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by willbartlett
Fri Feb 08, 2002 10:30 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Indoor Antenna solutions?
Replies: 18
Views: 21273

Well, if you're in college, just make it look like the "right" kind of "plant" wink,wink, nudge,nudge, know what I mean.

73, Will

sorry, couldn't resist
by willbartlett
Fri Feb 08, 2002 3:41 pm
Forum: Harris Public Safety Communications (PSPC) Equipment
Topic: A couple of Delta questions
Replies: 6
Views: 8528

I've done the switch for the second 8 channels. You'll need to get hold of the schematic and locate the unused line in the channel select group, may be called mode a/b or something. As for the groud, I believe there are two grounds, one for rx, one for ign/tx control. Wish I could be more helpful, h...
by willbartlett
Fri Feb 08, 2002 3:36 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Indoor Antenna solutions?
Replies: 18
Views: 21273

How about a J-pole. You could hang it from the ceiling, even disguise it as a plant :'). Simple to make, you could probably hang it in the window too. You don't have tinted windows do you? The tint sometimes can act as a rf reflector. Learned this the hard way with glass mounts on non factory tint i...
by willbartlett
Thu Jan 24, 2002 11:39 am
Forum: Yaesu
Topic: VX-150
Replies: 8
Views: 13769

I May recieve a UHF vx-210 as part of a work/swap deal, I'll let you know what I find. In past experience, the difference between a vx-10 and an FT-40 was Night and day. The Commercial products tend to have a real preselector front end, to meet recieve spec, and I would guess that the difference bet...