My GMRS Repeater & How I Connected The GMRS Repeater To The Internet - My Vertex VXR-7000 Repeater
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ส.ค. 2024
- A quick overview of the new (to me) GMRS repeater that I have been using for a while now, a Vertex (now owned by Motorola) VXR-7000. I also go over my GMRS base antenna setup, what kind of coax I use for the repeater and the range of the repeater. As an added bonus I also give a brief overview of how I connected the GMRS repeater to the internet.
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0:11 6:37 6:39 INTERNET
Are you sure? I've never heard it called that before.
This is so funny because my wife also gets annoyed when I call it the interwebs. But I do it anyway.
Im sorry, but I don't think "internet" is a thing. Its called "interwebs" get it right
It's no incel ham but it'll do
Thanks
I bought a CDR 500 and am very pleased with the way it works--looked almost "new" when I recieved it, and works just like it.
These past few weeks I was searching for the best mobile shortwave and got the Tecsun H-501 X . Then your channel popped up and now I've got the Baofeng uv-5r I think my life is changing thank you so much, I think your Channel's great, you're very knowledgeable and pretty funny.
Anyone else disappointed by the lack of a pinned comment?
yes!
@@TheNotaRubicon lolol
It’s early yet.....!
LMAO
Not any more, ha ha.
Love watching your videos. Got into GMRS because of you. Thank you. Have two handhelds and a mobile radio in my Rubicon 😊plus a home base station. After this video, the Repeater great idea.
This was an awesome vid Randy. Thank you for sharing everything & all the detail required for me to setup your great repeater on Zello. Keep your great vids coming!
As some have said they have jumped into GMRS. Well our Municipality has done the same BECAUSE of you ! we have installed a repeater50 w and have 6 ea uv9g HT radios plus 6 50x 1 Mobil radios. We watch you a bunch. you since of humor is fantastic. we have learned a lot from you . Thank you so much. KEEP THE GRMS FATH,!
Hi Randy, you got me started in GMRS back early in 2020 when our Washington state lockdown began. Then this video introduced me to ZELLO. Thank you so much, I enjoy it, last night from Vancouver Washington I checked in on your Ranchino net.
Loving the GMRS content, recently applied for my license. Been a ham almost 10 years but I’m very interested in developing GMRS in my area as there are currently no users or repeaters that I know of. Love all the content, can’t understand a lot of these other hams in your channel hating and being a band policeman. I say do what makes you happy and what you enjoy with your hobby. I’ve been experimenting with VHF and UHF analog and digital modes more thanks to this channel. Hoping to eventually make a gmrs repeater and build a system for local licensed users!
I don’t have any radio, but I’m addicted to your content cheers
With all this talk of signal squirting, one could draw the conclusion, that this repeater setup is the ultimate money shot. Quite the education this channel is! ;)
On a more serious note, I had forgotten that Motorola had acquired Vertex-Standard. Looks like a nice compact setup.
According to the squirters visual aid! Ha ha
You literally are responsible for me getting into gmrs, im licensed and just installed my first mobile radio. It is all completely your fault😂, thanks for the awesome videos!
What mobile car setup did you get?
@@JasonRasmussen I bought a used kenwood tk880. Works awesome.
Good choice for a GMRS radio. I have one myself, and use a tk8180h for a base radio.
Kenwood software is very easy to use, unlike Motorola.
Nice 😊
Paid my Permission ransom and just received my GMRS license, Now looking for a reasonable HT and Mobil unit.
You are the reason I got my license, thanks for the great videos.
Good video. I use LMR400 on my GMRS repeater, and it works just fine. Like yours, I get about 50-60 mile worth of coverage. Keep us informed and entertained Randy.
