You can hardly go wrong with one of these,
http://www.fredspinner.com/W0FMS/CheapYagi/vjbcy.html
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On 5/6/2010 2:38 AM, Bob- W7LRD wrote:
I am looking for a easily reproducible
... 70cm ... firestations ... EOC stations ...
You should be demanding nothing LESS than a commercial ComTelCo Yagi ...
http://www.comtelcoantennas.com/yagi_uhf.htm
Anything less and you are being irresponsible with the public you are
protecting. I mean, does your local police department and
Only because they have nobody on their staff who knows what an antenna is.
They don't pay high bucks for the fun of it.
I mean, does your local police department and city works comms centers have
home-made Yagis on their installations? Of
course not.
[mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf
Of Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 12:47 PM
To: Clint Bradford
Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 70cm yagi
Only because they have nobody on their staff who knows what an antenna is.
They don't pay high bucks for the fun
... homebrew equipment. Some can even be better than commercial!
I would not live in a community where my public service departments were
depending upon homebrew comms equipment for critical emergency communications.
This is not demeaning to the amateur radio community at all. Amateur radio
... We do have a communication link however there have been occasional fades
...
Then get your radio vendor out there and see why this happens. Most vendors
will send a tech out to their commercial clients at little or no charge - to
maintain your business relationship. I performed plenty of
Do you also demand commercial quality radios?
Here, it's standard amateur transceivers, antennas and power supplies.
On 06-May-10 20:12, Clint Bradford wrote:
... homebrew equipment. Some can even be better than commercial!
I would not live in a community where my public service departments
It is against FCC regulations in the United States to use amateur gear on
frequencies allocated for public service.
... Do you also demand commercial quality radios?
For public safety? Absolutely.
Clint Bradford, K6LCS
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On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 12:26 -0700, Clint Bradford wrote:
Anything less and you are being irresponsible with the public you are
protecting. I mean, does your local police department and city works
comms centers have home-made Yagis on their installations? Of course
not. Why should your
True but we're talking the US equivalent of RAYNET providing emergency backup
communications.
On 06-May-10 20:50, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
If they are wanting mission-critical emergency comms, then they should
be staying off the amateur bands and using the frequencies assigned to
them and
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