North Central Mississippi

[JDamnG]

FYI for near future reference. I am in the process of installing a repeater in the north central Ms area in the vicinity of the Lafayette Springs area. I will be using the Retevis RT97S with the Comet CA-712EFC antenna. Elevation will be at approx 430' MSL and about 30' AGL. I intend to do a fair amount of testing before making it visible. 

[WSDB928]

I am in South East  Mississippi  Wayne co. and I guess I have the only GMRS radio in the area nothing down here at all . Let me know how it  goes I might try something down this way.

[JDamnG]

Will do

[Yocona]

I am very interested in your plans as I am in the Yocona area alot visiting family.

[WRDJ205]

On 6/13/2024 at 9:44 AM, WSDB928 said:

 

I am in South East  Mississippi  Wayne co. and I guess I have the only GMRS radio in the area nothing down here at all .

 

I’m frequently in the Marion County but looking at the repeater maps, it appears that MS is a desert for repeaters. 
 

if I was there full time, it might be interesting to set one up.  

[WSDB928]

Once you enter state of Alabama on highway 45 south you will soon start picking up the Gulf Coast network they are quite a few. Mississippi is way behind they ant figured out how to state fund it and steal the money at the same time .

[JDamnG]

Progress update - I have the repeater up and running in a temporary setup for ease of trials. Currently 15' AGL on a temporary handmade tilt tower using a 50' RG-8 run. Even with the rolling hills of the thick woods, i am able to kerchunk at approx 5-7 miles currently on a 5w HT(bottom areas sketchy). Once i am satisfied with trials of different frequencies, i will move the antenna to my in ground tower at twice the height with LMR400.