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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

I too would be interested in the answer to this. Currently own one of 1.5 years. jail break was easy software mod. honestly do not know what would be in it for the manufacturer to block this but??

both brand 771s seam to work well with my HT'S but yelm is a pretty far trip for them. dont know if you are willing or able to make it semi moble setup but a fairly inexpensive gmrs car-truck antenna or base antenna up high may get you many more fars. I have reached 22 miles simplex with my HT on 50 ft mast antenna. I know that is extreme but does show the difference. welcome to GMRS hope to catch you sometime on tiger rptr. Doug

you also make me wonder if I should go to a simple dual band antenna setup as this is main set up for parking rv in tight spots or oh chit i need coms in the woods. would i be better to have all bands or ones i could tx com on? thanx for the thought.

how did you know i was running quad band antenna?. may have nailed this question but really does an antenna soak power? the antenna seams to work well but am not licensed to work them all so do not know tx? still wonder why power would read low on meter. thanks so much for the input.

thanx trying to keep brand out antenna in truck is quad band and antenna at shop is ??? looks has 5 spikes 2 near vertical. I do have a comet 70' and last tested this radeo put out 46 watts. have not gone back there yet, was new when i got that result. the ??? antenna works perfect with other radios 70cm and 2m. reads 1.03 swr. fwy my truck antenna is at 1.9 swr. not sure of wire to truck radio but base is setup with lmr400 and done correctly. could i be loosing that much in cabling or antenna. what is this telling me. no worries am talking on radio just fine but trying to learn how to make this a lean system. thanks all

Most likely a stupid question but hey I am just a machinist in trade. I have a radio in truck that in testing with a sure com puts out at high power setting 10 watts. it is rated 50 watts. when I hook this same radio to base antenna sure com reads 17 watts. what say you. any input would be appreciated, i love learning new things. Radio is not my end game but a tool and would love to learn how to use it best. fyi same radio, very similar input power supply, same frequency (gmrs).

Dont know if this has been covered but thought I would share. I have several radios different brands etc. and was having issue programming with provided cables. one did not work with windows 10 or 11, one would not work with windows 11. so i had a win7 machine that i used for one brand a win10 for the other brand and 11. this got real messy with my data spread accross so many plat forms. I finally found a solution that works with baefang, retivis and tyt radios. it has cables for many more but cannot speak to them. hope this helps someone https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09LD2HCZV?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1

I like running from a battery, deep cycle or even a hand me down car battery could work. now pair that with a battery maintainer and you should be good for a few hours of use? I am running a 300 watt solar system hooked to two 100 amp hour batteries. I believe this system can run continuous 24-7 with my use. I do however understand some may not have space and resource for a setup like this. Also if it was a heavy use (or repeater) it would not net 24-7 continuous use without added power.

Retevis rt9000 is a great GMRS 50 watt radio. been rocking mine for a year with no issue or degridation. very reasonable price point too.

licensed GMRS is allowed up to 50 watts. most normally run just enough power to get point a to point b. it is considered courtesy.

yep my daughter ski's solo a lot. she borrowed one of my HT's. I am not getting that one back lol. she has listened to verify there is some one in range with success but does not transmit unless help is needed. thanks for posting. I think it is a great safety option.

Yes, all my HT'S have all the NOA frequency's programmed but set on skip scan. so when in the woods I will check it time to time to make sure we dont get in weather trouble. it is unfortunate that not all radios can receive these frequency's.

Bougt from amazon with instructions to open up. fwy only did that to check it out...reasonable radio for the money but have noticed drop in power. I may have hurt it testing on 11m. have no metar for that but the antenna tested good 2m and 70cm. IDK maybe best one stay in band? may be a good radio for the money but going to ham am considering it as my slow scanner. hope that helps

thanks all for the information. friend of friend said they had fire on west side and all got together to put that out. now that is coordination. FYI they are some what heavy into CB on the islands. at least some. have got bounce from there time to time. hope all and family are ok. I love that island and the people have always been super cool to meh.

this has been a cool side show for me as only GMRS license only. listening has been an experience and enlightening to how dopler shift, horizon event works with this and the radio and antenna. I pick it up with a verticle antenna and or HT. found holding HT side ways works a bit better as it not normally running directly above, horizon in and out. cheers to them that have made contact. that there is a challenge. again no TX for meh at this point.

i think it would be cool to have a nation wide standard. only in the context of cb is channel 9 emergency use only. back in the day I would keep my cb on 9 monitor at all times other than when using to coms locally. actually was involved in a few situations medivac was invoked by my radio and camp crew driving to pay phone for 911 or getting to cell service. unfortunately GMRS did not set up that way. so oh well I will scan gmrs when in idle, not using for local com and see what happens. I do still watch cb 9 but cb is painfull to listen to. hope GMRS does not go there.

Marc you are so helpfull on the forum, active and apply this hobby. thank you. a true Elmer.

just an FYI I think the Retevis rt9000 is very similar and does wide and narrow so you can FRS too. have one and very happy with it. also have a TYT9800 and it opens many more doors.

A very serious Ham setup, 50 foot tower with very nice 20' comet up top. think my post was misunderstood. reached 40 miles simplex 5 watts with this wire and antenna. my point was wattage is not king on fars.

good points above. loss in antenna wire could be issue. I am running real good wire, dont know what it is but 1/2 od stranded inside and out (in place when i bought the house). it is over 50 foot then another 50 up the mast. every situation is different. ran this setup with a uv5r and reached 40 miles from on top of a hill. your results will differ per terrain and mountains?

antenna is king if you have opportunity to put it high and proud (no neighbors complaint etc.) and if you want to be mobile i think your uv5g will hook to large antenna and dual as mobile in car. FYI IMHO more power is not a solution to your problem or needs. 3-6 miles to repeater leads me to believe you have something line of sight in the way, more power will just get junk signal working around this verses line of sight antenna pure signal. take this as advise from a newby but good signal less money wins. less you really want to get in the hobby? some small stuff just works.