Over2U

The much maligned “Cheap Chinese Radios” are hopefully affordable enough to be purchased in pairs for the relevant radio service (GMRS or ‘ham’).

If you can also form the coax into what is called a “condensation loop” (such that it enters the door jam in an upwards direction) it will help keep rainwater out of the vehicle.

So, if you are calling for help, be sure to keep talking long enough for Channel 19 to come up on the ‘Scan Hit Parade’.

What material can I place under a magnetic antenna mount to limit damage to vehicle paint while maintaining a strong enough magnetic force to prevent antenna movement?

It’s more about convenience than money. This old 5 watt radio still does exactly what I need it to do (short range convoy coordination), powers directly from a cigarette lighter socket, and, to cap it off, because my installation involved use of double sided mounting tape, removal for a replacement radio would be a pain! In summary, I just want to replace the microphone (whose connector cable failed) and keep on ‘as is’.

I need a microphone for my ancient Midland MXT100 MicroMobile GMRS Radio. Original is Part Number (P/N) MA100 with P/N MA105 listed as a replacement, both of which are out of stock. Can anyone suggest a source or suitable substitution for this microphone?

I understand that, in British Columbia (Canada), the logging road radio protocol is very regimented.

Any idea if frequencies for logging roads may migrate to GMRS? Who decides and does the posting?

IMHO, a simple radio should not require a computer connection in order for the operator to access a particular Repeater.

Yes, I think we are “on the same page”! Bill R.

Does Montana also have a FRS/GMRS frequency plan for use during an emergency?

I believe that the write-up for Wyoming, and now Colorado, is, in fact, saying EXACTLY that: ‘Persons in the backcountry SHOULD carry a properly programmed FRS/GMRS Radio for use in an emergency’. Why else would Homeland Security in the State of Wyoming be advertising their “Be 307 Aware” program with prominently displayed posters if this radio scheme was only for internal use within SAR Teams?

I had one of those Radio Shack FRS radios for many years on my SUV.. At the then maximum of one half watt transmitter power it did very well, due, in large measure I believe, to the location of the antenna external to the metal body of the vehicle. It is that benefit to performance that I would hope to achieve with the BCA radio putting out two watts through a similarly mounted external antenna.

The Back Country Access (BCA) “BC Link 2.0” is a two watt FRS radio with a unique design: the radio body, battery, and antenna are in one piece, connected by cable to a speaker/mic unit which includes channel selection and volume controls. For vehicle use, would overall FRS performance be greatly improved if the antenna unit was mounted outside, for instance on the rain gutter, while the cable to the speaker/mic controls was passed through the door seal for the driver’s use?

Yes, you can tell me that, and I will know you are way right!