WRQC527

Every time I see these they remind me of a recent mygmrs discussion revolving around the notion of blowing up your radio with high swr or no antenna and that "no one has ever said such a thing online ever". I'm sure there's a resident youtube channel host who may find humor in both the content of this review and the fact that the extra class operator has questionable spelling and grammar skills to go along with his pontificous reviews. "I an extra class operator and have the proper equipment to measure such antennas on a proper ground plane and also under HT conditions as well. The following are my test results of the Radioddity RD-371 triband 144/222/440 antenna compared to my reference Diamond RH77CA 144/440 antenna. Both antennas were put under the same conditions during the testing. Eg. The same ground plane, coax, test equipment, location to objects, etc. *** UNDER NO CERCUMSTANCES TRANSMIT ON THE 222 mHz BAND UNING THE Radioddity RD-371 triband 144/222/440 antenna! You will destroy your radio in a very short time. The SWR is EXTREEMLY high. Advertising this antenna for Transmitting on the 1.25m band is FALCE ADVERTISING! Even as a dual band antenna this antennas SWR is poor on both the 2m and 70cm bands. The SWR needs to be under 1.5:1 for best performance even before field strength testing. I did not wish to burn my radios up so I did not even do a field strength test on it. I will be sending it beck for a refund. Buyer beware! Test your antenna or have someone who has the proper equipment test it out before you transmit on your radio. Beware of YOUTUBE videos that show some guy testing these antennas out and having good SWR results. Test them out yourself. I mostly buy these just so that I can test them out and review them. On RARE occasion I stumble across a good one and keep it. But a work of advice. Buy a Japan made antenna. The Chinese ones are garbage for the most part with few exceptions."

Have a nice life.

Maybe you can stop throwing hams under the bus. You're ranting to and expecting support from an audience that in many cases have both our GMRS and ham licenses.

It appears you overcame, but can you describe your ordeal?

Not sure if you've been to the Palm Springs area but there's hundreds of wind turbines. Amazing structures, especially up close.

The biggest thing I ever saw being trucked was a C-17 fuselage through the streets of Long Beach late one night. Not nearly the spectacle you saw. I also saw an Airbus A-310 fuselage on I-10 in Arizona.

I'm pretty sure this crew knows what they're doing without input from the experts at mygmrs. These guys don't exactly look like amateurs. Thanks for the cool video, Steve.

All these back-and-forth ignore wars remind me of that old classic by Motley Crue. "Don't go away mad, just go away".

I just messaged you a rough draft. Let me know what you think.

If you'd like I can write up something and you can tell me if it's kind of what you're looking for.

If you'd like I can write up something and you can tell me if it's kind of what you're looking for.

I need to know what you're looking for. A few pages? A booklet? How interested is your audience in technical stuff versus basic info on what GMRS is for and not for? How to use repeaters? This is what I mean about being specific.

Good luck with your project.

Back to the original question. When you say "Handbook/Primer", many of us picture an actual handbook. With many pages. Printed. Or downloaded, as in Kindle. Or PDF. Could be a short pamphlet, could be the multi-hundred-page ARRL Handbook. Searching the internet for a GMRS Handbook brings up a literal pantload of results. Several on Amazon. One of the GMRS handbooks I found is 132 pages. I can't see how someone could write 132 pages on GMRS. Unless they have an amateur license, then it makes sense. What, exactly, are you looking for? A couple of pages? Several folks here have offered suggestions, but nothing is clicking. It's important that we know exactly what you're looking for. Be extremely specific. Someone here might be willing to write something, if someone knows exactly what you want.

We're not trying to come up with what's best. We're experimenting with all different modes. CW, SSB, AM, FM, systems like APRS, sound card modes like FT8 and a bunch of others, digital modes like Fusion, DMR, D-Star, and others, EME, microwave, you name it. GMRS is not so much for experimenters. It's for people who need to communicate. Ask anyone here with just a GMRS license how they set up their Jeep radio. They'll say they mounted their radio, they mounted their antenna, they (presumably) checked the SWR, and off they went. Ask a ham operator how they set up their mobile radio, and you'll hear the ARRL Handbook read to you.

And yet they drive on interstate highways. Seems a little hypocritical.

There's a little-known Constitutional amendment, the 28th, I think it is, that says "This amendment gives the Federal Government the right to get involved in local wireless communications. And justification to even exist as an agency."

Ah yes. The infamous CB Keydown competitions. I've said it here before, I'll say it again. Keydown competitions are what's missing from GMRS.

Here's a serious, honest question for anyone who can provide an honest answer. Instead of brazenly claiming there are none, I'll ask if there are there any commercially-available FCC-certified GMRS transceivers that one can purchase that are capable of digital voice transmissions? Not that I want or would buy one, but for the edification of anyone here who is interested in communicating through the experimental WN2XFO DMR-enabled GMRS repeater or any others like it. You can provide links if you're so inclined.

Do both. You're welcome. WRQC527 / K6ITR

If you set it to continuous just temporarily, maybe it won't make that "spooling up" sound before it IDs, since it will already be running, then you can pretty much confirm it's the fan noise being picked up.

You wanna give me a 10-9 on that, Pig Pen?

2 things. 1. Does the noise happen when someone transmits to your repeater so you can hear it on the repeater output the same way you hear it when your repeater IDs? 2. Can you temporarily disable the fan and see if the noise goes away?