gortex2

No...None of them are listed on the forum. 2 different sites.

youll spend more money and time trying to rig something up that may or may not work. a NMO mounted in the roof is your best and cheapest solution. I had 6 on my F150. Frilled the holes with 6 miles on the truck. My $100K challenger had a hole in it with 26 miles.... If you do it right its better in the end and wont affect any value of the vehicle.

Dont have any of these issues with a simple quarter wave...

Speakers are along back window. Works perfect for 4. I had ordered the covert ones but they didn't arrive in time so used the standard speakers. I had been tempted to swap them out but thye work solid. I put them on an aluminum angle iron to an aluminum flat stock. It bolts into a factor bolt and has 3m tape. It is solid.

"Team Drill" - Meaning no mag mounts no glassm ounts, drill the darn hole. As for my preferred NMO I use a mix of MSI and Laird. The Laird NMOKHF200NOCONN is my preferred mount but all my radios come with the motorola NMO and use them alot as well. I like the Laird as it is a sealed bottom and in the fringe areas on VHF simplex we are in for SAR they help that little bit. They are also ideal for antenna brackets on some Jeeps and are pretty water resistant vs standard NMO with the plastic cap on the bottom. All my Jeeps run that mount and a couple are almost 15 years old and stil lsweep fine. I do run the Laird NMOKHFDSTHK on one of my Jeeps with my BACK RACK as its a good 1/8" steel and a standard NMO wouldn't work. We run those same mounts in our command post as they are aluminum in construction (like an ambulance). In the end I've never had issues with either the MSI or Laird and still install MSI mountso n all our UHF stuff as thatsm ostly repeater or TLMR use and not simplex.

@SteveShannon as you are aware a properly installed NMO will not leak nor casue issues with resale trade in value. Other than my Jeeps every vehicle I have owned for 30+ years has had NMO mounts in the roofs. On my last F150 (2020) it had 6 NMO plus 2 GPS antenna's. My previous F150 (2019) had 4 mounts and the dealer never said a word when I traded it in. I put black NMO caps on them and I am sure no one even realized they were there. I've probably installed over a thousand NMO mounts sinces I've been in 2 way radio and in the end its always the right choice. As said I like the simple approach of not seeing cables, worring about cables etc. I drive thru car washes all the time and I'd definately not do that with a mag mount. I'm definately team drill it.... (btw...even my 2023 Scat has a NMO in the trunk for a 1/4 wave VHF...)

I run the bulletpoint grid in my frontier. Has my phone mount as well as camera mount. Just doens't work well for a tablet. Puts it to high for my liking in the frontier . I ran RAM mounts in the past but they dont make one for the new Frontier yet.

6.12.05 is 10 meg zip file...so ya your missing stuff.

Make sure the center pin of your antenna is actually touching the NMO center pin. Alot of times the mount is not instaleld right and depending on antenna it may not touch. The old larsen wouldh ave this issue when swapping between vehiles. The metal tab would bend up after years on the vehicle then the new mount would not touch.

I'll try to snap a pic of the decks and speakers later today but this is the heads. The new Frontier leaves little room for radios and no one makes a mount for it yet for PC/Tablet. So went from 4 heads in the F150 to 2. The micsare on a metal plate thats 3m tape to the side with magenetic mics on both. I wish I had those 25 years ago doing installs.

Nice to see real radios once in a while. Our SAR team still uses MCS2000 VHF 110 watt decks. Can't kill them. I'll have to snap a few pics of my trucks. Work truck has 4 8500 with dual deck E5 control heads. Tight fit but only option I had in the Nissan. Both JK and JT run 8500's with O3 HHCH. I do miss the full head on the Jeeps but for the space thye work the best. In the JK I've bounced between an O5 and the O3 about 5 times now. The O5 actually sits nicely right in front of the shifter. I may grab another E5 for the JK just to simplify stuff and make it easier to see the channel for us old guys..

For the price you will spend on 2 mobiles, or a mobile and a repeater module and vehicle extender you can grab a GR1225 or Vertex online. If our seto n using 2 radius mobiles they are online for $25-30 all day long. I stopped listing them as it cost me more to ship than I was selling them for.

^^^^ What he said. Dont skimp on COAX. The RT97 and Midland repeater is ideal for your situation. Just give them 12v and walk away. If you can do 10' of coax with a good antenna the RT97 works great if you can get it in a good location. My motorhome had the RT97 with a 3' Jumper to a LAIRD 3db gain fiberglass stick. Covered the entire campground I was at on a handheld. If your only using handhelds no reason to use a bigger repeater. Its all on antenna location.

How do you know the repeater is working properly or duplexer is tuned correctly. Depending on duplexer there may be some desence on TX but if you can talk simplex fine then either its a configuration issue or a equipment issue with the repeater.

Well Id start with the map on this website and see if any are listed. Next I'd listen to every pair via a HT or mobile. Next I'd listen to each pair at the location and antenna you want oput the repeater on. From there I'd pick a channel/.

If recorder has right and left inputs. Leave one side on mobile radio for rx then second to a SDR listening to your TX frequency.

You can't dop that. Your VXR is going to have a duplexer correct ? That is tuned for TX and RX channels. You can't flip them and use it the way you plan.

Our SAR team started out using GMRS after our local REACT Team donated the repeater. They had a club license as we did. When those changed we moved to public safety channels. We still host a GMRS repeater but think we only have 2 licensed members so its pretty quiet

Per the spec sheet that is the proper mic https://www.motorolasolutions.com/content/dam/msi/docs/vertex-standard/legacy-products/VXR-7000_SpecSheet_0410_FINAL.pdf

Greensboro 675 is active in the AM, Raliegh 675 Ive been told is good coverage but never heard a peep going thru the area. Thats about it until you get into Williamsburg. If you go 70 there is one I've heard but dont recall the frequency. Not alot over there I've heard. My route is normally off to 70 down to new bern then south for family.

Did you sign in to the main site ? Its the same login but different location. The forum has nothing to do with the main site for login.

The last place in Syracuse closed up about 10 years ago. There was a mobile guy at the Truck Stop in Parish a few years back but not sure he is still around. Maybe check the Flying J on 7th North ? The tire carrier is junk for a CB antenna location so I'm not surprised. Youd be better off on the roof.

So my guess is a argument between repeater a owner and repeater b owner. Normal case would be pick another frequency.

AS said every SAR member would need their license. Most will not want to pay that. Your best bet is a public safety frequency. Our SAR team has multiplei n VHF and UHF as well as interop stuff. To do SAR correct you need to do it right. Other than training I would not run an operation on GMRS or ham.

I can hit 4 repeaters (HAM) from my house. I scan all of them. I rarely hear anything on them. One of them has some net one night. The one in my county never has anyone on it. Its litterly dead.