Yesterday I was on the radio at night and things were quieting down a little. My neighbor down the street raised his antenna to 50 ft at the base of a maco V-5000 not sure what coax he has. He was talking local to another friend who I could hear fine. And then he talked to 2 other people he could hear fine and gave them good signal reports. I could not hear a word.
So here we go possible system up grade.
My antenna is 32 feet to the base IMax2000 RG-58 coax 100 ft.
Going higher is not going to be easy I would need a tower and possible location change to another area on the property.
Getting better coax and if needed changing the antenna is an option. is going to a aluminum antenna going to be better It would be vertical. Maco,Siro etc
and how much would it help if any 10% 20%???
Coax change to ??? what coax and what percentage will it help.
I seem to have no problem with match or skip contacts with low power 100 watts etc. Just would like to hear a little a little better and a little further on quiet nights without putting up a 50' tower. Thanks for your input guys!
So here we go possible system up grade.
My antenna is 32 feet to the base IMax2000 RG-58 coax 100 ft.
Going higher is not going to be easy I would need a tower and possible location change to another area on the property.
Getting better coax and if needed changing the antenna is an option. is going to a aluminum antenna going to be better It would be vertical. Maco,Siro etc
and how much would it help if any 10% 20%???
Coax change to ??? what coax and what percentage will it help.
I seem to have no problem with match or skip contacts with low power 100 watts etc. Just would like to hear a little a little better and a little further on quiet nights without putting up a 50' tower. Thanks for your input guys!