First, during our local weekly net, I swapped the antennas on my TH F6A. 
It was interesting to note the difference between the duckie, Diamond SRH 
320A and the vertical.  Since conditions were the same, it was a good test.

    Now, there is a repeater about 50 some miles away, with some rugged 
terrain in between.  They hold nightly nets and I would love to participate 
but while they come in rather well, being hearing impaired, there's just a 
bit too much background for me.

    Question is, is it all in the antenna, or is the handheld not quite up 
to the task of filtering out that background?  Eventually I will get another 
rig for base but its gonna be a while.

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