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On 1/20/2023 at 8:23 AM, gortex2 said:
So other than the Bridgecomm I can say for 100% none of the new repeaters I linked are 2 mobile radios inside a box. They are full blown repeaters. This is why I posted those repeaters. If Bridgecomm is 2 mobiles inside they don't talk about that in the programming of the repeater. You hook up the cable and program the code plug in the repeater per their video here on their site.
I realize there are many "mobile" based repeaters that can be built and are even sold however the repeaters I linked are true repeaters. Many folks don't have the technical ability to assemble multiple radios so that's why I put the links here.
I realize there are many "mobile" based repeaters that can be built and are even sold however the repeaters I linked are true repeaters. Many folks don't have the technical ability to assemble multiple radios so that's why I put the links here.
i have a very good friend in Torrance, he is a retired Motorola Engineer.. All of their 'one' package repeater radios are two radios bundled into a single chassis. Now they don't physically shove two radios into the chassis but rather the boards themself's. Based on his professional knowledge, he says all repeater manufactures do the same.. He is the one that advised me to go with two Maxon 8200A's.... And i really did save $1,000 doing so over the Bridgecomm. The Maxon's are 10 watts shy of the Wouxun KG1000, (which i had) but they actually get better coverage. I'm getting about 65-70 miles here in the Mojave desert vs. the roughly 40 miles with the Wouxun. And by the way, programing the two Maxons is pretty much identical to the Bridgecomm.... I'm thinking they use the same programing software with a few minor changes for Bridgecomm As far as technical knowledge to get the one chassis vs two radios fired up, there really is no difference other than the need to have a separate Power Supply and a jumper to tie the two radios togethe with the two radio scenario. Programming is gong to be required either way you go and will pretty much be the same steps. The Wouxun KG1000 doesn't need software, they can be programmed from the Mic and done in less than 1 minute...
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A pair of brand new Maxon's 8402's radio's, programing cable, software and tether cable can be had for about $800 bucks.. Same radio used in the Bridgecomm for half the cost. Maxon's are very nice commercial radios falling right with Motorola as far as quality ad operation goes.. Maxons are extremely easy to program. Multec Communications has some great deals on commercial radios.
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On 1/27/2023 at 8:32 AM, WRUE951 said:
if you have any experience from the GIS world, you get spoiled and tend to appreciate the tools that work so much better,,, Especially when most of the best GIS tools are Open Source (Free to use) Like i said, the map tool here is rude and crude and defiantly has much room for improvements and so easily.. Just sayin... “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
Good possibility you'll see another GMRS Repeater site pop up...
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
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4 hours ago, WRUU653 said:
Crude and rude? Slow? It seems to work good for me. Your own version? And where would the data come from? Certainly not here. As @Borage257 points out have you used the map portion here? It is like Google maps. How about a little appreciation for the site you’re on… or am I missing something?
if you have any experience from the GIS world, you get spoiled and tend to appreciate the tools that work so much better,,, Especially when most of the best GIS tools are Open Source (Free to use) Like i said, the map tool here is rude and crude and defiantly has much room for improvements and so easily.. Just sayin... “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
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Crude and rude and amazingly slow. I’m taking like open source street map or better yet, Google Earth. I have my own version, but I can’t share it ‘Yet’. Working on that.maybe soon
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7 hours ago, MichaelLAX said:
In my experience with large states such as California and Texas, there is no Tool that limits Repeaters geographically, like the Map does (or am I missing something?).
Also I always turn on Show Offline Repeaters and Show Stale Repeater in the circular widget in the upper left corner of the map.
I agree the a U.S. Map reflecting the repeater sites with appropriate data would be a great tool but this site does not have that as of yet.. Maybe they are working on it?
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13 hours ago, WRVY822 said:
I am brand new to GMRS. I'm hoping to find some repeaters in my area that will extend my range.
My main goal for getting a license and buying radios is to have a way to communicate with family and close friends locally in an emergency situation as well as listen for information during an emergency.
How is GMRS in South Texas?
you have close to 150 GMRS Repeaters in the state of Texas.. You can narrow down what is near you using the Query Tools on this web site..
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6 hours ago, WRVK513 said:
Well i really like Chirp But I Also Get Why the Owner Dont want any Pay Wall BS In his software Open Source software and to be honest i dont blame him and HERE IS WHY It is very Easy to slip in/Sneek in about Any kind of spyware & malware & Even Viruses into the system But When its All Free & open source For any jo blow to just Download and look at the Code then ANY one that is slightly curious an a with a tad of knowledge can check the code for their self's an this Always Always Makes it Much Much Harder To Do ! So Stay Open Source and Always Just Say NO To ANY PAYWALL'S..That is How It Starts the World keeps trying to sell you a service of one kind or another JUST SAY NO Keep Your Hard Earned Money in your Pocket...Trust me when i say Big Tech Dont Need a Penny But Want it ALL ! You Can Research These Facts For Your Self you dont half to believe Me..Go Look!
you nailed it....
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4 hours ago, gortex2 said:
I left the KG1000 off the list as its not a repeater. Its a mobile radio. The goal was to give folks out of the box repeaters.
If we got into radios to make repeaters there would be hundreds but they all require 2 radios, controllers, cables and programming.
