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How long have you have the Milwaukee trimmer, do you have any problems with it? Overheating during summer or cutting off? Would you recommend it?

I drive AZ to KS & back every week. I have both CB & GMRS. I occasionally hear CB chatter, once every week or so. Substantially less on GMRS

I have CB in my car with SSB. I live near Toronto. There isn’t as much chatter as there used to, but people, mostly truckers still do use it. Ask for a radio check and someone will get back. CB has saved me many hours of frustration on the road, thats why I use it. There is a few people in my neighborhood that use SSB CB base stations. If I’m not on channel 19, I’m on LSB 38. Theres lots going on on SSB, especially right now with the sun cycle.

That setup is only good for a mil we or so

I drive 3,200 miles every week. I seldom hear a peep on ch19.

Excellent Video!! My Next Radio is this one. Should work very well for my area in South Carolina. Thanks for the review.

Algamentation tape 😅

I was told that when you use amagamation tape you should start by putting everythign together, wrap from the bottom up and then back down. This is supposed to help ensure there are no areas where water can pool. I also use white electrical tape to protect from UV. White so when it does start to crack you can see black through it so you know its time to refresh the tape. I also found UV protective heat shrink tubes work really well as an outer shell too. Just be careful to not overheat the amalgamting tape as it does not handle high temps well. Im sure there are other experts here who know more than me. Just my two cents.

FYI, amalgamating tape is also sold under a couple of other names. Some manufacturers call it 'Fusion Tape' and ham radio dealers sell it under the name of 'Coax Seal'. It's all the same thing. Once installed, it MUST be covered with a layer of electrical tape. Amalgamating tape is water proof, but it's not very weather proof. UV radiation in sunlight will destroy it over time. A layer of electrical tape will protect it from UV rays and it will last for years.

The only time I've heard chatter on GMRS while traveling long distances is either when people are convoying (rare) or hearing kids playing as I drive by (which can be amusing to listen to for a few minutes). The most amusing place to have a GMRS radio is on a cruise ship. I brought the Midland 5w radios and it transmitted from bow to stern. Sometimes I helped relay messages from other "weaker" radios. But for me, while doing long drives it's mostly ham bands that are active. In FL we have SARNET which is state wide and actually saved our tails one time from a bad hail storm on the FL/GA line. I mostly have ham and GMRS repeaters programed in for traveling as they usually reach out the furthest. Simplex on both is usually quiet.

Why not just glue the end caps on with PVC glue?

The gain difference is nearly 3db or half power and reception gain. Ideally to test both antenna's use identical mounts and switch using a coaxial switch.

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I do the same with the string and the water sealing. It might not be needed, but it sure doesn't hurt to include it.

Hey Paul, on the air here in dalton. Hit the rootapeater in pittsfield next time your in the area.

Very helpful, thanks!

I have flex tape. Think that'll be effective?

Channel 19 is for information,( truckers use it all of the time), channel 9 is for state police or Emergency

What are u trying to do? 😇

Home made vertical dipoles of the right length for 2M work just fine for UHF/GMRS, I have made a dozen of them, for less than the cost of any retail antenna.

Tommy Tutone!

How well does this antenna option work? Asking, just got into gmrs.

Love this! Men helping men! Thank you!

That makes sense. Here in Arizona, the only other people I've heard on the road are groups of people communicating between cars. And I have used it with family members for the same reason.

How do you like the antenna so far

Well done ✔

Hi I need you help

I run a cobra 29 with turbo echo and it's peaked and tuned I get truckers all upset when that echo is on

Give it time

Great Video, Greetings from South Carolina.

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What is the brand/model of your dual band VHF GMRS radio? I didn’t think that combination was permitted. I did unlock my HTs, just in case, like many others do. But I don’t want to remove a resistor on my mobile.

Let's Go Brandon!

I'm curious Paul. I have the same Astatic SWR meter. I noticed that when you set the mark with the dial, you went all the way to the power mark at the end of the scale. In the instructions it states to go to the SWR mark which is at the midpoint at 12 o'clock. Which one of us is wrong. The instructions aren't clear. Thanks for the video.

I had one of those antennas for a long time. My swr started climbing after awhile. What I found was that the wire inside of the pvc started settling down. I used a small wooden dowel and a few pieces of electrical tape to keep the wire straight. Installed it back into the pipe and no more issues. I eventually gave it to a newly licensed ham radio operator, to help him get going.

I had one of those antennas for a long time. My swr started climbing after awhile. What I found was that the wire inside of the pvc started settling down. I used a small wooden dowel and a few pieces of electrical tape to keep the wire straight. Installed it back into the pipe and no more issues. I eventually gave it to a newly licensed ham radio operator, to help him get going.

Have one - love it.

Fuel piping / line will not be no problem.. There is no pressure in fuel line before or after pump.. Pump is pumping tiny amount. All this crap about green pipe is just amist.

Hey boss what gmrs radio are you using . Im looking too get a radio now i got my lic

With regard to painting the antenna, I own a DBJ-UHF antenna for GMRS. I emailed Dr. Fong and he said, “One of my students tried several paint brands. Krylon Spray paint works the best.” Hope that’s helpful.

Just got to make sure to spread the word around to start using murs radios they say either use it or lose it from what I heard this license free radio service has been around since 2000 but never took off at all for whatever reason instead stupid FRS gmrs bullshit ended up coming up‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

Antennas made out of aluminum welding rods are a nice way to make homemade antennas.

roll up slim jims are great !! I use them in the field all the time

11m free band is rocking! As an SWL I imagine 40 channel is also.

05:18 what style/name of box is that? I need to snag 2 of them and clean up some cable runs.

I bought one of Ed's DBJ-UHF antennas specifically for GMRS. My version of making it look nice was to sand off the printing with 320 grit mesh sand paper and apply a Dymo label so I wouldn't have to remember which antenna it was.

Very good summary of diesel heater use. Cleaning out the burn chamber before shutdown is your best tip, this will greatly increase the time between burn chamber cleanings. Great video!!!

Wow that's just amazing, I'm in the same boat, last week, up the bloody ladder and down again, what should have taken me 1 to 2 hours, took me all day, in the heat, my SWR. When I first checked it was 1.3 to 1.2 wonderful , it's up and I Go in and check the swr again and it's up to 2 just out of the red, I looked just like you, I was done. Thanks for letting me know I'm not just the only one, cheers from ENGLAND 💯👍

Great antenna. Looks like better coax too. With mine (DBJ-1 and 60' of KMR400) I get 1.00 SWR at 462.55 and 1.03 at 467.5500. On VHF, this antenna has a steep drop. SWR of 1.74 on 154.5 but 5.01 on 157.5. You can use this for 2M ham too but it's not ideal (2.28 SWR on 146.52). At the end of the day, Height is Might. Good luck.

This video is pretty much convinced me to not bother. I got a free radio and have been looking up TH-cam videos to see how to install it but it seems like the reality is that nobody really uses this anymore. Since Waze gives better traffic advice and alerts, unless we are in a HTF scenario, I really don’t see the point in installing CB at all.