I work a lot of people in the contests with 10 watts on 432 and a 15 element
homebrew beam on a 10 foot boom. I have been able to work anyone I could
hear and routinely work into Milwaukee, Chicago, St. Louis, Ohio, Tennessee
with it.
I should be able to work you with no problem. It doesn't take a lot to go
quite a ways on this band.
73, Zack W9SZ
EN50vc Urbana IL
(but usually QRP Portable from EN50rl)
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 6:30 PM, K9GTJ <K9GTJ@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I have managed to get a 70cm all mode radio on eBay. (Icom IC-471A) It
> does just 25 watts.
>
> I don't have a lot of space for an antenna and no space for a stacked
> set. I was thinking of the Directive Systems DSFO432-15RS which is a
> rover friendly antenna of around 8' in length. It will be about 30'.
>
> I am in north central Indiana (Kokomo) so I would likely need to reach
> some major cities like Cincinnati, Columbus, & Toledo OH and Detroit and
> Grand Rapids, MI and Chicago, IL and Louisville, KY for some contacts.
> Am I going to need an amplifier to get the job done?
>
> What might be better possibilities?
>
> --
> Jim Hunt
> K9GTJ
>
> Live Weather >> http://www.kokomo-weather.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> VHFcontesting mailing list
> VHFcontesting@contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting
>
_______________________________________________
VHFcontesting mailing list
VHFcontesting@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting
|