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I only run the larsen NMO now and for the price you can't beat the mount. Spend a few bucks more and get a quality mount. If you plan to keep a vehicle this mount will outlast most.
Center of roof on truck will be great with a 1/4 wave
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10 hours ago, AlexisGMRS said:
With the XTL series you can two control head.. you have to obtain a special cable and program it properly. The option is designed for special applications like fire trucks
The XTL allows up to 4 control heads per deck. Ive installed up to 3 on a radio in a command post/mobile communications unit. Many ambulances and firetrucks have 2 heads, one in cab and one in rear. There was a special cable (SP) made to allow control of 2 decks from one W3 head but was specific to three letter agencies. Some have made it to the public but they were not higely used.
THE APX series allows dual deck or multi head or both.
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I have done similar with our SAR repeaters. We use a different input PL on the repeaters but common transmit PL. That way ou can hear folks on both repeaters regardless which channel I have selected. In the old days this was considered poor man voting but worked well for many public safety agencies.
- WRUU653, Radioguy7268 and WSAQ296
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I have multiple repeaters. None are listed. I dont need or want them listed. Why should others list my repeater ?
- WRCR724, TrikeRadio, The219 and 2 others
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Most of the large race teams have licenses for the system. My system in my jeep cost around that price with 2 headsets, headset jacks and radio. I dont run TRBO but have my VHF or UHF tied in on that jeep. Not sure if he is using a LMR system to give him long range or not but know some folks that subscribe to a LMR system to give them range and distance on RF.
On a side note just got home from Windrock Park this weekend for our first JJUSA event of the year. Have 4 this year on top of other events. Was great to get in the woods and actually tested my new starlink mini in the jeep on the trails. Worked as expected but was nice to sit and lunch and upload some photos and videos while everyone else was out of service.
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Carry all my FCC certs in my wallet. As said the license has the wallet card on it.
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Hams are most liekly loosing 900Mhz and if they dont start using spectrum again they will loose more. They can use narrowband now and many do.
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1 minute ago, LeoG said:
I'm talking about any radio. I still hear lots of guys tell me they need to hook up to their computer to put in new tones. Lots of older Motorola radios still out there.
Thats due to the fact to part 90 FCC certification the radio can't have the ability to do that. Many of us that use LMR gear utilize a MPL configuration (PL/DPL List) that is selectable. My work radios have FPP for conventional stuff but thats ordered with appropriate documentaiton. On the hobby side all my midlands allow me to pick what tone I may need when I want from the head or panel. 99% of the GMRS users dont ever change stuff so once you set it you dont change it again. I dont think ive touched my parents radios since they were installed. All depends on use case.
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Starting to creep into the not so cheap price...with most folks wanting to spend $25 on a GMRS handheld it will be internesting to see how many sell. I paid not much more for my Midland 575 on sale last fall.
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3 hours ago, WRUE951 said:
Canadian Government is not the brightest star on this earth. I'm sure this has happened from some hilly billy cities in the U.S. but i would think very rare. In any case, the Comms guys in charge should be fired for letting radios out into the marketplace without wiping them
This happens in the US all the time. Tons of radios get bought on governemtn sites or other markets that are still full of stuff. Granted your correct it should get wiped but doesn't alwasy happen. But I can say its also not too hard to add a system if you have a radio as this person did above. This was disacussed heavily on other forums and just like here, people helped him do what he did. Its no different than all the folks here telling new users how to use HAM radios on GMRS or other non GMRS radios on GMRS. "no one will get caught" is what I see all the time. Same stuff gets said on putting public safety stuff in legacy part 90 radios. If everyone would simply not help these folks most of this would not happen, or happen way less. But as others say...you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube at this point...
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There is more to this story than you read I am sure.
This also happens way more than you think but dont go to this level. I apploud this county for pushing this and the FCC doing something. Too many folks think its fine to do what they do just like this site.
