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I've ran both, and couldnt tell much diff. between the two. I hardly ever used the vertical side of the moonraker and the 104 was mounted horiz. I eventually went to a m105 b4 I went full ham. It would depend on what kind of talking you do. If you are chasing mobiles or just talking local to...

Maby they left their vox on. Someone did that the other night during the Ala. state net and was running what sounded like a skill saw.:headbang

When the band opens up you should be able to hit the 146.820 with no problem. What is your local repeater? I'll point that way and see what I hear.

How far from gulf shores are ya? The 146.820 repeater covers down that way a good bit, maby we can get hooked up on 2 meters.:thumbup:

Try here they might have something to help. Industrial Communication Engineers, LTD.

Yes all brands are going to have their little quirks. My 706 is doing fine now, my ts2000 is doing great no problems so far, my ts 850 has a reciever problem and in the shop now. I also have a ft101ee that is working fine.

Ic 706mIIg. 5 years old one trip to the shop for a broken trace on input power.Still going strong.:thumbup:

I've been looking at the w2ihy stuff. I dont want to get too wide just enhance what I have.

I was playin around with the internal eq and bandwidth settings on my kenwood a few nights ago on 3835. What I found was the wider I got the less signal and presence or loud my audio was. Narrowing my band width to 2.4~2.6 showed an increse in signal "slightly" and more presence. Then adding...

If it has 3 reflectors and 15 total elements its a 215wb c/craft. the 13b2 replaced it I think.

Both qrz and e-ham are good tests. I like the qrz format best. I'm trying for my extra soon. Good luck on the upgrade.

I use a full wave loop on 75 and up. Its strung up in trees and not any certain shape. Works great at 25 feet. Get you a tuner and some ladder line and put up the biggest antenna you have room for and get to talking. Dont worry about the details, its always a compromise.:thumbup1:

Here is my shack. I have added a ts-2000 since this pic was taken.

I use a 75 meter loop strung in some trees, its not purty but it works better than any antenna I have built so far. Dont think too deep into it, make the antenna a little long and start trimming til you get it to where you want to operate. Or just add a tuner.:biggrin::thumbup1: What are you...