I had been inactive since last November, but a few weeks ago I bought a new base radio FT-991A. ? Set up a 2M/70cm antenna and an hf antenna (finally an outdoor hf antenna). ? In the very early hours I play on HF, later in the mornings I check my Winlink mail, and then I check in on the east coast reflector (WR2ROC), and talk on N2HJD-R, ?then most of the day I'm monitoring 146.44, and have an Echolink link node on that. At my current antenna height, I can reach from my location near LongPond and English over to Lake and the Parkway, over to the Parkway and Manatou, and then as far south as Ridge Road. The node might serve for VHF operators in that area to make more distant contacts.
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On the road, I finally got my TM-V71A installed in the car with a decent antenna, ?One side of it is monitoring 146.44, the other side is to talk on local repeaters.
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I gave up on APRS. ? The coverage is not good in Greece from the car, so I only get position reports through if I drive into the city. ? I still have an FT5D, that can do APRS if I'm ever in a situation where that would work.
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Stephen
AC2GW
