If you think that's a messy truck, you won't
want to see mine. :crackup: That is a very very
nice mobile indeed.
There is plenty of space here for some
sweet 160m, so it's a bit frustrating. At
least I can build something to listen in
the meantime. Anything digital interests
me as long as the information is useful in
some way. I have been picking up some
local AX.25 traffic from APRS stations for
the past week or two.
Here is my current receiver setup. I have
been looking at some iCOM uinits as a first
general purpose base station transceiver.
2m dipole to dye for
I also made a halo antenna hoping to get
some better reception, but reception was
not that great. The length is a bit off
and I haven't tried the tuning cap yet. I
also tried a 6m delta loop made from magnet
wire, both horizontal and vertical, but did
not receive anything at all, not even
interference. I'm thinking this radio just
does not work below 2m.