I have been experimenting,and have talked out to 150 miles station to station which was my goal. But what I plan to do is establish a communication map of who can reliably talk to who simplex in our area and pass a practice message from one side to another and back. For instance establishe communication from Columbus to Houston to Louisville with only a two meter radio no repeaters. First we have to establish who can hear who, perhaps with a simplex net. Using the repeater as a controle station to get started. I’m formulating this now and am open to ideas.
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Looks great, need to learn more about tall wood poles, who and how much? And Simplex when?
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A true “Tower of Power”
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Nice. What is hight of flagpole?
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It’s a transmission pole, the top of the pole is fifty feet or so
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Doug, I meant wooden telephone pole. My BAD it looks great. I am sure it will do the job. AB5AR
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Looks awesome! Would love to have a setup like that.
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When do you expect to start with simplex transmissions, I would like to participate!
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I have been experimenting,and have talked out to 150 miles station to station which was my goal. But what I plan to do is establish a communication map of who can reliably talk to who simplex in our area and pass a practice message from one side to another and back. For instance establishe communication from Columbus to Houston to Louisville with only a two meter radio no repeaters. First we have to establish who can hear who, perhaps with a simplex net. Using the repeater as a controle station to get started. I’m formulating this now and am open to ideas.
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