SteveShannon

Prohibited: 1733 (b) GMRS stations must not be used for one-way communications other than those listed in § 95.1731(b). Initial transmissions to establish two-way communications and data transmissions listed in § 95.1731(d) are not considered to be one-way communications for the purposes of this section. and 1731(b) says this: (b) One-way communications. The operator of a GMRS station may use that station to transmit one-way communications: (1) To call for help or transmit other emergency communications; (2) To provide warnings of hazardous road conditions to travelers; or, (3) To make brief test transmissions. But no rules prohibit relaying messages received on one service by using another service. So you and I could have a conversation on GMRS and I could then have a conversation on 2 meters with Gil @WRUU653 operating as KO6BIK and I could relay the message to him.

Make sure you load the right driver before plugging in the cable. The driver creates the comm port.

He received a citation for failing to report an accident. And his insurance completely paid for my repairs and nearly a month long car rental.

For years Wikipedia said that channel 20 is the national calling channel for GMRS. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Mobile_Radio_Service scroll down to the channel table

Except for the sticky part, here you go: channels 1-22 uses: talk to someone channels 23-30 uses: talk to someone farther away through a repeater.

I think you already solved the mystery. The TOT is set too short. TOT causes the unit to time out when transmitting.

Yes, that makes perfect sense. If you transmit longer than the TOT, the radio will stop transmitting. I think I have mine set to 3 minutes. It’s a handy setting for a repeater (sometimes keeps a windbag like me from finishing a story) but it’s not terribly useful on a mobile radio.

That shouldn’t be too hot at all unless there’s some kind of problem on the board.

I’m guessing it was invented by a wife whose husband doesn’t pay attention.

At least the cans that carry spam are labeled. (Even I groaned.)

Does it look like the entire unit shuts down or does it just stop transmitting? What’s the current capacity on your power supply?

Run it at medium power and see if it continues. At medium power the db20g only gets warm. Your radio should only get hot when you’re transmitting on high power. Too hot would be too hot to touch. As long as you can rest your hand on the radio it’s probably fine. Most people listen more than they transmit.

That was already taken by a wiser person.

No, we are unlikely to settle this debate, regardless of how many times the question is asked. But there are lots of other posts about it. Line A is one reason. 12 million people live above Line A and thus are prohibited from using 19. Second, GMRS really isn’t used by most people to “call out on”. It’s primarily for use between people who know each other while pursuing other activities. It works very well for that. Don’t worry, you didn’t start the debate. It just has some dormant periods. Welcome to the forum!

Yes, and transmitting using the tone (or code) required by the repeater.

No, if you transmit on a simplex channel the repeater will not hear it.

Transmissions on the simplex channel will be heard on both the simplex channel and the repeater channel. But a transmission from the radio set to the repeater channel will not be heard directly on the radio set to the simplex channel.

That’s right. Premium members have unlimited reactions. I don’t know what the reaction limit is for standard members. But as I recall it’s not midnight to midnight. Maybe it’s based on Zulu time? Anyway in the afternoon or evening I was able to add more reactions.

I think you missed the point. If a person’s posts bother you, then just put the person on your ignore list. That doesn’t stop them from posting and nobody needs to leave.

Yes

I like that sentiment also, but a person also has the right to not listen.

No, SWR isn’t the only concern. Depending on where you place a ground plane antenna there will be some directional bias. Ideally you would place it in the center of the ground plane, but because of the short wavelength of UHF, a ground plane antenna isn’t nearly as sensitive to placement and a lot of people are satisfied even with a ground plane antenna mounted at the very edge of a ground plane, such as the edge of a tailgate or hood. As @WRYZ926 says, as long as you have at least 6 inches of ground plane in any direction from the mount you should be fine.

Dacron rope or wire rope. But a high enough bracket can take the place of guys. Guys are usually attached to some kind of anchor in the ground, but the edge of a roof should work well also.

I think the Rohn 9h50 and the channel master are the same thing.

Another 21 foot long top rail, but less expensive if you’re in Washington state: https://www.everguardmaterials.com/+/galvanized-top-rail-1-5-8-x-21