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SteveC7010

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  1. Go over to radiorefetence. There’s several recent threads on installs in aluminum bodied Fords. Tons of info and experience there for the reading.
  2. Please reference your source for this. The “association rule” in 95E applies only to grandfathered GMRS licenses issued in the name of the association. This can not be stretched or bent to apply to individual licenses that are now the norm.
  3. While I get your plan, it’s not permissible under FCC rules: 95E.1763c 467 MHz main channels. Only mobile, hand-held portable, control and fixed stations may transmit on these 8 channels. Mobile, hand-held portable and control stations may transmit on these channels only when communicating through a repeater station or making brief test transmissions in accordance with § 95.319©. The channel center frequencies are: 467.5500, 467.5750, 467.6000, 467.6250, 467.6500, 467.6750, 467.7000, and 467.7250 MHz.
  4. Let’s be clear, this just applies to mobile radios. It usually requires a programming change to enable or disable. This same “off hook” feature can also be used to disable scan when the mic is picked up. Again it’s just an easy programming change. With the exception of one public safety channel, I program Rx frequencies as CSQ which means I always monitor before transmitting. But then amateur and GMRS around here (Southern Adirondacks) is not heavily used anyway.
  5. Solar is great until it snows and then it’s not. My neighbor across the street has an extensive whole-house solar array on his roof. Right now it’s buried under a foot of snow and ice rendering it inoperable. It’s no one’s fault. It’s just a drawback. But folks who install solar educate themselves about this and have multiple power sources available at all times. I would suggest comprehensive research and planning be first and foremost when considering any robust system.
  6. I don’t believe there are any differences there. I didn’t see any when I first examined the radio. But it was a few years back.
  7. Get one of the repeater cables from seller mre1032 on Ebay. He offers a couple of different versions that will suit your needs well. He's welll known in the Motorola community and highly reliable. In fact, check out some of his other offerings for the 1225 mobibles.
  8. The M1225LS can be modified back to a standard M1225 by simply removing the aftermarket board that makes it a trunking radio. That will give you a 20 to 24 channel conventional radio. And you won't need the LS version of the programming software. Find version 4.0, it runs just fine under XP. If you are acquiring an older PC for this, get one that has a real serial port. Then get a serial version of the programming cable. It will be much more reliable than trying to use a USB cable on the older PC and software. The serial cable use COM-1 so there's no dicking around with comport assignments. I bought a refurbed Panasonic ToughBook CF-29 with XP installed on Ebay. It is rock solid for the M1225 as well as my newer Professional Series and Commercial Series units. There is tons of information to be found about the M1225 (and LS) at batboard.batlabs.com, radioreference.com, and repeater-builder.com. You will probably find my posts and questions about this exact subject on the batboard and RR (user name is STeveC0625 over there.) I bought a 1225 not knowing it was an LS model. By searching at RR and the batboard, I found all the answers I needed and then some. I ultimately ended up selling the aftermarket board which reduced my purchase cost of the radio to almost zero.
  9. No need. The M1225 (and the LS versions) program just fine through the mic connector. They use the same programming cable as the Radius, MaxTrac, GM300, CDM and several other families of Motorola radios.
  10. We do it regularly with Motorola radios up to 100’. Just be sure to use a straight-through CAT-5 or CAT-6 cable and F/F coupler. I buy the couplers in batches of ten but get the cables in specific lengths as needed.
  11. Can’t answer your questions with the minimal info you’ve provided. Need make, specific model number, etc. to give you useful information.
  12. . There’s already an extensive discussion thread here on this topic which should answer your questions. It’s really not necessary to start a new thread. They’re lowering the fee and no effective date yet.
  13. Actually, neither. It’s compiled from input of repeater operators and is only as accurate as they make it. Thus there are gaps and inaccuracies. There are a number of threads here on this exact issue. I encourage you to find them via the search function and read up on the situation.
  14. We use GMRS when headed out for camping. I have a 25 watt mobile in the truck pulling the 36’ fifth wheeler. The wife has an HT with a roof top external antenna in her Grand Cherokee towing our boat. We get excellent range in the Adirondack mountains. Once in camp I carry an HT and she’s always got one close at hand. A few other campers have them but since we camp exclusively in parks with no hookups, we don’t see a lot of radio use. Ham radio is much the same way where we go. I am hoping to add a solar powered repeater this year. That may encourage other GMRS folks to join in.
  15. There’s already an extensive discussion on this. Probably no need for a new thread. https://forums.mygmrs.com/topic/2426-decent-cheap-swr-meter/?fromsearch=1
  16. Should not be a problem as long as the NMO makes good contact to the underside.
  17. FRS use of all 22 simplex GMRS/FRS channels is now legal. You are creating rules that don’t exist.
  18. If they are “bubble pack” radios, they are automatically low power on 8 through 14. They are built that way and can not be adjusted by the user. Thus they are totally legal.
  19. The new Part 95 specifically authorizes FRS/GMRS users to talk to each other. There’s no other interpretation
  20. My vote for mre1032. He may not have a pre-made cable for your Zetron but he offers plenty of generic repeater cables ready to plug into the CDM. If you have the connection info for the Zetron, it should be a simple hookup.
  21. Let’s at least discuss this in an “apples to apples” manner. The CDM1250 (and 750 and 1550 sisters) are mobile radios in 25 and 40 watt flavors. The Kenwoods you cite are certainly decent commercial grade radios, but this thread is about mobile units, not HTs.
  22. There are no vanity callsigns in GMRS. So there’s no changing calls. Either let the license expire and apply for a new one, or as one user here did because of local problems, cancel the license and apply for a new one. In either case, I advise waiting until the the new, lower fees take effect.
  23. Either split (403-470 or 450-512) will cover GMRS, but the lower split will also cover ham and quite a bit of business and public safety. They are NOT Part 95 certified, old or new rules. They are not PL agile from the FPP, but can be programmed via the CPS. The Commercial Series (CM300 and PM400) can be set up to be PL or DPL agile. They need the Motorola CPS. Using Chirp is not a good idea.
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