Neat ---rob
Sent from my phone...excuse any typos. On Dec 10, 2012 4:54 PM, "David Reeves" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi HM Radio Fans, > > I received my 'New Ham' packet last week, and was inspired by an article > in the encolsed ARRL mag ( > http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/tis/info/pdf/0791033.pdf) to > make a better antenna for my Baofeng HT, as I was having trouble hitting > any repeaters at all up here in Washington Heights with the stock antenna. > > Took me about half an hour to put together, using an SMA connector from > Radioshack and $5 of 12 gauge wire from the local hardware store. And of > course some hastily attached tape to keep the vertical 'vertical' while > handheld. Maybe I'll replace that a 3D printed brace ;) > > Lo and behold, I just had a good QSO on a repeater 20 miles north in White > Plains. Yay! Let me know if you want to try simplex sometime (or even find > a repeater we can both use). My digital transceiver is keying properly too > now, so we can play with digital modes too assuming we can get reception. > > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > Radio mailing list [email protected] > http://list.hackmanhattan.com/mailman/listinfo/radio > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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