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if you are pulling wire through walls etc. make your own.. not that difficult to make the connectors, lots of videos on-line that shows some neat tricks making them...

a lot of HAM beginners listen to NETS and probably feel they are suppose to say their call sign phonetically because that's what they do on NETS.. Just a few weeks ago i was listening in on WiN and a net controller was calling for new HAMS to identify.. One person identified in alpha and numeral sequence, NET controller asked him to repeat phonetically, guy repeats again in alpha numeral. NET controller get's pissed and tells the guy if he wishes to use the club repeater he will follow club requirements/rules, one of them being phonetic call signs when requested. Guy went silent. I then went to their club rule page and no where did i see anything applying to use of phonetic call signs. Most Net controllers on WIN and PAPA (less on PAPA) require phonetic call sign and i would bet it all started by ex-military HAMS because the military actually teaches phonetic use which in turn rolled over to Law Enforcement.. The FBI seldom uses phonetics. You are right, no where in the rules does it apply phonetic requirement for call signs other than suggesting morse code is acceptable.

Get ya a controller to do the PL work for ya..

kind of like what you do against HAMS on a non stop basis.. Boy, someone really got your goat. Frankly,, you are getting old. Literally!!

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WRUE-NineFiftyOne - And that's just the way it is...

the radius map really serves no purpose because it doesn't factor in elevation issues like trees, mountains, hills building. etc.. Seat-of-pants testing will be your best bet..

A friend that I frequently camp with at Crowley Lake has the Retevis he sets up at campsite and it has no problem covering the whole lake and then some,(I would say 15-20 mile range) I have a large Ammo can that i stuffed two KG1000s in, with a sheet metal separator between radios plugged into a homemade J-Pole attached to a Harbor Freight telescopic flag pole (25') and I've reached 50+ miles many times. I only used the KG's because i had them from an old Repeater set up, otherwise i would consider the Retevis for sure.

This one reflects removing LIC Expired as they would not be legal to operate.. Didn't have the formula plugged for this option

these are the numbers i pull out for NY, NJ and PA.. and this represents site data.

The forum administrator says he purges out repeaters on an annual bases that do not make updates to their repeater database... Based on my observation of the database, i see quite a bit of people creating a new (duplicate) repeater for the same coordinagtes and the administrtor does not remove the duplicates... Either the administrator is sloppy at maintaining databases or he wants to exploit the number of active people with repeaters.. I suspect the later.. Some of you guys obviously have figured out how to obtain the repeater database and i'm sure you can see the slopy details. I don't think it's about being lazy because databases are extremely easy to maintain. I agree with you, there seems to be a lot of folks creating repeaters and never activating them.. I also see people creating repeaters then months later they create another with the same data, perhaps those people are trying to reserve repeater channels in anticipation of getting theirs fired up. If i was administrating this site, i would flag all duplicates and have the database send out an auto email advising those person to update their data and remove duplicates or it will be done within a certain period of time... Repeaterbook.com seems to do a really good job listing HAM repeater sites, maintaining their data and also has listings for GMRS but the GMRS crowd does not use them.. I wish folks would chose them as preference because they really offer a lot more to the users.. Mapping repeater sites is pretty easy there, not to hard here,, but not as accurate.

you trying to map it in KML or KMZ? if so,, I've already done it..

OK,, Confession time.... How many radios do you really own.........

the data is from here.. And the duplicates you talk about would only represent less than 1% As per what the FRN numbers suggest....

In reviewing STATS, I stumbled into something interesting. The GMRS Radio Hobby intended for family and friends is not supposed to be a 'For Proffit' business. But yet almost every state has many repeaters owned by one individual or (Lic to the same individual). For example, and just to name a few states, Alaska has 14 repeaters licensed by the same individual, Arkansas has 13, California 12, Florida 18, Kentucky 15, New Mexico 18, etc.. A low-end repeater will cost in neighborhood of $2,500 meaning the person with 18 repeaters in New Mexico has invested nearly $50K.. So, to sum it up for the numbers for the United States. there are approximately: Online Repeaters = 3,567 Multi Lic Rep Owners = 253 Total Repeaters owned by Multi Lic 1,285 Percentage repeaters operated by Multi owners 36% Getch Ya Some of that :-') GMRS RPTR_licownership_percintile.pdf

And even worse…. You know how easy it is to acquire the database?

I've always preferred the NanoVNA.. The learning curve is simply memorizing the process and my old brain still works good enough to get results.

i became a HAM some 20 years ago with intentions of enjoying the HF bands and I did all the while living in Sacramento where i pretty much could eract any antenna i wanted. But when i moved to my current home in the Mojave Desert, i have since been selling off all my HF gear and have gotten into VHF and UHF.. HF is defiantly a lot more fun and enjoyable but the current subdivision i live on (and its a half acre large lot), i am not allowed to have antennas.. I do have a VHF and UHF antenna set-up, no one has complained yet. I wouldn't want to chance it with a larger HF antenna array.. When looking for our new home, I never even considered the issues with antennas when i purchased this property, If i did, i would have been looking elsewhere.. So what i'm saying, if you are getting into HAM to enjoy HF,, make sure to always consider the fact that you need some decent antennas that may not work with your property CCR's. Good Luck and enjoy your new HAM License.. You will defiantly have fun, either way you go.

Lots.. So much potential and so much discouragment.. And i'm damn serious Apparently, the 'nut basket' can't sell NUTS

While living up north in Sacramento, my neighbors teen age kids would spend hours and actually made some contacts with the ISS... I remember one time while they were attempting a contact, watching the ISS reflection buzzing by... these kids had a computer set up for tracking and information where to point their makeshift antenna... Pretty Interesting

google earth has the same too with a little more added info. right click on a line between two points and choose 'elevation profile'

check out WIN and/or PAPPA Ham web sites for their UHF repeaters.. If they are operating any UHF repeaters within your area, they should have maps that reflect coverage areas which should give you a good bearing on what to expect with GMRS service... Also, i understand there are some good open source radio frequency mapping tools if your are a Linux fan..... I've never used them, but i hear the HAMS talk about them

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