SteveShannon

A loop just below the antenna is frequently done as a choke.

The Anytone/Alinco zone file is a a table of zones. Each zone has a list of joined channels, with apparently up to 255 entries. It appears to use the name of the channel, rather than a number.

There are cable ties that are intended for exposure to the elements (UV resistant). Just use one of them, but be sure you don’t tighten it up. Coax cable is very easily damaged. A short piece of ground wire could also be used. Also, Panduit makes a lot of different cable handling accessories. I’m sure others do too, but I’m most familiar with Panduit.

I exported my zones to see what they look like. It should be possible to manipulate them in Excel also, but you have to be very careful. At least for the Anytone/Alinco codeplugs, there's a very complex array of channels for each zone in one of the columns that would be very easy to zorch.

I have exported to a CSV format file and sorted in excel, then reimported.

I was going to say “Jinx, padlock!”

So really, BTech should have designed all their radios to use the same cable. I’m in agreement with you there.

Look in the manual for ANI tones. Disable them if they’re turned on.

Perhaps only people who buy a single radio feel that way. People who buy four or five don’t want to pay extra for three or four unused cables.

Are you saying that your local repeaters transmit on 467.600 and 467.675 MHz? Because: 467 MHz main channels. Only mobile, hand-held portable, control and fixed stations may transmit on these 8 channels. Mobile, hand-held portable and control stations may transmit on these channels only when communicating through a repeater station or making brief test transmissions in accordance with § 95.319(c). The channel center frequencies are: 467.5500, 467.5750, 467.6000, 467.6250, 467.6500, 467.6750, 467.7000, and 467.7250 MHz.

Or an even cheaper Baofeng radio. ?

I’ve seen “YouTube reports” that both sides have adopted Baofeng radios when needed. I wouldn’t be surprised. And, yes, Ham Radio 2.0 had a YouTube video with a representative from the Polish Amateur Radio Club where they were actively soliciting support for Ukraine. I don’t remember the details, but it’s an easy video to find.

I sure can’t tell. I was kind of hoping to see a “Pofung” label. ?

He said it looks like a Motorola DP4400.

I certainly couldn’t identify it either, but if you read the comments one person “identified” it as a particular unencrypted Motorola model. ?

This video purportedly show a Ukrainian drone picking up a Russian handheld that was dropped. Personally I have my doubts, only because with all the Russians who have been killed in Ukraine, the Ukrainians probably don’t need to do this, but I don’t really know. It’s fun to think that this might have happened, anyway. Steve

Did you bring it back to the present afterwards?

The QuadNet Array - D-STAR, DMR and C4FM Fusion II Done Your Way! ?

And another:

462.575 MHz is used by many repeaters in many places. I’m pretty sure you’ll need to figure out something unique, such as a node number, for use on the network. Where are you and what’s the name of the repeater? That will give someone a chance to assist you.

But not to worry, DMR Plus is partnering with DMR-MARC. And if you want to bridge between four different digital networks, there’s QuadNet: https://www.openquad.net

And DMR Plus is promised to be the next big thing! ?

Oops - never mind. I misunderstood the question, even though it was plainly stated. But really, just do two separate antennas separated vertically.

The interstitial channels do in GMRS: (b) 462 MHz interstitial channels. The effective radiated power (ERP) of mobile, hand-held portable and base stations transmitting on the 462 MHz interstitial channels must not exceed 5 Watts. (c) 467 MHz interstitial channels. The effective radiated power (ERP) of hand-held portable units transmitting on the 467 MHz interstitial channels must not exceed 0.5 Watt. Each GMRS transmitter type capable of transmitting on these channels must be designed such that the ERP does not exceed 0.5 Watt.