MURS

Chong · #1 (**permalink**) 04-24-2007, 11:12 PM

anyone else here run it? we got a group of about 10 of us here in north east ohio who do its a nice change from cb and its not as offical as the ham bands what do ya all think?

park · #2 (**permalink**) 04-25-2007, 07:33 AM

My wife and I use it here in central Texas. She will not get her ham ticket but does like the handyness of radio. It works very well for us, 15 to 20 miles mobile to mobile and about 30 miles base to mobile.

Highlander_821 · #3 (**permalink**) 04-25-2007, 12:08 PM

We use it here, on 151.940. I only get about 4 to 5 miles mobile to mobile, and about 12-15 miles base to mobile. My base antenna is just a discone, and the mobiles are 2 meter 5/8 wave magmounts cut for MURS. My house is in the woods, so that cuts my range down a bit, I think. I am also right on a river, so low elevation as well.

I use my Yaesu FT-847 for the base, set for about 5-10 watts usually, and the mobiles are both the 2 channel programmable Radio Shack 19-1210 mobiles they closed out a few years ago, both set at about 5 watts.

One of these days I am going to get a couple of nice VHF commercial mobile sets and use those, and try to upgrade my antenna situation and get a gain antenna, maybe even a small beam mounted a little higher.

It is a cool band, and a pretty unused one, at least around here. I do have a couple of business users on 154.570 around here, but they are almost out of range from me, and I just PL them out if I have a need for that frequency.

Chong · #4 (**permalink**) 04-25-2007, 04:03 PM

i also use 151.940 i run a GE MVS right now range here is mobile to mobile 50 miles and base to mobile up to 70 miles and sometimes we talk DX to indiana i run a hustler g6 when dxing otherwise i run a 1/4 wave 2meter antenna on my roof and the mobile antenna is a larson 5/8 wave mag mount for 2meter its nice

73 - Chong

NorthStar · #5 (**permalink**) 04-25-2007, 05:24 PM

Why in the world would you want to DX? on MURS? 50 miles mobile to mobile? No way on simplex!

Chong · #6 (**permalink**) 04-25-2007, 07:08 PM

wll with at least 50 watts and a good antenna you get far personally i got 150 watts behind me so im all set and we do get dx on MURS its crazy but it happens

NorthStar · #7 (**permalink**) 04-25-2007, 07:39 PM

to be honest your time would be better spent on 2 meters.

Chong · #8 (**permalink**) 04-26-2007, 07:25 PM

im on both but 2 meter dies about 7 at night in this area

KingCobra_CDX882 · #9 (**permalink**) 04-28-2007, 09:51 PM

i always tell people in person
that murs sucks

yet it is far better then GMRS/FRS

reason i tell others it sucks
makes easier to talk with others when i want to on murs....lol

Chong · #10 (**permalink**) 04-29-2007, 10:41 AM

ya were on MURS as our secret channel to get away from people on the cb haha but i do tell people that MURS sucks so noone will get on it and noone around here really knows about it so its all good