Steve:
When I was EC/RO for my county, and very active on the University's
Emergency Response Team, I talked to the powers that be regarding an outdoor
antenna connection for the office, but was never able to get any traction on
that idea.
I have now stepped down from the County EC/RO position, and even though I'll
still be active on the University's Emergency Response Team and am still an
Assistant EC for my county, I have a bit less pull than I once did.
But, hey, you never know.
As for your micro-wave transmitter idea, that is truly intriguing, and if I
can't get something else to work out, and desperation takes over, you never
know what might happen! (smile)
I'll keep you posted, and appreciate everyone's help and creativity.
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 12:14 AM
Subject: Re: 2-meter Antenna Challenge
> Well, Tom, obviously it's time to drill a hole in the ceiling above the
> filing cabinet to give your antenna some breathing space. You should also
> think about adding an extension to make the antenna come out of the roof
> into the outdoors where it can do some good.
>
> For another possibility, consider running some coax back to your old
> office
> so you could keep the antenna where it was working well. Come to think of
> it, leave the radio and the antenna in the old office and set up a
> microwave
> link to your new office. This has the added advantage of making it look
> like the new occupant of your old office is the ham radio operator. Of
> course, that house of cards falls apart pretty quickly if anyone figures
> out
> who set up the microwave link.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 11:05
> 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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