I connect to repeaters the same way. Key up, let it ID (and check that I am hitting it), then give my call and whatever traffic I am on the repeater for. It just feels cleaner to me - less possibility for repeater IDing over me. And it gives people a chance to listen - once they hear the repeater ID, their receiver has already got their attention, and they are more likely to successgfully hear my traffic.
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
Brothers in HF!
@TheRealBigEE
Ай бұрын
I bought this almost by accident and I was IMPRESSED. I love it so much I think I’m gonna put one on my house roof for a temp setup until I can get a comet up!
@temporarilyoffline
Ай бұрын
I just installed it on my new truck...now I gotta figure out what radio to connect to it.
@bb_37
7 ай бұрын
There's a slightly quicker way to enter frequencies into the IC-7100. For example, tap 1, 4, 5, ".", 2, 9, "ENT". When you tap the decimal point, the radio assumes that the digits you already entered are megahertz. Then, when you tap ENTER, the radio pads the digits you entered after the decimal point with zeroes.
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for the tip!
@KeepEvery1Guessing
7 ай бұрын
If you have nothing else to do, you might turn the truck by 90 and 180 degrees and try the edge cases again. Vehicle body, of course, impacts the pattern.
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
Yeah - there are always so many edge cases - just moving to the roof or the opposite corner of the truck would have changed things also. Same as moving further up the hill. More testing to follow... but I'm happy at ~30mi
@NatesRandomVideo
7 ай бұрын
Interesting. Diamond or Conet used to have one that size and configuration but looking through their current lineup I don’t see a 31” model from either anymore. Seems like it works… and not a bad price either.
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
Yeah, very well rounded! I'm happy with it.
@bb_37
7 ай бұрын
NR73BNMO is 33.5 inches long.
@BryanDaniel42
7 ай бұрын
146.700. the flame thrower. on top of the green building, best repeater in the DFW area.
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
Sweet! My man on the streets!
@Cliff-KI5OPP
7 ай бұрын
I was going to say that repeater is way up there
@tgrossner
7 ай бұрын
Great review. I just bought a Comet HP-32FHN. It's massive. Absolutely enormous. Great performance, but man does it stick out like a sore thumb.
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
I need to look into this antenna - the more obnoxious the better in my mind ;-)
@robertmeyer4744
7 ай бұрын
looks like a nice antenna. I have learned not to stress out over SWR so much. just find the dip . anything under 1.5 on the frequency you want is great. as you drive around the SWR will change. I have same problem programming repeaters with PL tones. when you have many HT's that program a little different. you are getting the distance. not all repeaters are up and repeater book may not be correct. the PL tone on the voice ID is so you know what the tone is. the trick is listen with PL tone off. some repeaters ID what the input shift is and tone. up to repeater oner if they want that in ID. when you find some one to talk to drive around and try antenna. 73's
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
You are correct!
@firemanbif
7 ай бұрын
Greta video as always. What hood mount are you using? Trying to find a good solution for my tundra without drilling holes.
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
This is the hood mount for this truck: amzn.to/3Vb8zeF Kalibur makes some for Toyota, but nothing for the Tundra, maybe you can find something compatible enough: amzn.to/4aautTt For the newer F-150s, I had to bend the mount a bit to get it to clear the hood without scratching. They make something a little more generic: amzn.to/4a1TUXo for the roof rack if you have one, or there is the "back rack" or "stake pocket" mounts. I'd be interested in seeing what you find.
@Siskiyous6
7 ай бұрын
I use an antenna witht e same form factor. That radio's display is sure easy to read!
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
You know I'm a fan... and I know you're a fan. Giants among men, we are!
@craig9309
7 ай бұрын
Send "N 3" to station "REPEAT" on APRS to get the Nearest 3 repeaters in your area.
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
Great tip!
@jakep5121
7 ай бұрын
Really!? . . You forgot to add. And then make a video about it to enlighten us all.
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
Of course there is one coming. We did it on Nuggets the other day as well.
@blueboy1183
7 ай бұрын
Great video!! Looks like antenna is working over 30 miles not bad for sure!!
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
I think that's all you can ask out of a car antenna in a river valley.
