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Yup, you’ll loose your radio but you’ll save your house. The few local lightning storms here, I unhook the radio and place a dummy load on the coax.

Don't buy cheap Chinese Lighting Arrester's.. Like i did and learned the hard way..

just a little bit of Trivia, if you look at the 'Stale' Repeaters most show expired Lic as well.. I know of two 'stale' repeaters in my area, the owners died years ago and obviously have no way to remove themselves ..

i would give the AnyTone AT-D578UVIIIPRO a look at.. I gave my grandson one of these as a gift, its a great radio.. And they are unlock able

i love the stand,, now thats unique

i would pay more attention to the ohm of the speaker making to to match that more than the power rating..

hiding an 80' tower from your wife.. your are good.. you need to sell lessons..

just tell her is wind generating tower and you have to build it in 'phaes'

When my wife see's a delivery for me ffrm Atlantic, she automatically knows it's batteries

Don't worry about it... registering is not mandatory nor is un-regestering..

for an all around basic and fair cost base antenna, It's gong to be hard to beat a Tram 1486. The trick is to tune them correctly.

keep trying, they'll get it back in stock

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.

Del Webb does not skimp and they are pretty savy at making deals i.e. my buddy gets his internet as part of the association package, no extra cost. Del Web make deals with Broadband providers whom they choose to allow to come into their properties. He gets a basic 300MB package free claims thats all he needs. I get about the same with my Starlink on my RV and it works great

There is no formal process other than obtaining a GMRS Lic. Follow the FCC rules and have fun, There are several communities where repeaters coehiist on the same channels, And tell the guy asking you "why you want to have a repeater" to pound sand into he Grand Canyon..

I did too,, back in 8th grade.. We used to steal the stuff from Science Class and toss it down the hallway..

that would depend.. If he doesn't have a choice i.e. a single user hogging all the ch's.. Go for it!

I stand correct

yup, you are 100% correct.

You're fired again. Waste belongs in the drain. Elon Musk would have a hay day with your silly

you are talking about 'stencil' strenght and fiberglass and carbon fiber far exceeds that of steel. Many studies out there,, Google it!.. Pretty much the reason they use Fiberglass to manufacture boats, which have no issues with flexing and or cracking. Using steel would require greater thickness to achieve the same strength resulting in greater weight.. Steel works great in conditions needing high compression strength, stiffness and heat resistance.

one of my friends living in a Del Webb community hung a J=Pole Antenna within a tree.. Worked good for him..

Actually, that would be very interesting considering the proposal is asking for 100 watts and repeater use in the 6M area. Can you imagine the 'FARS' people would get. This would open a whole new game.. I like the idea

I traveled thru said areas on vacation runs and telling you my experience. I often travel to the Las Angeles areas both from the East to West and visa versa and that area is a mad house on every channel. I honestly can't recall a single time not getting interrupted on a radio call by someone being a jerk. I'm not necessary referring to repeater traffic but more of simplex communications in both FRS and GMRS frequencies. I have had some problems on repeater frequencies but seldom.. When we travel in groups we always use simplex channels because there is no need to tie up a repeater frequency.. However, the stuff i hear on the repeaters channels may not be annoying but for the most part comical. I swear, when i travel to L.A. i hear the same guy hollering out for radio checks on practically every repeater i have programed like a broken record.. No, i dont want to talk to that guy, it's not you by any chance is it ...

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