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Posted: **Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:06 pm**

I use the Hepburn charts to see whats ahead.

http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo_aus.html

Posted: **Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:15 pm**

Cataby's back - I just heard someone kerchunk it and then the repeater came back with it's ident.

About S4 here in Beechboro.

Posted: **Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:25 pm**

Yerp. It's been up and down a bit. 9+ for a while here. I put a call out but you all ignored me

Posted: **Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:34 pm**

robbage wrote:Yerp. It's been up and down a bit. 9+ for a while here. I put a call out but you all ignored me

Cataby is S3 here... if the signal comes up a bit and I hear someone call I'll respond

Posted: **Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:54 pm**

vk6hgr wrote:Cataby is S3 here... if the signal comes up a bit and I hear someone call I'll respond

Did a couple times. Not hearing the repeater now. Need something better than this sodding 1/4Î»

Posted: **Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:56 pm**

robbage wrote:Did a couple times. Not hearing the repeater now. Need something better than this sodding 1/4Î»

You and me both - and we shouldn't have too long to wait

Posted: **Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:12 pm**

Tyranus wrote:awwww, I'd be joining in this weekend if I'd been sent the right remote head for my new toy...but they sent me the wrong one.

What unit did you get? I think I have convinced the other half to get me a mobile unit as a b'day pressie

Posted: **Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:44 pm**

robbage wrote:Yerp. It's been up and down a bit. 9+ for a while here. I put a call out but you all ignored me

Blast! I turned it off and went to watch some TV

Posted: **Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:01 pm**

meg wrote:I think I have convinced the other half to get me a mobile unit as a b'day pressie

Let me tell you which dual band mobile antenna I recommend to not get.

Posted: **Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:11 pm**

lol yeah I had that dud for about a week.

Posted: **Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:34 am**

robbage wrote:
meg wrote:I think I have convinced the other half to get me a mobile unit as a b'day pressie
Let me tell you which dual band mobile antenna I recommend to not get.

Doh! here I was thinking Mobile1 made reasonable antenna's!

Posted: **Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:03 am**

Tyranus wrote:Doh! here I was thinking Mobile1 made reasonable antenna's!

I thought the same - I wonder if this is the exception to the rule, or if it's a sign that maybe I've been mistaken all along?

I had the impression that Mobile One's scanner antennas were fairly good...

Posted: **Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:31 am**

Well that's effectively all I've got is the SCABASE which is I believe the name of my big white one on my roof which picks up a load, from ATC to SJA, RPH security, FRS and everything else in between. My SCATX allows me to pick up the Roley 2M repeater when I'm at SES though it's a bit scratchy and that's down low not even on my roof. As well as all the other things. Oh well we'll see when the correct remote head arrives hopefully before the weekend so I can mount it this weekend and have 5 antenna's on my car...gonna look like a storm chaser in the US just now. Just need some flashing lights other than my indicators!

Posted: **Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:12 am**

Tyranus wrote:RPH security

Whats their frequency?

Cheers, CC

Posted: **Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:13 am**

I had the opportunity to swap three antennae while somebody was in a marathon transmission on 2m. Obviously I was parked

I swapped the above with a S/S 1/4 whip I bought at hamfest for $7 and a 5/8 I made. The 5/8 performed best. The whip pulled in a better signal than the Mobile-One. I rotated them around a few times just to make sure it wasn't varying conditions.
I also tried out what repeaters I could hit from home to work and the Mobile One was worse than the whip on both bands. Also the rubber cap has already split and the insulation under that is quite loose. I'll probably just strip it and wind my own

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