[ICOM] IC-375

[Mike Olbrisch]

Use them here every day - including the 1200.  Actually, 144 is the least used
of them in out group.

We work FM simplex on 1294.5, and have a repeater on 1273.000 +20.0 pl127.3.
1200 works great - as long as you are line-of-site.  A high-gain mobile antenna
is about as tall as a 2m 1/4 wave.  The base-antennas are simple.  A 6dB
collinear can be made from the center conductor of Belden 89880 coax and 1/4
inch brass tubing.  A 9dB beam can be made with an 8 inch X 12 inch piece of 1/4
inch hardware cloth and a little 3/16 inch brass tubing.

We have a beacon on 1296.2625 CW - it has been heard over 100 miles away.

On that note, I might as well remove my 220 band modules, there is NO operation
on 220 at all here.  Not a squeak.

I sure wish ICOM would build a multi-band multi-mode V/U mobile radio on the 706
or 7000 platform covering 28 to 1300 MHz.

Mike - KD9KC.
El Paso, Tx.
DM61rt

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of mecker at peoplepc.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 11:16 PM
> To: ICOM Reflector
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] IC-375
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> assuming, of course, we'll be able to use those frequencies 
> as well as 1.2, 440 and 144 -Marc, KE2BP