I agree, it depends on the building. We have a metal-skinned building 2 miles from a UHF repeater, which is working just fine. It is very difficult to access this repeater from inside this building, while the same portable can access the repeater 15-20 miles away outside.
I know this answer doesn't directly address the original question, but the point here is that a perfectly fine repeater can be difficult to work from inside some buildings, no matter the distance. Laryn K8TVZ --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "Ralph Mowery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It all depends on the building. I work at a place that is only about 3 air > miles from a 100 watt two meter repeater. If it was not for the walls I > could see the repeater antenna. There is nothing wrong with the repeater > system. On the second floor on the side near the repeater and only about 3 > walls away from the outside I can not hear or access the repeater. Tried > several HTs that are known to be working fine. I can access the repeater > from atleast 10 air miles away with them. The building has lots of > stainless steel panels and machinery and other big ammounts of moter > control circuitry. I can walk about 30 feet to an outside door and open it > and access the repeater just fine on the low power setting and even 300 > miliwatts one rig puts out. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
