dugcyn

store my non daily drivers in a faraday cage. jus sayin and am serious.

have not read all of this thread but do want to point out. we recently had interference from a licensed station bleeding into gmrs frequencies. a very experienced radio operator kindly contacted them and let them know. I do not know the details or conversation but it sounded like they had a defective repeater causing this and soon after shut it down. am posting because only got a few posts into this reccomending not to contact owner. I think if done well that should be the first move to correct interference. i am not saying direct contact but most cases you can e-mail etc. this may be more effective than FCC in some cases. if by chance i caused interference this would be my preference and would be much more motivated to help my community vs the government request. IDK

think they would have to set up a volume sales side gig to even have somewhat competitive cost. say like large government contract? if they could become close to $value and assume more consistent quality I would very much consider buying american made. this goes with most every thing I purchase.

i use a blue tooth adapter that plugs into head phone jack. in my case stereo works great for two mono radios. set each to specific chanels and then I know what chanel i am picking up. ie radio set to chanel 18 on left ear, radio set to chanel 16 right ear. I set this up in my shack so I can listen in the house. has worked great for my wife that does not like the chatter. also set this up in my truck so when camping I can listen and not bother other campers. have not tested this one yet but in theory think it will be a good solution.

let me ask a stupid question. lol is the NMO mount considered a N connector regarding this discussion. just wondering because i am running 259 to 259 on my truck and get a bit of statice. now the radio is 259 no choice there but would I get considerable diference running NMO at my antenna? have not tried simply because I would also have to change mount that can rotate to allow me in garage.

disclaimer I have not read the full thread. question in general is subjective to your use. Just want to add if no one has the bowfang uv32r is worth looking at for some? I like the multi band ability, dual vfo and especially ability to program different banks for scanning. not my only go to radio but think it is the best feature packed hand held I have. have uv5r and h3. they work well and are smaller but miss some bands and selective scan features. they do fine with Gmrs including repeaters.

yes it is running dtcss and i am setup to tone in and out. I think you answered my question traffic that I am hearing since the move are very low signal strength that makes them un readable. was just wondering if repeater could filter out broken and or weak signals. thanks

that is a lot of power output difference %. what was noticed on mine was quality of signal 11.5 volts vrs 13. I am not a circuit engineer but, bet there is an optimam somewhere in the calculations?? dont think power output wattage is key to the full picture of radio clarity and propagation. am no expert tho.

is there such a thing? our repeater has moved location and seem to get a lot of traffic now that is un readable.

I run a solar system to power my radio's and light my shack etc. I recently received a report that my signal was not as good as usually on our local repeater. did some checking and sure enough I had degraded my voltage by running to much lights etc all day in my shack and voltage was 11.5. next day after fully charging signal report came loud and clear (solar was at 13 volts). this is a 50 wat unit set at mid power (13 watts?). so it seams it does make a difference on my setup. just sharing

nice review, thank you. for anyone interested I would give a very similar review on the TYT 9800 in capability but power reading on mine are a bit lower but so is price. you get what you pay for.

indoors transmitting on my HT raised the readings on my Co detector I had placed mid height in living room. after a day or two of casual transmitting on GMRS this raised the level to the point the detector went off. I have since moved the detector lower and seems to have solved this. it took a couple of times before I figured out what was going on and all the while were were checking pellet stove for leaks. lol good times with RF

lol ya can take you down a road to $1k dol hairs. sorry that comment made me laff. it definately has soo many more uses.

50 ft. tower with comet 20 above that, nicely tuned. has managed to make whatever i hook to it do great. mobile I run a tyt 9800 hooked to a 9800 tri band antenna, works ok (yes i am spoiled at my base). other wise boofangs it is in the woods.

I know not what you are talking about. lol. thank you for what you do and keep it coming. there is much noise in this world and I think even in humor you bring some clarity. maybe its just me. IDK