Thanks, Ib et that all of you with this kind of a set up get good results
when the bands open too then?  Last summer when the bands would open I'd
hear things and just would not make my transmissions rase the repeaters.
One exception was a repeater in Ohio and that was it, but other repeaters
with all my trying just wouldn't do.





On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Tom Behler wrote:

>     Jeff:
>
> Well, here in Big Rapids, I am now using a Radio Shack Discone antenna in my
> attic with the Kenwood THF6A, and am having fairly good results.  It's not
> like my big rango ranger that I have on the roof, but it works well enough
> as a secondary antenna.  From here, I can get into both Big Rapids
> repeaters, and 2-meter repeaters in Farwell, Cadillac, Lowell, Edmore, and
> the link system.
>
> It certainly should be an improvement over what you had.
>
> Best 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>