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That last was sage advice. My best guess was to put the GMRS antenna in place of the cellular booster antenna. I decided to do that even as I had my drill hovering over the roof to drill a new hole with Larson 3/4 inch hole saw (I marked for a wide pattern, and the GMRS was going to go to the...

This is the project board I keep mentioning. Pro tip I learned on the first use of a worklight: get a BUG LIGHT and fixture that does not get hot (LED light, plastic housing). My first foray yielded burnt fingers and a truck full of bugs. Inverter mounted high so I can run cords with the back...

Thanks for your thoughts re: Blue. Hes a beautiful dog inside and out and the leader of our small pack. The sort of dog that doesn't need a leash, ever, trusts but doesn't like other humans, trains the other dogs, and seems to know what you're saying and doing. He will be missed. My solar setup...

Me, either. The mobile solar was actually a warm up for terrestrial solar at our country place to supplant our electrical service. When our electricity is out because infrastructure is damaged (full length poles blown out of the ground and dragged twice already this year), it is usually out...

This is the sort of stuff that boggles my mind (re: antenna placement): https://stormtrack.org/community/threads/antenna-spacing.8855/ Totally off topic, one reason we are in a rush is that we are likely to be leaving for Louisiana in the next few days to help rip sheetrock out of a relative's...

That's a great observation. I hadn't considered RF interference from either the mobile or our terrestrial solar setups at all. In fact, your comment was a real show stopper in my mind because I would normally have considered an issue like that and it hadn't even entered my thinking. So I...

I have read your thread before and didn't realize it was on these forums until just now. I just read it again. In fact, that thread was what finally gave me peace in choosing GMRS. Thanks for that! We have a similar setup insofar as our rural place is near the top of the area (though nothing...

Two reasons: first, blocking the signal since I see GMRS described everywhere as "line of sight"; and second, blasting myself with the signal. I know 50w is not an incredible amount of energy but it is more than I have ever contemplated close to my head than anything previous (cell, CB, etc.).

Thank you! So no issues having a 50w antenna in front of the windshield? I stood on the stairs behind my office for a top picture of rig 1 and here's what I have. Does this change the answer at all? I appear to have more room than I thought in the front area and the new antenna should still...

I am new to fcc licensed radios and my spouse will barely use one, much less study for an amateur or ham license. So I got a gmrs license and some 5w (I thiygt, they are actually 2w) handhelds. We are often on our 75 wooded acres in the middle of a cellular hole. The rest of the time we are at...