Certainly will - I have enough wire left over to make a 440 version; will that do? SMA female connector?
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Guan Yang <[email protected]> wrote: > Fantastic! Now build another for our igate! ;-) > > > On Monday, December 10, 2012, David Reeves wrote: > >> Yep, I just got to work a repeater in Ridgewood NJ (W2MPX) and Glen Oaks >> in Queens (W2VL) just now. Couldn't get to either previously without the >> upgrade. Nice helpful folks on both. I can hear Brooklyn repeaters ok, but >> haven't managed a QSO to there yet. >> >> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Robert O'Connor <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Neat >>> >>> ---rob >>> >>> Sent from my phone...excuse any typos. >>> On Dec 10, 2012 4:54 PM, "David Reeves" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi HM Radio Fans, >>>> >>>> I received my 'New Ham' packet last week, and was inspired by an >>>> article in the encolsed ARRL mag ( >>>> http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/tis/info/pdf/0791033.pdf) to >>>> make a better antenna for my Baofeng HT, as I was having trouble hitting >>>> any repeaters at all up here in Washington Heights with the stock antenna. >>>> >>>> Took me about half an hour to put together, using an SMA connector from >>>> Radioshack and $5 of 12 gauge wire from the local hardware store. And of >>>> course some hastily attached tape to keep the vertical 'vertical' while >>>> handheld. Maybe I'll replace that a 3D printed brace ;) >>>> >>>> Lo and behold, I just had a good QSO on a repeater 20 miles north in >>>> White Plains. Yay! Let me know if you want to try simplex sometime (or even >>>> find a repeater we can both use). My digital transceiver is keying properly >>>> too now, so we can play with digital modes too assuming we can get >>>> reception. >>>> >>>> Dave >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Radio mailing list [email protected] >>>> http://list.hackmanhattan.com/mailman/listinfo/radio >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Radio mailing list [email protected] >>> http://list.hackmanhattan.com/mailman/listinfo/radio >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Radio mailing list [email protected] > http://list.hackmanhattan.com/mailman/listinfo/radio > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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