My Temporary Setup

[bglatour001]

This is my temporary setup on my window ledge. Hopefully I can get everything organized and a few more antennas built and mounted before the weather gets too bad and the snow starts falling.

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My 396XT does all my emergency services, (OPP, EMS and MTO on Fleetnet Zone 3, local FDP's) plus marine, rail, school buses and FRS/GMRS. The Yaesu FT-8800R is currently sitting on 255.550 MHz NFM listening to pirate chatter and 145.800, the ISS downlink. The 4 MT1000's are my own personal coms, along with the KG-UVD1P and the PX-328. The AAR MT1000 was a rare find. Literally... It was found lying beside the tracks. I found it while on a fishing excursion. Dried, cleaned and charged it up... works like new... Not shown simply because there's not enough room are my RS MTX-101 marine radio, an old-school Pace 40ch CB and various FRS/GMRS blister pack radios.

The antennas are a Workman UV-325 2m/70cm hooked up to the 8800R and a Nagoya 12" 2m/70cm hooked up to my 396XT.

Current antenna projects are a 240-260 MHz satcom antenna, a double discone for my scanner and to rasie a couple of yagi's that were aquired recently...

 

[bglatour001]

I also have 4 Wilson WHS-150 16ch VHF handhelds but the batteries on these went kaput a long time ago. I was thinking about digging them out, hooking them up to a 12V supply and programming them each to local conventional channels (taxi, buses, misc businesses, public works, etc..).

 

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More pics..

 

[NWI_Scanner_Guy]

Nice setup.

Was wondering if you use any kind of external antenna for the Wouxun KG-UVD1P, or do you just go with the "ducky?" I own one, and would like to get an external antenna. Just wondering how an external enhances the range, if it does at all.

 

[gewecke]

If it works for you,that's great but some antenna work might be needed here...
73's.
n9zas

 

[bglatour001]

I can hit a repeater about 15kms away with just the stock antenna. If anything, I'd get the same thing I use with my scanner, just with the proper connector. Got mine from eBay for about $25 USD...

 

[bglatour001]

Check this out...

NAGOYA UT-108 SF for KG-UVD1P KG-816 G-K4AT TG-2AT on eBay.ca (item 110579067231 end time 26-Sep-10 22:42:39 EDT)

 

[bglatour001]

I know my antenna setup is a little lame, but I have to borrow/rent 2 ladders and ask permission from the owner of the neighboring building for access to his building so I can get to the roof of mine... Lots of planning to do this. This is the quick fix for now. I still have my double discone and my helical satcom antenna to build before I do anything else. Once those are built, I'll put everything up in one go. There's going to be a total of 5 antennas going up at once. When they're up and mounted I'll post the pics.

 

[bezking]

I have the same netbook Nice setup!

 

[bglatour001]

The netbook is perfect for mobile control channel decoding... Nice and small... I've decided to break out the old Wilson WHS-150's. Once I have them all setup and running, I'll take some pics of them and put them on here.

 

[bglatour001]

While digging out the WHS-150's, I came across my Icom IC-A3 airband handheld and my Orion Scientific weather radio... I completely forgot I had them.. May as well set them up too... I'm glad my wife is understanding to my hobby...

 

[gewecke]

I know my antenna setup is a little lame, but I have to borrow/rent 2 ladders and ask permission from the owner of the neighboring building for access to his building so I can get to the roof of mine... Lots of planning to do this. This is the quick fix for now. I still have my double discone and my helical satcom antenna to build before I do anything else. Once those are built, I'll put everything up in one go. There's going to be a total of 5 antennas going up at once. When they're up and mounted I'll post the pics.

I've been in your shoes in the past, have you considered "ground mounting" a mast maybe in the back yard somewhere about 25-30' ? You might not be as high but you would have full time access to your antennas. Just an idea.
n9zas

 

[bglatour001]

I wish I could raise a mast here, but it wouldn't help much. my antennas would be around the same height anyways. I do have a 40 foot tower in pieces in my parents garage, but I'm waiting until my wife and I purchase a home before it goes up.

 

[bglatour001]

A little update on my setup. The wife wanted me to clean up the mess of wires and radios, so this is what I came up with. The BCD396XT does Fleetnet Zone 3 and OPP simplex, the Wilson WHS150 does fire and ambulance paging, the Motorola MT1000's, the Wouxon KG-UVD1P and Puxing PX-328 are personal coms, the Yaesu FT-8800R currently sits on 255.550 MHz listening to pirates and 145.800 MHz waiting for ISS passes and a Oregon Scientific dedicated weather radio. All this packed into a little more than a cubic foot. Wife is happy now.

 

[OsloViking1975]

Cool nice

 

[bglatour001]

Temporary setup now permanent

Here's some recent pics of my setup. Once I have my new antenna mounted, I'll post pics of it too. I now have my scanner streaming a feed.

New Liskeard OPP, EMS, and Fire Live Scanner Audio Feed

 

[East_Algoma]

25.00 usd

I can hit a repeater about 15kms away with just the stock antenna. If anything, I'd get the same thing I use with my scanner, just with the proper connector. Got mine from eBay for about $25 USD...

Thats a thing of the past , Canadian Dollar is at par , and predicted to reach 1.15 by early 2011.
I mentioned this cuz I saw you posted 25.00 usd...forget the low usd...The standard in listing a price is alway within your own currency , and now that the \cdn dollar is once again higher ( the cdn $$ was always higher than the usd during the 60's,70, and started a drop in the 80;s ) Just thought id post that for our American friends who should get use to the money values.

 

[lakerdrinker]

new to new liskeard

Nice setup.

Was wondering if you use any kind of external antenna for the Wouxun KG-UVD1P, or do you just go with the "ducky?" I own one, and would like to get an external antenna. Just wondering how an external enhances the range, if it does at all.

i am very happy to find this site, i am new to this stuff and have always had an intrest in radios, so if you could provide me with any info that would be great, thank you

 

[bglatour001]

Welcome to Lisky city. Lots of action up here lately. What kind of equipment do you have to listen to the airwaves? If you need any help, feel free to ask.