Love all your videos on Rumble, Sir.
BRB...I gotta print this page out so I can frame it and hang it on the wall of my shack!    ❤️

This is 100% by design, and as it should be, and it is not intended to be the same as the 5G, which uses a totally different kind of screen.  The user manual unlocks the mysteries of how to set the different screen settings, it is highly suggested reading.

Anything by Comet, Browning or Diamond.  In reality you could even use a Nagoya. Don't use RG8 coax that you have on your VHF, 65cm UHF doesn't propagate thru RG8 as well as VHF does.  Look for LMR-400 or equivalent. 
Marine band 156mhz (1.9 meter) is almost in the 2 meter ham VHF band, GMRS is 65cm is the next door neighbor of ham 70cm.  A dual band 2 meter/70cm ham antenna won't be PERFECT but likely close enough for both radios to be compatible.  My 2m/1.25m/70cm Comet tests pretty good for GMRS on a SWR meter and nanoNVA, well under 1.3:1 across GMRS. 

I have been able to tilt my HT far enough out of polarization to have my signal go from full readable to barely readable when in contact with a repeater 20 miles away.   Also whether the ISS repeater was readable or not (yes, with a regular verticle on a HT). 

Anything by Comet, Browning or Diamond.  In reality you could even use a Nagoya. Don't use RG8 coax that you have on your VHF, 65cm UHF doesn't propagate thru RG8 as well as VHF does.  Look for LMR-400 or equivalent. 
Marine band 156mhz (1.9 meter) is almost in the 2 meter ham VHF band, GMRS is 65cm is the next door neighbor of ham 70cm.  A dual band 2 meter/70cm ham antenna won't be PERFECT but likely close enough for both radios to be compatible.  My 2m/1.25m/70cm Comet tests pretty good for GMRS on a SWR meter and nanoNVA, well under 1.3:1 across GMRS. 

I have been able to tilt my HT far enough out of polarization to have my signal go from full readable to barely readable when in contact with a repeater 20 miles away.   Also whether the ISS repeater was readable or not (yes, with a regular verticle on a HT). 

The chair is against the wall, repeat, the chair is against the wall.
John has a long mustache, John has a long mustache.
 
Over.

If you need to ask, you should not be doing it. 

I was going to say the exact same thing.
and just so everyone knows, the newer UV-5Rs do not suffer from the horrible deadly spurious emissions/"dirty transmitters" like the early models that you referenced.  

Incorrect.. If the (factory) box says "GMRS Compatible" as stated by the OP (and it was not written in crayon) then it is the GMRS version, which is FCC Part 95 approved for use on GMRS meaning they are perfectly legal and within FCC guidelines to transmit on GMRS with.

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