The Antenna , the Radio and even a home brew power supply have all been sitting around collecting dust. Always intended on throwing it all together and getting on the local repeater again. On Tuesday I mounted the 5/8 Vert for 2m about 8 feet above the ground next to the house. Used the mount from my old KA Satellite Dish as well as the RG6 used to bring it into the house. The 2m rig came from the old Corolla I retired last year and the power supply is an old 24 V DC unit that I modified for 12V 20+ years ago. Flipped it on and measured 12.1 V.... not sure but I think its good to 30 amps. Didn't check the VSWR just set the radio to the low 4 watt setting and tripped a local repeater VE3RPT.
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