SteveShannon

Good job trying different things. It doesn’t make sense to me either, but based on past experiences that definitely means little. Did you feel any difference in how well the magnet holds for these different locations? The magnetic base couples with the metal to form the ground plane. It would be interesting to see if a non-ground plane antenna worked better in your specific circumstances. Also, play around with your cable. You might have a problem that manifests itself when some portion of the cable is bent or straightened but not others. That could form an intermittent problem that coincidentally happens as you move the base around. Radio is sometimes the most frustrating mystery, but I have found that most problems have simple solutions, propagation being the exception.

Yes it is. Watch for sales at Radioddity. You should be able to pick up a db20g for less than $90.

Move the car and try again.

What do you mean by “Everything looks fine on a meter?” What kind of meter? As a sanity check, go back to your original configuration and see if it still works.

Often you can lift the edge of the weatherstripping and fit the cable in under it. Follow it to the bottom of the door and then sometimes you can squeeze it into the recess next to the end of the rocker panel to get into the vehicle.

You should, assuming the tone matches the input tone of the repeater. You’ll actually be transmitting on 467.650 MHz; that is what the offset does.

It’s so nice for you to join us. We feel truly blessed to have such a wonderful person in our midst.

I’ve switched over to RT Systems for almost all of my radios. I enjoy the consistency but I did use Chirp before. One of the menus in Chirp allows you to import from RepeaterBook (good for ham radio listings but not as complete as MyGMRS’s database for GMRS.) I think it also allows importing CSV (comma separated variable) files. But I don’t know about Wouxun software. Not meant negatively; I just haven’t used it.

Does the Wouxun software allow importing from CSV files from myGMRS?

I like the Garmin Rhino also. There’s no better gps/GMRS radio and the screen is so good in daylight. I just use the built in maps, but for a price you can get higher resolution maps on a card that you install in the radio.

I’m glad you stopped by!

I think elsewhere he said they use BF UV-9Gs.

Not all of the California folks though. @WRUU653 would help anyone who needs help. @Socalgmrs just doesn’t play well with others. It’s too bad too. I think his experience could have value. But because of the way he talks to people whatever value he might bring is rejected.

Yes, I suspect it is. Usually an audio circuit would have filtering (capacitors to take the surge to ground or inductors in series) to block the transients like that. It sounds like the filtering wasn’t designed in or components have failed. If the radio is new I would return it and demand one that doesn’t pop.

So do the pops only happen when the external speaker is plugged in, not when using the internal speaker? Do you have a different speaker you can try? Is the plug plugged all the way in? Some of these inexpensive speaker/mics are difficult to plug in completely.

I suspect the same thing as @WRUU653, a stuck button or bad switch. @WRXZ797, you might want to crack open the case and take a look at the circuit board. If it’s like many devices it will have dome switches that are closed when the membrane that forms the keyboard are deformed and a conductive element bridges a couple of PCB traces. It’s possible that the membrane has delaminated or permanently deformed. If nothing else maybe you can turn it on with the keyboard removed and bridge across the two traces for the scan switch to turn scanning off, then disable the function by placing a piece of tape over the two traces. If it has tiny discrete electromechanical switches instead of the cheaper dome switches you might be able to put an ohmmeter on the switch to see if it has failed in one state or the other. Or it might simply be time to replace the radio.

I’ve heard complaints about the price from people who haven’t purchased it, but not from those who have. It’s nice to have almost every radio I have programmed with almost exactly the same software.

And RT Systems works well for this radio.

I don’t understand their signal reporting.

One more down vote. I’m getting closer to winning the pool all the time!

I don’t know if you need to fix anything. You’re transmitting You mentioned hearing a sound after you transmitted but you wouldn’t call it static. It might have been a squelch tail. If you have a nearby friend who has a radio have them listen while you transmit. Announce yourself and ask for a repeater check. As @WRUU653 said the red bar shows that you’re transmitting. Once you get someone to respond you’ll feel a little more confident.

It’s within reason. The Midland ghost antenna sells for $50. A fender mount bracket for a 21-24 ford bronco goes for $30. An NMO mount and cable to fit that bracket goes for about $20-30. But you might enjoy the convenience of ordering a proven combination from a single place.

I’m just curious. What did you do right before the language changed to Chinese?

No, people don’t really come looking for advice. They really just want to see how useless you can be. It’s entertainment.