Add to that: Danger: RF Present!!
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 12:21 AM
Subject: Re: 2-meter Antenna Challenge
> And Tom could have a sign in his old office: "Tom's radio room -
> stay the hell out"!!
> Pat, K9JAUAt 11:14 PM 8/17/2013, you wrote:
>>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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