Try a JT776SMA (Jetstream) antenna on your HT. Works for me outstandingly better than the default antenna.
vk4tux On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 16:17 -0500, James Earl Wells wrote: > > > This sounds pretty good. My problem is that D-Star is not all that far > from me but I cannot talk on it while I am at my home. However I can > walk yes, walk less than a block and talk all day on it. Some of this > I can understand because of some of the things that block my path to > the repeater. However what bugs me is to listen to people who talk on > the same repeater who are 40 miles and some more away from it and are > talking on a HT like me. I do not know if a different kind of antenna > would help me. I use the antenna that I put on my car but it does not > seem to help at all. I hear people (sometimes and sometimes they are > R2D2). I can hear but not talk. I just think the whole thing is weird > plus I spent all this money to talk on D-Star and the only time I can > use it is when I am not at home. Also I live in an apartment. (Oh.. > and for those who are not from the Kansas City area. The repeater sits > on top of a very tall building less than twenty miles from me.) > > Oh Well.. Just venting. > Hope everyone else is having fun with it. I have just put my sites on > doing a lot more Echo Link. Would like to get involved in APRS but > can't figure that out yet either. My radio has the GPS built in the > mic but have not figured out if I need to do something else.. But > thats another group... > Thanks for letting me vent. > James > KD0AJZ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: interpretercat > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 4:05 PM > Subject: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] DSTAR communication > > > > > > Hello all!! > So, a while ago, I noticed there was a lot of discussion about > ways to improve DSTAR. Was there any discussion about possibly > establishing a "QUE" so that way transmissions will not get > lost? So, if one person is communicationg, and "doubles" with > another, the messages would still get across to each other? > This is one thing in LA that has been a MAJOR source of > frustration! I try to have a QSO with someone, and my > transmission gets "lost" and is never received. Any ideas? I > am using a repeater which is still used often here in LA, but > seems to be better than some others. > Any feedback or ideas would be great. Otherwise, I honestly > feel like throwing my dstar radio in the toilet and using > regular comms instead of Dstar! > 73, > CAT KG6PPA > > > > > > > >
