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My guess is the F-18 is no longer on the air or never was. One issue with the map is its entered by users and no way to verify if the info is actually correct. Anyone can add a repeater and never put the repeater on the air. Lots of dreams come in GMRS but when they realize the expense and time of setting up a repeater they dont go forward and never go back and delete the repeater. Expectations are high in GMRS but not always met with the low cost equipment people purchase.
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1 hour ago, MichaelLAX said:
Did you donate your subscription to QST to a local library?
Nope. I send my money to a local SAR team. They do more than ARRL will ever do for the county. SAR gets no money from the county nor state so all fundraising supports them mission. SAR also has a better radio system than any of the local Amateurs so its a win for the county.
As for QST the last magazine I got was over half ads and little to no real content. Again ARRL is not for me and that's my opinion. There are many other valuable organizations out there doing real work for communities.
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Depends on what you want out of them. I was a member for 2 years long time ago. They did nothing for me other than charge money. ARRL is not what it used to be. I wouldn't spend my money on the membership unless there is a specific reason you are joining.
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These are the ones I use.
If you have a mobile not sure why you would want the repeater also.
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My FG4500 is mounted on my aluminum ladder on the back of the MH. I normally take it off but have forgot and drove home 100 miles with it there and it was fine. In real life I wouldn't run down the road with it. There are better antenna's for a vehicle. If its in a vehicle just drop an NMO in the center of the roof with a 1/4 wave and it will be fine.
As reference there are adapter plates to mount to a 3" pipe but it will cost as much as the antenna. You could probably build a mount yourself if needed but again I'd just use a NMO on the vehicle. I have installed many on fire trucks and ambulances with a 1/4 wave on UHF.
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Im not sure where the repeater in Greensboro is but I have trouble on 29 with a mobile radio....No clue where or what the F18 repeater is.
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So how far away until your getting this his and noise ? Definitely sounds like desence but could just be on the edge of the system. With ot=ut proper test equipment its hard to diagnose. What subscriber are you using to talk back to the system ? Do you have coordinates of the repeater you want to share ? maybe your at the limit.
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Hooking the shield up should not kill your RX. You said you tested with a watt meter. Did you test at the antenna by chance ? If your receiving without the ground attached (Shield of the antenna) coverage must be ok in that area. Wondering if its actually an antenna issue.
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What cables between the CDM1250 and the second CDM1250 and duplexer ? How long is the LMR400 ? What is the Watt meter show on the antenna side ? Where do you hear the white noise ? On the RX radio ?
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https://mygmrs.com/profile/subscriptions
Also if on mygmrs.com and logged into your account control panel should be open on the right side. Click on $Subscriptions
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If its the early CM300 its Commercial Series PPS. It can still be purchased and downloaded from motorola. You will need a programming cable in addition. If its the new CM300d then same applies but uses Trbo Software.
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It is done in DOS as said if its truly the X9000. It requires a special cable to the RIB. Its been many years since I did one.
Which head is on it ? Most X9000 came with the W9 Head with a plug from the harness. The plug on the harness should have a Orange and Green Wire along with 2 for speaker. Some were black with a stripe and should have a molex plug on it.
Alot of good info HERE
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Correct. Public Safety and LMR frequencies have specific frequencies for mobile repeaters, ie: DVRS, Vehicle Repeater.
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How long have you waited. The FCC imports weekly or daily but can't remember which. IF you jsut got the license its proabbly not here yet.
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Most all new gear can move around without programming. The GTR800, MTR 3000 and SLR will work in the entire band with no issues.
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No pics of my first. It was a 4 channel Uniden crystal radio.
One of these 2 are my grab and go radios....
- PACNWComms, gman1971 and DeoVindice
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IF your GMRS radio is UHF only , you can only add 444.4 and 444.825
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Antennafarm normally ships pretty quick. Don't think anything I have ordered took longer than a week.
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All depends on design. TXRX makes some great systems for filters and combiners. As said the frequencies were close enough but just far enough apart. And one frequency was out of the GMRS section. There are many places as TXRX and Filtronics that build this stuff but its costly to do right.
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Your Motorola radio is using "Talkback Scan"
In programming you define how long it will sit on that channel before it goes back to scan. Public Safety uses Priority Scan. Priority Scan goes to the Selected Channel regardless of the last transmission.
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So one 8 year old article and one 20 year old article....yup...garbage... Again my Opinion. But I guess we aren't allowed to differ than other online.
There are alot of publications by the ARRL and many other organizations in the radio field. Each has a following and each is what the end user wants to read. If Amateur radio was respected in the areas I live more then it may be different but its a hobby to them. None are involved in county aspects nor have any interest in that. I guess maybe QSL to should just have articles on how to program your Baofeng and HotSpot as that seems to be the fad of the day for many hams. Linking repeaters via internet, hot spots and zello from a cell phone is not what I got into ham radio for. Where is the amateur's microwave guys to help link repeaters and put voters on a system ? Ghosts. Just buy a cheap hotspot and drop it on your fusion or Trbo repeater and walk away.