He won't. I'm a VE, see it happen all the time with cocky guys.BET you wont get your EXTRA class lisc with 5 min of studying!!!
He won't. I'm a VE, see it happen all the time with cocky guys.BET you wont get your EXTRA class lisc with 5 min of studying!!!
GMRS, and for a coax run that long at VHF/UHF get yourself some LMR400 Flex. Great low loss coax at that freq. range.Thank you for all the great info.
My goal is to get roughly 7-9 miles over flat terrain but with some trees in between.
I'd prefer not to use a repeater as I am just prepping for a SHTF scenario to ensure I can reach my family and vice versa.
I do have the capability of putting up a 50' tower on my property, but then need to get coax from the antenna to my home, approx. 100'. Not sure if that's reasonable.
I also do not mind having to buy a base station for at least 1 end if necessary.
Is this a good price for the handhelds you mention?Guys, just get your GMRS license. $35, no test, good for 10 years. Can use 50 watt mobiles and put up repeaters. The influx of preppers to ham radio has just made the LID quotient explode. I'm a ham, but also on GMRS. 50 watt base rig and a bunch of 5 watt handhelds (I recommend the Radioddity GM-30 for HT's) and you're sh*tt*ng in the high cotton.
Those antennas offer little if any benefit over the supplied rubber duck antenna. Ive tried a few. The Nagoya antennas do absolutely nothing for a boafeng.
I am far from an expert so take this as only my experience. When I changed out my Baofengs with the whip antenna, I did get a further distance.Those antennas offer little if any benefit over the supplied rubber duck antenna. Ive tried a few. The Nagoya antennas do absolutely nothing for a boafeng.
Im glad to hear someone had success with a different attached antenna. A friend and I tried the stock antenna and two others for the better part of a day in different wooded areas with hills and found that in most cases the stock antenna performed noticeably better. Sounds like I have more antennas to try.I am far from an expert so take this as only my experience. When I changed out my Baofengs with the whip antenna, I did get a further distance.
I was kinda hoping a repeater would work this way i have backup radios.You will have to see if they each can hit a repeater. That is the only way.
You may have to get better antennas.
I do not know your radio experience so I will assume none.
I suggest you contact the local ARC (Amateur Radio Club).
Tell them your radio locations, see if there is a public repeater between them.
Then use their frequency to listen in. If you can hear them you probably can send to them.
If both can hear well, then program the radios for the repeater and try in real life.
Be aware that both of you will need a Technician class HAM license assuming you are using a HAM repeater.
If the above fails you will probably have to go to base stations with more wattage power and real antennas to hit any repeater within 60 miles or so. 34 miles is a long way to go radio to radio on 2 meter handheld radios.
The repeater would have to be between you. 34 miles 5 watts simplex is going to be troublesome. Try roof top antennas with some gain. Look at Tram, cheaper but hold up.I was kinda hoping a repeater would work this way i have backup radios.
Store bought ham antennas are going to take a lot of tuning to work to work on unlicensed FRS/GMRS or GMRS frequencies (assuming your going to be using FRS/GMRS and/or MURS frequencies for now).Is there any external antenna I could get for these that would give me that 10 mile+ distance?
Can anyone give me advice on getting an antenna for a pair of Baefeng radios? I have the UV-5R+ 8/4/1W radios.
I can get up to 3 miles with no problem, but would like to get 10 miles. Is there any external antenna I could get for these that would give me that 10 mile+ distance?
(I recognize we need an amateur license to transmit with them).
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