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    Wants to know if that is a nut tool for a fire hydrant nozzle


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    Finally pulled the trigger, now what antenna?

    http://www.amazon.com/Tri-Band-Yaesu...rds=yaesu+vx-7
    Picked this little guy up, still need to get my cert, but at least I can be a fly on the wall.

    What antenna for an apartment dweller/weekend camper?
    Last edited by Fatty; 05-09-2016 at 08:26 PM.

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    plenty of extra room "down his pants"
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    Its a tri band.. are you running any two, one or all three bands? That will make a difference..

    In our area, we have 220 repeaters but zero air time.

    You can get a nice dual band VHF/UHF antenna off ebay for not too much money, and toss in a pigtail adapter to the SMA on your radio.

    Tell us more, we may be able to narrow it down more.

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    Wants to know if that is a nut tool for a fire hydrant nozzle


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    I'm planning on 2m and/or 70cm as far as receiving goes.

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    plenty of extra room "down his pants"
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    Do you plan on transmitting??

    EB
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    Wants to know if that is a nut tool for a fire hydrant nozzle


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    Not for now, need to take my test at some point, just finally taking the plunge to start with getting familiar with things.

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    I'll most likely shit myself



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    That's a good little radio. Look for a high gain dual band antenna 2m/70cm. Then if you want 220 look for something specific.
    It should serve u well.

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    may be in trouble


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    Diamond SRH77CA...


    http://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-006297

    Getting this li'l guy for my FT60. Gotta have something to punch outa this RF rattrap.

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