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You ought to invest in a NANO VNA. Good to have your tool box arsenal.

Tony Whitt ain't got's much 'Whitt's' Name fits him, and he comes up in a search for Phoenix Shipyard

Canadian Government is not the brightest star on this earth. I'm sure this has happened from some hilly billy cities in the U.S. but i would think very rare. In any case, the Comms guys in charge should be fired for letting radios out into the marketplace without wiping them

Freedom of speech has come a long way.. And still has a ways to go

Chinese Spy Baloon

its a chinese spy balloon near Pasadena

The Calif High Desert offers a lot of locations with good elevation and wide open valleys. One repeater here siting on a 4500 foot mountain top (El Paso) can talk Palmdale - Lone Pine about 160 miles (Repeater sitting about center point). I've heard people talking on this repeater on HT's standing at Whitney Portals on the same path. I think dry weather has a lot of benefit to talk distance as well.

Breaker Breaker, can you give me a 'radio check'.. just checking in - Roger Beep

He might be an old fart that needs help... Go give the gent a helping hand

i guess they make 'Dummy Antennas' for Dummies than Dummy antenna A dummy antenna is used to simulate an antenna during testing, allowing the transmitter to be adjusted without radiating radio waves and interfering with other services.42 It typically consists of a resistor that matches the impedance of the antenna or transmission line, usually 50 Ω or 75 Ω.4 The purpose of a dummy antenna is twofold: it loads (terminates) the cable from the signal generator with the characteristic impedance of the generator and coax cable, and it makes it look to the radio's antenna input as if it is being fed from a source impedance that resembles a real antenna.24 There are different types of dummy antennas, including dry dummy loads, which do not require coolant, and wet dummy loads, which use mineral oil to dissipate heat.46 For example, the Opek DL-60 is a dry dummy load designed for CB and ham radio testing, capable of handling 60 watts peak and 20 watts average power.5 A simple dummy antenna, as specified by the Radio Manufacturers Association (RMA), consists of a 0.0002 μF capacitor in series with a 20 μH RF choke, with the choke shunted by a 0.0004 μF capacitor in series with a 400 ohm non-inductive resistor.8 In some cases, a dummy antenna may include reactive elements like capacitors to block any DC voltage potential differences that could damage the equipment.

Likewise Mark.. I appreciate your opinions as well. And i admit, i have learned a lot from your post.

from what i see, most people are linking repeaters through the internet because of its simplicity and easy access to equipment. Yes, you can link via radio waves and yes that would be legal, but i doubt it is the most used approach.. So if you want my opinion on linking, i don't agree with it GMRS Linking because they are not managed systems. No frequency coordination's, no consideration to other users wanting to exercise their rights as a GMRS user. And then where i draw the line with the practice is when someone doing it is making money doing it. And yes that is happening, I've spoke with someone that admitted to it. Fortunately they are in the process of decominishing due to the rule clarification.

I've got two maybe three FRN's in my name but with different business names and addresses. I see that happening as a person responsible for FCC stuff at work. But for someone with the same name and address for personal use make no sense not to mention the headache to keep tabs on each one.

thats the 'sand box' i was pointing out

with exact info i would think the FCC would flag that with a auto response. FCC not as bright as i thought.