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That is correct, the repeater was moved to the new Warrensburg site on 11/12 but the tower climber had an elbow problem so the antenna did not get moved to the new site. Without a linked repeater in our area we don't have a way to get updates as to when our area will be back on the Midwest net. Any update from Buddy would be great. WRQD330

Is there any update on the move of Lincoln 725 in Illinois to Warrensburg?

I seems that nomenclature is the part of the problem. It appears that SCAN 1 is a GROUP of frequencies comprised of all of the frequencies/channels IN BANK 1 and not a Bank of it's own. So the Scan Tag Key being depressed indicating START and STOP of scanning of the frequency/channel that is displayed. The problem to me seems to be that there is no indication that the frequency/channel has been eliminated from the scan. When the unit is scanning, it doesn't indicate where it is at in the scan until a frequency/channel is in use and is displayed. I'm going to have to play with the scan programing a little more to understand the options.

I have added "Scan tag" function to the P2 button but am still not able to populate the SCAN 1 bank. Per the manual the Tag function is supposed to add the current frequency/channel to SCAN 1 bank but all that is displayed when depressed is SCAN ON and SCAN OFF. The mic IS grounded. I'm using 100 software not 100S. What am I missing???? Newb

Windows has a RUN option on compressed files. Don't use it. Create a Drives folder in Document, move the ZIP/RAR file there and de-compress it there, then run the install from the de-compressed file. I'm a big fan of faster and found this out the hard way!

To answer your original question, yes there is a factory reset at Menu Item 40. Users manual at https://baofeng.s3.amazonaws.com/BAOFENG_UV-9G_GMRS_User_Manual_20210806.pdf Software Download https://baofeng.s3.amazonaws.com/BAOFENG_UV-9G_Programming_Software_V2.5_20210916.rar Their are several RAR to ZIP convertors on the net, many with 10 day free trials for a one time shot.

I found this website very helpful in decision making. https://www.timesmicrowave.com/Products/Cables/LMR_®_High_Performance_/LMR®_Ultra_Flex/

I have found the following website very helpful in determining transmission cable quality as opposed to the cost of the unit you need from the antenna to the radio. It also lists flexability specs for the different low loss cables. https://www.timesmicrowave.com/Products They also list specs on connectors.

Just had a discussion with a buddy who is a GM Technical Assistant. I met him when I was a mechanic. I filled him in on our thoughts. The first thing he asked me was, "is the radio made in China?" I told him it was. The answer he gave for the fuse on both leads was simple. The rest of the world still makes some positive ground vehicles and the manufacturer doesn't want the expense of two different harnesses so they put fuse holders in both leads and they are covered. He said "if the item you are installing isn't GM approved you are on you own if anything happens". I said "naturally"! His thought was to add a terminal strip for the positive side and the negative side, don't attach ANYTHING directly to the battery. Put a fused lead from the positive terminal of the battery to the terminal strip. Attach a jumper from the nearest regional ground to the negative terminal strip. (un-fused) He suggested looking at this website: https://www.w8ji.com/mobile_ground.htm

Well, I should have given this a little more thought before putting my fingers on the keyboard. The SX20G has a momentary push button to initiate power on/off which fires the latch for power on. With out a ground, there is no power on latch. I did pull the cover off my old radio (not under warranty) and the SO239 connects to the metal chassis which is bonded to the negative trace on the motherboard with a soldier strap. The ground/negative wire goes directly into the radio and is soldiered to the ground trace of the board. The power (positive lead) from the filter goes through a SPST switch on the back of the volume control. Drug out the ol Fluke 177 and checked for a resistance path from the antenna to the negative power lead. There is a 60M ohm path through the load coil to the ground wire on the radio. It seems like I remember during my CB days, a guy talking about the ground for his CB corroding away on the battery of his old pickup truck and roasting a CB. I will follow good automotive practice and remove the fuse from the ground wire and use only a fuse on the positive lead. I do agree with the though of reverse polarity!

I just unwrapped the battery power code for my new XS20G and found a fuse in the negative lead. If this fuse blows for some strange reason, won't the ground path fry to go through the antenna and roast the antenna or the finals???? If you keyed the mic, I would think it would roast the SOC!!! Am I wrong??? I don't think there should be a fuse in the negative lead. It also has 2 fuses in the positive when you use the lighter power cord. On in the line at the radio and one in the lighter plug! I know that in order to determine if the power to the radio is on, I have keyed the mic.

The DB25-G IS on the CHIRP Support list.

https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MemoryEditorColumns

What is the length of the bottom rod measured from the bottom of the center phasing coil to the bottom of the rod when removed from the bottom loading coil?

correct me if I'm wrong but should the DTCS Code, DTCS Rx Code and DTCS Policy NN be removed?

Need an inexpensive cup holder mount for your small GMRS mobile? Try a 3" plumbers test plug. I got mine at Menards.

OOPPPSSS by the way, when I adjusted the SWR to be correct the wattage of the meter also came into line from 13 watts to 18+/- watts.

In the beginning...Oh wait! My first purchase for an SWR/Watt meter was a Workman Model 104 analog meter along with a DB20-G, a Tram/Browning BR-450 5/8 over 5/8 and mag mount. No matter what I tried I could not get my SWR below 2! My next purchase was a 100 Watt dummy load. My back ground is from the GOLDEN age of CB. No digital stuff!!! With the dummy load instead of the antenna I still had almost 2 for an SWR. A dummy load should be very close or at 1.00:1. Out comes the phillips screw driver and the enclosure for the meter is open. Analog meters for SWR are tuned with a LOOONNNGGG legged capacitor on the input and the output SO239 connectors. Moving the capacitors will effectively tune the meter. The input side usually doesn't make much difference so I concentrated on the output side. The cap legs were bent in a U shape so I slowly straightened the U a little at a time (noting the original position and shape, cell phone camera!). Key up and check the meter. If the meter is getting closer to 1:1 you are headed the right direction. Not sure why this meter was so far out of calibration, but a few tweaks later and the needle on the meter just barely moved. Don't attempt to move the cap with the rig keyed up as touching the cap with ANYTHING changes the capacitance and will skew the reading. All that ancient history in hand, I would be interested to know how to calibrate one of these digital gizmos as I don't see any instructions for my Latnex PM-100W for calibration. Beuller, Beuller.

Good thought! I will check that out! Was reading a WILD blog with HAMs arguing about rebadged Baofeng radios. Just got curious about GMRS radios. In my opinion the best way to settle the argument would be to open them up and look at the board/chips.

Does anyone know of a list of rebadged Baofeng HTs?

Per MOPAR the shark fin is for everything.

Yes, and this new generation will move down the road for $.50. Good catch on the RISC!!! ?

Point taken. I have used the Pis since 3 and Arduinos for the past year. You can add networking to the Arduino with a shield and code supplied from the web but storage is a problem. I'm retired from a large insurance firm where I encountered several different operating and computer hardware systems. Arduino is moving along with people writing code for things such as a HAL and the like. The processors are getting larger but storage on board is still and issue. RISK programming is getting better all the time with the new generations of young programmers and their new ways of thinking. Not discounting us old guys here!!! ?

Just a suggestion, slap a magnetic mount up there to see if there is any interference. Since the radio units in cars now a days have sooo much built into them, security, GPS, AM, FM etc. you might want to put the radio through it's paces while transmitting to make sure the receiver in the car radio is tight enough to filter out the RF from the GMRS radio. Is there a second antenna on the vehicle for AM, FM, remote start and door locking?