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which should i go with
ok guys here goes my question of the week lol
im thinking about making my station a little stronger whilst im out on the hills....
trouble is i dont have the money to get everything at once!
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do i go for a decent ATU and pre-amp first...
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a homebase antenna and some poles so i can mount it to a fence somewhere?! and possibly a power mic gets thrown in there too somewhere! although i havent had any problems from anyone about my audio!
cheers
dave
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7/Jul/2008, 10:18 am
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Re: which should i go with
For what its worth I would go for the aerial first as that would benifit you both in transmiting and recieving. I have been thinking of getting a SY27 dipole and using it for horizontal work and for about £30 its not expensive! And its easy enough to take up the hills!
Hope we get points for our answers.
Would love to try out a big beam up the hills, haha
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Re: which should i go with
yeah i would too but im far too cautious and i cant find a place quiet enough for my liking and would rather not attract attention to myself! but i think a beam could be on my wish list 
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7/Jul/2008, 11:00 am
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Re: which should i go with
right...well i already recieve pretty damn good on my mobile......hear alot more than i can get back to.. dunno if its groundwave or skip really... but for instance i heard 26tm048 yesterday morning......well he is miles away!! but there was no qsb or anything with his signal it was a solid s1 lol radio 4.....heard most of wales as usual again they couldnt hear me.... i already run 100w fm didnt really want to go for more without a decent atu ...... like i say i dont have the money to go buy everything.....maybe i will just save up until i can
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Re: which should i go with
Dave, you dont need an ATU if your SWR is right, whatever the power.
If you want to "get out better" the best way is antenna, as already said then power then audio, imo.
If you've got good swr, can hear what you want to work and can work your mobile station with the engine running splash out on an astatic road devil and a RM KL500 amp
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Re: which should i go with
ANTENNA ANTENNA ANTENNA
go for the best antenna you can afford yes a beam will work better in any sitiution.
i use a drive on plate ,a 8 meter telescopic mast a three ele yagi & a A99 .
i've also got two leisure batteries 110 amp
my genny's dead?? but if it it's needed i 've also take my KL500 ,but normaly 100 watts up a hill is enougth???
iam sure dave will post a piccy when he's done my qsl cards
ps three vans one set of antennas????
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Re: which should i go with
As the ANTENNA is 95% of a station thats the best qso/buck you can get. Its no good havin a big mouth with no ears (MP'S note), unfortunately many stations do. I cant stress the effectivness of height gain enough on vhf/hf bands (3db gain for 4xheight). Atu's have a place but not if you can work around them by good tuning and do not get paranoid about swr. Anything below 3 is acceptable, below 2.5 is great, below 2.0 deserves a mention in qsb monthly, below 1.7 then the nine-oclock news, below 1.5 gets you a VC, below that and something is probably starting to lie to you. BIG and HIGH.John193
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My 45m band vertical shows 1.1:1 on 6670, but when you look at a theoretical 35 ohms radiation resistance then add on enough grund loss R to bring things up to 50 ohms-ish it dosn't look quite so efficient!
So - do I get a medal then??
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What kind of meter is telling you you've got a 1.1 Andy? J193
Ps is it the ones that tell you they LURV ya! 
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