SteveShannon

I’ll probably be playing with the grandkids on Saturday but I appreciate your offer. My friend is back in Montana. I actually feel a little guilty even asking for it. There may be others who need it more than my friend. Take it to the ham thing and trade it or sell it!

If they used their call sign as their ID, or if they’ve included it in a post you can find it with a search. It’s possible that they have a sign-in for the website but not for the forum. But, if you know their call sign it is very easy to look up their name and address using the call sign lookup on the website here or in the FCC database. What’s the call sign?

I’m tempted. I’m actually in Phoenix right now. Maybe I could give it to my friend. He’s a ham and would enjoy having anything.

I bought the NanoVnA from R and L electronics. It is well built and has N connectors rather than SMA. Used with nano Vna saver software it’s a piece of cake to use. But it’s not my favorite. I’ve worked on an MFJ 269D analyzer. They’re poorly built and I would never buy one. Now I have two different RigExpert analyzers. I really like them. They are my favorites.

That’s smart.

No, doubling the power won’t double the range. You might be surprised but doubling the power might not make any real difference in range. Power isn’t the limiting factor.

Almost no antennas truly transmit on the one (and only one) frequency where they are resonant, yet they transmit well enough. Although that’s an MFJ SWR meter and the numeric value might be incorrect, it still will show you where the SWR is the lowest, so I wouldn’t worry too much about that. Like WSAM454, I absolutely would suspect that the frequency you are transmitting is the 462.xxx MHz frequency instead of the 467.xxx MHz frequency. I’m sure you set it right in software, but radios sometimes try to outthink us. Try using one of the factory repeater channels (23-30) with the correct CTCSS or DCS tone.

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Did you look on the repeater page?

KMZ files can be directly read by Google Maps.

Garmin Rino.

Instead, I suggest that you get the factory made cable with the N connectors and use the adapter on the radio end. Electrically it’s the same but having a factory N connector on the cable where it connects to the antenna will be more weatherproof.

It is feasible. The feature is called lockout. Unfortunately no retail GMRS radios that I know of have it, but scanners and some commercial radios have it.

It’s impossible to reliably say. They might go from one block to another or they could go miles between upper floors of two different buildings.

And for the record, you should never have to worry about being a bother when you’re asking questions.

Here’s a better description:

Each DMR repeater is a kind of a gateway into a network of DMR talkgroups. So a repeater connected to the Brandmeister network can be used to connect to almost every talkgroup on the Brandmeister network. So, my local DMR repeater has the Montana Chat talkgroup as its default talkgroup. But I have a bunch of channels configured that allow me to simply change channels and key up (as long as nobody is talking on the repeater at the time) and the repeater will be connected dynamically to that new talkgroup and not to its default talkgroup. Usually a repeater will eventually times out and return to the default talkgroup. I keep busy channel lockout turned on on my DMR radio so I don’t interrupt others.

If you get on the right talkgroup it can be busy all the time. TG 91 is worldwide English speaking and has conversations full time. But keep in mind that when you get on a DMR repeater and change talkgroups, everyone else listening to the repeater is taken to the same talkgroup. If you want to hear lots of activity and not just use the repeater locally, a hotspot is really the way to go.

He hasn’t been here since 2019.

RT System software can automatically populate repeaters in your radio’s memory based on location (zip code plus radius is just one way). Chirp has similar features. Use the memory banks or zones of many radios to create zones that reflect different locations along your journey and then just switch from bank to bank (or zone to zone) as you travel. Alinco’s DMR radio even has “roaming zones” and a built in GPS.

Here’s what their website says: WHAT IF I JUST USE AND DON’T JOIN THE SYSTEM? We won’t kick you off the System. However, we will notice if you’re on a lot and haven’t joined. You’ll probably get an email or phone call to encourage you to become a member. The PAPA System is member-supported and we depend on membership to support repeater maintenance and site rental.

Paid repeater? All ham radio clubs encourage membership and gleefully accept donations. We might have a difficult time paying for all that goes into the expenses associated with repeaters otherwise. Im not a Papa member and I certainly can’t speak for them but I suspect that if you donate what you can they’ll not mind you using the repeaters.

They’re selling new for $249-$269, unless you buy from Amazon. A friend just bought one from HRO after borrowing mine to see if it would work for him.

One is the loneliest number.

This!!! It makes no sense to add UHF transmitters just because they don’t have UHF transmitters.