WRXR374 Posted Monday at 05:49 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 05:49 PM Rather than looking at repeaters one by one, it would be neat to put a pin down and see every circle of coverage that overlaps that pin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRXB215 Posted Monday at 07:42 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 07:42 PM Irregular propagation makes this difficult. RepeaterBook has a "proximity" search but that isn't going to tell you any more than the map on myGMRS.com. There is a group researching making detailed propogation maps available but I don't remember who it was or what their progress is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppyjr Posted Monday at 08:11 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 08:11 PM Rather than looking at repeaters one by one, it would be neat to put a pin down and see every circle of coverage that overlaps that pin.Did you just volunteer to make that happen?Pretty sure this is a free site, so I’m not asking for anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socalgmrs Posted Monday at 08:20 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 08:20 PM I’d say it won’t help much. Really just gotta get permission from every one you think is even remotely local to you and start testing. One may hit 20miles in some places and only 5in other places and another one may hit fine in the dark area of another one. It’s best to load as many repeaters as you think you need and get active on them. Know the people and areas they work in. TrikeRadio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRXR374 Posted Monday at 10:06 PM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 10:06 PM 2 hours ago, WRXB215 said: Irregular propagation makes this difficult. RepeaterBook has a "proximity" search but that isn't going to tell you any more than the map on myGMRS.com. There is a group researching making detailed propogation maps available but I don't remember who it was or what their progress is. By that argument, the whole map is a waste, because those nice neat circles aren't accurate. That's all I'm suggesting... instead of one nice neat (but useless?) circle, show several. Just as a rough guide to all of the repeaters I may be able to hit from a given spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRXR374 Posted Monday at 10:07 PM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 10:07 PM 1 hour ago, Socalgmrs said: I’d say it won’t help much. Really just gotta get permission from every one you think is even remotely local to you and start testing. One may hit 20miles in some places and only 5in other places and another one may hit fine in the dark area of another one. It’s best to load as many repeaters as you think you need and get active on them. Know the people and areas they work in. Again... an argument that can just as easily be applied to the entire map as it is today. The idea isn't exactitude. Just, I'm here at this spot, what repeaters are there that I might be able to hit? Instead of click-click-clicking on all of them to see which overlap where I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRXB215 Posted 22 hours ago Report Share Posted 22 hours ago I see what you are saying now. That would be a nice feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRKW566 Posted 22 hours ago Report Share Posted 22 hours ago I did some simple "research" and the script that does the popup circles and vcf card can be manipulated to open all of the popups at once. The people who work with mapbox seem to think opening all of them is a fault instead of something desirable. As far as I can tell, you have to have access to the script and be versed in the language to make such changes. I am not quoting anyone, I just followed a few threads of discussion and looked at some stuff with the inspector feature of my browser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRXB215 Posted 10 hours ago Report Share Posted 10 hours ago 11 hours ago, WRKW566 said: I did some simple "research" and the script that does the popup circles and vcf card can be manipulated to open all of the popups at once. That's interesting. I suppose if you combined that with the proximity feature in RepeaterBook, you could get exactly what @WRXR374 is looking for. You could give it a radius from your location and it would show all repeaters that (theoretically) cover your location. SteveShannon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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