Thanks Bob,
A little more info... I was using a mobile radio in the car at 50W, into a high gain vertical. A more efficient antenna would offer limited benefits as it's the surrounding terrain that was the limiting factor, not the signal strength.
The reason I was considering a cross band repeat handheld is to negate the issues of cable transmission loss. For minimal dollars, it could be a fun experimentation platform. I could try a tree but was hoping for more elevation that what that could offer.
A couple of months ago my son and I sent a kite up with about 200m of line. Naturally it wasn't vertical elevation, but was certainly high! I would need a bigger kite if it needed to support a radio though.
A little more info... I was using a mobile radio in the car at 50W, into a high gain vertical. A more efficient antenna would offer limited benefits as it's the surrounding terrain that was the limiting factor, not the signal strength.
The reason I was considering a cross band repeat handheld is to negate the issues of cable transmission loss. For minimal dollars, it could be a fun experimentation platform. I could try a tree but was hoping for more elevation that what that could offer.
A couple of months ago my son and I sent a kite up with about 200m of line. Naturally it wasn't vertical elevation, but was certainly high! I would need a bigger kite if it needed to support a radio though.