Info on the 146.640. https://www.w5rrr.org/repeater-information/ It is only 90 feet in the air. I doubt hitting it from Missouri City is possible. I am near Lakewood Church with a pretty good antenna set up. I can h barely hear it.
Dwayne KB5YTA On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 11:17 AM Mark Brantana via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been testing out my equipment against the emergency nets, and find > my reach to be pretty weak from the house (50 W from the Car); Missouri > City. Could not even touch the 146.940 ARES SW repeater or the Red Cross. > I want to be able to confidently reach the local emergency repeaters. > > To get out better, I am considering adding a Firestik antenna above my TV > antenna (yes, we are cheap) for the house. This is going to involve about > 75 ft of coax unfortunately. These I have found, but I am open to any > thoughts. > > Mainly, I am looking for a used 2-m station, and was wondering if anyone > has one they might want to part with. > > I may be open to a used (HOA discreet) antenna too. > > Thanks in advance for any assistance. > > Mark > N5PRD > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >
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