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I had something similar to that on my murs HT's. I ended up finding the source was my power tool battery chargers. I took a handheld shortwave radio and went around the house waving the antenna around various electronics until I heard strong static. Relocating them to another area fixed my problems

Thats why most people mount them under the dash or on the roof between the visors. Also you don't want a 2 to 3 lb radio flying at your passengers face at 200mph in an accident when the air bag deploys so make sure it is not on one of the air bag panels

It can take a day or two for the system to sync. Welcome to gmrs!

What I meant was a cb station (11 meters) big enough to cause interference across an area the same size as a cheap $30 chinese handheld can on a repeater with good coverage will cost minimum of $1000 in equipment and alot of effort put in.

The funny part is 11 meters is the only band that doesn't seem to suffer from serial harassment in our area. CCR's can be had for less than $30 ready to go out of the box and can create havoc over a vast distance in any repeater in the vhf/uhf bands that they can get into, where as a proper 11 meter set up capable of making any impact outside of a few miles is going to require spending $1000 and up.

I think it would be an excellent sticky to have at the top of the equipment review section

If you want to hit that repeater from your house you could try a yagi antenna and pointing it towards the repeater.

Kerchunking is the act of keying up a repeater and not saying anything. When ever you key up while searching for a repeater tone always throw out your callsign.

try inputting ctcss 141.3 on all your repeater channels and keying up and throwing out your call sign. If you hear it ID immediately or you hear a squelch tail after you key down you found a repeater. 141.3 is considered the travel tone and many open repeaters use it. After you find a repeater try calling out at different times of the day on it requesting permission to use it. That is what I do to access unlisted repeaters. So far everyone I have contacted has been very nice and usually don't mind you using them as long as you are licensed and don't abuse it. Things most repeater owner don't like is kerchunking, foul language, interruptions of on going conversations, and unlicensed users. Most repeater owners welcome more users so don't be mic shy.

15 to 20 miles but there is one high on a commercial tower that is close to 30. The higher the tower the further you will able to hit it. I am not far from you, I am down in the south east corner near DE, I may try to hit a few of the repeaters in your area the next time I am going up to cabelas.

I have the ghost antenna on my mobile and I have no problem hitting most repeaters that I hit with my 5/8 Nagoya 5.5db that is now on my base. The repeater you are hearing may have a really high db gain antenna and you may be just out of range. Try driving towards its location so you can rule out a possible antenna issue. It could also have a split pl tone which midlands can't do.

How far can you run a jumper cable from the radio to the face plate on one of these detachable face plates? I would love to put my antenna up higher on my hill but I would have to run way to much coax down to get it into my house and deal with all that line loss. Could I just put the radio up there in a shed and run the faceplate down to the house on a roll of data cable?

You can easily report interference online using this link. The more complaints filed about a particular violator will increase FCC response. https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us

Hey Justin, I live in your area and I am well aware of the activities you are hearing. Send me a private message and I will discuss details of this matter in private

How long did it turn out to be? I wonder if this works on the MXT275.