Sponsors and two great sites to visit: www.buytwowayradios.com Only place to get the KG1000GPlus GMRS Radio Messi Paoloni Ultra Flex 10 Cable Also! www.radioddity.com Your Place for BAOFENG Everything! www.amazon.com/shop/baasicstu... My Amazon Store, where you can find the odds and ends Shopping list Radio DC Power Supply Messi Paoloni Ultra Flex 10 w/ PL259 fittings Lightning Arrestor Proxicast, in my store 10 gage Wire Loom Tubing for 10 gauge 1/4 inch one grounding Clamp to except this 10 gauge 8 foot grounding rod 2 grounding clamps for braided grounding 14 gauge Clad/14 gauge grounding line 3/8 inch clamps for attaching to wall wood screws/TAPCON screws for stucco/concrete J Pole Antenna from KB9VBR Antennas CeKay Outdoor Antenna Mounting pole, in my Amazon store CeKay 14 inch extension X Treme Tape Ferrite Core Rings all in my Amazon Store SureCom SWR Meter Messi Paoloni Jumper 1.5 foot
I have a similar GMRS setup with a Kenwood and a copper Slim Jim antenna with a 6db gain from KB9VBR antennas. I also chose M&P coax over the LMR. Now I’m trying to figure out how to setup a solar powered battery backup that will run a 45 watt radio in case of power outages.
Good video! As an electrician one thing you need to do for safety is this……. Your ground wire from the antenna is run in a metal or aluminum flex sleeve. You need a jumper from the sleeve to the ground wire to avoid a potential… Easiest way to do this is at the ground rod end of the flex, install a (flex connector with a ground lug) on the flex then a short jumper wire from that lug to the ground rod. Only need to do this on one end of the flex. So in essence you are bonding the metal flex to the ground system.
I think i would have put the coax near the bottom of the wall with my lightning block near ground level with a ground rod near in, shorter run. You may want to check local codes for grounding.
In new Zealand we have prs and its pretty much like your gmrs just higher in the 400mhz. We dont need a licence but we are restricted to 5watts unfortunately
Can I power two base stations with one DC power unit? These Wouxuns can only work as a repeater if two are connected. I just wonder if I'd need to purchase another DC power unit if ever decided to go with a second Wouxun or get a HAM base station for instance. Great video by the way!
I forget the math on this one....but; I personally have 2 units and use two units for TH-cam testing; but my $38 dollar one could power both my units easy. www.amazon.com/shop/baasicstuff?ref=ac_inf_hm_vp clickable links are not useful here I know but on my Amazon store I listed everything I use and recommend. My samlex power DC unit is pretty nice but $200, very clean power as my PYRAMD has a cig lighter type for testing my mobile set up, I set up both these bas stations with their own gear for testing; one is budget set up at $140 and very compact; the other is the KG 1000G Plus 20 foot antenna and the best COAX cable money can buy $800, metered power supply. Which one is the best? the $800 set up lol
Noticed you had a few coils of coax at the lighting connector? That could be considered a "RF CHOKE" Coiling not recommended with coax. Long runs recommended....3 ft fig 8 run.... Not saying your wrong just what I have researched for myself. Nice content.
@@barntt a choke is not necessarily a bad thing. I actually use ferrite for my chokes after my antenna, but it’s minimal loss with the coils. I can always cut it if I wanted to.
@@Baasicstuff Thanks for the reply. I've found no GMRS radio with DMR after a few days of looking. A friend is trying to contact a repeater which I suspect is beyond his distance. He's looking at erecting a 70 foot tower which I suspect is too big for his city lot.. Spending that many beans still might not reach his distance goal. Using Ham radio with DMR will cost him a lot less and serve him a lot better. Digital Mobile Radio is known to reach around the world to other radios with extremely low power using the Internet. There's a ham repeater used with DMR only 12 miles from his home that he can reach using a handheld radio. He's not excited about Ham radio at the moment even though there's no morse code requirement and the test is relatively easy.
