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The Surecom SW102 is probably your best bet for fast, quick and pretty accurate readings.. For antenna tunning i prefer the Nano VNA and having both in your tool box is a must iMO

Back in the CB days my favorte radio gadget shopping place was a Marine Electronic Place in New Port Beach Ca. The place carried everything and even had a very good selection of CB Radios. In fact i still have a Pace 40 i bought from the place and even still use it occasionally. That radio out of the box put out 8 watts.. I even still have some Antenna air mounts i bought there some 40 years ago..

Not necessarily true. Different dipole antennas have varying elevation patterns.. Some antennas mostly high gain commercial have low elevation patterns making them ideal for mountain top applications where signal is radiated more downward where many non commercial is just the opposite. Some antennas are designed for optimum performance at a typical 40' heights and others work better mounted on 200' towers sitting on mountain tops. The commercial guys know this and do their homework when selecting antennas. Likewise i think most of us settling up home brew repeater systems should research antenna patterns and select something that works for their applications.

this is geared to de-regulate the big TV/telecom/internet industry and will have zero impact on GMRS.. So to the folks that think this is their gate to 'heaven' to loosen the rains on GMRS,, think again, the FCC will not waste a second reading letters that we need Linking, etc..

but hurt.. Yea, i have hemroids, but we all know where your butt 'hurts' comes from Oh,, we already know your uses.. bye bye

Coming from a guy (?) who promotes and uses Zello..

already that way in the bigger cities. Some areas like Los Angless, Phoenix, Dallas is nothing but a jungle. Pretty bad..

Bold statement claiming the use would be legal by FCC. He better go back and read the FCC's latest interpretation of using GMRS over the internet

Solar Power as a hobby?? That can be one hell of an expensive hobby. I do have 1800 Watts of Solar Panels and 800 Amps of Lippos in my 5th wheel. I can pretty much run on sun power indefinably out camping. I no longer pay for a camping spot i always find a BLM land to camp free. It was quite an investment and i considered it worth the money and effort. I did install everything myself and it was kind of fun doing it but man,, it knocked a pretty good hole in my wallet.. Considering most RV Parks are now charging $100 + per day for full hook ups, you can actually get your money back if your an avid camper.

Meanwhile, up in Mammoth today, i ran into a Frostitute

calm down randy... we'll send you a box of these..

Hell, i got more entertainment Tuesday night... packed all in one spot

And started by,,,,,,,

3D Printers are a must have..

Welcome to the SAD HAM Club.. Extra is only half hour away..

I use Ch 24 where the Big Boys hang out

are you pulling your Kia out of the garage before you try taking?

Yup,, I'm with you on that too. .. I have also learned that GMRS is a great stepping stone with many many taking the leap to Ham.

Actually your are wrong.. Both are good antennas for their purpose.. Both are 1/2 wave antennas and require no ground plane. If you have a situation like an RV, Boat an Apartment building or application where you need to keep your antenna 'under cover' I guarantee you cant beat the J-Pole. I use a Copper J-Pole for my RV while camping and won't use anything else for that propose.. Yes,,,like anything, you can build a crappy J-Pole.. Getting them right is tricky but do it right, you have a decent good performing antenna

I have two homemade versions of the J-Pole, the copper, the twin lead J-Pole.. Both work as a pretty decent GMRS antenna, especially considering the cheap cost building them.. I use the copper j-pole for my portable camping antenna because it's light, compact, easy to store, easy to set up and it offers pretty decent performance.. I can talk 75-80 miles with no problems with the copper J-Pole, it's very omnidirectional. It works ok in flat valleys but likes to be elevated to get best coverage (i.e. high elevations like up in Mammoth area)... Mine is built on the KB9VBR's design with a few medications which i posted on this forum.. The twin lead is also a good choice but i've had better luck with the copper version. The Twin Lead is a little more complex to build. . Neither antenna will out perform a good medium gain base antenna but will come close.. Bottom line, for the cost to build one, (about $20 bucks for a copper J-pole) you can't go wrong...

You know. Today theirs is over a thousand linked repeaters. Although not legal, I don’t think anyone cares. - obvisouly.

Ahhh, but you're still holding a secret on us

i would have been with your friend, rolling that Blazer. had to be fun..... You can't be 'that' boring,, i'll still bet you have a Baufang dialed into GMRS or another Ham type radio dialed in... Common, you can't hold a secret.

awhile back i saw a video on another forum where a Ham Radio Operator took a moded (GMRS) Yeasu and a GMRS Wouxun KG1000 and benched tested both radios. The Yeasu (as expected) putt out a lot less Harmonics, much cleaner and kept its power specs when keyed for a long period.. I can tell you, every single Ham guy i know has their Kenwood, Icom or Yeasu dialed in to GMRS at a flip of the dial. Honestly, i don't know any Ham operators that aren't set up in this fashion.. A bit funny but i'll bet a lunch many here whom complain as it being illegal has a Baufang stashed somewhere dialed in for GMRS.. I mean really, how many of you went to the prom without sneaking a beer.. If you said 'Not me" you're boring as hell.

i totally 'get' what he is saying... Midland dollars can buy you a lot of radio..