A work in progress, and not necessarily the end result, but for now I'm changing up my comms into 2 separate radios, utilizing 2 separate radio services. This may all get axed if I don't like it.
While I'm saving up for a better dual band mobile that I can easily remove from the jeep and take into the house to use as a base, I will use my KG935G HT to use GMRS while traveling.
I have the HT plugged in to my GMRS antenna out back.
My Ham radio is hooked up to the front antenna. Using the dual band antenna to operate both services just wasn't ideal.
I'm not super concerned about having a lot of watts for the GMRS end of it. 5 watts with a good external antenna will get me all the range I need for that service. My current 25 watt Btech Ham radio will hopefully be a future 50 watt Yeasu. I'll repurpose the Btech to run in my wife's car during road trips. Both radios should easily be removed from the jeep to keep them secure during top off/soft top operations, and will allow the mobile unit to double as my base at home when I want it to. The HT literally unplugs in seconds and leaves with me, or I can take it out with me for trail spotting or whatever.
It's a little dorky having 3 antennas on the jeep, but I'll get over it.
While I'm saving up for a better dual band mobile that I can easily remove from the jeep and take into the house to use as a base, I will use my KG935G HT to use GMRS while traveling.
I have the HT plugged in to my GMRS antenna out back.
My Ham radio is hooked up to the front antenna. Using the dual band antenna to operate both services just wasn't ideal.
I'm not super concerned about having a lot of watts for the GMRS end of it. 5 watts with a good external antenna will get me all the range I need for that service. My current 25 watt Btech Ham radio will hopefully be a future 50 watt Yeasu. I'll repurpose the Btech to run in my wife's car during road trips. Both radios should easily be removed from the jeep to keep them secure during top off/soft top operations, and will allow the mobile unit to double as my base at home when I want it to. The HT literally unplugs in seconds and leaves with me, or I can take it out with me for trail spotting or whatever.
It's a little dorky having 3 antennas on the jeep, but I'll get over it.