I live at the southern border of Phoenix, south of South Mountain. At about 6 different frequencies I can clearly hear repeaters but can¡¯t raise them. I get no acknowledgement tone when I key in. As someone pointed out, could be an alligator: all mouth and no ears. It could also me that my PL tone is wrong but I¡¯ve checked them twice.
From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...] Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2014 1:41 PM To: FT-60@... Subject: Re: [FT-60] Re: my first contact!
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Rick,
I'm not sure where you live, I used to live in the alma school and university area and I could hit the EAARS repeater on pinal with my ft-60.? After that I moved to horne and southern and I could hit it there too, although not as well.? This was standing outside and using my aftermarket diamond antenna, the same one others have mentioned.? I've never tried a yagi on my ft-60 but I am sure it would hit those repeaters as long as you have a good copy on them.? I've also used my little 1/4 wave ground plane antenna hanging in a window from inside my house and gotten into those repeaters.? I may have even been able to get into the mt lemon repeater from my place at alma school and university had I tried, I know i could with my jpole up on the roof with 25 watts, i did do that a couple of times.? Every night there is a traffic net on the EAARS system, i don't remember what time, 6:30 rings a bell but that may be wrong.? If you can hear it pretty clearly try checking in to the net and they can tell you how well you are hitting it.? If you can get into that repeater then you can get from snow flake to mexico and just about everywhere in between.
