Bringing in my VHF/UHF antenna into the home.

Before I got my mobile Icom ID-880H, I used my Yaesu FT-70D for hamming.

Icom ID-880H & Yaesu FT 70D

I started on the airwaves with these, on VHF/UHF accessing repeaters and talking to hams all over the state and far beyond at times. Having a Tech license this was my best option. Even as I advanced in licensing, this mode of communication remains as one of my favorites and most used. From home to car, airwave access. Talking to other hams and participating in the nets is Lots of fun!

Getting a better signal in my home was important. Here is how I did it. On a budget and it works great! I started with an inexpensive but excellent antenna,

Up on a flag pole it went, but you can place this hanging by a window, inside or outside. The higher the placement, with limited RF interference, the better the gain.

This is my setup

Got the flag pole from amazon,

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This is a portable flagpole. I dug and filled a base with a wider steel pipe 3 ft in ground. The pole can be brought down. In a future blog I will write about the other two antennas at the top, a HF End Fed and a vertical. in the following pics you will see how the coax came into home through the window.