To hit the repeaters 150 miles away. ?? I havent done so from here, but from previous locales I did that. Of course, right now I have a 8 element 2 meter Quagi, but that is for DXing.( along with the 11 element 440). Very easy to homebrew and can just throw them in the back of my pick me up, and head to the hills for some topping.
Danny Douglas N7DC ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB All 2 years or more (except Novice) short stints at: DA/PA/SU/HZ/7X/DU CR9/7Y/KH7/5A Pls QSL direct, buro, or LOTW preferred, I Do not use, but as a courtesy do upload to eQSL for those who do. Moderator DXandTALK http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DXandTalk dxandt...@yahoogroups.com Moderator Digital_modes http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digital_modes/?yguid=341090159 ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew O'Brien To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 5:49 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Using TS2000, D700A and Sky Command for digital modes ? But Danny, why do that is you don't have to? On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 7:58 PM, DANNY DOUGLAS <n...@comcast.net> wrote: Goodness, how far away is the repeater? I nonomally hit repeatrs at 60-100 miles away with the hand held antenna here in the shack, in the basement. Putting a small verticle up on the roof, attached to the vent pipe usually works well. -- Andy