Steve:
See my recent post about the cross-banding option.
Maybe this would be an easy way to go, if I could figure out how to remotely
access the TMD700 at the University's EOC, which sits idle most of the time
anyway.
My home QTH is about a mile from the University, and I had thought of simply
cross-banding from the office to my TMV71A in the shack, but that does give
me a concern about turning things on and off, disconnecting antennas, etc.,
should a storm or other adversity occur while I'm at work.
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: 2-meter Antenna Challenge
> Tom,
>
> I was half kidding about the microwave link, but if you could set that
> radio
> up for crossband repeat, you might actually be able to put it in a place
> where it could still hit the repeater. I know that solution has its
> drawbacks, but we're brainstorming here.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 10:23
> Subject: Re: 2-meter Antenna Challenge
>
>
>> 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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