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Dublin with a 5w handie....

  • 20-10-2012 07:38AM
    #1
    martinedwards
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    I'll be in Dublin next weekend.

    Any point in bringing my handie and sticking ie/ on the front of my call sign?

    Any chance I'll hit the repeaters from Kilmainham?

    I KNOW the real answer (in the experimental spirit of Amateur Radio) is try it and see, but still!


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  • #2
    watty
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    I've chatted to people in Wales via Dublin repeater more than to Dubliners.

    Plenty of places in Dublin get the repeater on a few watts, or used to. A few years since I was there. Getting the tone burst right to open it used to be awkward.


  • #3
    martinedwards
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    deader Than a dead thing left to decompose in a bucket for a MONTH!!

    I was able to trip the repeater, but heard no one. ANYWHERE on 2m.

    MAAAAN it was quiet


  • #4
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,461 ✭✭✭✭watty


    yep


  • #5
    martinedwards
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,046 ✭✭✭martinedwards


    Ah well, everywhere is different.

    up here, CB radio and 10m FM is VERY quiet.

    in fact the reason I cashed in my Ham exam pass slip after 28 years (really!) rather than going all freebandy like I was in my youth was I listened on a CB set for a few days.

    that set is now on ebay!!

    round here theres a very active 2m community, esp round the GB3NI repeater. Always seems to be someone around.

    a lot of the guys were away from 2m this last week or so because the 10m prop was so good, but I got an ICOM CB that had been converted to 10m FM and there was no-one local at all.....

    Ah well, never mind. Once the wind dies down a bit I have a G5RV jr to get rigged around the garden to open up a few more bands.


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