Subj : Regarding antennas To : Daniel Traechin From : Alan Beck Date : Tue Aug 03 2021 02:00 pm DT> On 01 Aug 2021, Alan Beck said the following... AB>> Look up a Jpole antenna You can build one out of 1/2 inch plumbing AB>> supplies. Make sure you insulate it from whatever kind of pole you use. AB>> Short piece of 1/2" ID tubing should suffice. AB>> I run a packet radio BBS on the internet at www.vy2xu.com. AB>> Let me know your call when you get your licence and I will give you AB>> access via the terminal on my web site. 4000 some odd message from local AB>> and international BBSes. AB>> 73, AB>> Alan DT> wow thanks for the info. I looked it up and started bookmarking. Does DT> your board received 4000 messages a day? Currently 3338 messages on my board. Most came in on the internet. Access only to hams. The key is height. The further up, the better General rules with antenna's of any kind. Keep your nose in that book. If you have an IRLP node around you someplace we can talk "on air" via IRLP. 2618 is my node number, me thinks. Check out what www.vy2xu.com looks like. 73, Alan DT> -+- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64) DT> @ ORIGINAL: The Bottomless Abyss BBS * bbs.bottomlessabyss.net DT> @ ORIGINAL: (1:249/317) --- WinPoint Beta 5 (359.1) * Origin: WinPoint (1:229/426.36) .