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Hello all, I am looking at getting an antenna with a ground plane kit for hunting and connecting it to a Retevis RT-97L repeater. My big question is can I hang the antenna from a tree branch by throwing a rope over and then tying it off? If so, has anyone done this and received good results. My family tends to go hunting / camping in an area where there is no cell service and with my GMRS license, thought this would be an amazing use for this. Thank you for your help!

We have limited stock of the new Retevis RT97L repeater available and ready to ship before the tariffs are in place. Like most things we sell, these will undoubtedly be bumped in price, so hurry up and get them before May! Purchase the Retevis RT97L Like the RT97S, these are waterproof (IP66 for this model), have an all-metal chassis, a built-in pre-tuned duplexer, and a DB9 accessory port. 16 channels are supported, in wideband or narrowband mode. CTCSS and DCS codes can be programmed with the included USB cable, but default to 136.5 Hz with the built-in channels. The antenna connector is a UHF (SO-239) connector. There is also a built-in heater to allow cold-weather operation, and it will reduce output power if it's starting to overheat, so it can stay running for longer. The transmitter duty cycle is 100%. RepeaterID will also support these with a model specifically for this repeater. The pinout is slightly different than the RT97S series, so the original RepeaterID is not fully compatible.