Subj : Re: Fall To : All From : Ray Quinn Date : Wed Dec 22 2021 15:07:06 Sean Dennis wrote: > DS> Most areas now are quiet except during nets. Drive time has even gotten > DS> quiet. And in some parts of the country, if you're from outside the call > DS> district, they won't even talk to you. > > It's been like that around here for years. Tons of 2 meter repeaters and > a bunch of 440 repeaters ... all silent. It's difficult for me to set up > a radio in this apartment. The next apartment I get I'd like to have a > little patio out back where I can put up an antenna on a tripod or something. Is it possible to put up a j-pole or something similar or the inside near an outside wall? Also, I’m sorry to hear about losing your HF radios due to lightning. (I read your QRZ bio). Repeaters around here are quite, too, except during nets. Maybe they’re on HF. SHRUG. -- 73 de Ray Quinn W6RAY --- SBBSecho 3.14-Linux * Origin: US 99 BBS - Visalia, CA - bbs.quinnnet.org (618:300/18) .