What kind of tower? David, K5HEC Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 28, 2016, at 6:29 PM, Bruce via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > let me put it to you this way.... a newbie on hf wants to hear everything, a > vertical will work great for that. work all the countries you can and get > your dxcc. then when you have done the 'broadband' thing, you get a beam to > be able to narrow in on the rare ones. at some point you get a linear, first > small and then bigger. i have 32kv power lines on the east side of my house. > 5 feet from the house. i mounted my crank up tower right against the back of > the house in the center from east to west. it actually turned out that when > the antenna is up, it will not fall on the power line. > > i went with an icom 756, then the icom 756 pro, now i have an icom ic-9100 > because it has 2m/70cm/6m and all the hf bands. it is also satellite ready (i > am big into satellites). you can add a 1.2g module if you want as well. i > added d-star. > > keep one thing in mind. this hobby is like a boat. you can spend and spend > and spend and trade and trade and trade. eventually you either get what you > want or you run out of money. :-) > > 73...bruce > >> On 4/28/2016 6:19 PM, JP Pritchard via BVARC wrote: >> Wow! Great suggestions and recommendations, as well as wise counsel. Thank >> you very much for taking the time to respond. And to those who offered to >> loan me rigs to try, I will take you up on that. But I can't really test >> drive anything until I get an antenna up. >> >> In that regard, I am not so much held back by the HOA as I am the cramped >> quarters of my back yard and its proximity of power lines. I'm thinking my >> best shot may be a broadband vertical of some kind. I hate to say it, but a >> person would probably have to see the siutation to make a recommendation. I >> live in the Braeburn Valley subdivision, near S Braeswood and S. Gessner. >> If there are volunteers I'd love to hear from you. Otherwise, I'll soon make >> a choice and get to erecting it, whatever it turns out to be. Again, thanks >> again to all. >> >> JP >> KG5MBG >> >> From: BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of JP Pritchard via >> BVARC >> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 7:25 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: JP Pritchard >> Subject: [BVARC] Help >> >> Hi folks, >> >> I am a newbie to Ham Radio and a newbie to the club, so I'm writing to ask >> for your help in picking a rig. I just passed my General exam so many >> options are open to me and I'd like to explore a lot of those options. I >> currently own a Baofeng HT and a Yaesu FT2900 two meter transceiver, but no >> equipment for HF. I've been looking at HF VHF UHF units. I've even looked >> at the Alesis KX3 and the Flex 1500. They don't cover the VHF-UHF >> bands but they do appeal to me. Bottom line, I don't want to spend more >> than a thousand dollars if possible. What do you suggest? As Sergeant >> Schultz used to say on Hogan's Heroes, "I know nothing." I'll really >> appreciate your suggestions. >> >> JP (Richard) Pritchard >> KG5MBG >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > > -- > > Bruce Paige, KK5DO > > AMSAT Director Contests and Awards > AMSAT Board Alternate 2015-2016 > > ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE > > Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* > Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com > Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes > > Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News > http://www.arrl.org > > AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
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