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I ended up getting two with mine, would have liked the tri band that you got. Yours looks like the Nagoya though the Nagoya sits at 17 inches.

That's a really good point. And that's even a better one... it can be fun though chasing that rabbit.

I gotcha, I misunderstood. I think this is the antenna that Buytwowayradios was sending out with the KG-935H before they started shipping it with one tri-band instead of two antennas and yeah it's about 8". I have one and the 320A works better and is enough to help me get to a couple 1.25 repeaters from where I sit but it may work for your needs and I do like that it's shorter and will occasionally use it.

Steve let me know if you find one you like or even one you’re thinking of. I’d like to get one as well for my KG-Q10H. I always have room for more antennas, maybe not as many as Josh.

Yeah that's my go to antenna for tri-band also, I just added a link to my post. I haven't seen any tri-bands at 8 inches, I would be skeptical, though I do like shorter if it works.

Each frequency is its own tuning so if you are looking for the best you can do it will depend on what you are doing. I generally use the stock antenna on my HT radios. If you are trying for more, something like a signal stick is going to help and mono band if you want the best out of one band. I just use dual band mostly as for me good is good enough and I prefer to use more bands over more distance. I have a tri band Nagoya NA-320A that works pretty good for 1.25m, 2m, 70cm, in fact it is better on 1.25 than the dual band stock antenna tuned at 1.25 and 2m. In the end you will have more antennas than radios. Josh’s video that @SteveShannon posted is a good one.

...Grid down you say wait, what? What are we even talking about? Grid down? MYGMRS WILL ALSO BE DOWN!!! So yeah we're back to putting the info on paper and not giving it to the "bad guys" who are all gonna be at the mall anyway looting beer and sneakers and worthless TVs because... ya the grid is down. Hello? I'll be hold up in a bunker with all the radios off! Off I say! because the aliens are gonna zero in on RF signals with the lasers! Lasers people! Everyone knows this. Everybody run for your lives! I might have gotten a little carried away, maybe.

The problem I see with this is suddenly you will have people not in knowledge of the rules for marine use then using it on land and inappropriately. Not a good use as it could cause issues for safety on the water. Marine VHF is a non licensed service to make it easy for everyone on the water to have it and thus make it safer out there.

Sitting downtown in a railway station

I hope you share photos when you’re finished. I love seeing builds like this.

I just couldn’t help thinking of this commercial from back in the day…

Many of my radios do. I use scan skip all the time, though they call it Scan Add. I frequently will forget what I've skipped untill I look in chirp but I definitely use it. These all have ability to set skip via front panel. KG-Q10H, KG-935H, KG-935G+, UV9PX, AT-779UV, IC 2730A. I'm not sure about Boofwangs.

@WSJF722Geewhizpat welcome to Mygmrs. Good luck with the ham license. I can recommend HamStudy and their app for preparing for the test.

Is it possible to capture a recording as previously asked by @SteveShannon and upload it here? I also was wondering if the noise breaks the squelch with an antenna removed from one of your HT radios? Just curious if the noise is really close by or not.

Interesting read however this article is from over twenty years ago and I can’t help wonder what changes may or may not exist now to the laws there. It’s noteworthy that they now use encryption for police communications and such which has been implemented after this was written.

That’s a tee shirt right there!

I think of it like a private party across the street or a private pool at a hotel, sure you can see and hear what’s happening but if you don’t have an invitation or the code for the gate you’re not part of it.

I like the look of the Icom one. Retevis has one that you can get with the RA87 as well. https://www.retevis.com/products/rmb87-40w-desktop-base-station-radio-kit

Warning the following was composed pre morning coffee!!! Kristonapony! I’m sure glad there’s people keeping up the fight on whether or not a 15” antenna will fit in a box and if said box is standard or not. I was up all night worrying about it (was too). We need a slogan. Antenna Gate 2025? Free the whip? Feel free to post your ideas and be sure to pick a side. For the record if I order something and it doesn’t come, I take the novel approach of contacting who I got it from and say excuse me, can I get that thing I bought. Amazon is pretty good about returns in my experience. Speaking of Amazon lol, I found this. I can’t say if it ships in a standard box or not. Who knew there was so much dislike for the eggplant that they have shirts?. Affiliate link below? I now return you to the forum already in progress. Where my coffee?

Seems like the site has been a bit buggy lately, I got it to show up with stale turned on. Looks like it’s been over a year since the owner updated. @Ark1 try sending the owner a message and ask him about the repeater. They might appreciate knowing that their page fell into stale and that they just need to log into their repeater account to make it update.

Any of the Wouxun radios I feel are good. I like the Wouxun KG 935G plus. It ticks your boxes of nothing cheap, chirp programmable, mid tier. Since you want to use hiking it’s worth noting the 805, 905 and S88G plus are going to be easier to see the screen outdoors. As previously mentioned definitely stick with type certified for ease and simplicity. @73blazer listed a few things worth looking over in making your decision. Do you want waterproof? Bluetooth? … I know you said nothing cheap however something like a Baofeng UV9G isn’t going to break the bank, is waterproof and chirp compatible and a good radio to use while you determine what some needs or wants may be. In the end it’s your decision and I wish you luck in making it. If you are like some of us here it won’t be your last radio purchase

My first thought is if the radio received a remote stun or kill. Page 108, 109 in the manual. Though random glitch is probably more likely.

Damn it, I was content with the 2730A and able to tell myself I didn’t need the 2730B and then you post pictures. I can’t resist pictures! You’re costing me money. In all seriousness though thanks for the comparison. I really like my 2730A. It does pretty good paired with a Comet SBB-5 NMO. I have been thinking about getting the 2730B and moving my 2730A to the house. Looks like it would be an improvement from the bright screen of the 2730A at night especially. Have you noticed any other differences between the two or is it just the screen? I was wondering if you can swap heads between the two? Reason for this would be to keep one with mod in vehicle with the black screen and have a non mod one in the home.

This ^^^

Here were my results KG-Q10H 2m - 4.5 watts 1.25m - 2.9 watts 70cm - 6.5 watts 6m - 1.1 watts GMRS - 5.5 watts MURS - 4.6 watts also, while similar they are not the same. The Q10H doesn’t do CB.