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used alot of those maxrad mirror mounts on dump trucks over the years. As long as its assembled as the picture its waterproof. The bottom of the mount is open and if you remove the 2 screws from under the bracket that mount comes off and its wide open. We used to have to repair some that got water damaged after years on the vehicles. Alot of DOT/DPW vehicles ran those in the NE on trunk systems.

how do you know you are dropping ? Are you trying to listen to a radio with another radio or someone in another area. You could be causing decense if your trying with 2 radios in the same vehicle or room. If your in a fringe area this will happen more than if your on top of the repeater.

There are many unlisted repeaters.

I think its grey. But with that said I have limited my users with RAS and other features that my repeaters have. I have one that sits and waits until it hears the proper DTMF/RAS code then when I'm done I send a repeater disable. It wont stop a true radio guy from digging out the code and doing it them selves but 99% of the people who cause issues have a CCR and aren't smart enough to understand that stuff. I think the big issue is alot of us pay to put stuff on the air. If you abuse a privilege's you should be disciplined. Apparently we can't do that anymore so doing other things to make it harder is all we can do. In the end I'll just remove my repeater (and have in some locations). I also recommend not listing it all over the world if you don't want folks on it. jmho

Exactly. If I hear it on my repeaters I give a warning, after that go use someone else repeater.

I take portables all the time on the plane. Just drop it in your backpack and let it go thru the scanner and get it on the other side.

To me there is no need for it. None of my radios have it. I also see no reason for it.

GMRS is not ham radio. If you want to use APRS get your ham ticket and enjoy. I for one dont want to listen to data burst all over the GMRS band. We only have limited channels to use now. Adding more to those doesn't help.

That should work well. I would have went with the $10 one but the one you ordered is a nice antenna. It will outperform any puck style antenna all day long. The puck style antenna is just a circuit board with a copper foil tape on it in a circle. There is no true antenna.

Your license specifies the GMRS frequencies. Additionally each manufacture may use some variation of programming. For portables alot of the stuff is FRS in between GMRS. For mobiles its all GMRS.

Your going to need to give us some more info on that question but if you mean Mhz they are all in the LMR range and not GMRS

If they hold a license your correct. If it lapsed or expired they are no different than any other GMRS user. Accept the interference or work with other licensed folks to resolve. Again under 2 watts no license is needed.

No requirements to have morse code id on a repeater. As long as user ID's. The box is made to hang on a line between telephone poles so you can get some clamp style kits for it but for what GMRS users are doing i agree.

NMO mount is for mobile use. They make a NMO-N Mount that allows you to use any length cable you would need.

You wont find a plug and play box other than Rich's. Thats as close as there is.

You said your antenna was on your roof rack. As long as its made out of metal a 1/4 wave will work fine. If your worried buy the 6" aluminum disk that they sell.

There is an entire thread on this. Rich from mygmrs sells the entire kit.

Jut order a NMO Mount with the cable. 90% of the NMO mounts come with 16' of cable reattached. That should be plenty for any size vehicle.

1/4 wave will be fine...Ive had them flattened on ambulances that went under low hanging buildings and trees. Just bend the antenna back up and continue. Its $5

Just grab a standard 1/4 wave antenna. It will work fine and be out of the beating area. A puck antenna is as effective as a handheld radio.

As others said...batlabs... http://www.batlabs.com/rick.html The RICK is very basic. Make sure your M1225 is set for Pin 8 COR (PL/CSQ Detect). Set dip switch in RICK. It a pretty simple devise. Used hundreds over the years with x-band repeaters, in band and everything in between. First came out for the Maxtrax but can be used on everything including current radios with proper cables.

Samlex and Astron both sell a battery backup power supply. Both cost more than the radio. Your best bet is a GEL battery and a DC PS with Battery Revert.

Again a GMRS 1/4 wave is not 7". Thats my point. Its 6". 7" will get you in the 40 =\- mhz range. for 460 mhz its 6". Ive worked on UHF public safety for decades and yet to see a 7" UHF 1/4 wave.

Thats not a 1/4 wave antenna.