cratliff
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I am looking to build a yagi tuned to 855mhz to use to experiment around with. I live in NE Phoenix area and am able to pretty decently pick up a lot of action i.e. sherriff, jails, and probation coming off of the Thompson Peak repeater. First, I cant seem to locate the exact location of the repeater. I only generally know where the Thompson Peak area is. Secondly, when using a yagi do you want to direct it toward an already decently strong signal or aim for a repeater that is farther away and getting more faint reception?
On a similar topic but a also as a sidenote, if I tune a yagi to the airband and point it to Sky Harbor Airport, with Camelback mountain in the way (mountain is 10 miles from me, airport is 15-20 miles) would a yagi be able to bring in more coming from the Airport?
I am pretty new to REALLY scanning in the Phoenix area and new to antennas also. I have been reading all over these forums and elsewhere trying to learn as much as I can, so I hope these questions don't seem redundant.
On a similar topic but a also as a sidenote, if I tune a yagi to the airband and point it to Sky Harbor Airport, with Camelback mountain in the way (mountain is 10 miles from me, airport is 15-20 miles) would a yagi be able to bring in more coming from the Airport?
I am pretty new to REALLY scanning in the Phoenix area and new to antennas also. I have been reading all over these forums and elsewhere trying to learn as much as I can, so I hope these questions don't seem redundant.