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How cool! Radio is awesome isn't it? Never know what will work until we try it! I have an old dipole that I made for CB in 2011 with 12 gauge wire and a vitamin bottle for a center connector. I cut the wires to approximate length and stapled it to the outside of my shop and plugged my scanner in, it works great! I have not tried searching frequencies yet, but I will. I plugged my GMRS into it as well and my SWR's are under 1.5 through all FRS and GMRS frequencies as well!!

I bought the MFJ Grand Master meter! I have been impressed with it! I have a Dosy for C.B/HF and it's nice, but this MFJ seems easier to calibrate and more crisp.

That's the one I have, I used an initial heat shrink tube, then spread silicon over that and shrunk another tube over that to really seal it.

I have a foldable TwayRdio antenna in camo, I thought it would be a joke as it is long, too long, but I tested the SWR's and they are under 1.5:1 on all FRS/GMRS frequencies! The reception is way better than the 701-C, 771-C, and the stock (I have all of them). I cannot seem to find anyone to talk to for testing in my area, but when I do, I will use all my antennas and report back. I am leery about using the stock one or the 701-C anymore because the SWR is over 3 on both of those across all of the GMRS and FRS frequencies. I Did by an external antenna and mounted it on my car, just waiting for the SMA connectors to come in. I bought the Browning antenna and mounted it to my fender!! Once that gets hooked up I hope to actually be heard! Also, I cannot access the one repeater in my area because my programming cable does not work, I have a new one coming (should be here tonight). I have no clue what I am doing, but should be hitting repeaters soon.

I bought the 771 and my SWR is astronomical!!! He must have trimmed it..

The owner told me that I have to program the 5khz offset, which I think I did, so I will try it on my way home, but I don't know how I will know if I reach the repeater or not. My programming cable has not worked on this radio so I have never had it hooked up to my PC yet...Ugggghhhh..

Thank you very much! I will contact the repeater owner and see what he says. He has no codes/tones listed.

Thank you for the answer! There are no tones listed on the repeater. Maybe I am missing something?

Good Evening, I am new to GMRS, and have the B-tech GMRS V-1 radio, I have a local open repeater here in Portland but I do not know how to hit it. It has an input and output frequency and the channel that I hear the repeaters' automated message is the output frequency, the input frequency is not aligning with my channel 14 which is 467.712. The input frequency of the repeater is 467.700. The output frequency is 462.700, can someone please help me? Thanks wrmQ982