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Yes. As long as its business to business. Basically the business or license holder can transfer it to another business or organization (501C3). Our SAR team got a couple UHF channels like that over the years we use in training. All the rest are public safety channels. I have also assisted in transfer when a business sold to another (ie: trucking company, concrete, etc) where a name change happened. I think it can only be done once. Personally it would depend on the plans for the channel. In reality if the business wanted to maintain the repeater and any fees associated and approve you to use it they could also. If its at a tower site that requires insurance that may be a better way to do it.

For GMRS all vehicles (mine and my parents) have midlands. I also run commercial Motorola(APX) gear in all my vehicles for PS/Ham/GMRS if needed. When on the jeep trails I'll normally have my Motorola T600 on my belt as its a durable little unit and at end of day wash it off in the sink for the next day. What ham stuff I do have (for APRS) is only used for ham stuff. No need or reason to mod it.

If you link the actual antenna it may be more helpful but sticking with a name brand will be better in the long run.

That's way too much for that radio. Grab the XTS2500 for 1/4 of the price. Remember to add in the cost of software and programming cables of either one you get. The EFJ is a nice unit as well.

Yet we argue about ID on a repeater for months....Either we care about the rules or not. The focus of the forum should be on proper GMRS use. If not its just another SHTF forum.

UV5R is not a certified radio for GMRS.

This has been discussed on this forum and others. If L.E.A.R.N. doesn't enforce it and the FCC doesn't care it will continue as is. On our SAR GMRS repeater members use their badge number 99% of the time. It happens. When you use one ID on 3 different radios its bound to happen. Good or bad it happens. I know this has been a hot topic for months on this forum but I'd be more worried about the amount of un-licenced folks using GMRS.

Have you tried the RT97 or Midland GMRS Repeater ? You'd be surprised how well those will work with a good antenna and feedline. If you can get it in the air (building or hill) with a good LMR antenna and short feedline it will do what you need. Its small, uses little power (one guy is running them on solar) and easy to deploy and store. Other options are a part 90 repeater. You can do one out of mobiles but it requires parts to do and again a good antenna and feedline. As reference we used a UHF GR1225 in our SAR command post for onsite stuff. We get about 2 miles around it with a UHF antenna on the command post (FG4600). Not sure if that would suffice. Again I'd try the RT97 or Midland for your use first for mainly simplicity. The VXR1000 is a vehicle repeater but basically an "extender". They are normally used to boost a low power portable on scene to talk thru a higher powered mobile. Normally this is used in another band but can be used in the same band. In theory you could add a VXR to a 45 watt UHF mobile radio and a duplexer and create a "mobile repeater" but in the end you can grab 2 mobiles cheaper. I've built many VXR based systems but normally VHF and Lowband Mobiles with UHF VXR. Normally they are not used on same band as current subscriber. Will it work yes. But in the end I'm not sure the bang for buck is close enough.

As Randy pointed out most will give you what they feel are the best. Searching this site will help you see what others have used. It will also depend on how you use your radios and what expectation you have of GMRS. Personally I run APX radios in all my vehicles, however in both my Jeeps I have the midland MTX series as they are simple and the same as 90% of the folks I ride with. When the say go to channel 6 I flip to 6. Simple and basic. They talk to the jeep in front of me and all is good for that use case. When I'm home or in my work truck I mostly use my APX (way out of your price range) because I like them. I had the XTL5000 with HHCH in my old Jeep and that worked great also. So in the end it will be what works for you.

Looking at the maps it appears there is a repeater in your town already. Have you used this one or talked to the owner yet ? If not reach out to him. There are also repeater north, east and west of your town.

I know @OffRoaderX and I don't agree on many things but this is one I can support. You do realize this is a hobby forum and if you spent 10 minutes searching posts you would have found many posts on cable loss's, repeaters, DMR and even Roger Beeps. Everyone has there own opinions and many help out new folks. Love it or hate it GMRS is changing and if a person wants a Midland RT repeater or a GTR8000 they can do it and will learn.

Interesting point. Been in the radio field myself for 30+ years. I have 3 GMRS repeaters in the Syracuse area. You made it a point in your 2nd post that you worked for United Radio, yet in 30 years myself or another manager who worked at UR never heard of you but your an expert on GMRS after getting your license 3 days ago. My point on the HRX repeater was his comment that the repeater could be used on DMR, Analog or switch automatically. Being we cant use DMR on GMRS (and you being an expert on all things radio) I figured it was worth mentioning. There is no benefit if it will change as you can only use analog on GMRS. And being you want to be technical 465.1375 is the center of the GMRS frequency list. The lowest frequency we can operate on is 462.550. the top frequency is 467.725. A calculator will tell you that's 5.175mhz split. Doing more math says half of that (or the middle of the band, is 2.5875mhz. So 452.550+2.5875=465.1375 and 467.725-2.5875=465.2.5875 And funny story on 465.1375. Its the input to the receive multi-coupler of the Search and Rescue Teams repeater that I just replaced in November in Syracuse. But your right I know nothing about RF. Guess I have my company fooled pretty good.

Which cannot be used on GMRS...so its a moot point.

That frequency is not in the GMRS or HAM bands so using it to prove a point is inaccurate.

That does not appear to be a GMRS repeater but a part 90 repeater built out of mobile radios. (Part 90 is guessing as they don't list it on the site).

Many LMR repeaters do not transmit CTCSS or DCS/DPL when they ID. Youd be better off decoding the ID and searching the FCC database. It may not be an open repeater.

I ve never found a VHF 1/4 wave to perform well on a UHF even though it will work. For TLMR and great repeater systems its ok, but for 90% of my UHF stuff a 1/4 wave UHF will outperform it.

I've laid the sti co almost flat to the roof out of the NMO and it didn't damage it. Its made for mobile abuse. I use them on the SXS and Gators now as its more durable than the 1/4 wave stainless.

Public Safety, LMR, Industry, etc. As the chart shows a lot. GMRS and HAM are one little sliver of the RF spectrum. GMRS nor ham can expand into the other bands. If anything HAM could very well loose spectrum in the future. GMRS will never expand past the current channels unless it goes to 6.25 khz spacing which would destroy the already messed up allocation.

Not much different than the Sti Co Super flex whips.

Thats an awful lot of equipment and feedline for a UHF repeater at 45' off the ground. Are you on a 5000' mountain ? If not I dont see why a decent duplexer would't work better than trying to be separate antennas. Normally when separate antenna's are used its adding multiple TX and RX channels to a system. For a single GMRS/ UHF repeater I'd just use a duplexer and a single antenna. What is the reasoning of using 2 antenna's vs one ?

I still dont get the concept. Pick up your cell.

Dude you needed 3 different threads on the same topic ? Really ? This is a dead horse. Stop beating it just burry it. It will never happen. Go use another service.

My reason for the 400 was APRS. We use it for SAR and to see the display on the 300 is horrible. I don't use fushion for anything but the FTM is the only APRS mobile in the market since Kenwood dropped the 710G. I really need to replace my 700 in my JK but was at HRO yesterday and they want $649 for the 400. I get its the last batch but I can't justify that for APRS only.

Uh...MY father had a GMRS license when I was a kid. Thats 40+ years ago. GMRS is way not a new service. I think you need to do some reading.