My wife would shoot me if I punched a obvious hole in the wall like you did. That's why I hid the hole that I punched in my wall behind a bookcase. What she doesn't know won't hurt her.
@@Baasicstuff i like him, he caters to the HAM and GMRS community. He doesnt talk down to people. More people should watch him. Notarubicon and KB9VBR got me into the hobby. Including yourself! 73
You don't need to protect the grounding wire that much. Normal house grounding wire for things like pipes and the breaker box don't even come with insulation on it.
This is code, I also wired my own house, My home box has two six foot rods, each rod has two braided lines going to it all cladded like my radio install. I get what you are saying but new code even has you ground your water heater to the main breaker, not just a pipe. This is not insulation just a steel cover "cladding" over the braided brass....not insulation. I fought all the "code" requirements, got upset, called it stupid, etc.... all this code stuff cost me a fortune when wiring my house. Here something worse, a breaker cost like $3 my breakers???? well over $20 each! stupid blue pop breakers....terrible but CODE, and inspected. As for advice on grounding my radio, only ONE HAM guy helped....tons of talking down to and for the most part all the advice I got on line was wrong. Even after I get this all set up HAM guys will go on and on about something they see in my install thats just wrong or dangerous; for the most part in life I have found you are on your own and musty do your own research. Could I tighten up the antena line? Sure, do I need to ? NO, I mean some folks right... I did wire my Office, did it ok, wanted to finish that day and no inspector was coming to look.
I just posted a $99 base station set up, mobile plus I got you $15 off with my link. The DB25G hits all the repeaters this one does. The set up pictured in this video would be around $850, worth it? Sure its clear as hell
80% of my videos are watched on phones, tablets; not on a computer or TV. So out of the 250,000 views a day I get 200,000 are watch on phone. My videos are optimized for that experience, try it; no need to hold your phone sideways.
@@Baasicstuff I’m watching on a phone right now. For you tube. I turn the phone sideways. (Widescreen) the format you are using is indeed optimized for phones, but not you tube. More like reels or tic toc. I would definitely recommend turning tour phone sideways and filming for you tube. Then you can use an editor to crop and change the format for reels/tic toc later. Pretty “basic stuff” imo
It looks just fine in portrait mode. If we’re smart enough to figure out these radios, then we’re smart enough to leave our phones upright when we need to.
The following is meant as helpful criticism: Suggestion, when capturing video always orientate the camera horizontally (landscape), never orientate it vertically (portrait). Notice in your video how much of your body is cut out of the video; not good. Every TV screen, monitor screen, computer screen, movie theater screen (AKA wide screen theaters), are orientated horizontally never vertical. In videos where the camera is vertical (portrait orientation), then played back on the aforementioned devices the left one-third, and right one-third of the screen is cut off, causing the video to appear as tall and narrow confusing stick video. We humans, maybe all lifeforms, view our surroundings more horizontally than vertically. Holding a cellphone or camera vertically the video produced is similar to looking through a tight vertical keyhole or wearing horse blinders, again not good. In addition, when held vertically, to view the entire scene the camera person must pan more left and right creating too much camera movement; not good. Also, because us humans view our world more horizontally, a video captured vertically becomes spatially disorientating.
The key to getting over 100k subscribers is experimentation, TH-cam from time to time gives suggestions, on video orientation, opening up my content to those that watch on their phones has really increased my audience. It's not so much what this old guy wants but what my audience responds too. I can assure you at 52 and my audience being 18-35 they are not sitting in front of a nice big computer in their custom office. So 98% of all my video are shot vertically and since doing this I went from a channel with 8k subs to not 130k. So I may agree with your but the world we now find ourselves does not. As for the other 3% that I do shoot horizontally, its all for extermination as my audience has little patience for my long videos, in many cases I lose subscribers...ironically this video has been the MOST successful recently. Funny how our opinions while they make sense in our heads in real life just don't pan out
and like most HAMS you offer the community nothing . This is sadly why the community is dying, see I was well liked as a kid, when I say something Im used to people listening. I imagine most HAMS have not had this experience and tend to use any information weather HAM related or not as something they have over you. I imagine a person that over time has not been listened to, someone intelligent but frustrated why some listen to others but not them. Intelligence only takes you so far, and you need to realize that everyone brings something to the table. You need to learn. Listen to what others have to offer, respect is paramount, this always produces the best results. You may have nothing to offer but your comment did. It gave me an opportunity to help those that may be like you, and let you know you can be heard but you must first listen.
