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Your problem most likely is the accessory pins. What pins are set for COR ? Also you need flat RX audio that is set under the same area. If you can post your codeplugs maybe we can help. You also need to change TX audio to mic and not flat as flat will use a different pin for TX audio.

Id start by moving the antenna. A real antenna and not the little whip would also improve issues. As for grounding the hood. Your on a metal plate stuck to the hook by tape. Grounding the hood will do nothing for you. I'll bet if you checked continuity between the hood and the battery you will see its flows anyway. There are many better options for an antenna that what you are using.

I drilled a hole. Will be much happier in the end. 3/4" NMO will outlast the vehicle.

Proper Antenna is what ?

So to use your 5100 at work you need permission from your work including the licensee. It will work fine for both as long as they are in the Part 90 spectrum.

OK. So here are 2 tests you can try. Hook KG10000 to antenna with no other parts. Do a test. It should be similar to RT97 for receive. If so put your duplexer inline. If it drops out thats your issue. What jumper cables do you have on duplexer ? more importantly who tuned the duplexer and what is is tuned to ? Do you have model numbers of duplexer ?

Don't really care as they are not welcome on my repeaters. They are mine and are closed for my family use. I'll be honest and say I have never tried to use a wideband radio on the repeaters. In the public safety world we had alot of issues with wideband on repeaters when we switched. We did find that guys who talked quietly in a mic seemed to not have issues other had. In the end it took us some time to find all the wideband radios to get swapped out.

All of mine came with lighter plus as well. I have a pile of them in my barn cut off the radios

Still alot of vague info. How much 213 ? Slim Jim is most likely not the best antenna for a repeater. The RT96 should receive just as well as the KG. You will have loss in the duplexer and what ever cables you are using to connect everything. Could be up to 3 db of loss. You really need to do troubleshooting on this. Start with hooking the KG1000 to the antenna with no duplexer. Can you hear the distant location direct ?

I guess my message was vague. A narrowband repeater (12.5Khz) will repeat the midland fine. I have 3 repeaters all running in narrowband and the midlands have been rock solid along with the other MSI gear on the channel. I am sure some wideband repeaters may not open if the PL modulation is too low to decode.

What is your expectation ? What antenna, What Feedline ? What duplexer ? Alot of a repeater is antenna and filtering. Granted Id pick anyhting but that radio for a repeater but know guys have been successful with them. I'd look at the rest of the system before I'd worry about a radio

Thats why i asked about use case. Thousands of folks use the midland and midland is selling them like crazy. Other than die hard GMRS users 90% of those that buy this radio dont care or even understand. I went with them for my parents and they work great for the purpose. People on this forum get all worked up over them but they work solid and to my knowledge are the only GMRS mobile that is designed for GMRS. All the others are CCR mobiles with various software packages. Good bad or indifferent Midland does have a market. Oh and a midland will work fine on a repeater in narrowband mode.

I know a few around me use VHF marine channels as I'll hear them on the river talking to each other. We carry a few in our SAR command post for this purpose. There are tons of models of marine grade handhelds out there with various features including wx alerts and beacons. I'd go that route.

Most commercial antenna's will work much better than the ham/hobby stuff people buy on amazon. Laird makes gear for public safety, and commercial markets. The antenna is one of the most important parts of the equation when it comes to RF so buying quality normally helps. I do run that antenna on some of our SAR vehicles for our TLMR stuff. Works well.

Midland mxt115 or 275 are ideal for what you wanting to do. All depends on expectations. If simplex use is your most use case excellent units.

Ya I checked MOL and found nothing. We had a few for investigators in UHF TLMR when we did the system. None I ever saw had a belt clip. Most of the guys would put them in there pocket of the jacket.

That battery doesn't allow for a clip. the XTS was dropped quite some time ago and it does not look like there are replacements online. I'd look for some sort of leather style case for it (universal).

All the midland handhelds meet that requirement. Thats the issue. The ones using baojunk of various models dont care. Hence the issue.

@MichaelLAX my issue with you is you continually tell folks to use uncertified radios for our service. Your the troll here. Have you noticed others have left the site over your BS ? Doubt it cause you dont care. Go back to your basement and play with your action figures. Maybe California will break off the US and we will all be happy.

Can you snap a pic of the battery. The NTN8266B comes back as the belt clip but there are 2 different ones.

So what did you come to GMRS for then ? I'm curious because I see more and more hams going to GMRS when they have it already in HAM. I think in some part that's what's messing up GMRS. Its almost become a "ham light" to me. I get more and more baffled daily on the wants and needs of GMRS users. Ive been a ham for years and use ham radio when i want linking or data or other things it provides, but when i want simple point to point stuff GMRS is what I use. Yet the UV5R is not certified for any of this....so why state the reqs when you dont follow them ?

I asked on my last one a couple weeks ago. The reason the dont require it is as we all know a portable doesn't need a license. The only ones technically that need it are on mobiles. Granted 75% of the jeeps have mobiles but thats the reasoning. The do post on the site that a license is required. https://jeepjamboreeusa.com/gmrs/ DO I NEED A LICENSE? Because Jeep® Jamboree requires GMRS, it is important to note that the Federal Communications Commission does require a license to operate these radios. That being said, it is super easy to get your license on the FCC website. The license covers you and your family for 10 years. After finishing up the application process, most people receive their license within 48 hours. As of April 19, 2022, the FCC just slashed the license cost in half, bringing it to $35 rather than $70.

Sadly thats what GMRS is becoming. Linking and nets and all that is not the original focus but its out of the bag as ones say so nothing that will change. Only way to seperate is keep them not linked and don't advertise them. I a bit on the fence over listing vs not but since I removed all my repeaters from the interwebs they have been quite. Prior it was non stop squelch noise, static and test test test but never any real conversations. Mostly radios that could not really hit the repeater or were programmed wrong. I removed them all from online sources changed the PL/DPL and its been good since.

Most likely because many people use the radio on simplex only. the XT511 was designed to use at a base camp or something of that nature. Its nothing more than a glorified FRS radio with a mic instead of picking up a radio. Has its purpose.

Unless the local repeater offers that you can't. Go to the main page and look at the network for repeaters on networks. https://network.mygmrs.com/map