![]() ![]() Used a Comet 172 and 1/2 hardline on a Vertex VXR7000 pumping 38 watts (we turned it down since I run a 6 second hangtime) and saw 32+ watts out the duplexer (celwave like yours it sounds, we bench tested and desense was fine). Mobile was about double that to 20 miles in places. Portables were full quiet at 1-2 miles, usable at 3-4 depending. I am late to the party, but I had a similar setup as you N4GIX About 40 foot to the base of the mast, tip of antenna was around 52 feet. I eventually got in good with a 2way shop in my area and bought new gear at almost used prices as well as now work there, you would be amazed at what some shops have sitting collecting dust and they would probably sell for a few $10 bills I know our shop has hundreds of wideband gear equipment that will work fine on GMRS. ![]() I started out buying on eBay and am not sorry one bit, from there I met folks, some here and on another message board that have sold me gear at great prices and helped me a lot. Again you can grab Moto mobiles for less than $100 ea or even less (MaxTrac's are a dime a dozen). Also the Maxon 4450SC's are some of the best deals on GMRS, they should be had for $40+ programmed and then just get a decent antenna. Most of the eBay sellers will program them before shipping them out. You can find excellent deals on used Moto commercial portables for $40 each and on up, some will have a charger, maybe even a decent battery. If someone does initiate such a program, I would be VERY interested in how they got it approved.Ä«ROWNK89 I almost bought those little 350's but honestly for the price if you can find a repeater in your area, and it works well with portables I would instead go to eBay or do a search online for used commercial gear. ![]() All the departments in the county are on UHF, all have discussed a need to reachout to county and other agencies, ISPERN doesn't allow certain comms that the MA channel would provide. It is a near "perfect" system (I am placing my Part 90 Repeater at the same height and power) and yet we can't get the county to sign off on it and make it official for a mutual aid system. We have a UHF repeater that 30-40 miles at almost full quiet for the sheriff department, I personally have tested it in our county for a couple months, along with the deputies for coverage. I know from experience though it's a pretty tough sell. Do we want a 911 dispatcher monitoring the rag chewer? Having a mutual aid type channel would be a great idea. I like the idea, but the problem is with the bootleggers that snag onto a repeater, the unlicensed users that don't know radio protocol or a host of other reasons. ![]()
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