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    Steve Shannon
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    Butte, Montana
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    High Power Rocketry, electronics, shooting and firearms technology

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  1.    SteveShannon reacted to a post in a topic: SGQ-450D Duplexer - Tune-up and Review
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  4. SteveShannon
    That’s only true if the only people who use it are operating under the owners license. If any other license holders use it then it must identify. Obviously that’s not the case here because MrSig has asked if others can check and see if they can access his repeater. But I don’t understand why anyone would go to the expense to add a Repeater ID to their repeater but not have it actually ID their repeater.
  5.    SteveShannon reacted to a post in a topic: Simplex Linking vs. Repeater Linking
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  9. SteveShannon
    Actually, no, the rule is that GMRS communications may not be placed onto a network. That extrapolated into not linking repeaters.
  10.    SteveShannon reacted to a post in a topic: Antenna Height Secret
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  12.    SteveShannon reacted to a post in a topic: Over use of call sign announcements on GMRS
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  14. SteveShannon
    Did you not include the call sign?
  15.    SteveShannon reacted to a post in a topic: Unlocked UV-5G?
  16. SteveShannon
    Exactly. The only time a person might be cited is if they do something really egregious (like monkeying around with public safety communications) and these violations are tacked on.
  17.    SteveShannon reacted to a post in a topic: Unlocked UV-5G?
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  19. SteveShannon
    You asked why they’re resistant to disclosing the height of their antenna? Good job! What did they say?
  20.    SteveShannon reacted to a post in a topic: Unlocked UV-5G?
  21. SteveShannon
    Ask when you request access. Also, when testing, plan to drive closer to the repeater until you definitely know you’re hitting it.
  22.    Jaay reacted to a post in a topic: Over use of call sign announcements on GMRS
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  25. SteveShannon
    What I hear is that one guy is going into town to get parts for the tractor or a load of feed. He and his friend get together on 70 cm DMR for maybe 10 minutes every day just to check in with each other. It’s nice to hear.
  26.    marcspaz reacted to a post in a topic: Over use of call sign announcements on GMRS
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  28. SteveShannon
    I am so glad that people don’t act like that here in Montana.
  29. SteveShannon
    All repeaters have some kind of repeater controller. There’s an open source repeater controller built on the raspberry pi.
  30. SteveShannon
    A better antenna, mounted as high above your roof as possible (and the same on their end) might work.
  31. SteveShannon
    For GMRS Wyoming designated 307 (channel 3, CTCSS tone #7) because the entire state has 307 as its area code. I don’t know anything like that in Montana. Here it would be 406.
  32. SteveShannon
    Sven, I think you’ve lost your marbles, That’s exactly why we have call signs and why we’re required to use them: to identify ourselves to others and have a way to look them up when we engage in the personal or business activities of “making contact”. Although it’s not explicitly encouraged like ham radio it’s absolutely not discouraged in any way, explicitly or implicitly.
  33. SteveShannon
    Absolutely not. First, you need a 50 ohm cable. Second, you need to keep the run as short as possible. If you can use 10 feet, use 10 feet. It should be something like LMR400 or better or even hardline. I recommend not ordering from Amazon. They’re not experts. They’ll just sell you anything. Instead use one of the professional radio companies or ham radio dealers.
  34. SteveShannon
    Or you try it both ways. You’ll see hams rotating Yagi antennas to determine the antenna orientation for the signal they’re chasing (mostly VHF and UHF).
  35. SteveShannon
    If the radio you are trying to talk to has its antenna mounted sideways (horizontally polarized) you’ll get better results by mounting your antenna the same way, unless the signal is bouncing off something which also can change polarity.
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