If one were to participate using a hand held radio, should the antenna be oriented vertically as usual or otherwise?
Thanks, KI5HOC On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 5:14 AM wb5itt via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > Back in the 1980s when I was in the civil Air patrol, my boss at work, > Colonel Harold Bartlett, W5KWA and I discussed building an airborne > repeater for SAR. So I went about putting a repeater together in a small > aluminum chassis with a home built COR circuit. With CAP having such a wide > split around the 2-meter ham band, a small mobile duplexer was usable. The > antenna was a quarter wave whip mounted on a round plate that replaced one > on the bottom of the Cessna therefore no FAA clearance was needed. Yeah we > checked first just to be sure.. > > We called it HiBird... Built out of a Regency HR 312 of all radios... > Transmitter was a little dirty but a quick tune on the spectrum analyzer > fix that. Today they have suitcase versions of it. > > Successfully tested several times and deployed. Later became the Beaumont > civil Air patrol fixed repeater when the old tube type rig died. > > As a former co-worker of mine used to say, now you know the REST of the > story. > > Chris WB5ITT > Trustee W5APX > Capt CAP 1983-1988 > Eagles Nest 1109 > > > > > Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable > smartphone..so there! 😂 > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Bruce via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> > Date: 2/5/25 8:46 PM (GMT-06:00) > To: terry leatherland via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> > Cc: Bruce <kk...@arrl.net> > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Fw: Region 4 District 16-Houston RACES Airborne > Mobile Exercise Reminder!! Tomorrow at 6 PM! > > We did something similar to this in the late 90's. My friend went up in a > Cessna and FAA does not allow external antennas installed unless they are > approved. So he used an Arrow dual band yagi inside the plane. He was in > Ohio and I was in the Houston. We talked for a while on one of the FM > satellites at the time. Thus Aeronautical Mobile to satellite to earth and > back. > > It was a hoot. > > 73...bruce > > On 2/5/2025 6:49 PM, terry leatherland via BVARC wrote: > > This may have gone around, but anyone with 440 communications tomorrow > evening should try to contact the airplane circling for the airborne > repeater test. I will not be able to make it myself. See below > Good luck. > > Terry Leatherland, K5PGF > 281-455-8090 > Sugar Land, Tx > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > *From:* Laura McDonald <bonnieclydera...@yahoo.com> > <bonnieclydera...@yahoo.com> > *To:* bonnieclydera...@yahoo.com <bonnieclydera...@yahoo.com> > <bonnieclydera...@yahoo.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 05:42:56 PM CST > *Subject:* Region 4 District 16-Houston RACES Airborne Mobile Exercise > Reminder!! Tomorrow at 6 PM! > > **SECOND ATTEMPT** > > > > *REGION 4, DISTRICT 16-HOUSTON* > > *AIRBORNE MOBILE EXERCISE* > > *FEBRUARY 6, 2025* > > *600 PM (1800) – 700PM (1900) LOCAL* > > Join us on 02-06-25, 6-7pm for an Airborne Mobile Exercise. There will be > a crossband repeater radio set up in a Cessna 172 to conduct the Net. > Russ, NR5US, will be piloting the ship. He will have alternate comms with > NCS during this exercise. > > This exercise will be based on an event that “takes out” all standard > forms of communications. Therefore, critical information and request for > assistance CAN be communicated through the airborne mobile. This is a test > to see how effective comms will be. *Operators will only need to > identify with their call and county.* > > If you elect to participate from your area – > > 1. NCS will be activated at 530pm local. NCS will broadcast on the New > Waverly 2- meter repeater at 147.18 +offset, with a 136.5 tone. > > 2. Participants should have their UHF rigs set for SIMPLEX 434.450 and a > 131.8 tone. > > 3. NCS will announce that this is an exercise using an airborne mobile > crossband repeat radio. > > 4. NCS, call sign W5SAM, will start at 600pm and ask for county check-ins > in order from - > > a. Chambers > > b. Galveston > > c. Brazoria > > d. Matagorda > > e. Harris > > f. Austin > > g. Colorado > > h. Wharton > > i. Ft. Bend > > j. Liberty > > k. Waller > > l. Montgomery > > m. Walker > > 5. The Net, with an announcement, will conclude at 700pm local. > > 6. Your after-action thoughts, to include what you think was good, bad, > and needs improvement should be directed to your respective DRO via a > winlink message. For those “wearing a different hat”, please send AAR to > W5SAM@ winlink.org. > > 7. Operators are to be thanked for their participation. > > 8. *****THE WEATHER IS PREDICTED FAVORABLE AT THIS TIME. A NO GO > DECISION PENDING WEATHER OR OTHER PROHIBITIVE SITUATION TO LAUNCH/PROCEED > WITH EXERCISE WILL BE POSTED ASAP!!!***** > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing > listBVARC@bvarc.orghttp://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ > > > -- > > Bruce Paige, KK5DO > > AMSAT Director Contests and Awards > AMSAT Board Member 2016-2026 > > ARRL Awards Field Checker (DXCC, WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE > > Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* > Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com > Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes > > Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org > > AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >
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