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Garmin Inreach and Starlink Mini is what you need. Radio is not what you need.

Rigblaster used to have what you want but as said you would need to make an adapter to go from 4pin to 8pin. With that said you will pay more for a rigblaster than your radio..

I would recommend 2 zones. One for wideband and one for narrow. Use the High Low power button o nthe control head (youll ned to assighn) for power.

Phelps Dodge was a good duplexer built in the US. With that said I think they are asking a bit too much for that one. I have 3 or 4 in the garage collecting dust that I picked up for $25.00 each.

The issue with this site and others is many folks add repeaters who may or may not ever install them, then if they do they find out it doesn't do what the www told them and they loose interest and leave and its gone. However with that said there are many repeaters out there that dont get used or get used very radomly. Ones that charge fees may charge for a reason, one may be to pay tower rent, power bill or something similar. While not a fan of fees I can see where it would help offset a users cost to maintain a proper repeater setup for other to use.

Midland used to make simple radios, all the way back in the xstal days. I still have a uniden 2 channel mobile. It sitso n the counter at my parents. CH1 repeater, CH2 simplex.

The ICOM V86 is like $125. The Yaseu FT65 is about the same price. If you think these are high dollar radios not sure why your investing in HAM radio. Spending a few dollars more on a quality radio will make your experience much more enjoayable.

From one who has used GMRS for over 40 years yes. Before bubble packs and CCR GRMS was a great service for those who wanted a repeater or channels to talk to family. Rarely did it get used for friends but sometimes local farmers would share a resource. Repeaters were still costly, equipment was still costly but it was as close to a private service as you could get without the process to get a business license. For us living in the NE over line a this was the only feasable service you could pay the FCC and get a license quickly. We only had 2 frequencies on our license but lets face it our first radios were xstal and those cost. Luckily where I am now is not super busy on GMRS but I still hear hunters every now and then. Most of them are still on the ham bads so with any luck they stay there.

I purchased my wife a ICOM 2M portable when she got her license. She used it for a month then decided on her commercial gear for ham. We still have it but it sits in a go box if needed. A quality built 2M handheld from Icom, Yaseu or Kenwood is not much more than the CCR market. Get whats in use in your area.

worring about connects on cheap junk radios is not worth it. The conenctor will outlast the radio. just use it.

My wife uses GMRS on all our jeep events. Ever think many dont really care and use the radio as a tool ? My parent have GMRS and use our family repeater. Contrary to popular belif GMRS is not ham lite even though more and more want it to be.

Just use the RICK. No need for a controller. Just ID normally. You'll need a DOS PC and Serial port to program the radios. Did you verify they are UHF

If your going to do as asked you would terminate the TX port on the duplexer with a dummy load.

Drilling a hole casues the least damage to a vehicle. In the end a proper install will outlast the vehicle, look cleaner and perform better. I see a mag mount as a short term solution. Like when I use my parents camper I drop a mag mount on the door so i can talk to thecar behind me. Thats about it.

SOmeone may answer. If I hear you I most likely wont. I use GMRS for specifically keeping track of family. On a off road event I would answer as thats the tool for the job. I use ham if I want social meda presence.

Very few are ghoing to share licensed Motorola Software. IF you take your time you can find it online but those of us that have it are not going to get jammed up by distributing it freely. As Kennhy said many of us signed agreements when we worked with or for Motorola.

As I normally tell people "It depends". The only advantage is it should notch out the TX frequency from the receiver, but will only do this if tuned correctly. Without the prpoper test equipment its only try it and see what happens. In real LMR we use receive multicouplers that do what you are trying to do. Most have either window filters to filter only a certain block of channels or notch to block TX only. Most are pass and only pass the stuff we want (465-470) mhz for examble and all other frequencies are essentially blocked. Alot of TX sites have similar on the TX side but not all. My SAR UHF stuff has 3 repeates on a multicoupler, with 2 sets of window filters. All TX goes to individual antenna's, not because I needed them but the combiner was a bit more than we could spend. I have the luxery at this site to have them on seperate antenna;s.

Id love a tire machine. I have 10 tires to M&B and will spend almost as much as getting a used one. Some day.

Winch and Skid Plate instaleld over holiday break on the new JLU. OTher garage addition over break is my new Wildfire lift. Should have done this 30 years ago. Lots more to go on the JL before my cross country trip for JJUSA in Big Bear.

You can't as you have found. They are a pick list only. I havea few sitting on my shelf.

Again in amateuer radio rules. Not public safety part 90.

I'd love to see this rule. It doesn't exist. The only rule is in the ham regulations about using anotheer band that your not approved to , not public safety channels. But keep spewing the info out there so wackers add all the public safety stuff to there $20 radios. 97.403 (Safety of life and protection of property): Permits amateur stations to use any means of radio communication to provide essential communication for immediate safety when normal systems are down, allowing licensed operators to help unlicensed individuals in distress.

I use 6M simplex around my house. Its dead quiet as said. If I'm too far to reach my base via VHF P25, I switch to 6M FM. There is a repeater about 70 miles from me but its really quiet.

Cool Rig. We picked up ours before thanks givning. My xmas break will be spent installing all the stuff thats been piling up next to it...

In the ocmmercial LMR world this was common for Taxis and Car companies. They didn't want the other cabs or busses knowing where they were grabbing fares and used half duplex. Dispatcher would hear all of them and cars would here dispatch only. Alot of transit today still does this on voice communications. But in a farm type scenario I would think farmer a on tractor b would hope farmer b heard him say he was stuck and needed a tug especally if no one was at base. Simplex would be the best option here I would think. We have a repeater on my farm but 99.9% of the comms is radio to radio and not via repeater. About the only time we use repeater is when we go to town to get fuel or parts.