[jimcorbin]

OP is talking about a UHF repeater/radio thingy which band freq is somewhere out of the range of amateur radio spectrum. Antenna is a fiberglass 0 DBi stubby looking of brand I am not familiar with.

It's GMRS, it's getting pretty popular with the jeep crowd, overlander's and some truckers. It's actually catching on pretty good in my area, it's actually busier than 2M or ham 70cm. We have a GMRS club that is inching it's way into RACES and other emergency comms around here.

 

[jimcorbin]

Thanks for the clarification.
In my region, the jeep crowd just uses Ham Radio VHF radios (Baofeng HT) w/o license and transmit on Amateur freq, be it on a repeater input/output or whereever they spin the dial. just pirating.

I hate when people do that. It’s not hard to get a tech ham ticket. GMRS you pay $70 for a 10 year license, no test. And the license is good for anyone in your immediate family/household. But it’s only certain frequencies on UHF. I have a Tech ham ticket and a GMRS license.

 

[jimcorbin]

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We went with portable radios and a charger. No more holes in the roof for antennas. The new Explorer we got has 4g in it and it will support the MDC.

 

[jimcorbin]

Yes.



They wouldn't be able to hit the repeaters that way. We have separate vhf and uhf radios. Then i also have one to talk to border patrol up here. Then the unit for the MDT to get signal as well.

We are 800 digital P25 and have repeaters all over the greater Cincinnati area. Now when I worked in Indiana, that was sketchy on vhf. And no cell signals at all.