lol, I get it now. that can do it too.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frederick" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: another question
> 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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