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Question:

The repeaters I want to use are all just a bit too far away for me to work with an indoor antenna or a handheld radio. I want to install an outdoor antenna so that I can use several different VHF and UHF repeaters. I already have a dual-band 2m/70cm vertical antenna, but what kind of coax should I use? I am thinking about RG-58 or RG-8X, because they are cheaper and easy to work with than the thicker RG-8 or RG-213. My cable run will be about 100 feet.

Answer:

The ARRL Atlantic Division is sponsoring a free webinar about using the new ARRL web site. The webinar starts Tuesday, June 15 at 8 PM CDT. See the story about the webinar at:

http://www.arrl.org/news/atlantic-division-to-host-webinar-on-how-to-use...

or you can go directly to the registration location at:

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/704588721

Registration ahead of time is required, but there is no fee, and you only have to give your name and e-mail address. When you register, you will be sent a personal login for the actual time of the webinar.

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Welcome to Handiham World!

We are definitely in the summer ham radio doldrums. I can tell that we have reached this time of year by some of the comments I hear, usually by word of mouth or by e-mail:

One of the goals of the National Broadband Plan is to evaluate the reallocation of spectrum from the broadcast television bands, including rule-makings regarding service areas, distance separations, channel-sharing, and other mechanisms to achieve its spectrum reallocation goals. In support of such future rule-makings, the FCC has invited a number of broadcast industry engineers and technical experts in related fields to convene in four working sessions intended to address certain technical challenges and opportunities facing the broadcast industry today.

Friday CW Net:

7.112 MHz CW, 09:00 - 12:00 ET, plus whatever time is needed to wrap up the last contact: This is the Handiham Informal slow speed CW Net. Look for Paul, W8IRT. You may e-mail Paul at w8irt@aol.com with your ideas and signal reports, or to find out about schedule changes for the CW net. Paul advises us that the net remains true to local time, which means a one hour shift when changing to or from Daylight time in the Spring and Autumn.

Dayton Hamvention is now behind us, but... Field Day is just about here!

I have to admit that Field Day is one of my favorite annual amateur radio events. It is a lot of fun to hang out with friends, welcome visitors to our operations, and make a few contacts as well. I hope that you are able to participate in a local Field Day event. Get on the air and have a good month with amateur radio. 

Until next month…. 

Regards,
- Laurie Meier, N1YXU
n1yxu@arrl.net