Subj : Re: Quarantine projects
To : VK3JED
From : JIMMY ANDERSON
Date : Fri May 29 2020 10:01 am
-=> VK3JED wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-
JA> Yeah - I have a home made antenna a neighbor gave me, but never have
JA> set up. I ordered some Coax from Amazon and it came in, but I ordered
JA> the wrong end on one end, so I've ordered a 'fitting' adapter to adapt
JA> it over to the right thing... Gonna give that a try when it comes in.
VK> Good luck, hope it works out. Should do, unless there's something
VK> wrong with the repeater. :)
It has a short pole - hammered it into the ground. Was able to talk on
the closest repeater - was able to HEAR one that I've only been able
to hear in my truck. I can talk to it from the mobile, but they couldn't
hear me on this HT.
Next step - my mom has an antenna on a tower attached to her house. Now
that she doesn't use it anymore, she said I can have it. Gonna get with
my son one weekend soon and take it down, bring it here and put it up
at the end of the house.
Where the bedroom is is on the OPPISITE end of the house from the electrical
wires, so I feel safe putting it there. I plan to put this antenna up and
see what it does, then down the road if I want to spend a few bucks I'll
get a better one. I'm thinking this one is directional, so I might be
a little limited for now, but that's okay too.
