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Re: 2-meter Antenna Challenge
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A bigger ground plain for the mag mount might be a good option, or, a wire J 
pole to hang in the window. Those would be my suggestions.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 11:05 AM
Subject: 2-meter Antenna Challenge


> Hi, all.
>
> I hope I am not wearing out my welcome back to the list, but I have a
> challenging antenna situation I'm currently facing in the new faculty 
> office
> I will be occupying starting this Spring semester.
>
> I currently have an old Kenwood TMV7A in the office, with which I have
> always had at least some luck, in terms of getting into our local 2-meter
> repeater. The repeater is about 15 miles from the University.
>
> However, in my new office, I am finding that the small mag-mount antenna I
> have always  used simply does not allow me to reach the repeater
> consistently.  Currently, I have the magmount sitting on a small metal
> bracket on the window sill in the office.  It is right next to the window,
> so I would think that should help.  However, I do not have much of a 
> ground
> plain for the magmount.  I also think there is some de-sensing going on 
> with
> the steel of the office building, and with other surrounding computer
> equipment in the office complex.
>
> I do have a filing cabinet on the other side of the office that I could 
> use
> as a ground plane, but the top of the filing cabinet is too high, and 
> there
> is not enough space between it and the office ceiling  to accommodate the
> magmount antenna.
>
> This obviously is a very challenging situation, and I also have to be at
> least somewhat concerned with appearance, in terms of not having an
> ugly-looking antenna that might draw more attention to what I am trying to
> do than I might want.
>
> Do any of you have any suggestions as to how to help the mag-mount perform
> better in this situation?
>
> Or, might I be better off considering another type of antenna, such as a
> J-pole of some sort.
>
> I would appreciate any thoughts.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

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