When I lived in the SF Bay area I carried a 2-meter FM HT that I could use to access several repeaters in the area running 100 mW into a 5/8 wave mag-mount on the car. One of my favorite bits of fun with it was that whenever I was on top of Mount Diablo to service a commercial repeater, I'd take a few minutes to listen on the HT. I often worked mobiles in Sacramento, San Francisco, or San Jose, all between 40 and 60 miles away, running 100 mW, and often got "full quieting" reports! They were always astonished at the simplex signal strength, especially since most were running similar antennas and some were using rubber duckies in their cars.
And that was with FM, which is clearly not the best weak-signal mode by a long shot! I would guess that places like 3800 foot Mt. Diablo would be ideal to run a KX3 portable. 73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- That said, we're going to experiment with a very low-power-output 2-m transverter that might be small enough to include with the internal ATU. No guarantees. 73, Wayne N6KR ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
