It's on one of the buildings at JSC..W5RRR is the JSC club call. It used to
be on a 200ft tower but that got dismantled years ago and it moved to the 5
story building on campus



On Thu, Apr 2, 2020, 10:11 AM Dwayne Jones via BVARC <[email protected]>
wrote:

> 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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