WRUE951

He is now officially a 'Karen'

FCC should consider it,, it would be a pretty good revenue maker for them...

i know folks with Ford Trucks are using this and apparently it works. https://www.amazon.com/Buyers-Products-8895404-Magnetic-Mount/dp/B0781XXBCY?th=1

Apparently he found the bug that gave access to the complete database,,, cause that part is now off limits.. I was wondering how long it would take,,

i see he locked up the database as well. can't get to it anymore

Good ole' homemade J-poles work great for GMRS.. Several 'how to's' to build them on a Google Search.. i built one for roughly $20 bucks.

approx 150 miles, Above Palmdale Ca to Lone Pine via the El Paso Peak Repeater. Awesome Repeater, folks have talked San Berdino to Lone Pine, that's near 185 miles, through that Repeater.

I got a deal on a Hytera 682 hand held and it’s been my go to radio since. I’m hooked with HYTERA and doubt I’ll ever go with anything else,.

I had one do similar. I thought it was the radio, but after trading with a wouxon antenna, problem went away, But strangely the Nagoya worked fine in another radio.

Lots of repeaters in Greater Los Angles are filled with jammers. And the problem bleeds over to the GMRS channels.. it’s a zoo down there…

best way to do the Morse Code ID is via a controller. ID O Matic is a pretty good entry level. They come unassembled, (you solder the parts on the board) or you pay a little extra for a complete assembled board. Great entry level controller http://www.hamgadgets.com/ID-O-MATIC-IV ICS make a pretty good full blown controller. A lillll more pricey but worth the extra functions. It uses a PI computer board for the brain. i use this one and love it. https://ics-ctrl.com

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!!

Full Wave

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.........