Paul357

Thanks for the feedback. I'm not sure if it's a Del Webb home. It's about 40 years old. For the most part it's a well built home. Nothing fancy. The attic over the garage is a good 7ft tall at the peak so I had plenty of room. Mostly I wanted to test the concept and these were the materials I had on hand. I got it all put together right before a local net started. I had to dodge my mother in law who wanted to chatter about what I was doing. Anyway, it seems to work pretty well. I am hearing the drive through girl at the Chik Fil A a few miles away, local highschool football coaches, road construction flaggers etc. More importantly, I can now hit a few repeaters that were out of reach with my HT. I am in a bad spot in this valley for reception otherwise. I am at the low end of the valley, right up against a curtain of mountains that block me to the East and South. You have the altitude advantage with that third floor. What kind of cable are you using?

Unfortunately there is no way to use the whole screen for one channel. Here is an alternative: Set "Channel A Display" to one display type and "Channel B Display" to the other and then tune both to the same channel. For example you could have the frequency on top and the station name on the bottom.

Hello, I set up a quick and dirty base station antenna in my attic. It's a Midland MXTA26 antenna fed by a MXTA24 NMO cable. I put a 14" aluminum pizza pan under it as a ground plane. I have about $55 into this setup. The radio is a Wouxun KGSX20G+ fed by a Pyramid 12Amp power supply. So far I think it's working well. I guess I need some adapters to test this setup with my Surecom meter but no smoke yet. Any tips or critiques appreciated. I wanted to test the attic concept before committing to more expensive hardware.