SteveShannon

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

Menards also has 21 foot long single joints of fence material. Perhaps all fence material suppliers do: https://www.menards.com/main/building-materials/fencing/chain-link-fencing/1-5-8-x-21-se-chain-link-fence-top-rail/1715160/p-1464215498543-c-5742.htm Also, the top rail I have is only 1 3/8” diameter. The 1 5/8” diameter stuff will be considerably stronger.

I don’t know how sturdy that is, but it’s exactly what I had in mind, but before you buy more, try doing what @WRYZ926 shows with the posts you have. Bolt the joint and guy the masts. I would guy at the top. The brackets you have will do a good job of supporting the mast below them and all the way to the ground. I know we always say height is king, but sometimes it’s not necessary. Does your antenna perform well enough if it’s 15 feet up instead of 20 feet? A friend of mine use a five foot top rail section partially buried in the ground and a full ten foot section on top of that and then his 2 meter antenna on top of that. So the antenna tiptop is probably about 22 feet high. For him that accomplishes everything he needs to do.

It would be interesting to see a frequency graph of the ignore lists to see which users are ignored the most.

Nice! Great example of guying and bolting the joints. Do you have a closer picture showing how you bolted the joint?

That’s not any kind of fault. If your radio is set without a receive tone you’ll still hear it even if they added a tone. If you suspect that a repeater output tone has been added many radios have the ability to scan for tones. Also, the record in the database has contact information for the licensee: https://mygmrs.com/license/WRFT322 It says he has logged into the site recently. Send him a pm.

Without some kind of reinforcement, the joints on these top rails allow quite a bit of slop. I use them, but I would not use more than two. I recommend either guying the top rail sections at the joint and again at or near the top or at least putting in a couple through bolts at the joint or even a sleeve that fits around the joint. I’ve been toying with the idea of a piece of steel cable (wire rope) running the length of the two sections and then tensioned to pull the joint tightly together. I’m not certain that will remove the play though. Unfortunately, because of the galvanizing welding is more difficult. A telescoping flag pole is better in my mind (but not as cheap).

When you are at this dialog box, just as you enter radioreference from Chirp, change the zip code to the location you want:

Not all repeaters kerchunk. Yes, if you want to talk through the repeater, you must be on the correct repeater channel. Until you fully understand what you’re doing I recommend leaving the RX Tone cleared out. That way you’ll hear everything on that channel. Once you know you can receive the repeater you can always add the tone or code for RX. If you want to talk directly to another radio, you and the other radio must be on the same simplex channel, which are 1-22.

Great reminder!! Thanks!

When that happens to me I click on the Advanced Search Settings and I always discover that there’s something there from a previous search, such as a state filter, which results in an empty result.