I have about 1.5 weeks of experience in GMRS and while I've read a lot and watched a lot YouTube, this is a very new space for me. These are great resources; but I find myself going down a lot of rabbit holes that are not very clear.
I am trying to figure out the best approach to use GMRS radios to establish a good simplex "connection" between my house, my dad, and my brother. We're 3 miles apart and nearly a straight line (see attached picture). They are about 140 in elevation lower than my house. There is a hill between us that's 160 feet above my elevation (300 above their location). I have a two story house; but I have an HOA that may be difficult to work with on a roof mounted antenna.
Using cheap handheld Baofeng radios, we can Tx/Rx a transmission; but it's fuzzy and difficult to understand. There is a repeater that works perfect; but I'm try to figure out if we can do this without the repeater.
As far as I can tell there are a couple options: add a better antenna and/or increase the radio wattage with a better radio. I'm trying to figure out where I'll get the best cost efficiency. If a fixed antenna is needed, I'll probably have to do an attic antenna to avoid HOA drama.
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I have about 1.5 weeks of experience in GMRS and while I've read a lot and watched a lot YouTube, this is a very new space for me. These are great resources; but I find myself going down a lot of rabbit holes that are not very clear.
I am trying to figure out the best approach to use GMRS radios to establish a good simplex "connection" between my house, my dad, and my brother. We're 3 miles apart and nearly a straight line (see attached picture). They are about 140 in elevation lower than my house. There is a hill between us that's 160 feet above my elevation (300 above their location). I have a two story house; but I have an HOA that may be difficult to work with on a roof mounted antenna.
Using cheap handheld Baofeng radios, we can Tx/Rx a transmission; but it's fuzzy and difficult to understand. There is a repeater that works perfect; but I'm try to figure out if we can do this without the repeater.
As far as I can tell there are a couple options: add a better antenna and/or increase the radio wattage with a better radio. I'm trying to figure out where I'll get the best cost efficiency. If a fixed antenna is needed, I'll probably have to do an attic antenna to avoid HOA drama.
Thoughts?
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