@wj4k73
7 ай бұрын
Waiting for the repeater to ID after the kerchunk and then calling again before it drops also keeps it transmitting long enough that those who are scanning are more likely to hear you.
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
#protip
@HamRadioDX
7 ай бұрын
Nice! The antenna kinda looks a little bit like the Diamond Super Gainer series.
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
I thought so too
@AG4KN
7 ай бұрын
On a vehicle mount, antennas are in/on a dynamic environment expect gain/swr values to change due to surrounding vehicles and vibrations from the road. My biggest worry is applying enough ferrite beads and torroids to cancel out ignition noise.
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
Good points - my radio has an NB feature that is meant to take care of this. In practice I haven't had any issues/need for it.
@rayveritas2361
7 ай бұрын
Ok, I love how easy the 7100 is to program repeaters!
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
Big 'ole touch screen to the rescue! There is even a GPS/Memory function, so if I had properly pre-gamed I could have just gone through the "nearest repeater" function instead... but I was lazy.
@rayveritas2361
7 ай бұрын
@@temporarilyoffline I’m looking to upgrade from the ic-706miig and a xiegu x6100, and that feature (also on the Icom handhelds) is really compelling for my use case.
@sleeve8651
2 ай бұрын
I have to wonder, since the antenna is mounted on the driver's side, if you were to point the Right front of your vehicle in the general direction of the repeater you're trying to work, you may also lose some of the noise in the receiver ? Mobiles need all the help they can get ! Just Say'n ! 👍😉
@temporarilyoffline
2 ай бұрын
I bet it would!
@DonzLockz
7 ай бұрын
It works well. Did you say how much power you used?
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
I didn't, but I'm thinking 50w. The power meter never showed in the video.
@DonzLockz
7 ай бұрын
@@temporarilyoffline I can't read that on my phone son. 😄 I need more power!⚡️⚡️⚡️
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
@@DonzLockzYes, that is always the answer.
@notreallydaedalus
7 ай бұрын
@@temporarilyofflineif brute force isn't working, you aren't using enough
@norm_sueb122
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video!
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
You bet!
@DXJungle
7 ай бұрын
Good morning! New antenna..🥳🥳🥳
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
Best Morning!
@donnakano3697
7 ай бұрын
Most repeater controllers ID at the end of a transmission to avoid talking over the op. If you ID initially, it should ID after you unkey, not over you.
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
That's good to know.
@johnm0jfe
6 ай бұрын
Best car antenna is the 7900. Big solid works
@temporarilyoffline
6 ай бұрын
Ooh I can see that! Looks like they copied some of that design.
@johnm0jfe
6 ай бұрын
@@temporarilyoffline yes there are a few about 7900 biggest then 7600 middle bear 7300 is the baby bear 🐻 this made by many companies watson etc but the diamond is better made as I live by the sea .QRZ me. The tilt breaks on the other makes due salt ingress. Keep up the good work ❤ the channel de M0JFE
@stahpit1971
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. I just got a 22 F350 I'm thinking about doing the same antenna mount. Is there a reason for going with so239 and not NMO?
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
with the SO-239 and the All Band/All Mode IC-7100, I have the ability to switch out the 2/70 antenna and go to an HF Vertical or even just use it to get coax out of the car to a wire antenna. Other than that I don't have any particular reason. Is there a reason that NMO would be better? I see that some people use it and it just seems to me like its more adapters and bits. I have no NMO in my life right now.
@TheSmokinApe
7 ай бұрын
Nice work TO 👍
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
Thanks boss!
@paulthelefty
7 ай бұрын
Good video… how is it on 70 cm? (Or GMRS?)
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
You know... I didn't even think to check. Next time!
@M9A1MAN
7 ай бұрын
I had to do a double take. Thought it said "get hard" 🤣
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
Well... Whatever gets the message out, right?
@hamradiowithkevin
7 ай бұрын
It is always interesting to me how many repeaters are silent when trying them as a visitor to an area.
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
Didn't make a single contact on any of them, and with one of them in Dallas, TX, you'd think there would be a lot of people!
@TheZolon
7 ай бұрын
Uhh.. if I run with no PL Tone on RX, I would still hear that message. That is how I scan for PL Tones to set my TX to.