Just saying, many of the repeaters you listed consist of two radios bundled into one package and at over twice the cost of building a repeater from basically same parts. As said the Bridegroom Repeaters are two Maxons 8200A's. Motorola and Kenwood do the same using their line of radios.. As far as programing goes, it is still needed regardless if you package them together in one box or use them as two radios. One box repeaters are nice for simplicity but you pay the premium for that benefit. I almost bought a Bridgecom repeater then after research i learned what radios they used and went with the Maxons. My Maxon investment was about $800 which saved a a gloruius $,1000 bucks over the one box Bridgcomm.. I like saving money.
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You left out the Wouxon KG-1000 and better yet the Maxon TM8000 series radios, which is basically the Bridgecomm repeater for half the cost.
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5 hours ago, WRQC301 said:
How effective are antennas in attics. Using 50w Wouxun 1000g. Antenna cable is approx. 30' long. At present it is reaching a repeater around 30 miles.(straight shot)condo restrictions require antenna to be hidden.
I have a friend living in a retirement community. He took a 70CM base antenna, stashed it inside the top of his fiberglass flag mast and burried the coax about 10’ to his garage. He has been running his repeater for over a year and works great.
- wayoverthere and Sshannon
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i found it interesting yesterday when i was in a conversation with someone and the conversation was somewhat political about the recent classified document scandals. A person whom i know to be a Ham suddenly pings in and tells us the radio waves is not the place to discuss politics.. Well,, I guess this Ham forgot about freedom of speech and the fact that there are basically no GMRS equitecy rules you commonly find on Ham bands,. We didn't budge and continued on with conversation only to listen to an idiot trying to 'Jam' the repeater.. Hmmmm,, I wonder if this malicious 'jammer' was the Hammer. Pretty sure it was - LMAO
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Wouldn’t it be cool, to view all the GMRS repeaters on Google Earth by State that also included much of the info such as Call Signs, frequency, squelch tones, repeater type etc…..
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On 3/7/2022 at 7:42 AM, WRPN896 said:
I heard this morning on the net that the FCC does not allow newly Repeaters is this 100% Correct?
DE WRPN896
Thats flat out BS... Was the guys first name 'Joe' by any chance?
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i have no problems hitting repeaters 20 miles line of sight with HT's. I've hit my repeater from Whitney Portals with my mobile and that was about a 55 mile line of sight shot. Like OffRoader says, obstructions will pretty much void out line-of-sight communications, which UHF relies on..
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On 10/16/2022 at 5:43 AM, jec6613 said:
According to the spec sheet, it'll probably heat up slightly more. The Maxon draws as much power to output 40W as the Wouxun draws to output 50W, since the Maxon seems to primarily be a VHF radio.
Without getting a real repeater, the best one can hope for is to either: (1) reduce power output, (2) increase cooling, or (3) reduce usage.
FYI If you look at the Maxon DMR UHF repeater you find they advertise it as a 100% duty cycle.. Their DMR repeater is two Maxon's 8402A radios.. Additionally, the Maxon 8402A is a wide/narrow band radio.. The Bridgecom repeaters also use the Maxon 8402 Radios, they too also spec their repeater as 100% duty cycle. I currently use the Wouxuns KG-1000 radios and i can attest, these radios get extremely hot after 15 minutes of continuous use.. I have a friend who has t Maxon repeater and, i use it all the time and perforce is much better than the Wouuxun repeater... His radios get warm on continuous use but not HOT.. Just giving real world experience...
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i have the KG-1000's set up for a repeater and pretty happy with their performance, I'm making contacts with mobile's 60 miles out.. I'm, setting on a hillside about 500' overlooking the Indian Wells Valley using a Tram 1182 on 30' mast. I also cleaned up my mobile Duplexer with my Nano, the factory tune wasn't very good. i am concerned about the duty cycle on these KG-1000G radios, they get very hot after about 15 mins of continuous use. I plan to use these as mobile's so I actually have two Maxon 8402A radios on order, they create a repeater much like the KG-1000 but better because they are commercial radios and have a 100% duty cycle. They are also a little cheaper then the KG-1000 radios. If you decide to go with the Maxon's be prepared to wait about 60 days, they are on back order. I'm also using EchoStaton with a RIGblasger for my ID Controller. IMO, this is the best way to go for creating an I'D controller on your repeater. I have mine set up for Voice I.D. with a time and temp stamp. EchoStation has a lot of flexibility and the software is very cheap, only $19 bucks. RIGblaster ties it into the radios via the Mic ports. Very easy to set up.
- Mikeam and wickedstangs
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Amazon has the easier return policy, BuyTwoWayRadios has top notch service and good deals... Ebay is getting better and now offers free sniping on most things you buy there.. If you need some sort of tech support on your radio gear, i would stick with Buytwowayradios.. Their support is awesome..
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in today's scam society, not sure it's a good idea anyway.. One google search of your license plate call sign can reveal most everything about you, i.e. your name, where you live, your phone number etc.. That information in itself is enough for the basic scammer or even a road rager to begin his dirty work.. No Thanks....
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I heard that Wouxun was coming up with a way to tap into a COR port for a controller input on their KG1000G transceiver. Has anyone heard any progress on this yet?
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FCC does not allow More repeaters?
in FCC Rules Discussion
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There are 4 GMRS repeaters (one of them mine) here in the Mojave desert i reside. Two of these repeaters (not mine) are on a 4500' peak that has awesome line of site in all directions. I've conversed one those two repeaters 85-90 miles away. Not Bad... My repeater has good coverage at 240 degrees and i'v had conversation at 65 miles north... I keep my repeater open (no pl's) so it seems to get more traffic than the other 3.. I think the key, if you want traffic on your repeater, leave it open.. (no pl's).