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Date: | Sun, 16 Jul 2006 14:28:04 -0400 |
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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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