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
Agreed, I was talking about not being able to hear it on kerchunk with the wrong tone.
@randyhavener1851
7 ай бұрын
Thanks Steve!
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
You bet!
@KenVet
7 ай бұрын
Thanks, always a pleasure to learn from you, Carry on
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
Hey Ken! Thanks for stopping by!
@pale_2111
7 ай бұрын
Try mounting the antenna on top of your vehicle.
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
Try mounting it to the rear hatch.
@jakep5121
7 ай бұрын
still tiny... ;) Look at the NR22L. muhahhaa it's like 9'
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
Now you're talking! I'm in!
@jerryKB2GCG
4 ай бұрын
Any suggestions for a mag mount to match this antenna ?
@temporarilyoffline
4 ай бұрын
I don't /think/ it would be a problem on a single mag mount, but I haven't tried it myself. Anybody local you can ask?
@MikeN2MAK
7 ай бұрын
1.5 is just fine.
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
💯
@agoraphobicadam1171
7 ай бұрын
Always good info. Thanks, Steve. KO4HPC 73
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
Thanks Adam!
@ghostmandka5498
7 ай бұрын
Ohhhhhh…..new truck! F-250 Platinum?
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
Nope, not even close 😎
@Cliff-KI5OPP
7 ай бұрын
Google Green Building Dallas texas I think the 146.700 is on top of that building
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
That's an impressive location for a ham repeater!
@victorcharlie7491
7 ай бұрын
Great video tnx man!
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
Always a pleasure!
@chesty1369
7 ай бұрын
just reminder. just because you key a rrepeater doesn't mean it isn't on the air. I know for a fact there are some repeaters in repeater book that are not on the air. just FYI
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
Agreed, thanks!
@Ezzell_
7 ай бұрын
length it or shorten it to lower SWR?
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
It kinda depends on where your antenna is 1:1 and where you want it to be 1:1. In general, lower frequencies need longer antennas and higher frequencies need shorter antennas, so if you are 1:1 below your frequency you shorten the antenna to make it resonant.
@Ezzell_
7 ай бұрын
@@temporarilyoffline Thanks
@Ezzell_
7 ай бұрын
Were you in Waco?
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
A few months ago yes, this one was filmed in Ennis, TX
@Ezzell_
7 ай бұрын
@@temporarilyoffline I drove through Ennis last Saturday! Are you sticking around for the Belton Hamfest in April?
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
@@Ezzell_I went to Belton Hamfest last winter, I'll be in Wisconsin in April.
@RichardHopkinsLobosSolos
7 ай бұрын
Great video
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@caroleemoreno8086
Ай бұрын
And how about 70cm??? Did you try that?
@temporarilyoffline
Ай бұрын
Works great.
@jefferyyarborough6236
7 ай бұрын
Good video,but the gain figures are very misleading. Shows gain in "dbi" vs "dbd". Make sure to do your research. "dbi" references gain over an isotropic antenna,which is a theoretical antenna...it does not exist. "dbd" references gain over a resonant dipole. Lots of fresh outta the can hams don't understand the difference and think 2.15 dbi is a lot of gain when in reality it is exactly 0 dbd gain. Thanks for the vid.
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
I hear what you're saying, couple of things for clarity - those are manufactures specs, so they are always suspect, and you and I both know that you can't compare a vertical to a horizontal antenna, hence the need for dbd and dbi in these specs. In reality I'd expect a pretty big loss on paper when comparing a vertical to a horizontal antenna. That's why I do these field tests, regardless of the marketing hype, if it gets out, it gets out. The real "brass tacks" test would be to compare this antenna directly to another vendor's similar size/shape antenna and see if you could make any better contacts on either.
@charlierumsfeld6626
7 ай бұрын
Roof mount will do better
@temporarilyoffline
7 ай бұрын
I would hope so!
@charlierumsfeld6626
7 ай бұрын
@@temporarilyoffline yeah?
@johnprather7149
4 ай бұрын
K5TXJ, EM12NE first time seeing a local on youtube
@temporarilyoffline
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@timothymaimone8611
7 ай бұрын
Steve… too bad you couldn’t cheat with a spectrum analyzer or having a repeater map. 73 de KD6UYK (Tim).
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