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Marine Cpl said:
Repeaters are also range dependent as well. For example, I cannot reach someone in Erie county through a MT Beacon repeater and vice versa.
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Yes, but that can still extend your range, even more if you're in an area with multiple linked repeaters.
Or invest in a better radio that has D-star capability or the other equivalent system which I forgot the name.
 
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FrankenCub said:
Yes, but that can still extend your range, even more if you're in an area with multiple linked repeaters.
Or invest in a better radio that has D-star capability or the other equivalent system which I forgot the name.
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There are very few if any at least here in NYS that are linked via radio radio frequencies only. Most are linked via internet with systems like Echolink.
 
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years ago the HAM repeaters here i used from the Club in Bath NY. .. there system was all linked via Radio

Bath repeater was linked to one in PA and to the one in Dansville , which was linked to a repeater in Bristol

just hitting any one of repeaters and you were talking from Bristol up north to the PA in the south ..

the Club that had the Groveland Repeater had a bunch of linked ones too .. one was in buffalo ..

I used to climb the towers for repairs .. the Dansville tower was 200 feet and the Bristol was 150 ..

haven't been active in HAM for a while so no clue what the setup is now .. i know a few Repeaters were moved over the last few yrs ..
 
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FrankenCub said:
I use to climb my mothers tower for her HAM rigs any time she wanted to change antennas. I'd clip my harness in once I got to the top and relax and enjoy the view. And sway if it was windy lol.
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i did the same when i was up at the top of the Dansville Tower .. lean back and go simplex and enjoy the view
 
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PS i fking hate ladders .. 6 foot step ladders and even 10 foot ones .. shit i hate all ladders .. LOL ..
 
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Here's a recommendation that is totally legal and no license is needed. You can use it to legally talk to your family and the bands aren’t crowded at all unlike FRS radios where you have kids playing around on it.

It’s a MURS radio. You get 5 channels. It has a removable antenna and you can put a whip antenna on it high up if you want to extend the range. You cannot transmit on HAM licensed bands but you can program a few HAM channels for monitoring. Maybe your local police if they are still using analog.

Amazon.com: BTECH MURS-V1 MURS Two-Way Radio, License Free Two-Way Radio for Manufacturing, Retail, Personal, and Business: Car Electronics

Amazon.com: BTECH MURS-V1 MURS Two-Way Radio, License Free Two-Way Radio for Manufacturing, Retail, Personal, and Business: Car Electronics
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still recommending this for an easy one to use?

Looking for the simplest operating system.
 
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Doc8404 said:
That’s what I want.
can I listen to weather on it?
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No, I don’t believe so. I think that the 5 MURS frequencies are hard coded into it. Edit: Yeah, they are, because it's a certified MURS transmitter.

If you aren't 100% concerned about by the letter legality, get a BTech UV-82C instead, program in the MURS frequencies, and then you can add the NOAA ones as well (and more if you're so inclined). They are virtually identical hardware wise, and once programmed are really quite simple to operate. My kids swipe my UV-82 all the time.
 
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Jsmegs77 said:
No, I don’t believe so. I think that the 5 MURS frequencies are hard coded into it. Edit: Yeah, they are, because it's a certified MURS transmitter.

If you aren't 100% concerned about by the letter legality, get a BTech UV-82C instead, program in the MURS frequencies, and then you can add the NOAA ones as well (and more if you're so inclined). They are virtually identical hardware wise, and once programmed are really quite simple to operate. My kids swipe my UV-82 all the time.
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I use CHIRP to program changes in my Ham Baofeng.
 
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I have a DMR 6x2. It expands upon the digital aspect of communications since echoLink and D-Star networks are dying and.or drying up. Imaging talking to someone directly via DMR in another state. It can be done when both units are within range of a DMR repeater. They are expanding rapidly.
 
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