The National GMRS Net saw a total of 42 round-table participants and a cumulative total of 102 check-ins this evening for all nets system-wide. Net control for the evening was Dominic, WRFN434 with the New Mexico GMRS group.
The topic of the evening: What type of antenna are you using, and tips on related accessories such as feed-lines, grounding and lightning protection.
For more information on the net; please visit https://mygmrs.com/nets
The audio recording can be listened to here:
Note that silences between transmissions have been removed so it is not a time-accurate recording, but more efficient to listen to.
Attendees:
| Call | Name | Location | Traffic |
|---|---|---|---|
| WRCU527 | Darren | AZ | Unity gain 1/4 wave, LMR 400 15 ft get it up high |
| WRCZ558 | Aaron | AZ | handheld NA320A antenna. hiking |
| WRCZ558 | Aaron | AZ | |
| WREN 713 | Rodney Jr | AZ | |
| WRFE219 | Mike | AZ | Mini disc cone D220 wide band receive 2m, 70 cm |
| WRDY338 | Sean | CA | |
| WRDF641 | Charlie | FL | |
| WRDW791 | Steve | FL | |
| WQUY536 | Patrick | IL | use 404 antenna 1/2 Heliax |
| WRDK264 | Joe | IL | Rocking stock antennas on everything, playing around with DMR |
| WRDL342 | Morris (Moe) | IL | |
| WRDU235 | Rob | IL | lots of antennas trim 6140’s for base. Repeater, tram 1185 for cars Kenwood antennas |
| WRFL449 | Doug | IL | |
| WRFQ535 | Ferdi | IL | base Tram 1480 80 ft tall uhf/vhf car Comet antennas home 24ft mast from ground |
| WRFR502 | Artie | IL | Ay01 Yagi for ham operation trimmed the element set up in room inside on mast points it at tower 32 miles away with 5 watts, handheld SO239 two welding rods soldered and trimmed for input frequency of grande tower. |
| Wrht398 | Jim | IL | newish simple antenna came with midland radio on top of roof on a cast iron cooker |
| WRFC721 | Stephen | IN | |
| WRFI469 | Kevin | MA | |
| WRDQ608 | William | NC | Diamond x50 c2 dual omni directional antenna. tuned for GMRS 20 ft in air 40 miles away hitting repeater |
| WRFI390 | Chris | NC | handheld Nagoya NA-771 dual band antenna. future topic– hear how many years radio experience |
| WREM430 | Nick | NJ | Browning mag mount antenna doing good with it 5db rating. 6 db midland antenna |
| WQJI810 | Russell | NM | |
| WQYM547 | Ray | NY | |
| WRFU282 | Richard | NY | |
| WRCW870 | Lee | OK | repeater db420 antenna Heliax mobile Comet 2x4srnmo antennas LMR 240 and NA771 for mobiles |
| WRCS823 | John | TX | Tram 1540 35ft mast driving it with a 50×2 trans 50 watts |
| WREZ914 | Mark | TX | Comet CA712EXC 35 ft pole in air LMR400 grounding, ran full stack ground rod in ran #6 wire wow i cant type that fast!! |
| WRFT881 | Frank | TX | |
| WRFW268 | Matthew | TX | |
| WRFX611 | Ronny | TX | |
| WRFC637 | David | VA | |
| WRHS680 | Jacob | WA | J-pole outside in yard |
| WQJV506 | Paul | WI | |
| WQVA593 | Corey | WI | 404db base station truck Comet 2×4 bicycle 5/8 wave works well |
| WREN713 | Rod | WI | |
| WRFK526 | Rick | WI | |
| WRFT779 | Mike | WI | |
| WRFX851 | Karen | WI | antenna in window of apartment |