Several phone apps display your locator based on GPS detected position, e.g RF Finder and Repeater Book. 73, Bernd – KB7AK

Finding Your Grid Square & Other Hams in Your Area- tiny.cc/findham -- Anthony Luscre K8ZT Ohio Section Section Youth Coordinator & Education Outreach ARRL - The National Association For Amateur

"Short guide" - ? That's quite a comprehensive resource, I'm impressed. Mark K5LXP Albuquerque, NM

Hello Dr Jim, Thank you for your guidance. Setting up the base station next week, as I will order an antenna this week. Looking forward to getting on the air. Diamond Antenna D3000N - Diamond Antenna

Hello Doug, Thank you for your guidance. My call sign is KI5KFA. Will have to try getting onto the repeaters. It's good to see everyone's response.

Hello Timothy, Thank you for your guidance. I purchased one this evening.

Antenna gain and coax loss are absolutely factors in station performance but line of sight, dictated by antenna height (HAAT) will be the dominant factor in a given station's effective range. No

Wed April 27th 7:30 PM Eastern -- Anthony Luscre K8ZT Assistant Ohio Section Manager for Education Outreach ARRL - The National Association For Amateur Radio™ a@... (best for Education &

But you are not calculating in the gain of the antenna or antenna height. On 2M/440 on Diamond v200 that would be +6.2dB/+8.4dB. Even if the power is a complete wash and equal to the rubber duck the

Well, Mark, I wonder about that. According to https://kv5r.com/ham-radio/coax-loss-calculator/ , the loss in 100' of RG-8X coax at the upper end of the 70cm band (450MHz) is 8.281 dB if the SWR is

Thanks. Any particular time and date?:-)

It would take an especially long, or especially lossy feedline to overcome the signal increase by putting an antenna in a better location (e.g. roof). One can come up with a loss number that would

This short guide is part of my presentation- Portable Operations (tiny.cc/portop), but it covers a wide variety of antennas and resources- tiny.cc/portant -- Anthony Luscre K8ZT Ohio Section

I will be doing a presentation for my local club (www.cfarc.org) that will also include a zoom session- https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83276038531?pwd=NzhrTnJGdVFEZ3BrL1VnRGlqVmhtZz09 guests are always

(1) I suggest including your call sign in your posts, so readers can easily identify your location. Perhaps you're KI5KFA in Willis,

https://n9taxlabs.com/shop/ols/products/dual-band-slim-jim-antenna-with-10-or-16-foot-cable Get one of these and hang it on a curtain rod or better yet in a tree outside Timothy M Page K0EON 1209 NW

I have found the discone antenna because of its gain and wide frequency coverage. 73, Doc - K2PHD

Careful what you ask for there, HOA's are not your friend. I've always gone the forgiveness is easier than permission route. I have several groundplanes made from mobile whips and from a couple

Hello Mark, Starting with a mobile antenna seems like a good approach, as I am waiting for a response from my HOA about putting up an antenna. 73

Hello Anthony, Thank you for your guidance. Looking into the Diamond V2000. 73