Telescopic Mast
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alphanull25
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Telescopic Mast
Hi. I recently purchased a telescopic mast from Jaycar. Its 4.5 meters in length and very light weight. Now I can receive a lot more. I also tried an experiment with a television antenna amplifier. I wired up BNC connectors to fit the scanner and tested it out. The results were not that great. I was pulling in nearby repeaters on every frequency in the spectrum. However I was able to pull in some weaker signals. I have this fantasy of picking up 468.9125 in Caloundra from Beenleigh. I heard it once last summer on a very hot evening. All I got with the amplifier attached was the Gold Coast North repeater in Beenleigh. Oh well.
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rapps_101
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Re: Telescopic Mast
You'd have better luck trying for channel 50 at Wilkies Knob instead of 87 at Caloundra
Currently have: Simoco SRM9000 (TU), Yaesu FT65, GME XRS370, GME TX6155 x 2, Icom IC400 Pro x 2, Icom IC41 Pro x 3
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alphanull25
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Re: Telescopic Mast
I have that one in as well. Channel 50 and Channel 87 were coming in the other night for about half an hour or so. 87 was stronger than 50. Surprised me, but thats skip conditions for ya