CHEERS from Colorado
I'm only using it at home on my base station and I've been told it's insufficient. 🤷♂️
@@jmr it’s a fine coax for base use. For everyone else who might wonder why you shouldn’t use it on a repeater, it’s the dual shield of foil and braid. The inconsistent spots where the two touch inside the jacket can cause intermodulation distortion (intermod). That doesn’t mean the coax ‘won’t work’ it means it ‘could cause’ interference which maybe affects your receive or maybe transmits that interference and causes another nearby receiver to hear it. Because the points inside where the braid and foil touch can vary, it may or not cause noticeable issues that can be observed without test equipment. So for base station use it’s not an issue because you are either transmitting or receiving, not both at the same time like you would in duplex service (on a repeater). To summarize, can you use it on a repeater? Yes. Will it cause issues? Maybe. Does it work for the purposes of this video? Obviously. Is it a good idea? No. Why gamble when you know there exists a possibility of immediate or future issues. I would have used RG-8 for this short of a run.
Cheers from the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area, neighbor.
I literally asked about this recently. Interesting setup you have. I wouldn't mind hearing more about the Zello stuff. It's becoming quite popular for a wide variety of uses.
I enjoy your information and some humor along with your videos. Learn something new all the time. Keep up the fun/good work.
Keep bringing along your videos. Not sure what part of the country your in and most likely missed it awhile back. My land is in a valley and so I'm restricted in my transmission distance in southeastern Oklahoma. Got 🏔️ all around me.
This is awesome. Love all you videos. They are informative and funny. Great content.
Congrats Randy, thats a nice set up.
Very nice setup sir! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the hookup to Zello, the repeatersand all your informative videos. 73 from NorCal coast. WRUK573
Randy as your #1 viewer, I just want to thank you for having a repeater just for me to listen too. On a serious note, great video.
BS! He was talking to me. I'm his favorite viewer.
Ironic.
Super cool setup... Thanks for sharing!
Woo-hoo! Contact on it from my handheld in car from Yucaipa, Corona, and top of Anaheim Hills mountain. Now to get out to make contact from my house. Thanks for setting this up! My first repeater use! I'm impressed by the fars!
Was that you i heard earlier today asking for a radio check from on top of Anaheim Hills?
You’re a blessing to the internet, Randy. ❤
A glad ham/new gmrs here. My 2 cents worth...LMR400 coax on the uhf band for 5o watts or less like in your home setup is really quite fine. To spend the money for hard line heliax or better for your setup in my opinion would never get you any noticeable increase in performance. Hel' you're located above a valley on a hill pointed right down at the entire landscape and everything on it. How much better of an arrangement could anyone want. Ya...LMR400 berry berry good. By the way...i enjoy your ytube channel very much and you are a great teacher. Thanks for taking the time to share. Cheers from tennessee
Better LMR-600 hehehehe I got 550ft of 7/8 heliax cable for $100.00 with connectors and all. no one said you had to buy it new.
Love this Video Randy,
Excellent Video and educational. Wish I had a GMRS repeater. Have the lic.and handhelds. But no repeater yet. I have 2 base antennas 27 ft.apart on my roof of my house. I'm all prepped for it. But money is tight so I have to wait. Thanks so much for this information. Love it., keep up the good work my Friend.
Well done, Sir!
Experimenting at it's finest!
Really enjoyed that, great video. You have a beautiful home.
really enjoy your videos. thank you, for the time you put in them. have learned a lot from you.
"STFO" ! omg I laughed so hard I woke the kids up. You are awesome brother.
Love the show Randy.
I built a little Pelican style box repeater with a couple of uvr5 radios. It works but needs perfected. I'm going to look into that home setup you have here. Super cool!
Man who hurt you? Those "experts" are living rent free in your head. I have been a ham for 44 years, there is always someone telling me I did something wrong, just ignore them. You sir have a great location for sure! Have fun. I just purchased my GMRS license and hope to be able to use some of the repeaters I found in our area soon. 73
If only you knew the trouble I went through programming that thing. I had to get the cable that was buried in the storage room, then I forgot I needed a driver so we had to find that for the vertex cable which took 30 minutes, then the CPS kept setting it to narrow band, and then it started raining on me and deadhead. Ohhh what fun that was but it’s cool seeing that box again and glad it’s working and rock solid
Thank You, Sensei, for keeping it real, and straight to the point!
