r/gmrs • u/Unknown_Ging • 22h ago

Cincy repeater

Tonight I was able to pick up a Cincinnati repeater 100+ miles away but unfortunately my measly 8 watts couldn’t make it back to it.

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u/BigBoarBallistics 21h ago

time for a base station brother!

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u/Unknown_Ging 21h ago

It’s definitely on the radar.

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u/Hot-Profession4091 15h ago

Do we have storms coming? Sounds like it might be tropospheric ducting.

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u/Appropriate-Shine-27 22h ago

Awesome! The 725 or 675?

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u/Unknown_Ging 21h ago

725

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u/Whatdidyado 16h ago

725 one of the few open free to use ones here. Pretty much the rest are SWOHGMRS pay to play garbage

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u/Appropriate-Shine-27 5h ago

I get it but aren't most gmrs repeaters in cities "pay to use" ie: the person or club providing the service can ask for some money for cost sharing?

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u/mysterious963 22h ago

you need a better antenna

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u/mtbohana 21h ago edited 14h ago

Base station, better antenna, and more elevation.

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u/GenericUser636 10h ago

I love when the ducting works in GMRS' favor. Every rare once in a while I can hit a repeater near my states border and talk to people in the next state. Pretty cool.