I’d rather let the lightning strike me dead than have something in between my radio and my antenna…. except for maybe a 1000 Watt amp… Mother nature…Hugh…come and get me….bahhahaaa
Sponsors and two great sites to visit:
www.buytwowayradios.com
Only place to get the KG1000GPlus GMRS Radio
Messi Paoloni Ultra Flex 10 Cable Also!
www.radioddity.com
Your Place for BAOFENG Everything!
www.amazon.com/shop/baasicstu...
My Amazon Store, where you can find the odds and ends
Shopping list
Radio
DC Power Supply
Messi Paoloni Ultra Flex 10 w/ PL259 fittings
Lightning Arrestor Proxicast, in my store
10 gage Wire
Loom Tubing for 10 gauge 1/4 inch
one grounding Clamp to except this 10 gauge
8 foot grounding rod
2 grounding clamps for braided grounding 14 gauge
Clad/14 gauge grounding line
3/8 inch clamps for attaching to wall
wood screws/TAPCON screws for stucco/concrete
J Pole Antenna from KB9VBR Antennas
CeKay Outdoor Antenna Mounting pole, in my Amazon store
CeKay 14 inch extension
X Treme Tape
Ferrite Core Rings
all in my Amazon Store
SureCom SWR Meter
Messi Paoloni Jumper 1.5 foot
Love hearing the Not a Rubicon music in background
For sure, unlike some TH-camrs I reply to most comments ;)
Randy's music is feel good music.
Its not Randys music. Lots of TH-camrs use it
I have a similar GMRS setup with a Kenwood and a copper Slim Jim antenna with a 6db gain from KB9VBR antennas. I also chose M&P coax over the LMR. Now I’m trying to figure out how to setup a solar powered battery backup that will run a 45 watt radio in case of power outages.
sounds like a nice idea with the solar
Vary informative! It's nice to see an antenna set-up. Thanks for sharing!!!
and grounded! thx
That’s my kind of lawn care. No mowing 👍👍👍👍
none lol
Good video!
As an electrician one thing you need to do for safety is this…….
Your ground wire from the antenna is run in a metal or aluminum flex sleeve. You need a jumper from the sleeve to the ground wire to avoid a potential…
Easiest way to do this is at the ground rod end of the flex, install a (flex connector with a ground lug) on the flex then a short jumper wire from that lug to the ground rod. Only need to do this on one end of the flex. So in essence you are bonding the metal flex to the ground system.
Thank you....makes sense, We bond everything of aircraft due to static build up
Just a question...is it a requirement (from a technical standpoint) to run the antenna ground in armorflex? Or just good practice...?
@@Achilles3588 it's not necessary at all. A bare copper ground wire is all that is needed. No MC or insulation needed.
I think i would have put the coax near the bottom of the wall with my lightning block near ground level with a ground rod near in, shorter run.
You may want to check local codes for grounding.
Pretty much everything this guy did is wrong. Butchery.
In new Zealand we have prs and its pretty much like your gmrs just higher in the 400mhz. We dont need a licence but we are restricted to 5watts unfortunately
Great setup. I love it....
Thank you Sir
Can I power two base stations with one DC power unit? These Wouxuns can only work as a repeater if two are connected. I just wonder if I'd need to purchase another DC power unit if ever decided to go with a second Wouxun or get a HAM base station for instance.
