Try installing a braided ground strap from your hood to the opposite chassis and even across your exhaust and the chassis. Use an inline noise filter, Kenwood and Icom make a nifty one and use ferret beads.. Make power connections directly to the battery with quality 10GA wire. both ground and positive. That should eliminate most all your noise problems. Ram Trucks are notorious for generating noise in Ham radios... I've applied everything i mentioned to friends with Rams and problems eliminated.
certainly a lot of questions on voter integrity.. Last i checked, AZ leads with the most arrest for voter fraud and holds title for the most allegtions against fair elections.. Yup, getting ready to leave Calif myself, and AZ was the last place to consider..
Pretty easy to mitigate if two radios have that problem. I had it with my KG1000 repeater and a simple piece if sheet metal cured it. I have two Maxon’s in an ammo Box serving as a portable repeater and no issues with desenses without adding shielding. I think if you use decent radio’s, you’ll be o.k.
Amazon and Ebay are loaded with HT repeater controllers, just make sure you get a controller that supports the two specific HT's you plan to use. Most Baufangs will be supported.. And you'll need a low power duplexer.. Probably not worth the trouble with HT's though. The same concept will work with most mobil transceivers and would be a better way to go. Some mobil transceivers, like the Wouxun KG-1000 and Maxon's won't need a controller as it is part of the radio but rather a jumper cable between the two.
Not only digital data but a growing trend of people using DMR on GMRS.. I've noticed the 4 Wheelers like to use digital down here in the desert.. GMRS has turned into a hotbed of 'lets do whatever we want'
I'd go with a home brew J-pole or Ed Fong's J-Pole.. I actually have both that i have used for my portable repeater and both are pretty impressive antennas.. Ed Fong is a bit more 'eye' pleasing.
I dont think this forum has a quota.. After all, there are a small handful that basically live here, its there life.. So you shouldn't have any problems.... Post away
GMRS is cast in its own stone... There will not be any changes now or almost ever.....1 & 2 = 61 days and counting down.. In the meantime,, we have a Lame Duck
Go over to the FCC Complaint page and log a complaint.. The NY guys you are talking about are doing the same thing in N.J. and Penn.... make some noise...
When i was dating my mama told me to stick with the first good one i caught. Well, i didn't listen to mamma and ended up trying out quite of few and ended up spending a ton.. Now here I sit happy as a go-lark with the 'first one' kicking myself i should've listened to Mama... The antenna that ships with your radio is going to do the best all around job.. unless you break the damn thing, leave it alone
Yup,, i am a good fit here in California.. And like the Copper State, I'm not welcome here either.. But making life a 'living hell' for some folks is what i do best.. Like Arizona, notice Calif is slowly oozing red.. My friends are dong a good job in AZ though.. give them a big hand, they're working hard.. Cheers mate. Catch ya on the 20 sometime