How many miles between Katy and the repeater?
I've had no problems checking in from Deer Park with my old ICOM W32A &
am at least 35 miles from repeater site, use a 5/8 wave 2 meter antenna
(maybe next Monday may hazard a try with plain RUBBER DUCK.
I've been under the weather past few
e what is going on with your radio.
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> *From:* BVARC *On Behalf Of *Jose , A Rodriguez
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> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 25, 2019 11:51 AM
> *To:* BRAZOS V
Subject: Re: [BVARC] Bad connection problem.
That’s is exactly what I did! But do all repeater frequencies offset, tones to
get a good transmission.
On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 11:17 AM Andrew Stewart via BVARC mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org> > wrote:
https://youtu.be/0l_kdktZAkI
See if this
Jose, were you trying to hit the repeater from Katy with a handheld radio (with
an antenna directly attached to that radio) from Katy?
If so, that was probably the issue. You will likely need to get your antenna up
higher for a 5 watt handheld to work from that distance...
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