I'm definitely not one of those, "_______", out there, to lay claim I know everything about GMRS, since I've been around it since 1978.
As a matter of fact, there were no options for linking repeaters, nor utilizing the internet to talk, an unlimited amount of "fars", as much as , ten years ago.
You've become my advocate, for not wanting to achieve the simplest of, Happy or Sad Amateur Licenses, over the past 51 yrs., and a day, of my life. (Turned 66, yesterday. 🤫)
GMRS, UHF, Commercial DMR, and other options such as, network radio, have become a way of life for me.
It's also become a less expensive options of achieving the, "fars", I need to, "talk".
This has become a hobby for me and not a full blown, keeping up with the Jones' continuous investment.
Keep the, "affiliate link(s) below", coming!
Perhaps, a video on how you linked up the, "Ranchino", repeater network, is in order...
WRCY565, appreciates both, Chris, the real, "oh nevermind" him, we know his title, and you Sensei, for educating Me, your favorite, subscribed viewer.
Hey Randy ,I’ve been binge watching your videos and love the content. I’ve been wanting to get a radio to use on the trails and I think the best choice for me will be an inexpensive GMRS . Thank you and Keep up the great work!
Sounds like you’re in Az. If you are, it’s great to hear from someone local to me.
You are my favorite TH-cam person ever. Your content is Awesome 👌 👏 👍
For it has been told throughout the ages, that the Valley Of The Bowl was blessed by a glorious and invisible radio blanket of safety. Village dwellers sang and danced to celebrate the eternal emissions created by Xenu - harvested by the Mighty Tram Of Randy and forged for the people through his MotaRolla. The Egg Spurtz, frightened by the power manifested in the valley skies, slithered with great haste to their stones and boulders - never to troll again. May Randy Be Praised.
That's cool, I installed the app. Greetings from Ireland
The price of every VXR-7000 on eBay just went up.
This checks out :(
Well this is neat.. and thats a "good" proper entry level repeater.
Oh I joined your repeater on Zello too, sounds fun so far.
Great video! Love the 👕!
I like the fars in your talks. 10/10
Awesome video Randy…. I love the shirt… Lmr400 coax is good stuff. We use it for commercial data radios that are in the 450-470 MHz range. Of course there is better coax that you could use, but that would cost mucho dinero.
I can actuly hear your machine here in Lake Elsinore. Sounds great. Never talked on before.
i as a favorite viewer laughed much more than i think i should had
Sir you are both entertaining and an epic troll. May you have a blessed Christmas
I bought a TKR 850 Kenwood repeater used for $ 450 with a 6 cavity duplexer . It works very well.
There's a lot of things in this video that I like 🤝🤙
Beautiful dog Randy!
Did the “experts” actually leave comments on how to ground?
🤦♂️
Love the vids 👊
i was really looking forward to a BAOFENG UV-5R video, but this is OK. I can chat with other BAOFENG UV-5R users in our favorite youtuber's valley with Zello 😃 so happy 😁
Great video!
Randy I love your t shirt , & your back up battery good video😀 some experts
Dear Diary,
So I've been watching this guy on TH-cam yack about GMRS. As a result, I now have a Kenwood TK-860H installed in my '05 "grocery getter, otherwise known as a Ford Focus wagon, two Wouxun 805g's (affiliate link below), a Motorola HT1250 doped up for GMRS usage and RX only for area emergency services. And since I too want to be like my GMRS-brother, I just snapped up a factory fresh Vertex Standard EVX-R70 for a song (couldn't find a 7000 on eBay that the Sellers didn't think was constructed out of gold). I rolled the dice in getting the right software and programming cable, I literally held my breath when downloading the codeplug for the first time. Everything went perfect, had the repeater configured in under 5 minutes. Now it's time for the remaining necessities to get this bad boy on the air.
Randy, you're rocking the duplexer that came with your Vertex, do you still recommend the one from buytwowayradios that you showcased with the dual 1000g setup?
Thanks for all that you do, keep 'em coming. WROQ941...Clear.
