I built a Slim Jim a while back for my HT and manage to hit Paxton, 50 plus miles away, with 8 watts. Well I just finished a 4 element yagi that collapses and weighs about 6 ounces that got me even further! I made a contact not completely clear but readable from New Bedford to Paxton! There is a hill between us that the SlimJim could not get over, where the yagi did.
The cool thing is being able to get into close repeaters on lower power,,,, I got into the local one on one watt,,, with some white noise but one watt for 7 miles away. this is the coolest hobby !
The cool thing is being able to get into close repeaters on lower power,,,, I got into the local one on one watt,,, with some white noise but one watt for 7 miles away. this is the coolest hobby !
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