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
>
>
>
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