[SMCARA] Repeater

[Grant Farrand]

Well Tom, the .64 is working just fine from my kitchen table with a 4 watt HT and a rubber ducky antenna.I talked to Chris KC3ERI this morning while eating breakfast and the .64 sounde back to its normal self from here.
GrantW4GMF
 73 and.... In God We Trust !!! Grant Farrand gmfarrand at yahoo.com Amateur  Call sign W4GMF W5YI  CVE# 32601 Virginia Fone Net #29 W4GMF Westmoreland Co.Repeater Sponsor  146.895mhz  (-)  pl tone 146.2
      From: "Clarke, Tom AIR4.0P NATOPS" <frederic.clarke at navy.mil>
 To: SMCARA Reflector (E-mail) <smcara at mailman.qth.net> 
 Sent: Friday, November 6, 2015 3:44 PM
 Subject: [SMCARA] Repeater
   
The temporary repeater seems to be doing nicely.  Kenwoods are known for good audio and this machine is no exception!

Keep in mind the repeater is physically about 5 miles south of the base, so don't expect to be "full quieting" into the repeater when you are using a rubber duck in your car or from the basement of your house!  VHF, technically, is still "line of sight", so trees, houses, etc. will attenuate your signal.  Next time you go to a Hamfest, buy one of those little "Hershey Kiss" mag-mount antennas- it will make a huge difference over the "rubber dummy load"!

I wonder if any of the Montross crowd (Jim?) have tried the machine?  It may be a tad weaker as the TX is only putting out 25 watts instead of 60.

CU at the breakfast joint!

73 de Tom/W4OKW

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