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30 minutes ago, WRYZ926 said:
I received the same email. I want to do some more research to see if they will ID every 15 minutes 24/7 or if it can be set so that it only IDs every 15 minutes when there is actual traffic on the repeater,
the break out board option will make it easier to implement a controller of your choice, so basicly you woiiuld be able to set up auto CW in any configuration you choose
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Just got this emial today from BuyTwoWayRadios announcing a solution to adding a controller or Auto CW to the KG1000 radios.
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On 5/6/2025 at 7:31 AM, WRUE951 said:
The KG1000 radios defiantly has issues working as a repeater and they are difficult to implement a controller due to pin out access.. People wanting to go the route of making a repeater with two radios should consider a pair for Maxon 8402 radios. Like the KG1000's the Maxons are designed to pair with a simple jumper cable to make them work in repeater fashion. The Maxons are real commercial radios and will offer a more robust setup for the same dollars spent on the kg1009's. BTW, the Maxon Radios are the same used in the Brigecomm Repeaters.
It looks like BuyTwoWayRaidos came up with two solutions making it easier to implement a controller and or an Auto CW board to the KG1000 Radios Just got an emial from them today giving the details.
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2 hours ago, GreggInFL said:
(Asking for a friend) So, what would the Queen-of-all-that-oscillates recommend in the way of an unlocked HT, hmm?
i heard that you can buy un-locked UV-5Rs New with some sellers on Ebay.. I guess you have to look for the transmit range when searching
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find a big huge round ground water tank and splatter your signal everywhere as you drive in circles around it .
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Not Radio related but i got myself a 4Bay QNAP and 4 16TB NAS Drives. That should keep me busy for a week.
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On 6/8/2025 at 8:46 PM, WRKC935 said:
There are a number of other ways to link your phone or another node to your repeater. It's just not as easy as downloading a program, installing it and configuring it with some basic information.
All the repeater linking that was done on GMRS, or at least a vast majority of it was done with Asterisk which is an IP PBX with an add in that allowed it to pass E&M and PTT.
E&M in a phone system existed from day one. Before dialing a phone was even a thing. E&M is Ear and Mouth. Or for radio people TX audio and RX audio. Then you add a bit of 'telemetry' in the form of COR (carrier operated relay) and PTT.
All that software needs is a destination address and that destination address to allow connections.
With the system that was hosted by MyGMRS, there was a server that applied updates to the nodes to maintain the list of active nodes. But if you go into that list on the node and manually update it, then it will work fine without the database server feeding it.
There are a few systems still out there that are GMRS related that are running the same node software and allow you to connect via certain phone app's that were designed for ham radio AllStarLink and other RoIP (Radio over IP) systems that are using Asterisk as there back end.
Now setting that stuff up and getting it working is more involved than just getting a radio interface from Amazon and connecting it to a Windows machine where there is a web server out there managing all the linking and simply allowing you to find your node in a list and connect to it. You will now have to work at it to get it to happen but it's certainly possible if you put your mind to it and want to learn some Linux and Asterisk configuration along the way. And it can absolutely be done in a full stand alone manner that only requires a phone with internet access and a computer or Pi connected to the Internet with some fiddling with your router / firewall to allow the traffic in from the web. If you have carrier grade Internet access, then it becomes a bit more complicated, but still not anything that there isn't a solution for.
Some Repeaters, I.e. my Hytera's, can be set in programing for IP transport basically linking them. Many Commercial repeater radios can also do this.. Although not legal in GMRS many commerical repeaters can be set in this fasshion but requires like systems.
- SteveShannon and WSIK532
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17 minutes ago, LeoG said:
Most radios have a physical off switch unlike phones which have electronic on/off switch. No power is no reception/transmission. They could sneak in a bypass resistor to keep the power on for the GPS.
The radios I have with GPS (Hytera) must be turned on in the program mode and programed how you want to xtmt/rcv GPS data. I can set GPS data to specific groups and not to other groups. If you dont have it set to send your GPS data to a specific group, nothihesng is sent, However i can set up in programing to receive GPS data from a certain group. . I have played with this but never really saw a need for it so i ignoree GPS in programing (off).. A local 4-wheeler group uses GPS in their readios to ping their locations when 4 wheeling.. Take note, Radios with GPS need to be 'like' radios as their GPS function are proprietary to the radio brand. My Hytera radios with GPS wont work with Motorola or ICOM and vis versa.
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39 minutes ago, WSHH887 said:
Curious. Don't some radios now have GPS? Would these retain data? Do some radios possibly have GPS unbeknownst to the purchasers that logs data?
some Radios do have GPS and transmit their coordinates to other grouped radios but only when the feature is programed or activated in the radio.. Some of my radios have GPS features but i dont have them programed in my radios, therefore none of this data would be transmitted from my radio.
