I haven't been doing a lot with the radios lately. Worked a lot of overtime, got MrsZ moved out here permanently, closed on the old house, etc. I've finally started making efforts to correct this.
Our duplex has a DirecTV dish up on the roof that we don't use - and have no intention of doing so. I'm going to remove the dish from its little mast, and put an antenna up there. I've ordered a smallish (in the scheme of things) Arrow GP antenna to use, along with the necessary cabling and seals.
In the same vein, a co-worker does stormchasing but doesn't have a communications guy to go with him... so I'm putting together a portable mobile kit. I've got a Yaesu FT-90, which is one of the smallest VHF/UHF mobiles ever made - smaller than a VHS tape. I've got a little faux-Pelican case to mount it in, and a magnetic antenna to stick on a roof. I've ordered a small battery and a 12V cigar plug to add into the case...
Stay tuned. (Pun fully intended.)
1 year ago
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a friend and i are taking a freebie SKYWARN class through NOAA. might be worth it to take it if there's one in your area.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/skywarn/
the basic one is required for the others, and they occasionally hold a HAM specific one.
Took the weather spotter class last week, and work paid me to go. It was some good information, but they didn't touch on ham stuff at all. I did dig out the Skywarn frequencies though, and need to get those added to the radios.
Good idea... And that IS a nice little antenna!
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