I am still in spokane currently am still trying to move over to olympia 
though.
I reached kurklin earlier I am currently using a really old midlan mobile 
rig it doesn't have any tone functionality how ever. I am wanting to try to 
use the echolink repeater on the south hill part of town.
this rig was loaned to me buy a local ham until I can get my own rig. thanks
73
hank smith
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ham Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 11:28 AM
Subject: Mobile vs. HT Radio


> Hank,
>
> It all depends.  If you're still in Spokaloo, as I was in the 80's, there
> are lots of repeaters you can work with just a hand-held.  There were a
> couple that were linked as well.
>
> From my QTH on the north side, I did have a ten watt box at the time 
> running
> thru a 2-meter beam.  One of the things you could do with that is bounce 
> it
> off one of the mountains and work into Yakima and occasionally the
> Tricities.  I also checked into a simplex net and could use the beam to 
> work
> into Idaho and sometimes Western Montana.
>
> But, if you don't have a decent two-meter antenna, you probably won't be
> able to work much more than the local repeaters anyway.  So, in that case, 
> I
> think I'd opt for a hand-held and you could always buy a small power 
> supply
> and a 2-50 watt VHF amp if you ever need more power from your home QTH. 
> The
> only drawback to this is that typically, the front-end in an HT won't be 
> as
> selective as the front end of a good mobile rig.
>
> Steve, K8SP
>
>
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