SteveShannon

There are a few pretty neat mobile ham radios that can be configured as cross-band repeaters without needing two separate radios. The Yaesu FTM-6000 is an example at a price of $270. It has two separate VFOs. If you want digital modes there are models from Alinco, Anytone, and Yaesu that do that as well.

The reason I looked at Comet was because I followed a rabbit trail that started here. I read some posts here from some highly respected people like Marc Spaz that gave high marks to the Comet CX-333 tri-band antenna. So then I searched for a review of the antenna and found a comparison test of the Ed Fong antenna to the cx-333. The Comet did a couple dB better, which is significant. Then the guy who did the tests contacted Ed Fong to get his comments. Mr. Fong spoke very highly of the Comet antenna and also of the Comet company and how accurately they advertise their products.

It really does depend how you learn best. There’s not very many books on GMRS, like a “For Dummies” book, but many of the concepts will be very similar in ham radio and there are a buttload of books for that. I suggest visiting the public library. Another thing would be to see if there’s a local to you radio club, either GMRS or ham radio (many of us enjoy both.) And of course don’t hesitate to ask questions here.

I can’t answer your question, but what about something like this: https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/cma-ca-712efc

In this case Alex is right. The owner of this site probably doesn’t want to have a thread that teaches people to flagrantly disregard regulations. Now if you wanted to publish almost exactly the same thread in the ham radio area and aim it at doing a cross-band VHF/UHF repeater, nobody could complain.

Sounds like BTech customer support needs a driver for their clown car.

Which Yaesu 2 meter xceiver? I couldn’t zoom in enough to read it and I’m not familiar enough with the different models to know it off the top of my head. My first thought was the ft-2980r, but the specs said 80 watts.

It really depends on how those “channels“ are configured. A channel can refer to any combination of frequency and receive tone, so it’s possible to have numerous channels on the same frequency. Look and see what frequency GMRS-16 and RPT-1 receive on. I bet they’re the same and you have no tone set for one of them. If not, then maybe the problem MichaelLAX described is right.

I like how they say “ferrous metals” and then say (aluminum, etc.).

Exactly. We can educate and advise, but incessantly nagging does nothing but make the nagger and everyone around that person miserable.

What you’re describing is necessary as well, unless you use a duplexer, but that’s for the antennas. You still need to shield the circuitry of the transmitter from the circuitry of the receiver. If you look inside a repeater, even the little Retevis 97, you’ll see that the transmitter and receiver are separated from each other within their own metal sealed compartments.

We’re everywhere!

Even then it wouldn’t happen. The beer sounds great though.

The answer is still the same.

If you just want to quote a portion of a post, select the portion you want. You’ll be presented with the opportunity to quote the selected portion in a new reply. The plus signs allow you to do a multi quote, where you include multiple posts into a single reply.

You might suggest to your doctor that he watch the video. I have two daughters who are doctors; neither is an expert on the effects of radios on pacemakers. But I would say that if you don’t feel safe you should not do it. Best wishes to you.

I’m sorry to see you go, but maybe this video will help?

Thanks for trying to help him out. Hopefully I didn’t drive him away frustrated.

Thanks for that info. I agree. We have friends in Naples. We’ll give them a little time before asking them how things went.

Both make you think about killing yourself?

Of course that means Rich is dealing with hurricane issues also. I hope he is safe.

As long as it’s an open system I decided that Rich probably would not mind. I sent you the tones in a message. Best wishes!

So you need to register separately for the section of the website that includes the repeater directory. Go to www.mygmrs.com and click “register for free”. It just so happens that the owner of this site is the owner of the Fort Pierce repeater. I’m hesitant to publish here in the open the tones used for the repeater, but I did report this thread to him so he can respond.

Yes, you need the tone. Did you try looking up the repeater on this site? It should either tell you the tone or information that will help you get it.

And antenna gain.