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Love this writeup, checked in over the last year and glad to see it basically 'done'. I have a tk-880 and have been playing with doing exactly what you've done here with an H, like you I also ended up getting an off the shelf repeater (gr300) to play with as well. Also for what it's worth I have two Ed Fong antennas I have been using for over a year and though my use has been limited to HAM and GMRS repeaters not too far,I haven't had any problems yet. The small footprint being referred to was it's wind profile, not it's coverage area. What power supply did you end up using?