Great video by the way!
I forget the math on this one....but; I personally have 2 units and use two units for TH-cam testing; but my $38 dollar one could power both my units easy. www.amazon.com/shop/baasicstuff?ref=ac_inf_hm_vp
clickable links are not useful here I know but on my Amazon store I listed everything I use and recommend. My samlex power DC unit is pretty nice but $200, very clean power as my PYRAMD has a cig lighter type for testing my mobile set up, I set up both these bas stations with their own gear for testing; one is budget set up at $140 and very compact; the other is the KG 1000G Plus 20 foot antenna and the best COAX cable money can buy $800, metered power supply. Which one is the best? the $800 set up lol
Noticed you had a few coils of coax at the lighting connector? That could be considered a "RF CHOKE" Coiling not recommended with coax. Long runs recommended....3 ft fig 8 run.... Not saying your wrong just what I have researched for myself. Nice content.
@@barntt a choke is not necessarily a bad thing. I actually use ferrite for my chokes after my antenna, but it’s minimal loss with the coils. I can always cut it if I wanted to.
Can GMRS have DMR and hot spots? Thank you,
I know nothing on DMR, Im interested though
@@Baasicstuff Thanks for the reply. I've found no GMRS radio with DMR after a few days of looking.
A friend is trying to contact a repeater which I suspect is beyond his distance. He's looking at erecting a 70 foot tower which I suspect is too big for his city lot.. Spending that many beans still might not reach his distance goal. Using Ham radio with DMR will cost him a lot less and serve him a lot better. Digital Mobile Radio is known to reach around the world to other radios with extremely low power using the Internet. There's a ham repeater used with DMR only 12 miles from his home that he can reach using a handheld radio. He's not excited about Ham radio at the moment even though there's no morse code requirement and the test is relatively easy.
Great video make more!!!
I will soon, thx
Does it matter in what direction the J Pole is pointing the "J" at or is it Omnidirectional ? ❤
no, its not a directional antenna
Thanks for info I'm building an Ed Fong DBJ 2 I think is the number or the DBJ 1 ?@@Baasicstuff
My wife would shoot me if I punched a obvious hole in the wall like you did. That's why I hid the hole that I punched in my wall behind a bookcase. What she doesn't know won't hurt her.
My office...she dont even know the combo lol
Just as long as the hole is sealed around the Coax so that no Water can get inside the house or Wall ?
Very cool! Hello from a Phoenix! I’d like to get into grms
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is that a KB9VBR antenna??
Yes that’s what I’m using a j pole
@@Baasicstuff i like him, he caters to the HAM and GMRS community. He doesnt talk down to people. More people should watch him. Notarubicon and KB9VBR got me into the hobby. Including yourself! 73
You don't need to protect the grounding wire that much. Normal house grounding wire for things like pipes and the breaker box don't even come with insulation on it.
This is code, I also wired my own house, My home box has two six foot rods, each rod has two braided lines going to it all cladded like my radio install. I get what you are saying but new code even has you ground your water heater to the main breaker, not just a pipe. This is not insulation just a steel cover "cladding" over the braided brass....not insulation. I fought all the "code" requirements, got upset, called it stupid, etc.... all this code stuff cost me a fortune when wiring my house. Here something worse, a breaker cost like $3 my breakers???? well over $20 each! stupid blue pop breakers....terrible but CODE, and inspected. As for advice on grounding my radio, only ONE HAM guy helped....tons of talking down to and for the most part all the advice I got on line was wrong. Even after I get this all set up HAM guys will go on and on about something they see in my install thats just wrong or dangerous; for the most part in life I have found you are on your own and musty do your own research. Could I tighten up the antena line? Sure, do I need to ? NO, I mean some folks right... I did wire my Office, did it ok, wanted to finish that day and no inspector was coming to look.
Good video but please dont record in vertical
Most folks watch videos on their phones 80% I will post another poll and see who wins again sir.
