Welcome!

[SteveShannon]

6 minutes ago, WSHH887 said:

OOPS!  I completely missed the welcome thread and just jumped right in.  Please forgive my fox paw.

I'm a retired water treatment consultant with too many hobbies so I need to add one more.  Radio wise, I started in the military, then used them in the ship building and oil industries.  Along the way I did the CB thing until it became populated with too many "individuals".  

Outdoor wise, I've been a hunter/shooter and everything that goes with it since I was a kid in the fifties.  Got into off roading in the 80's when I bought my Jeep Scrambler.

 

That's enough stuff for now.

Welcome!

[CaptainSarcastic]

3 hours ago, OffRoaderX said:

That's "SIR StevenShannon" to you.

Let me introduce myself - not because I go around introducing myself (that's pretty narcissistic isn't it?), but because it is the rule of the forum and I forgot to do it.

 

SO hello there!

Been a radio dork since about 1978 (Shortwave, CB, Ham, and most recently GMRS). Besides radios, I also own a Jeep JK, and like to visit my local gun range on occasion to blow the pocket lint out of the chamber so to speak.

Oh, I am also a notarubicon subscriber  (an honor to be reprimanded by the queen himself!)

 

That's all for now!

[WSHH887]

7 hours ago, CaptainSarcastic said:

Let me introduce myself - not because I go around introducing myself (that's pretty narcissistic isn't it?), but because it is the rule of the forum and I forgot to do it.

 

SO hello there!

Been a radio dork since about 1978 (Shortwave, CB, Ham, and most recently GMRS). Besides radios, I also own a Jeep JK, and like to visit my local gun range on occasion to blow the pocket lint out of the chamber so to speak.

Oh, I am also a notarubicon subscriber  (an honor to be reprimanded by the queen himself!)

 

That's all for now!

Well, it's not a "real" Jeep like a CJ but since you visit the range I'll forgive you.

[FishinGary]

Guess I completely missed the welcome thread, too. Been around for a bit. Mostly lurking. Welcome everyone and hello. 

Been into monitoring and radio in general for what seems like forever. Scanning, shortwave, etc. GMRS late last year and amateur radio earlier this year. Was in broadcasting for awhile, too (mostly the 90s). 

[jjlava]

Hi, I'm Jackie. I've been a radio fan for years and have listened to scanners, shortwave and utility radio. I've also been an amateur radio operator for over 20 years but off the air for a good portion of that time due to antenna and space restrictions. I just got my GMRS license a couple of months ago; I thought it would be a good idea to add one more communication method to my collection. I can't have an outdoor antenna of any kind where I live so I'm using some handheld radios at the moment. 

[WSFL951]

2 minutes ago, jjlava said:

Hi, I'm Jackie. I've been a radio fan for years and have listened to scanners, shortwave and utility radio. I've also been an amateur radio operator for over 20 years but off the air for a good portion of that time due to antenna and space restrictions. I just got my GMRS license a couple of months ago; I thought it would be a good idea to add one more communication method to my collection. I can't have an outdoor antenna of any kind where I live so I'm using some handheld radios at the moment. 

Welcome to our GMRS radio community, Jackie!

[jjlava]

2 minutes ago, WSFL951 said:

Welcome to our GMRS radio community, Jackie!

Thank you!! 

[SteveShannon]

Welcome!

[WRUU653]

I got some catching up to do... Welcome @CaptainSarcastic, @FishinGary and @jjlava! Cheers 

[Pyro406]

Howdy. I've been around here for many years. I know I've made posts years back, but looks like I got to start over. 

 

West Central MT, here.

Pyro

[SteveShannon]

6 hours ago, Pyro406 said:

Howdy. I've been around here for many years. I know I've made posts years back, but looks like I got to start over. 

 

West Central MT, here.

Pyro

Welcome back.  If you could find one of your old posts maybe Rich could reconnect you to your old account.  Was it under a different call sign?

[WSGN731]

Hi, new here, I recently bought a handheld radio for the Jeep. Now thinking of getting a mobile for it. Found  myGMRS on a YouTube vid. 

[BoxCar]

@WSGN731Welcome to the zoo! Before you ask, the best radio to install in your Jeep is the one that fits your requirements best. That, and there are as many recommendations for antennas as there are antennas,

[SteveShannon]

3 minutes ago, WSGN731 said:

Hi, new here, I recently bought a handheld radio for the Jeep. Now thinking of getting a mobile for it. Found  myGMRS on a YouTube vid. 

Welcome!  I like the db20g mobile from Radioddity. Small, simple, lightweight, only 20 watts but it has a button marked “FUN”.

And it’s often on sale for less than $90. I bought two of them.

If I wanted a full 50 watts I’d look at the Wouxun kg1000g. It’s not inexpensive but only a couple people have ever complained about it.

[WSHH887]

Welcome. As a recent member I invite you to follow me down the rabbit hole. 
 

But fear not there are signposts and helpful denizens to both add clarity and confusion. Just avoid that darned cat. 

[SteveShannon]

Welcome to new member @qxovrix!

[WRUE951]

On 2/6/2025 at 6:11 PM, SteveShannon said:

Unfortunately, it doesn’t work like that. The range  is not proportional to the power. The signal strength certainly improves with increased power, but terrain is usually the limiting factor at UHF, regardless of power. More power doesn’t make the signal follow the curvature of the earth and UHF stinks at skipping off the ionosphere. Once in a while the troposphere lends a hand though.

I have a friend that lives at a cabin @ 5,500' near Tonopah.  When i camp at Crawley lake we talk simplex quite a lot.   It's  probably a 120 mile line of site link.   When i go low power on my Hytera, about 10 watts, he looses me.   He is on a Kenwood and the same happens, i loose him for the most part on low power.   The Hytera does pull a little bit.  Also tried using HT's and no way.   I'm using a Copper J-Pole on my end, he has a Larsen Dipole on his.  Power does work in odd ways in UHF but i know in this situation it defiantly helps.   

[Socalgmrs]

2 hours ago, WRUE951 said:

I have a friend that lives at a cabin @ 5,500' near Tonopah.  When i camp at Crawley lake we talk simplex quite a lot.   It's  probably a 120 mile line of site link.   When i go low power on my Hytera, about 10 watts, he looses me.   He is on a Kenwood and the same happens, i loose him for the most part on low power.   The Hytera does pull a little bit.  Also tried using HT's and no way.   I'm using a Copper J-Pole on my end, he has a Larsen Dipole on his.  Power does work in odd ways in UHF but i know in this situation it defiantly helps.   

Very nice.    Good antennas would certainly help your situation even more but at 120 miles your getting about 10xs the distances others get.   Most guys on here call me a lier when I tell them I do well over 200miles every day with a 20w base radio and 60-100 with hand helds.   It’s all about line of sight.  

[SteveShannon]

13 minutes ago, Socalgmrs said:

Most guys on here call me a lier when I tell them I do well over 200miles every day with a 20w base radio and 60-100 with hand helds.   It’s all about line of sight.  

No,  we don’t say you’re lying about that; we tell you you’re a jerk when you imply that anyone who  doesn’t get 200 miles is incompetent and when you scold new members about not reading the rules. As you say: it’s all about line of sight.