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If you're that excited about it, by all means share with us. Not everyone appreciates playing 20 questions. Make sure to include how much you're selling it for and where to order it.

Just curious, since this issue came up earlier this week in reference to the Baofeng UV5R. Does the saved memory transmit with the proper offset even though the radio's programming doesn't show an offset? It's a quirk, if you will, with some of these radios.

It's bait put on a hook to attract folks who come unhinged when they see it. They'll argue endlessly with the person who posted it. That person will no doubt be laughing hysterically because they've lured in yet another unsuspecting amateur radio operator.

The UV5R is an odd duck. Since I only really program mine with CHIRP, I had to actually get mine out and see what happens when I program a channel. In VFO mode, if I set a repeater frequency with the offset of 5 Mhz and the direction as +, the shift direction and offset both show up in the menu settings, and the display shows +. But as soon as I save it in a memory and view the memory settings in MR mode, the offset shows 0.000, the offset direction is "Off", and the display changes from - to +-, indicating that an offset is saved. So your radio is acting, well, normally. Somewhere, deep in China, there is a code writer who declared that this is how it would be, so this is how it is. You can verify that the radio is indeed transmitting with an offset by switching the display through Menu items 21 for MDF-A and and 22 for MDF-B to "FREQ", then watch the display when you transmit. You should see the receive frequency jump 5Mhz higher on transmit.

You are absolutely correct that nothing changed, and in fact a number of us have pointed that out. However, what is notable is that this thread has been going on since February with no end in sight, and it's as contentious as the day it started. And since the FCC dictates and maybe even enforces policy, not the MyGMRS forums, to steal a line from Crocodile Dundee, it amounts to a bunch of fleas arguing over who owns the dog we live on.

The fact that there are so many new CB radios out now (some of them not cheap, either) leads me to believe there is a big CB market. Companies like President, and a lot of the cheaper CCR-type manufacturers, are coming out with all manner of new radios, including handhelds, thanks in part to the addition of FM. I don't think they would be putting that much R&D and production effort into CB radios if the market was fading. Someone's buying them.

None of what he suggested is ever going to happen, so it's not worth getting your knickers in a twist.

Yes. And as indicated by your multimeter, there is no continuity between the center conductor and the outer shell, which is correct.

The silver washer with teeth bites through the bottom side paint and into metal. You might want to try that first before you go nuclear with the sanding. In any case, it looks good from the top, and on the bottom it looks like there's paint interfering. The multimeter is your friend that will tell you if you have a good ground and other connections, like between the antenna element and the center conductor at the other end of the coax and the outer shell of the connector and the ground end of the mount. Also, there shouldn't be continuity between the center conductor of the coax and ground.

I'm going to make a couple of suggestions since I have no idea what you did. Make sure the ground is good between the mount and the body. You can check this with a multimeter. The mount itself, (not the center conductor), should show continuity to the vehicle body. There may be some kind of coating on the inside of the roof that may be preventing a good ground. I'm sure there are other possibilities, but this is a simple one to test. If you have an SWR meter, check the reading. Under 2:1 is acceptable. The closer you get to 1:1, the better. Over 2:1 isn't good. High SWR and the resulting crappy reception and transmission can indicate, among other things, a bad ground or center conductor connection, defective coax, or an antenna that needs to be lengthened or trimmed.

Awesome! Thanks for the update. I kept checking, hadn't seen anything.

Actually, this particular thread is pretty boring. Not really popcorn-worthy if you ask me. Where things really get entertaining is when folks start arguing over FCC rules. The fur flies there, I'll tell you what. You'll need one of those extra-large buckets that the movie theaters let you refill for free.

And berate the things that don't. Never forget that. It's important to call things stupid that you don't like.

His mind is made up and cannot be changed by facts. And like a number of folks here, he lives to berate. Personally, I like Chirp. It's way better than any of the free software that came with any of my radios. And being free and all, it's considerably cheaper than RT Systems.

Somewhere along the line people stopped using "handles" and started with numbers. I'm not sure why, maybe it's easier to say and remember and fairly anonymous. I go by 674 because that's my employee number.

There's lots of videos to walk you through installing NMO antenna mounts, which is what this is. I grabbed the first one I saw. https://youtu.be/RBhYAb_PYO4?si=QEbUfgkfHyr4dTFr

https://us.yahoo.com/news/search-underway-70-old-california-170137546.html

Reminds me of this classic video.

I do like In N Out, we go there about once a week, but I must say, I tried The Habit last week that was a darn good burger that rivaled In N Out. It's also more expensive. So there is that.

Was this "fiberglass antenna from a guy I met" connected to a GMRS repeater? If not, what was it connected to? And regardless of what it was connected to, can you provide us with the make and model? We hear fairly often here that someone erected (radio enthusiasts love to say that word) an antenna without the slightest idea what frequencies it is resonant on, only to find out that it doesn't work.

By the way, to answer your original question in the simplest possible way, yes, I do know of (and have) an HT antenna that works on both amateur and GMRS frequencies, which I recommend. You should pick one up.

"Today is today and yesterday was today yesterday. Tomorrow will be today tomorrow. So, live today so the future today will be as the past today, as it is tomorrow."

You see, here's the thing. Or things, if you're counting. First, posting often is not a faux pas. There are people on this forum who quite literally live here. They talk to us more often than their own families. Second, if you want to joke about any subject here, no one will stop you. But not everyone appreciates the humor. In fact, a number of folks here were born without a sense of humor. Third, I don't get why anyone would call you a sad ham, because in order to be a sad ham, you need to be a ham, which to my knowledge, you're not. Also, it requires taking a test, so you may already be at a disadvantage. So you win that argument. The title of "sad ham" has to be earned. It takes a lot of posts throwing one's ham superiority, epic knowledge of FCC rules and radio theory in everyone's faces in order to achieve sad ham status. Also, you need to start every post with "I've been a ham for X years" as a warning to take you seriously. And finally, no one cares if you alter or censor your speech. They probably just won't engage with you. Not surprisingly, you're already on a number of ignore user lists in addition to being tossed from a GMRS club. I haven't taken that step yet, mostly because you do provide some entertainment. Which is nice.

A ham said that? Geez. My crew of ham friends and I use ham radio and GMRS a lot of times (both repeaters and simplex) specifically because there's no cell service. In fact, that's one of the cornerstones of amateur radio. "When all else fails."

Anyone have this image in your head after reading this here feller's collection literary gems? I, too considered placing him on my ignored user list, but frankly, I think I'll wait another day.