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As said its all about use case. I've only used 1-7 to talk to folks with FRS radios as its low power and is really local to me.I have my repeaters narrowband as family has midland mobiles that only did narrowband. I do have a second bank with wideband if needed but not sure the last time I used it. 99% of my comms are to a jeep in front or behind me or a trail guide 50' away.

The proper way to do this is with an antenna splitter on the tower. I've installed similar ones (corner reflectors) on a water tank. The problem is the splitter has more attenuation than one would like so ERP and RX suffers. Depending on feedline and other factors it can be overcome but not easily.

I'm not sure either. For SAR I have some 450.xx and some 460.xx frequencies. We still had to send our last frequency to Canada last summer for coordination. I'm not sure what really is accurate or not but it takes forever to get part 90 LMR frequencies north of Line A.

Try this link https://www.motorolasolutions.com/en_us/products/p25-products/astro/dbr-m12-site.html Looks the same as posted but google took me to this also.

Not everyone uses GMRS to talk to others. If someone calls on my one open repeater I dont answer them. If I want to chat with random folks there are other services for that. I can say for sure my repeater is theo nly one in 50+ miles and you hear nothing in my area on GMRS other than some hunters on the FRS stuff in the fall and once in a great while a coulple jeeps heading down the highway together.

Sorry but my fathers renewal in January still lists the restriction. I also just did a searcdh for July only licences and the last one issued in NY was on July 25 and shows it on the license....So yes its still in effect as far as licenses are conerned. For years my father wanted to use 650 which is how we ended up on 675 for decades. Special Conditions Effective 2/16/99 the GMRS rules have been amended and you may operate on any of the primary or interstitial channels shown in section 95.1763. Exception: Licensees who operate North of Line A and East of Line C may not operate on channels 462.650 MHZ, 467.650 MHZ, 462.700 MHZ and 467.700 MHZ unless your previous license authorized such operations.

I use the motorola T series for my friends and while off roading. Solid little radios and are durable and simple.

There is little to change on the accessory connector. Pin outs are in the manual. Information here -

Mine are set for narrowband as my parents and I use Midlands. They work much better on narrowband than wideband.

until its online and working i wouldn't register it. too many get added then never make it to the real world.

I use SDR Trunk for monitoring multiple trunking systems. I have 6 dongles in my PC for that system. Use 2 dongles for work at a tower site with SA and SDRTrunk. Google is yoiur friend there is a ton of info out there on this.

Why did you get a GMRS license ? If its to find friends or talk around the world GMRS is probably not for you.

Just drill a hole. My F150 has 6 NMO mounts and 2 GPS. It had 12 miles on it when I tore the truck apart.

Rich doesn't moderate. Nor lock threads over time. He said he can't have moderators unless he pays them and its not finacially feasable. so this forum is a mess. Not much any of us can do. If he would at least lock threads over 60 days maybe that would help some but then we would start yet another 1000th thread on why my CCR wont hit the repeater.

This is why my rpeeaters are not published in the open. Myself and my friends spends alot of money on maintenance, equipment and tower fees. It comes from my pocket. If my friends give me somecash towards it then fine but its not about that. I can see a club having a site thats costs and dues would help keep it at a good site vs a garage repeater. At one point a site we were in housed a 220 rpt for the local ham club. My agreement was donate to our electric bill annually. Somehow bills need paid.

Maybe you should let American Tower and Crown castle know this because they dont care if its HAM or not. Its still $X per foot on the tower per month with liability and all the other stuff.

You keep sayign this was a "rougue" linked system. It was a simulcast system in NY and NY only. Not sure why this system gets singled out but the others aren;t ? I just looked a the main page and see this area of linked repeaters are they not rougue ? The "inside dope" as you call it is a well respected radio tech in the LMR/Public Safety world in his area. I dont know you folks think the real LMR world operates but its not even remotely like GMRS or HAM radio and the guys in the field know what they are doing. I dont understand how all these keyboard warriers are so smart yet there is a definate need for RF guys in that field.

I have to agree with @marcspaz on this one. Its all varue and until the FCC actually changes rules it will be. The system in question regardless of what you think was a simulcast voted system. To me that 100% different than a linked repeater all over the US or state. Its the same input and output on each repeater. In the past there were multiple voted GMRS repeaters that REACT teams and others used. Back then it was 4W circuits on microwave. It worked and worked well. It really wastn't until GMRS turned into HAM lite that this linking crae started. I'm for one looking forward to see what the FCC comes back with but to be honest other than the folks on this forum 99% of the GMRS user base could care less. They push a button and talk.

You keep throwing out the kml data but you refuse to share it. I know the area well and know what repeaters were in use. Its a pretty tight community in that area when it comes to the radio field. At this point it doesn't matter as its off and will stay that way.

LOL. Well the muscle car is basically a garage vehicle...only 1200 miles on it... Wife kinda took over my JT once we took her JK for off road stuff. I have a work truck for most of my travel stuff.

Same here.... Off Road And On Road... And yes both have APX mobiles in them....

The system in question did not charge members. Nor was the system linked to PA or NC. Only some Western NY stuff.

There is a ton of info online for the kenwood stuff. The 690/790/890 series is a good unit. On UHF changing to low power its a great GMRS deck. I ran one of each in my truck for years. There is a on board jumper that gets touched depending on heads and other options. You may peak at that. https://www.repeater-builder.com/kenwood/pdfs/tk-890hb-svc-man.pdf I'd start with the manaul and double check stuff.

For handheld you can't beat the Motorola T600 series. I carry a pack in both jeeps and never had an issue with them. Drive over them, dropped in mud puddles and bounced around in the back. I use the handheld more than my mobile when off road. They are pretty cheap and dont require a license