If I did install it on the peak of my roof I would have to figure out a way to ground it in case of a lightening strike. Obviously you would NOT want it connected to your radio during a thunder storm.
Just started meeting with a local group here on setting up a comm plan using multiple members to relay traffic via simplex and avoiding repeater use, since they could be out of service or compromised. The members now cover some 150 miles or so and the test comms have worked out better than expected with exception to some, who like me, only have handhelds.
The question is - how would a group expect to communicate over an area 150 miles with UHF or VHF communications? How could you expect to communicate with those people if all you have is a handheld?
During one of the meetings, several members mentioned this local company's product for improving comms for us who use dual band handhelds and don't have or want to invest in a base or mobile radio. I am one of those types cause I just want to communicate and don't need another hobby to spend money on.
How do you expect to learn anything or do anything if you aren't willing to put anything into your communications bag except a handheld radio?
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Take someones cell phone away from them for a week and see what kind of withdraws they go through. You might be able to live without the internet or social media, but you probably won't be able to survive without some type of communications with the outside world.
JMHO
I wonder if it was a hic-up - it played for me without a hitch.
Telephones are a necessary evil.
The Sheeple with the cell phones will be the first one's jumping off the roof when the cell phone quits working.