[Baofeng UV-9G & Nagoya NA-701G Antenna]

Hi all, I just purchased a Nagoya NA-701G to play with for my Baofeng UV-9G.  I wanted a shorter antenna than the dual-band stock antenna that was specific for GMRS.  I have found that the local police frequencies I was listening to (~131 MHz) are not received as well as using the stock antenna.  Would this be because the Nagoya is tuned for GMRS, and is much less sensitive versus the dual-band stock antenna when used outside the GMRS frequencies?  Seems like the obvious answer, but not sure.  Thank you.

[MURS use]

Would this in turn create a MURS repeater?

§ 95.2733 Prohibited MURS uses.

MURS stations must not be operated as repeater stations or signal boosters. This prohibition includes store-and-forward packet operation.

[2016 F150 - Midland 3dB gain Ghost Antenna, Larson Electronics No-Drill Mounting Bracket]

10 hours ago, WhiskeyRomeo790 said:

The antenna shown above, from what I understand, has been ridiculed as being little better than an antenna dummy load. 

A fair test is performed here ---> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E9c2Jlndmg <--- by the Greatest Living GMRS YouTo0b Hobo, NotaRubicon Productions. Yea, though I drive through the slums of southern California*, I fear no evil for N.A.R. is with me. His videos and antennas, they comfort me. 

*a necessary evil this lowlander must suffer to ascend to the Glory of the High Desert

 

I just installed one of these, and it sounds great.  I replaced a Nagoya UT-72G, and the Midland Ghost provides greater clarity.

[Jeep antenna mount]

On 8/24/2022 at 7:12 PM, OffRoaderX said:

Put a forest, hills, or houses full of fat-people between me and the other radio, and the fars will drop significantly.

I prefer being referred to as a Well-Marbled American, if you don't mind, sir.

[Cheap GMRS Scanner... FRS Radio?]

9 hours ago, MichaelLAX said:

In that case, the Pofung BF-T11 are $30 per pair on eBay

These are great little radios.  I've used them in the wild and they work well.  I have six of them, I guess just to have six of them lol

[GMRS national linking]

There's a couple repeaters local to me on this site, and in the description they say "open repeater, no request necessary, emails will be ignored" or something like that.

[Thoughts on the baofeng BF-H6]

On 12/15/2022 at 12:57 PM, FreqieRadio said:

Does it transmit out of band in order to use it on Gmrs freqs? 

I have the BF-H5 which is essentially the same radio, and the H5 transmits HAM, MURS and GMRS.

[Opinion on BTech GMRS Pro]

On 11/9/2022 at 3:39 PM, OffRoaderX said:

How will passing the ham test make the GMRS Pro useful?

Maybe he uses the GMRS Pro to prop up his HAM HT so it doesn't tip over?

[New Africa/Australia Radio Telescopes]

Saw this in an article just now:

"The SKA-Mid array in Karoo (will) scan the sky for sources of radio waves in the middle frequency range from 350 MHz to 15.4 GHz using 197 dishes, each 50 feet (15 meters) in diameter."

How soon do you think it will be before Midland starts advertising FRS radios capable of reaching Africa? 

[Salton Sea to get federal drought funds - Hurrah to OffroaderX!]

20 hours ago, OffRoaderX said:

I'm moving to Utah, to everyone stuck in So.Cal/So.Arizona, good luck!

Good for you!  I'm packing up for Wyoming, where NOBODY lives.

[Multi band mobile radio]

23 minutes ago, MichaelLAX said:

One of the favorites here on this Forum that will meet your specifications is the Radioddity DB20-G a/k/a Anytone AT-779UV.

 

a/k/a Retevis RA25.  But I believe the DB20-G and AT-779UV are easier to program via computer, from what I read in other forums on this site.

[New Wouxun KG-1000G Plus Released]

On 10/28/2022 at 12:16 PM, OffRoaderX said:

I heard a rumor that the YouTube GMRS Queen will be making a video about this radio very soon.

Long Live the Queen.

[Repeater access requests.]

On 10/8/2022 at 1:18 PM, OffRoaderX said:

You should look up the nuke they lost somewhere in Salton Sea.. its still there..somewhere...

Thus explaining Randy's recon of the Salton Sea...  I guess he is looking to solve the Sad Ham problem once and for all...

[Welcome!]

1 minute ago, gortex2 said:

A lot of information in these forums if you do some searching and reading. 

Agreed, but when I joined I didn't know what to search until after I read a bunch

[Welcome!]

1 minute ago, MichaelLAX said:

Check out this guy's videos and yes, he's already married! 

Way to kill the dream.  I hear the ladies love his belt clips.

[Repeater on handheld channel 15]

14 hours ago, Guest I applied for license said:

How long does it take to get your call sign  after paying fee. Is it possible to just listen to Ogloby, TX tower. In the Killeen Area

Pretty sure the license only takes a day or two after paying the fee.  If you just want to listen, maybe start with a $22 UV-5R, until you have a handle on your needs a bit better.

[Gettin the hang of it and BS???]

I was in Las Vegas a few weeks ago and listened in to a GMRS net for a bit, and it was the most boring thing ever.  First, there was 15 minutes of "check ins" followed by a few more minutes of "did I miss anybody?"  Never again lol

[Where do you buy your GMRS equipment?]

I've purchased from mygmrs, Amazon, eBay, and BTech.  No problems so far.

[Family use of callsigns.]

Although we ID as required, my wife is "Fortune Cookie" because she is of (mostly) Asian heritage, and I am "Stink Bug" because I don't smell so good...

[GMRS HT Round Up]

48 minutes ago, MichaelLAX said:

It is like getting a UV-5R with only 2 watts and for half price!

Yesterday, I did confirm that it works on the local 650 repeater, with obvious limitations due to 2 watts.

I could see a pretty cool use case in which a Retevis RT97 repeater is used for a campsite (or a church), and a bunch of little BF-T11 satellites for the users 

[Thoughts on the baofeng BF-H6]

I got my orange BF-H5 for $33, but is was only the radio and charger. I do think the sound quality is good. In fact, I may order another. Any idea what the power on GMRS frequencies may help? I doubt it is ten watts, but maybe six or seven?

[GMRS HT Round Up]

26 minutes ago, MichaelLAX said:

Amazon's ears must have wiggled when I posted about the volume problem of one of my BF-T11s because two more just showed up at my door!  

I bought my first pair on Amazon, and then two more pairs on eBay . I do like these radios.

[Retevis RA25 setup with Repeater and Tones]

Based on these helpful answers, it seems that I should be transmitting from my radio on 467.575 with tone of 200DPL (encode), then receiving on my radio on 462.575 with a tone of 100DPL (decode)?  Thanks all, this is good info.

[Retevis RA25 setup with Repeater and Tones]

41 minutes ago, BoxCar said:

The frequencies also need to be reversed on the repeater. A repeater listens on the high frequency and transmits on the lower frequency. Your radio is programmed High out, Low in; just the opposite of the repeater.

I had a 50/50 chance lol

[Retevis RA25 setup with Repeater and Tones]

Hi all, I am trying to setup my Retevis RA25 to add a hypothetical repeater with tones via the Retevis software (as a learning exercise).  In my scenario, my fake repeater has this info:

Name: TEST575, Frequency In: 462.575, Frequency Out: 467.575 (standard offset), Input Tone: 200DPL, Output Tone: 100DPL

My confusion is twofold:

1. Is the Input Tone the CTCSS/DCS Encode, and the Output Tone is the CTCSS/DCS Decode?
2. For a tone of 200DPL, do I use D200I or D200N?

I included a screenshot of two different settings, not sure which would work.  Thanks all.