Ham Radio People Metro ATL

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Anyone here interested in a 40 ft. tilting antenna tower. PM me, and I can send pictures.

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[keith089]

Anyone here interested in a 40 ft. tilting antenna tower. PM me, and I can send pictures.

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[Leveraction44]

Any of you ever hear any communications from the international space station?

 

[Leveraction44]

I have a 5 watt HT. I installed a Diamond brand high gain dual-band antenna. It definitely works better than the original rubber duck. I was wondering if I would see a performance increase if I purchased a mag mount antenna and set it on a pizza pan - for use inside my house.

What do you think? Do you have any recommendations as to antenna brand and model? My radio has an SMA antenna connector, but I have an SMA to BNC adapter that I use with the Diamond antenna.

 

[Electra_glide_ryder]

I use a diamond MR77 on my truck. It’s a dual band mag mount & it performs surprisingly well. I would highly recommend that antenna. A buddy has good results with the same antenna on top of a filing cabinet in his office. As with all radio/antenna combinations there will be variables, but you should notice an increase in performance.

 

[DanKATL]

I have a 5 watt HT. I installed a Diamond brand high gain dual-band antenna. It definitely works better than the original rubber duck. I was wondering if I would see a performance increase if I purchased a mag mount antenna and set it on a pizza pan - for use inside my house.

What do you think? Do you have any recommendations as to antenna brand and model? My radio has an SMA antenna connector, but I have an SMA to BNC adapter that I use with the Diamond antenna.

Adding a ground plane usually helps. I find the tops of fridges or the below window wall mount HVAC units in hotel rooms useful for that too.

 

[USAF2MXMFS]

Got my license in November last year. Rig at the house is an IC-7610 and a Yaesu FT-101ZD Mk0. I have an AL-811 (want to upgrade to something 1kW-1500w), and an MFJ-986 switching between a DX Commander Classic, Gap Titan DX on a 35 ft tilt over homebrew mast, and an 80m OCF-Dipole. Just getting started with my mobile set up. Trying to squeeze an IC-7300 into my truck and using hamsticks for now. Would like to get a Tarheel.

On 7.225 Mon-Sat at 9am is the Country Hams Net, I can usually be found there Mon-Wed and Sat with my current school schedule.

 

[georgiahawkeye]

Got my license in November last year. Rig at the house is an IC-7610 and a Yaesu FT-101ZD Mk0. I have an AL-811 (want to upgrade to something 1kW-1500w), and an MFJ-986 switching between a DX Commander Classic, Gap Titan DX on a 35 ft tilt over homebrew mast, and an 80m OCF-Dipole. Just getting started with my mobile set up. Trying to squeeze an IC-7300 into my truck and using hamsticks for now. Would like to get a Tarheel.

On 7.225 Mon-Sat at 9am is the Country Hams Net, I can usually be found there Mon-Wed and Sat with my current school schedule.

What's your call sign?

 

[Wheeler]

Got my license in November last year. Rig at the house is an IC-7610 and a Yaesu FT-101ZD Mk0. I have an AL-811 (want to upgrade to something 1kW-1500w), and an MFJ-986 switching between a DX Commander Classic, Gap Titan DX on a 35 ft tilt over homebrew mast, and an 80m OCF-Dipole. Just getting started with my mobile set up. Trying to squeeze an IC-7300 into my truck and using hamsticks for now. Would like to get a Tarheel.

On 7.225 Mon-Sat at 9am is the Country Hams Net, I can usually be found there Mon-Wed and Sat with my current school schedule.

Are you running a 7300 as a mobile 40m rig? I thought that was more of a base station style radio rather than a mobile rig. More power (pun intended,) to you if you can make it work. . I’d love to see pictures of that rig once you have it running in your truck.

 

[Leveraction44]

Any of you ever participate in the night crawler events that make use of some local repeaters?