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Have a ton of new content scheduled to be coming up soon. Have a TON of these antennas shipping out. I will have a few follow up videos on them as well.

On the back of the molex connector 9-Pin you want pins 2 & 6. Pin 3 is for a remote speaker switch input. So switch those pins around and that should get ya going

I have switched to 2/6. No difference. The issue is that when the radio is turned on (on both units) the icons pop up on the screen and than disappear. The only pf button that seems to do anything is the MON switch. Should I see any indicator to let me know it is receiving ?

@@tomlyerly850 If the squelch is open you should see a Green LED light up next to the TX LED. You may have to get them serviced or evaluated. Was this an eBay purchase? Tons of sellers on there just resell but do not refurb or fully test the radios. Hopefully you you were not in the category....

@@Commodium Yes unfortuanately I was. Its just odd that both would be the same Is there a way to send them to you and you can test and refurbish? Any idea about the cost? Not a cheapo, just like to have a ball park.. Please hel. I have tried everything I know. I try to dev into the service manuals and instructions, but nothing I have tried works. Im in NC so we are somewhat close. My best friend is from the Eastern Shores, His father is in the bost business. He built one of the historical ship some years ago in the old construction days

@@tomlyerly850 Sure thing I can get you fixed up! email me stevetow01@proton.me

I am not familiar with that specific radio, BUT if has external audio inputs/outputs and a way to remote activate the PTT function, I see no reason it wouldn’t technically work with any radio.

For external speakers I use genuine kenwood 4w speakers driven off the 9-pin rear accessory port. For internal speakers I use 4w mini-oval OEM speakers with header pins of the audio output.

@@Commodium cool thanks but on the 9 pin connector, what pin number ?

@@414mike-uw8pr 2 & 6

@@Commodium awesome thank you

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@@Commodium thanks!

Glad it was helpful!

Email me @ stevetow01@proton.me lead times are a couple weeks due to the tremendous response we have received. Orders are going out slowly but it may take some time of course. We make sure everything is tested to best standards before shipping which also adds to lead time.

That is the damn best idea I have ever heard!

You would need to know the frequency and times of local nets in your area. Ham clubs generally post that information on their website. And of course these nets would have to be in the frequency ranges the radio is capable of.

Anything Celwave is certainly expensive, but they do what they are supposed to do. They make really nice duplexers. We use those duplexers in our repeater builds. And yes those too are wicked expensive.

That would be awesome to find again!

They are excellent radios! Email stevetow01@proton.me for details

Thank you so much!

New legislation opening up bands to other users, and modes would also be helpful. Chevron being overturned is definitely one of the best things to come along for a long time. Probably not a death blow to the administrative state, but still another nail in he coffin

Email: stevetow01@proton.me

Thank you so much! I appreciate it!

The video description is the base station vid has the current introductory pricing on the antennas. The radio pricing varies with options. Email me stevetow01@proton.me for details. We are receiving heavy order volumes and where these are hand built at the time of ordering it does take a while to get them out. But well worth the wait.

No directional nulls. Radiation pattern flattens with each sequential radiating element

Getting all these radio and antenna orders out the door. And when we get caught up, that video will be coming out.

Sounds interesting. Have to send me some info and details on that.

Hello sir. Yes I’ll be right with you. Have something exciting in the works and was on the air. Check your inbox

Not at all. Any licensing requirements are for the operation of the radio. Not the repeater controller.

Yes we got another batch in stock. Email me Stevetow01@proton.me for details

We have a companion video coming ip in the near future for the 5RMG which the GMRS version of that radio

You are welcome! Glad I could help!

Excellent

Thank you!

To keep the order flow to a manageable level we are taking orders for both radios and antennas by email. Stevetow01@proton.me

Yes! The design can be extended to other bands as well. You don't see stuff like this made commercially because the materials and build time make them prohibitively expensive for a company with a lot of overhead. That and they would never make any money on selling replacements. I'm sure a customer will finally kill one of these, but that is gonna be one hell of a story on how it happened! :)

Nope. Everything in that vid is 100% accurate.

@@Commodium I have one of Michael's copper J-poles, and it performs ok. Do you think one of your antennas would perform better? I basically live in a fish bowl, with a large lake surrounded by mountains. We have 3 GMRS repeaters on the surrounding mountains.

@@jamesvanlanen7836 It would really depend. The KB9VBR is a classic J-Pole. Just remembernothing will substitute height. My single element antenna does have a taller radiation pattern so it might help in your situation. The only real way to know for sure would be to try it and see.

If you set the repeater radio on FRS channels it would do it. Some “self appointed radio policeman” would cite you about 10 paragraphs saying why you shouldn’t, or else… But there isn’t anything in the realms of practical physicality that would prevent someone from using any unlocked radio and a simple repeater controller from making a “FRS Repeater” However the DC overlords would certainly frown upon it.

Yes. We are going to have free downloadable plans and a build on a GMRS yagi and do a step by step video on it.

Nice! Looking forward to it.

Hello Tom. I have sent you an email with details. Thanks!

@@Commodium Like a dummy I bought a couple on ebay. I have sent you a comment concerning so assistance. I know I did not purchase from you, but your help will be appreciated. Just let me know what you can do.

Shoot me an email at stevetow01@proton.me

Thank you so much! I appreciate it. I work hard on bringing solid content.

I appreciate it! Thanks!!

Yes sir! If you have the height, the 4-Element Collinear would be excellent for a repeater. It has good gain and and pattern that has most of the energy out towards the horizon. If you have modest height in hilly country. The lower gain antenna would be preferred. But with any radio and repeater system, height is definitely your friend.

Ok. I live along the front range in southern Colorado. Flat to the east, Rocky Mountains to the West. Might have to pick up one of these to try out. If not for the repeater, for my camping kit, or emergencies. CHEERS from Colorado

It gives something for the antenna radiators to work against. Think ground plane. But in reality it’s more like the missing section of a dipole antenna. And is very helpful IF your antenna doesn’t have some sort of internal impedance matching

The pricing depends on options and if it is setup for either a base station or remote mobile unit. The base unit is basically the same price as a Midland MXP500 but with twice the power. Send me an email Stevetow01@proton.me

It is pretty much plug and play. It does have features for periodic announcements such as repeater id and such. That isn’t difficult and is programmed by using DTMF tones on a handheld radio

Yes sir. My email and pricing is in the video description. Stevetow01@proton.me

Yes for that video’s purpose. Bandwidth when regarding antennas will be a frequency range, but that’s not covered in the video

@@Commodium wow, i though it was the video´s point, hence covered on it. now that you say that it seems it is another completely new subject of research/study. what would be the main concept behind it?

@@itrstt66Ok, so antenna bandwidth for uninitiated really means which frequencies the antenna can tolerate beyond its point of resonance both positive and negative. This would mean the frequency range would need to have an acceptable return loss (generally -15 to -20 and higher dBi) This would in turn allow the antenna to operate with a low VSWR on that range of frequencies. And this doesn't even begin to touch on antenna "Q" factor which is a whole other ball of wax, but is part of antenna theory.

@@Commodium i really a prpeciate such a priviledged piece of knowledge, unfortunatelly it is still beyond my intellectual domain, i'll have to do some research just to understand what you said, thank you once again

Sure thing, glad I could help

HT - Handheld Transceiver

Sounds good! We will get you fixed up!