Products given to you is awesome - todays overpriced products is a normal guy selling his left kidney to achieve similar results.
Congrats!
I just posted a $99 base station set up, mobile plus I got you $15 off with my link. The DB25G hits all the repeaters this one does. The set up pictured in this video would be around $850, worth it? Sure its clear as hell
@@Baasicstuff Thank You!
turn the phone sideways next time
80% of my videos are watched on phones, tablets; not on a computer or TV. So out of the 250,000 views a day I get 200,000 are watch on phone. My videos are optimized for that experience, try it; no need to hold your phone sideways.
@@Baasicstuff I’m watching on a phone right now. For you tube. I turn the phone sideways. (Widescreen) the format you are using is indeed optimized for phones, but not you tube. More like reels or tic toc. I would definitely recommend turning tour phone sideways and filming for you tube. Then you can use an editor to crop and change the format for reels/tic toc later. Pretty “basic stuff” imo
It looks just fine in portrait mode. If we’re smart enough to figure out these radios, then we’re smart enough to leave our phones upright when we need to.
@@Baasicstuff no turn your phone horizontal. Next time there’s no rebuttal do it right
Good video, thanks. Now subscribed. Might have been a little better in landscape mode.
will do
The following is meant as helpful criticism: Suggestion, when capturing video always orientate the camera horizontally (landscape), never orientate it vertically (portrait). Notice in your video how much of your body is cut out of the video; not good. Every TV screen, monitor screen, computer screen, movie theater screen (AKA wide screen theaters), are orientated horizontally never vertical. In videos where the camera is vertical (portrait orientation), then played back on the aforementioned devices the left one-third, and right one-third of the screen is cut off, causing the video to appear as tall and narrow confusing stick video. We humans, maybe all lifeforms, view our surroundings more horizontally than vertically. Holding a cellphone or camera vertically the video produced is similar to looking through a tight vertical keyhole or wearing horse blinders, again not good. In addition, when held vertically, to view the entire scene the camera person must pan more left and right creating too much camera movement; not good. Also, because us humans view our world more horizontally, a video captured vertically becomes spatially disorientating.
The key to getting over 100k subscribers is experimentation, TH-cam from time to time gives suggestions, on video orientation, opening up my content to those that watch on their phones has really increased my audience. It's not so much what this old guy wants but what my audience responds too. I can assure you at 52 and my audience being 18-35 they are not sitting in front of a nice big computer in their custom office. So 98% of all my video are shot vertically and since doing this I went from a channel with 8k subs to not 130k. So I may agree with your but the world we now find ourselves does not. As for the other 3% that I do shoot horizontally, its all for extermination as my audience has little patience for my long videos, in many cases I lose subscribers...ironically this video has been the MOST successful recently. Funny how our opinions while they make sense in our heads in real life just don't pan out
If you get above electric wires you would be amazed
good luck in my area
This is the most hidious instalation I've ever seen.
and like most HAMS you offer the community nothing . This is sadly why the community is dying, see I was well liked as a kid, when I say something Im used to people listening. I imagine most HAMS have not had this experience and tend to use any information weather HAM related or not as something they have over you. I imagine a person that over time has not been listened to, someone intelligent but frustrated why some listen to others but not them. Intelligence only takes you so far, and you need to realize that everyone brings something to the table. You need to learn. Listen to what others have to offer, respect is paramount, this always produces the best results. You may have nothing to offer but your comment did. It gave me an opportunity to help those that may be like you, and let you know you can be heard but you must first listen.
I’d rather let the lightning strike me dead than have something in between my radio and my antenna….
except for maybe a 1000 Watt amp… Mother nature…Hugh…come and get me….bahhahaaa
Theres always one guy smarter than everyone, these folks are either dead or lucky. You could be lucky, life's about risks right
NotaRubicon wannabe?
no Im a fan, Like him we are both very accomplished men, stick around both our content will do you good.
@@Baasicstuff
Do me good? lmao
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