Welcome to the hobby and congratulations on the technician class license... the
146.94 repeater is down in Missouri City on the channel 13 auxiliary tower and
that's kind of a shot for a handheld from Tomball.Are you sure you have the
correct tone programmed in the radio? Just checking. There are plenty of other
repeaters up on the northwest side that you can probably get into. The 146.88
repeater is on the Senior Road tower and has handheld coverage up that
direction. Several BVARC folks are on it as well. Repeaterbook.com is a great
source for repeater listings, their app doesn't update as fast as the website
does
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Chris WB5ITTTrustee W5APXWRXZ789 GMRSSociety of Broadcast Engineers Vice
Chairman and Frequency Coordinator, SBE134 SE TX and SW LA
On Thursday, November 27, 2025 at 08:03:28 AM CST, Rick Hiller via BVARC
<[email protected]> wrote:
Jose, welcome and congrats. Ask 20 hams what antenna they recommend and
you’ll get 20 different answers. HI
For another……Look at the BvARC website. Tech Downloads and the Radio Hotel
Sept 2016 for some simple gain wire on the wall vhf antennas. Easy to do just
for an experiment. Can be built on a board and placed outside not necessarily
on an inside wall. GL. Rick. W5RH
On Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM Cal Birdsall via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote:
Good Morning Jose
Happy Thanksgiving and welcome.I’m in Katy and the repeater is OK here with an
outside antenna. I have a surplus Ringo 2M antenna that you may have if you
would like.
Cal Birdsall N5BR Sent from my iPhone713-419-1977
On Nov 26, 2025, at 9:19 PM, Jose Enrique Ortiz Quintero via BVARC
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hello everyone,My name is Jose Ortiz, callsign KJ5NES (Technician, just passed
a couple of weeks ago – still feels unreal!).I recently joined BVARC and I’m
really excited to be part of the club. I live up in Tomball (77375), so I’m a
bit farther than most of the club’s activity seems to be centered. I’ve been
trying to hit the main BVARC 2-meter repeater (146.940 – I think that’s the
one?) with my 5-watt handheld (Yaesu VX-6) and so far I’m not having much
luck.Any tips or tricks from folks who are also on the far edge of the coverage
footprint? I know a better antenna is the obvious answer (which actually leads
me to my next interest below), but I’d love to hear what has worked for others
– external mobile mag-mount on a cookie sheet on the balcony, J-pole in the
attic, etc.Longer term, I’m very eager to learn more and get on the air
regularly. One of the things I’m most excited about right now is building my
own antennas. I’d love to start with some simple 2-meter and 70 cm projects. If
anyone in the club enjoys homebrewing antennas and wouldn’t mind a newbie
tagging along or getting some guidance, I would really appreciate it. Happy to
bring pizza and adult beverages as payment!Looking forward to checking in on a
net soon (once I can actually reach the repeater) and eventually meeting many
of you in person.73 and thanks in advance for any advice,Jose Ortiz
KJ5NES – Tech
Tomball.
207-604-9977
[email protected]
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