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  1. SteveShannon
    A taller antenna will make more difference than raising your power.
  2. SteveShannon
    Being slightly off frequency can bring out the Charlie Brown teacher voice.
  3. SteveShannon
    That’s just the way it is. FRS radios are toys and regulations allow unlicensed children to use them. Pitting us against each other will not help; it just exacerbates the frustration and resentment.
  4. SteveShannon
    That’s also true of any GMRS user using those channels for simplex. But that’s not “jamming“ the frequency. That’s just sharing the frequency as regulations require.
  5. SteveShannon
    I'll recheck the same radio on GMRS but with a different antenna to see how it does. I'll also check my other DB20G radio to see how much they differ. That'll have to wait for a dry day though. ?
  6. SteveShannon
    Depending on terrain 55 miles isn't far at all for a tall antenna. UHF, even at low power, can go hundreds of miles as long as nothing interrupts the path.
  7. SteveShannon
    Did you ever go look at the interactive map? Different repeaters appear depending on zoom level. You never told us more specifically than SW Missouri. How far away is POSY? Repeaters are limited to 50 watts, same as your mobile radio, so I doubt that’s a real difference, but POSY could have a pretty tall antenna tower.
  8. SteveShannon
    They could, but that’s their right. Not to intentionally interfere of course, but as @wrci350 said:
  9. SteveShannon
    No apology needed for that. It was an honest mistake.
  10. SteveShannon
    How do they cause problems for repeater owners? FRS radios are blocked from transmitting on the 467 main channels that are the repeater inputs.
  11. SteveShannon
    What about the buttons on the factory mike?
  12. SteveShannon
    I just tested the power output on 146.940 MHz of my dB20g and the radio, which is rated for 20 watts on GMRS, put out a solid 30 watts. I had to double check it, but that’s what it said. I wish now that I had another wattmeter for VHF to compare.
  13. SteveShannon
    I haven’t seen any reports here of the Db20g failing. I have two of them. One I opened up and connected to a Comet dual band SB5 antenna. I use it for 2 meter and 70 cm in my 4Runner. The other is factory configured for GMRS and is connected to a Midland MXTA26 GMRS antenna in my pickup. Neither have acted up. For the price they seem very capable little radios.
  14. SteveShannon
    What about the POSY 625 repeater on the map?
  15. SteveShannon
    Look in Device Manager for any issues.
  16. SteveShannon
    I get that a lot! It sounds like you’ve got a good one!
  17. SteveShannon
    Thanks, Marc; you’re right. I went down the wrong path. I appreciate the correction.
  18. SteveShannon
    ? Having lower output is a feature!
  19. SteveShannon
    I think that misses his question. For some repeaters the status in the database changes from “Active” to “Stale” (or some such language) after a period of time with no updates to the database, generally thought to be a year. Why does the database continue to reflect that these repeaters are active?
  20. SteveShannon
    Not silly at all. After all, it's on sale!
  21. SteveShannon
    His title said BTech GMRS Pro. There's a bluetooth dongle that fits the K1 size audio plug that allows programming just as if a cable is plugged in, when it works. I don't have one and I don't have a BTech GMRS Pro, and my spanish is poor, so I can't really help. Here's the bluetooth dongle:
  22. SteveShannon
    It says 2A3OORA87
  23. SteveShannon
    The manual Bird coax switches are still available. I just got a 718 and went to the Bird site to learn more about it. It’s impressive. It physically disconnects two N connectors, one at the common and one at whichever switched port you choose. It appears to be a run of coax internally as well.
  24. SteveShannon
    Right - I wouldn’t buy one without having something to go by.
  25. SteveShannon
    I think a transfer switch is just another name for a coax switch. There are also some that are manual but which have power for indication. It would be a bitch to buy one of them only to find out it isn’t remotely controlled.
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