[Elecraft] OT: 2m beam orientation

[mzilmer at magellangps.com]

Aren't many repeaters collocated with other commercial equipment on those giant (1500') broadcast towers we see all over the plains?  My ham buddies in NE Iowa tell me this is generally the best anyone can do, even if it costs a bit.

Matt Zilmer
W6NIA


-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Richard Fjeld
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 7:35 AM
To: Ron D'Eau Claire; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: 2m beam orientation

Here in the plains the closest thing to a mountain top is a gopher mound.

Seriously though, repeater activity is almost dead compared to what it once was.

Dick, n0ce

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Ron D'Eau Claire
  To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
  Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 10:09 PM
  Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: 2m beam orientation


  Do all of you live many, many miles from the repeater that requires a high
  gain antenna to reach it? 

  Here along the west coast of the USA we use a simple 1/4 wave whip for
  repeater connections since we are working a repeater on a mountain top in
  line-of-sight from the rig. 

  The Yagi's and other gain antennas are for CW/SSB/DATA over long paths with
  horizontal polarization.

  73 Ron AC7AC



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