The BuyTwoWayRadios duplexer is fine, just make sure you dont try putting in more than 40W so you dont risk it peaking over 50W and burning it up... The VXR7000 has adjustable power output, not sure about your R70.
Thats freakin' awesome!
The programming software screenshot showed frequencies outside the GMRS range. Guessing that screenshot wasn't what you have set up now? Excellent video, checking on Zello now.
Picture shown was before he uploaded the Code plug from the Repeater.
Thank you, Randy. I'm not one of those #airquotes. I appreciate the information.
I've been waiting for this moment all my Life!!!!
I've been a radio operator for 23 years, I have to say that
I approve this video
Glad you threw the buy once cry once out the window and went with why have one when you can have 2 at twice the price. Your series on repeaters is supper helpful. I'm almost ready to install one at my home.
I'm curious, what is your understanding of the rules governing GMRS repeaters on the internet. I ask because it was my understanding from the FCC rules that you couldn't do that with GMRS but could with HAM.
What are you using to announce the base station's (your) call sign auto-magically? Again it's my understanding that a repeater must announce it's self every so often, just like a normal station.
This is a sweet New Setup vs the KG-1000G's Setup you had Randy 4:30 @NotaRubicon Productions
Love the shirt!
It is so kind of you my Lordship to tilt the antenna down towards your humble subjects, "All hale Randy 1st"
Randy, Could you go into detail how to hook up the repeater to Yello? or Provide a link that is not written in "expert" language. I'd love to do that here at my location. Again, awesome video.. as always.
Enjoyed this one the best so far, found myself smiling after I'd said "experts" umpteen times 😂 Setup the Zello (I'm A-666) but unfortunately I don't have a GMRS licence as I'm in Scotland ☹️ I'll just have to make do with listening. Thanks for your videos, always interesting, and definitely entertaining, I full on laughed out loud at the finger sniffing! You need to look up a comedian from here called Micky Flanagan, he has a bit of an opinion about "fingering" (content not for young or delicate ears). Wonder if I can apply for a GMRS licence at the consulate in Edinburgh? Take care, Paul
Were they expecting you to install heliax feed line! All I use is LMR-400 on my antennas. Back in the 70's and 80's, I used 213.
Love the shirt.
Nice house.
You setup a repeater for people to use for free? That's just not to be and the experts will tell you so. I'm just now getting into all this and it's so cool. I don't see any repeaters around me but I will have to look deeper into this. KS being 100 years behind the times as the experts tell me I may have to do like you and just put one up for non experts only to use. LOL Your sarcasm cracks me up every time i watch one of your shows.
I love that shirt you are wearing!
⛽️ the Al Gor Rhythm!
Perfect shirt!
I made my repeater from a pair of KG-1000Gs using LMR600 and LMR400. It works just fine. 25 mi away is the farthest contact so far.
Which Vox box do you use? How do you connect it to the computer?
How many watts at full duty cycle?
Am I the only one that can see that the radio is a Vertex Standard VX-7000 and not a Motorola , or is just me ?
Motorola bought them out i believe and Vertex makes them for Motorola.
I just bought the tram 1486. It should be here Sunday , it is marked for delivery on Sunday. I can' find anything on the tram 1486 on you ube. I was hoping to find a review . I hope this is worth it?
Any chance you can link or post the model/source of the box you use to connect the laptop to the KG-905G?
I just got the same repeater w/duplexer. You got a better deal than me, I paid $650 for the repeater, programming cable, software, desktop mic, and shipping. I do have a question for you. Once I have my antenna on the roof, how do you suggest securing the coax as it runs down the side of my house? I tried looking all over TH-cam but I can’t find anything useful. I have vinyl siding and I have to run the cable vertically until I can get it down to where it will enter the house. Any suggestions?
You can buy little hooks/clips that screw or nail into the wall, but i'm not sureI would use those with vinyl siding..
Where my coax comes down its all brick - so the coax just hangs there. I have a big rock holdng it at the bottom so it doesnt blow around..
Thanks!
Thank YOU!