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8 hours ago, WRTC928 said:
Not on mine. That's the problem. The software I downloaded from BTech seems extremely rudimentary. For example, there are only 16 channels. Period. Supposedly, you can store up to 800 frequencies and scan them. There's no way to do any of that with this software.
Isn't this a repeater ? If so there is no need for 800 frequencies. 99% of the time a repeater is on one channel and one channel only.
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Agree my new work truck is a Nissan Frontier. Trying to jam 4 radios in it was a joke. In the end I had to go with remote head, dual heads to control it all.
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I tried one of these on a SAR members vehicle, 2021 3500HD DEnali with the sliding roof as yours. It was on a trunked system and on the system with a 1/4 wave worked ok. Simplex was misserable. Since then I dropped 2 NMO mounts in the roof and that mount was given away. There is plenty enough room for a NMO on each side. He runs a 1/4 wave VHF and UHF. At times he does swap out to the Larsen NMO puck on UHF but 90% of the time the 1/4 wave is on the truck.
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I run the 275/575 in all my Jeeps. I like KISS and that works for my needs. Not a ton of room in a Jeep.
- SteveShannon and WRUE951
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As others have said many of the repeaters you have listed are bogus but everyone adds stuff to this site thinking its some way to "save" a channel or somthing. So going by the site list is really useless.
As for why someone may have more repeaters, I'll use myself as an example. Also before you ask none of mine are listed anywhere as I dont feel I need to. They are my property and I maintaint them for my use. So back to my repeaters. I have 2 in my area for a north and south coverage footprint. Both can be accessed from me at home or my parents house. I also have 2 repeaters in another state. I use those when I am in that state as does my family and friends. I also have a repeater for my motorhome so it goes where I go. So I can see how some folks may have multiple.
JMHO..
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9 hours ago, nokones said:
No CB radio?
Yes I run the Uniden CMX760 in both the JT and the 09JK. I have it on the bench from my old work truck just dealing with finding an antenna location on my new work truck. Its small and with 4 multibands on roof already Its been lower on the list. The new JK (18) is for the wife and being JJUSA is all GMRS probably just leave GMRS for now. Tomorrow will be it first trail ride since we got it done.
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On 3/25/2025 at 10:36 PM, nokones said:
It is very very very expensive.
Also, there is the multiband APX series radios which is just very expensive, even used.
Yes APX series is slick. In our older JK I used to have a dual deck single head. That gave the wife all 4 bands with only one O7 control head. My work truck has 2 dual deck APX setups. So basically I can be on any 4 bands at once on any radio.
I have a XPR with HHCH sitting in the shop to install but DMR is basically defunct in my area for ham and commercial in UHF so never put it in.
Right now my jeeps all have a mix match of stuff -
09 JK - APX8500 w/HHCH, Kenwood TMD700 (APRS), Midland 275, Uniden CMX CB
18 JK Rubicon - APX8500 w/HHCH, Midland 275 (Jeep Model) and Yaseu FTM400 (APRS)
20 JT Gladiator - APX8500 w/HHCH, Midland 275, Uniden CMX, FTM400 (APRS)
2023 Drag Pak Challenger - 8500 w/HHCH (hidden in center console)
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22 hours ago, WRUQ758 said:
Because repeaters are not getting use after the FCC debacle with linked network. Users are allowed to use for "personal business", why not get more users on.
Why does it matter. Are you paying electric bil, tower fees and such for them ? You ever think the owners just dont care about users or nets on them ? I have multiple repeaters in multiple states. Some are those "300'" tower you speak of. They are my repeaters and I pay for maintenance and upkeep. they are there for me, my family and a few freinds. I can say 100% if you drive by some of them they are dead all week long as no one is there. Weeks are different. No way I'd want to put farmers or any of that on my stuff. Thats what LMR Part 90 is for. Additionally there is absolutely no requirement to have a repeater on the air. 95% of my traffic is simplex. repeater is there when needed. So its used.
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In the 20+ years I've been using the FCC site it rutinely has issues. This is nothing new and normally the next day things are fine as it is right now.
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