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  1. maddogrecurve
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    Very nice and clean setup!!
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    I did a search and you will have to cut the antenna down to tune it. So if the SWR is high at the GMRS frequencies, 467MGz then cut 1/8" off and re test. continue until the SWR is below 1.5, if you get to like 1.8 and you trim again and it goes up a little, quit cutting!!!!! LOL I have ruined many antennas by cutting too much, and some just will never tune!
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    I have no clue, but I thought I would comment since you are sitting here all alone!!!!!
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    I always run wire directly from the battery to my rigs unless it is a portable quick install, then I have used lighter plugs (no good!). I still get interference sometimes, but not too bad. Is your antenna grounded?
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    They are light, and easy to make if single banded, but I am having problems getting my ladder line to resonate on two bands except for my 2 meter J-Pole that I made with plans off of the internet.
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    That looks like a wonderful idea! I plan on taking mine camping as well, but I do not think any repeaters will be reachable as we have none in the Columbia Gorge. Once I get my ham ticket though, I will also bring my 2 meter J-pole that I made out of ladder line, I should hit a repeater with that!!
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    Pretty cool that it hangs out with you!! I put mine up when my girlfriend is out of the house, or up in my hobby room. Now that I have my mobile radio working, I want to put an antenna permanently up so I may try to find a spot for the N9TAX. Mine detuned on MURS, which is really bad, I do not know why it did that, but it did.
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    How active is the 220 band? I do not have my license yet, getting confident enough to take my test soon though.
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    Ian, What kind of slim jim's are you making? I have been trying to make them out of ladder line for GMRS and have been unsuccessful! There are no plans online for them, and the calculators are not working for me. I have made a few for 2m/70cm and a single band 2m one, but I cannot get GMRS or Murs to work by themselves.
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    J-Poles do have gain! Not a bunch, but they work much better than dipoles! They outperform many commercial loaded antennas as well! Look up the info on the net, but be careful, some people are biased in both directions, so make sure that you are using a discerning eye!
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    Wow, it sounds like you did a great professional job on your cable management! I should follow suit when I run my cable!!
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    I have the N9TAX dual band antenna and it works really well! Unfortunately, I have no one to really test it with as I primarily listen to random people talking, but I definitely hear people really well. They are well made and the manufacturer is very helpful as well.
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    You should be fine! Do you have an SWR meter or antenna analyzer? If so, just test it to make sure! I have hung my slim jims all over the place and always test them when I move them, sometimes they are affected by objects and sometimes not. Just keep it away from the fridge and maybe any low hanging overhead light fixtures. I hang mine by my fluorescent light in my shop and it is only slightly affected by it. WRMQ982
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    Nice, I hear nothing but good about Ed Fong antennas, he is so cool! I have emailed him because I read that he had a heart attack and was out of business for a while. I may order one of his one day, but I enjoy making antennas, and I have the plans for his, in fact I made his dual band 2m/70cm roll up, though I used the wrong plans as there are so many out there, but I got it close enough to work! I am having issues with designing one to work for GMRS though, the antenna calculators are not getting me close enough to resonate at the desired frequencies and no one has listed plans out there!! I have made ground plane antennas for both Murs/2m and GMRS/70cm and they work great! But J-Poles and slim jims from ladder line are giving me problems!
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    Good Morning! I purchased an N9TAX dual band slim jim antenna for Murs/GMRS/FRS used from a guy. I bought it because I had tried making them and I am having a hard time getting them to resonate with the online calculators. I have been using this one indoors (my hobby room) and outoors (in my shop) and it receives really well, I think it transmits well, I am unsure as I have no repeater in my area and only hear FRS traffic. Once in a while I chat with people. I do use it to monitor scanner frequencies as well, and it works great! Let me know if you use these and what you think! WRMQ982
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    Sounds like he has his head screwed on straight! I like the way he thinks!!
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    I'm with ya! Though I have not started the repeater journey yet, so I am glad I am reading this!!
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    Kind Sir, In my area (The Columbia Gorge Oregon), there are no repeaters at all!! I do want to start a group of GMRS users first, then discuss as a group setting up a repeater or two and maybe linking it with a system of repeaters leading into Portland for rec and emergency use, but that is a long ways away.. Thanks for your input, I understand that they are expensive and time consuming, and I do not have the money nor time right now for it. I do want to get my ham license because we do have 2m 70cm repeaters and people who actually talk on them around me, unlike GMRS. All I have is flaggers, travelers, and yelling toddlers on the FRS/GMRS band.....
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    I do not know about UHF but I know that with HF, wattage makes a huge difference!!!! When i had a little kicker in line, I could talk about 15 miles further to a guy on the way to work than I could without. The difference in wattage was only about 60 watts, and my antenna was the best (in my opinion) a 102" whip, though I had crappy RG 58 coax on a Tram magnet mount. I now use the same mount but I swapped coax for my usual RG/8x coax, but no longer run the kicker. I plan on getting a mobile UHF/VHF radio really soon and will see how well I can do with further repeaters, but I also know that I cannot talk to those that I cannot hear! I may be in the same boat that I am in with my HT!!!
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    Can you program them from the radio itself?
  21. maddogrecurve
    575 Duplexer TX after
    Did you get it dialed in?
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    Enjoy ordering the "proper" stuff, I order tons of stuff also, I have multiple mobile antennas and radios. I also have tons of connectors and tools for my coax and the fittings. I just enjoy radio, C.B, Shortwave, all radio, and since there really is no one to talk to where I live but people passing through and a couple of flaggers who think they own the FRS channels, I will keep making my "improper" equipment until I get my Ham license, then make even more because Ham is dead where I live. Fortunately, ham is not dead where I work so I can talk to and from work.
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    Oh, I also made another wire 1/4 wave antenna but I stripped the plastic off and straightened the wire by twisting it with a drill! Worked great!!!
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    Thank you LScott, I think I will keep doing so! I enjoy playing with antenna designs, and my spouse won't let me put a real (permanent) base station antenna up so I am making these little ones that I can throw onto PVC pipe when I want to use them then take them down.
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    Very cool! I thought about those kind of mounts, but where I would mount them, I have room for large coax. It's my fenders that I have no space, and looking at my Ford Focus, it is even tighter. I put a fender mount on it but am trying to figure out how to get the coax ran through. I may have to stick with maggie mounts.
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