Thanks for the video!!
when using the internal duplexer, where do you connect the antenna?
Thank you! Your guidance or anybody that is reading this is appreciated
Randy, do you happen to have a link to the vox box you used?
😂Thank You for a good laugh. All of the “……..” experts!
Love the shirt
The experts would most likely say use Heliax and N- connectors to cut down on loss. But for your situation LMR-400 is fine. I use it for now and it works well but we need too extend out our "fars" due to one of our group moving out of our current coverage capabilities and also the local club south running roughshod over us. We plan on Heliax and 14 element yagi's and simply Simplex one of the 2 remaining repeater channels with legal limit options. As our local "some people" to the south do everything they can to bother us almost every night(we do use input and output tones mind you) since our friend is moving ESE of them we figure yagi's will reduce their ability to hit us hard even though they somehow manage to run 150Watt repeaters on GMRS and LMR 100watt radios as well and not have issues. So we will go beyond lmr-400 coax not because its no good but we wish to stay fully legal on our side and get max performance out of our equipment. I liked how you explained how your antenna performs and explained your coverage vector which I dont think many understand how different types of antennas propagate differently. It seems many believe the bigger the better on GMRS. Much like the old CB mudducks preach very often. That might be a video worth putting up explaining what antenna is best for certain options on GMRS. Antennas for local repeaters, terrain type, and long range Simplex for examples. Would love to know where you get your shirts too. Love your vids and sarcasm, keep up the great work!!!
Dave- The Old Fogey
Watching this guy is like being in the TWILIGHT ZONE
The Twilight Zone of knowledge
Vox box? Can anyone elaborate on this? I'm using a cell phone with aprs cable into a BF888 but looking for a better set up. Thank you
Speaking of repeaters. Is there any way you could review the persistent systems mpu5 or there mobile repeater. I have looked all over youtube and don't see any good videos of people actually reviewing them or using them.
Sure! Send me one and I will do a full review.
I used to work on commercial radio towers and you should see the grounding "systems" I've come across. I've also taken commercial level classes and workshops on antenna grounding and across the board, the consensus is... understand the theory, design a situationally practical system using best practices. Every site is different, has different challenges and subject to different environmental conditions. There is no "right answer", universal solutions, or hard rules.
I have a question as a new user for GMRS. I was reading the licensing on the FCC website and here’s what they stated. You cannot directly interconnect a GMRS station with the telephone network or any other network for the purpose of carrying GMRS communications, but these networks can be used for remote control of repeater stations.
Please quote the rule that says "..or any other network", I would like to see that one.
Hey Randy I do have a question. I know that for Zello you don’t have to have. Gmrs license but sincec I will talking through your repeater I will need my license correct? Thank you Justin a happy ham
that is correct... You wont even be able to talk on our repeater through Zello until you put your callsign in your zello profile and we approve you.
@@TheNotaRubicon thank you sir. I’m getting my gmrs license in the next couple weeks. Because I’m getting my boys 7 and 9 started on gmrs. I’m getting them the baofeng gm-15 pro.
What's wrong with LMR400? What "should" you use?
Good video. As always, entertaining. I will literally by the freaking shirt right off your back. How much? It’s not listed at the link you provided
D'oh! Check the link now.
@@TheNotaRubicon, DONE! Good price too.
I have a VX-7000 and mistakenly plugged in a Motorola microphone which shorted out the logic board. Do you know where i could get that repaired?
Great shirt (and flag!)
It might not help "some people", but Randy is hilarious when you're stoned
I need to find a good repeater for GMRS to install here in rural Iowa.
Hey Randy, mentor!. I bought an GMRS antenna for my repeater, but this thing is huge, 16ft. Is that a normal size?
Thats normal size for a 16Ft one.
@@TheNotaRubicon ahhhhh ok. I though they sent me the wrong one. Thank you so much, mentor. Greetings from Jacksonville, Florida, Felix WRQC479. Your are the best!
Would the VXR 7000 work with the Midland MXT500 if programmed correctly?
Yes, my MXT500 is programmed to use the VXR7000.