Here is a great way to increase the range of your hand held transceiver.
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Here is a great way to increase the range of your hand held transceiver.
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Excellent, I have an FT-60R and an Arrow Antenna J-pole as well! Great minds think alike. 73 my friend. -W9ROL John
Cool, where is the nearest Echolink repeater?
About 8 miles away….but they are always listed as “off” when I log onto Echolink. None of the others are on Echolink. It would seem that Echolink has not been embraced out here in the woods as of yet.
Excellent video sir! Would be interested in chatting if / when you are in range of a repeater with Echolink. 73! KF7ETX / David
Than you……I was just in QSO with John (W9ROL) discussing thae same thing. LOL I guess here in the woods Echolink is slow to catch on. There is one on Echolink….but it is rarely “on”. We need to change that. -73-
Can’t argue with that, John! Cheers!
So a J pole is just a two band antenna setup eh?
This one is a dual band (2 meter/70 cm) antenna. you can buy or build single band versions and they will cover other bands as well, including 6 meter and 50 mhz. I even found a J-pole calculator that gives you the proper dimensions of the elements when you input the frequency you will be operating on. Interesting stuff. I think I am going to try home-brewing a flexible wire j-pole using 50 ohm twin lead……this would be great for camping or hiking as you can easily get it in a tree.
Hey I use the that antenna also and I hit repeaters 50 to 60 miles away with the ft-60r. You can also make a dipole and get very good results with that radio. Good job on the video. Thanks Mike KD0MUZ
Thank you, I appreciate that!
73
Do you have to do anything to the antenna or just put in on the mast then connect to your HT? Thanks
hello, what is the name of that short section of coax that you used to connect to your antenna cable, and where can I get one like that. Thanks
Great video. I’d like to find a taller aftermarket antenna for my old ICOM IC-M1 marine handheld. Any ideas where I could pick one up?
nice cooler
check out my video i did same setup i have two Arrow antennas 1 dual band the other for murs frs gmrs and business bands