Its interesting how several people have said how hard it is to get out on
440.
I have actually experienced the opposite effect.
I use 446 to cross band to 146.52 so that i can use the ICT90 while
travelling around the city on UHF and get back to my home station and be
heard on 52.
I have also tried this the other way, using VHF on the HT and going out on a
UHF simplex frequency from home.
I have found that for urban areas, 446 has much better penetration qualities
for heavily built up areas. I can utilize the cross band repeater a good
five miles further away using UHF on the HT then when using VHF.
This could be partially to do with the fact that the UHF portion of the bass
antenna has a rated gain of 9DBI, which could account for a very slight
increase in signal strength over the 6DB rating for the VHF portion.
I suspect though, that UHF has better over all success because it simply
works better through buildings and small ground swells and what not.
My typical range on 5 watts to get back to the bass radio is about 15 miles
on UHF and around 9 or 10 on VHF.
Of course, there are dead spots and places where it just won't work, but
those are generally the same locations where nothing really works including
AM/FM broadcast stations...usually on freeways that have high concrete
abutments on either side.
This is using the stock ICT90 rubber duck and my ts2000 set to 5 watts with
the tram up at 30 feet.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: Handihams, was: RE: exam
> 440 is tough to get out, I know where I am I have a hard time getting a
440
> signal out on my base setup, on an HT forget it. I'm pretty high for this
> area too, I'm in a bit of a hole but still higher than a lot of things in
> this area. We'll see what happens when I get the tower up.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 7:42 PM
> Subject: Re: Handihams, was: RE: exam
>
>
> > If you can it wouldn't hurt to take your rig and stuff outside to see
what
> > luck you would have out there too, but everything is correct including
the
> > PL?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, Christy Schulte wrote:
> >
> >> Well, the offset wasn't the problem. I checked it, and it's set to
> >> positive,
> >> as it should be. So, either something's goofy or there's just none of
> >> those
> >> repeaters near me, but that does seem odd considering there are eight
2m
> >> repeaters I can at least key up, three of them I know I hit well even
on
> >> five watts.
> >>
> >> I'm a bit hesitant to run the radio on 35 watts, mostly because even if
> >> the
> >> antenna can handle it, I'm not sure about RF exposure. It's under the
> >> limit
> >> for requiring measurements and the like, but I'm in the same room with
> >> this
> >> antenna and I'd rather be safe than not, especially with cats around
that
> >> just looove to jump up on the filing cabinet I have it on. I know that
on
> >> ten watts, I can't key a one of them up at all though. It's hard to
know
> >> if
> >> I'm receiving or not as far as the repeaters since I don't know which
> >> ones
> >> are really active, but I do receive some out of band stuff.
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: For blind ham radio operators
> >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> >> [log in to unmask]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 6:00 PM
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Re: Handihams, was: RE: exam
> >>
> >>
> >> Christy, 70cm is harder to hit. If you're using an antenna indoors you
> >> may
> >> well
> >> have problems hitting the repeater. Run the rig on 35w if the antenna
> >> will
> >> handle the load. Also, if you're using a magmount try sitting it in a
> >> frying
> >> pan (cast iron works well for this) to get some ground plain effect.
> >>
> >> Rigs like the Kenwood ts570 have a built-in antenna tuner.
> >>
> >> Since you have a computer you can get a serial cable to connect to that
> >> 707
> >> and get output if information from the radio that isn't spoken
normally.
> >>
> >> Tom
> >> Tom
> >> Brennan
> >> KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP web page
> >> http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
> >>
> >>
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