Hi John,
At the time that the folks in Texas couldn't hear my 150 watt signal at
80 miles, the issue seamed to be that the zero in my call marked me as a
Yankee. If you were a Yankee obviously you had pour signal strength no
matter how strong you really were.
God bless,
Mark WZ0K
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: another question
> there are repeaters around here, 1 in particular, I can run 5 watts or
> once
> I ran 100 in to it and the signal is the same so it's possible that you
> weren't that great no matter what, usually a sign of a poor repeater
> installation though.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frederick" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 2:08 PM
> Subject: Re: another question
>
>
>> Hi Holly,
>> I have worked a 2 meter repeater that was 20 miles away with a hand
>> held
>> running 5 watts and a 5 eighth wave antenna. I took the same radio and
>> connected it to a ringo ranger 2 at 68 feet and was able to work
>> repeaters
>> up to 80 miles away. I then bought an amplifier and at 30 watts If I
>> could
>> hear it I could probably work it. I was told that a yagi would help my
>> signal even more. So, I bought a ten element one. At this point I really
>> didn't get much of an improvement over the ringo ranger 2 but it made
>> everyone else happy. One thing to think about with people giving you
>> signal
>> reports. When I lived in Texas some people about 80 miles away said that
>> they couldn't hear my 30 watt signal very well. So, I turned on a bigger
>> amplifier and they told me that my signal hadn't improved. Well, I had
>> just
>> gone from 30 to over 150 watts so I knew that my signal was about
>> knocking
>> them out of their seats.
>> Now you have pretty much all I know about Two meters and signal
>> strength.
>> God bless,
>> Mark
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Holly Alonzo" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 10:14 AM
>> Subject: another question
>>
>>
>>> Ok I've figured this much out. From here to the repeater it is all flat
>>> land, like fields for farming and stuff. It's a small town so not many
>>> high buildings and such. I looked on map quest and from here to there
>>> is 18.5 miles, but that is taking the roads. so if you went like the
>>> crow flies I'm not sure how much it would be. But does anyone think I
>>> could hit this? I'm trying to get one of the guys from the club to come
>>> out and see what he can hit.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Holly
>>>
>>>
>>
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