John, I was simply trying to avoid having to run 150 ft of expensive coax to the only place I can put an outdoor dual band antenna, previously I have not had good luck with in door antennas in the shack but can hit the desired repeater from my car in the street. I may try a window ledge antenna based on an idea from Skip Teller.
Andy K3UK --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "John" <ke5h...@...> wrote: > > Andy, although I have not tried it with my TS200/TM-D700 combo yet, my > question would be, why not put a dual bander antenna on the TS2000 also in > place of the monobander UHF antenna that you must have to pull this off as > you have stated? Would seem that you could then have the best of both worlds > in the mobile AND at the BASE ... > > Keep us posted on your results, should not be any reason you cannot do it as > described, albeit there may be some delays that could cause some digital > issues with FLdigi. Are you planning on any form of ARQ? > > John - KE5HAM > > --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "obrienaj" <andrewobrie@> wrote: > > > > I am planning on attempting to access a local 2M FM repeater that has > > started using FL-digi for a digital mode net. Since I do not have a 2M > > antenna at home other than the dual-band 2M/70cm mobile antenna on my car, > > I thought I might try the Sky Command capabilities that my rigs have. > > Anyone already done this and perhaps have the set-up files that can be > > shared ? > > > > This would involve operating from my shack with PC and Kenwood TS2000 , > > using a UHF simplex frequency to transmit to my vehicle in the drive-way. > > In the vehicle a Kenwood D700A would pick up the UHF simplex transmission > > and link it to the 2M side of the DM700A for access to the 2M repeater. > > > > If someone does have the files all set for this, could you let me know (or > > upload to the files section here) , it would save me a lot of manual > > searching and eye squinting. > > > > Andy K3UK > > >
