Jose, You might try the 88 repeater. The Conroe repeater is also active.
73... Scott KD5FBA On Thu, Nov 27, 2025, 9:10 AM Chris Boone via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 WB5ITT* > *Trustee W5APX* > *WRXZ789 GMRS* > *Society 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 iPhone > 713-419-1977 > > > 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] > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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