SteveShannon

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

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.