I love the fact that you take things from concept to the field and follow through with real world testing. I am so glad to have found your channel! semper fidelis
Very good stuff!! It's an excellent setup for the money. The location is perfect for your needs. We're located in Southern California and we're manufacturing HF antennas that are sold world wide.
Excellent vid. I hear you on the HAM license limitations. However I've figured the best option for family members during the SHTF would be Marine radios. They operate on VHF and the HT version allow for antenna upgrades from the rubber duck. They also have ease of use that anyone can use like a regular walkie talkie. Though you can only legally use them on water; but as you said, all bets are off in a SHTF.
It takes us about 12 hrs to do 25mi. In exercise's we could do about 35 to 40 if you really push. Problem is at a certain point physically you start to go down hill, regardless of what kind of shape your in.
Great video. Again you have me thinking. Just looked up highest elevation points near me. Which is tricky because I'm in PA on the border of Jersey and NY state is within distance. Just the other day I was thinking about topography and terrain. In case of the worst. Also while listening to this vid I started looking up surplus radio websites. Thanks for doing what you do. I'm feeling very motivated.
GeneralSLee I'm about to produce a series on commercial grade surplus radios concentrating on the pitfalls and "what to look out for" in various models. I've been dragging ass on it because its not very fun for me to produce and much rather play with bushcraft traps in the backyard. Though, I have many examples to demo and show what I'm talking about. Vid 1 intro and reality talk, vid 2- surplus Motorola gear, part 3- Other manufacturers surplus gear lumped together.
GUERRILLACOMM I have a question... Can you legally use non-Part 95-certified equipment on GMRS? I have a couple dual-band HTs, but it was my understanding that, while all the technical specs fall within the FCC guidelines, the fact that the radios are not Part 95-certified makes them technically illegal to use on GMRS frequencies.
Nifty series of tests and impressive performance. Lots of information provided here. ... not that I know what to do with it, though. lol Nonetheless, good stuff! :)
here in the Tennessee valley of North Alabama I'm sitting on 760ft elevation for my GMRS net which covers 50 miles in all directions especially West and North on 25watts
Terrific Series A++ Let all on our radio system know of your video and good work. GMRS is an important resource and you have put together an innovative use of it. 73’s
Thanks, I really appreciate that. Saw your vid on your channel, couldn't comment on how much I enjoyed it. Will your channel be producing any more vid content? if so, I will sub, I liked what I saw... Thanks for watching.
Yup will be putting up a few more as time permits- we are new to RU-vid, Our closest repeater to you would be Jordan Peak (Fire Lookout) above Springvillle, CA is 440.825+ with 136.5 PL linked back on 420MHz into SoCal. Welcome to use it if you like... TNX for the reply. 73's K6XI
I am new to the gmrs stuff I have my liscence and am trying to get more range out of my radios this simplex repeater looks like the answer but i have a question is it possible to make 2 repeaters and have them working with each other to increase the range
Zeppelin Bear In this example, it was a home built simplex repeater using a regular cheap dualband handheld. 4-5 watts transmit power. Thanks for watching.
Thanks, I appreciate it. Just come by the comm unit, I may or may not be there. Though, the people there will not know what a Guerrillcomm is and look at you funny if you ask. I dont advertise my alter ego, lol.
Thanks for the informative channel. I was trying to find the video you made that described the sort of info you can determine based on frequency etc. I watched it and shared it a few years back. But you did a great job describing the information you can glean from a scanner and the frequency someone is using for coms using dimes and quarters and stuff. I live in Burbank and am trying to become more fluent in my radio knowledge
how is the repeater going now 6 months after deployment? and when do you plan to finish the prototype and what would you do better for next deployment? i'm thinking of doing a build like this over here in New Zealand love your videos
Its still going strong. It failed once when the peak was covered with snow for a few days. but it came back to life when the got sun again. The battery is degraded by choice to test that very function, for being degraded its holding up really well. My next upgrade is to replace the radio with another model & modifying the channel knob to take signals from the repeater interface. Using the interface as a DTMF decoder I could control 2 lines that could give me remote control channel change of 4 different channels. If I add another device, then it could be bumped up to 16 different channels. Thats the main goal so far. Thanks for watching.
GUERRILLACOMM i'm interested in the next build. any video updates on that version 2.0 with the control channel feature? I would love to see more DTMF features to control things.