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18 minutes ago, AdmiralCochrane said:
Well thought out
yea, couple hours ago i was goinna take a drive by a couple cell towers to do close proximity test, but the damn beer won my attention
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I remember those days, way back when. . My 70 Chevile played hell with my CB until i put in an electronic ignition
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9 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said:
Yes - All the newly manufactured ones destined for the U.S. are locked and cannot be unlocked.
thats good to know... sounds like i picked up mine at the right time. - thanks
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11 hours ago, AdmiralCochrane said:
I have a metal box with overlap and metal taped edges that my vehicle still detects the fob thru. The chip signal amplifiers are pretty strong. For improved security I took the battery out of the fob and now the chip has to be within a half inch of the start button.
O,K. The bag works fairly well, Put both cell phone and my Hytera HT in the bag. Tried calling my cell phone, no ring, straight to voice mail. So i'm assuming the cell phone is protected. The HT???,, Within a few feet of the bag i can break the squelch with another radio, 20-30 feet away, no go. My guess, the bag is supressing 50-60 dB of signal. Would be interesitng to take the bag with cell phone in close proximity of a cell tower to see what it does.. Maybe someday, but right now, gonna go grab some breakfast.
- AdmiralCochrane and WRHS218
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2 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said:
What if the UV-5R is locked also?
I havent bought one for two years, the half dozen or so i purchased prior shipped unlocked which i thought was the norm.. Are they shipping these locked now? If they are, can you un-lock as easy as some of their other radios?
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19 minutes ago, AdmiralCochrane said:
I have a metal box with overlap and metal taped edges that my vehicle still detects the fob thru. The chip signal amplifiers are pretty strong. For improved security I took the battery out of the fob and now the chip has to be within a half inch of the start button.
now you got me thinking.. Tomorrow i'll break one out stick my HT in one and see if i can talk with it from an other radio..
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i have some from Nest that claims to be military grade. Big enough to hold a HT with antenna. These are more designed for EMT protection with i would think would work against cell phone detection.
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Ask Iran
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2 hours ago, WRYZ926 said:
Not all faraday bags are created equal. Better double up on them if using cheap bags from Amazon or eBay. Or stick them in a faraday bag and then into an all metal container.
i would defiantly go with a military grade faraday bag. Ebay & Amazon would be the last place i would go to buy one,,
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14 hours ago, WRYZ926 said:
Only if you remove the battery.
our stick your phone in a Faraday Bag
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1 hour ago, OffRoaderX said:
This is correct.. The antenna on both my Jeeps is mounted on the rear tailgate where all of the "experts" have decreed it "will not work!!!1" because the lack of a perfect ground plane..
It is true the antennas would likely perform better with a good ground plane but both antennas have an SWR of around 2, and I regularly talk with people dozens of miles away, and was able to hit a repeater 93 miles away.
i had similar experience with a cowel mounted Midland antenna on my JK, which i dearly miss
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2 minutes ago, TrikeRadio said:
When their phone is smarter than they are... well.. there you go.
i wonder how many of them actually get busted via their own on line posted videos. Funny as hell
- WRTC928, TrikeRadio and WSIK532
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19 minutes ago, WRCR724 said:
I think you are giving too much credit to these "peaceful protesters" there in LA. Of course their phones are on. How else are they going to live stream their peaceful protest on Facebook or TikTok?
I wouldn't be surprised if they were actually using the Zello app though. It was in heavy use during the Jan. 6 event in DC. After that, Zello removed the search option for finding channels. But if you know the channel name, or if someone is sharing the QR code there on the ground, it's easy for several thousands to be added to a channel.
Apparently,, many 'smart' people in these riots committing crimes are being busted by their own phones
Investigators are using StingRay and online videos to place criminals at a location then using that data to find, through cell records, who they are.. Pretty clever and funny
- TrikeRadio, WRTC928 and WRCR724
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you do it on your Profile via a togle switch for the weekly updatss
- WRUU653, TrikeRadio and Raybestos
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BuyTwoWay came up with a CW solution for KG1000 Radios
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I started out with a KG1000 repeater and never had issues other than desense early on. A couple times a year the repeater got pretty heavy use during nearby off roading events. Yea, they do get hot, but they keep on ticking. I use two Maxons for a portable repeater, they never break a sweat and they are housed in a ventilated ammo can. Now my current Hytera Repeater can run 24/7 with no worries. Amazingly, I paid not to much more for the Hytera radio then the two KG1000’s. I think we all do this, we learn the hard way.