Very High Frequency is the frequency range 30-300 MHz.
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Is a copper J-Pole antenna better than a Slim Jim for transmitting?
I live in a fairly sheltered valley but there are several hill-top VHF repeaters that I can receive very well. However the one repeater in particular I want to transmit to, I can't reach well. I ...
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Mounting a J-Pole and Yagi on the same mast
I have two 2-meter antennas, a copper J-Pole and a Hy-Gain VB-25FM. The J-Pole is my all-around antenna, what I use for general 2 meter stuff like connecting to my local repeaters using my main 2-...
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Is a J-pole an appropriate antenna for mounting to a steel handrail?
Last year, a group of us placed a battery-powered 2m digipeater using a J-pole antenna on a mountaintop. We're planning on doing the same this year except we plan to use a surge arrestor from the feed ...
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What wireless communication technologies can travel long distances with a high bandwidth?
I couldn’t find a better place to ask this question, so I have asked it here.
I am looking to transmit and receive internet connectivity wirelessly over a distance of 6 miles (9.7 km) with a minimum ...
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If i connect two antennas to one radio using a t connector will it work?
If I connect two antennas to one radio using a t connector will it work?
If a connect 2 antennas (a mag mount + a dipole?) to the same radio with an adapter will it work normally on 2M band and will ...
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What core material do I need to construct a 1:1 unun for 6M?
I want to build a 1:1 unun for a 6M dipole. Power level 100W. What core material should I use?
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Weird Harmonic Issue on Raspberry PI FM Transmitter
So I talked to my neighbor about my Raspberry PI, harmonics and his emergency radio. He told me to fire it up, as we saw the FCC sticker on it, meaning it is in compliance with Part 15. I started my ...
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Gain in long wire antennas
DARA (you know, Hamvention) TNG is looking for projects. Thursday, I will be proposing building and characterizing a vertically-polarized 1 wavelength on a side reentrant rhombic.
Since in doing the ...
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What were the reasons why ATIS identification was introduced?
I am just about to make my inland waterways’ marine VHF radio license in Germany. In Germany, all inland marine VHF radios must be equipped with an ATIS transmitter, which basically sends the stations’...
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Is my low-power VHF transmitter dangerous?
I use a Raspberry Pi for transmitting FM on 107.9 Mhz.
It uses square waves and has a power of approx 0.085 Watts, but just to be safe:
If I have a 1 watt transmitter approximately 1 metre away from ...
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Feeding a dual-band UHF and VHF Yagi antenna
I just built a UHF Yagi antenna for my HT, and I was thinking about adding VHF elements. If I do, could I just connect the coax directly to both sets of elements without a diplexer?
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Why is VHF better than UHF in this situation?
One of the sample questions for the British foundation level test is:
An amateur has the choice of VHF or UHF for a particular contact of some 25km. Which statement below best describes his choice?
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Is there a DV VHF calling frequency in the UK?
On the band plan for VHF for the UK, I can see 145.500MHz being the FM calling frequency but I cannot find any for DV. Is there one?
In contrast, for UHF, I can see a calling frequency for FM at 433....
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Noticable difference between trunk and roof mount?
Between trunk-mounting and roof-mounting a 2m/70cm antenna, both as through-hole NMO mounts, is there really that big a difference performance-wise? I mean, I know roof mounting is better, but let's ...
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2m loop with sense antenna for DF
I would like to construct a 2m Loop with a sense antenna. I have built just a loop antenna with great success that is resonant at 2m finding null's works quite well on local repeater outputs.
I would ...
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Power handling of a simple VHF ground plane
The ARRL welcome pamphlet contains instructions on building a simple ground plane antenna and specifically comments on its use by handy-talkies. However, I wonder what the actual capability of this ...
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Help with small dish antenna on 2m/440
I have an oblong dish network antenna that I want to convert to 2m/440 usage.
I have seen the one for the 14 foot dish but I do not have one. Not sure if I should wind a coil and mount it in the ...
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Any ideas as to what I might be picking up on SDR?
Any ideas as to what I might be picking up on SDR? They make for some strange patterns. Picked them up at the following coordinates: (31.514596, 74.345092) using GQRX, tuned to 217.25 MHz. As for the ...
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APRS digi path for ISS digipeater?
So when I try to work the ISS digipeater, what should I set the digi path to be?
My setup is a 5 W HT with a 2 m yagi connected to my phone with APRSDroid.
I've tried the past few nights with ...
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What is pinout for headphone FM radio antenna?
My Android phone (as many others) have FM radio receiver on-board. But apparently, it has no internal VHF antenna at all, since there is no signal at all w/o headphones plugged in and sound quality ...
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What material is best to design a dipole antenna working at VHF frequency? [duplicate]
I need to design an antenna using the tool FEKO.
The antenna is supposed to work in VHF frequency and has a gain of around 2.2 dB.
What is the best material to use and what are the specifications of ...
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Filtering VHF FM on my DTV signal
I've noticed that when I transmit on my HT when I'm watching TV (OTA), the signal drops and the screen goes blank (or digital "static") and then returns when I stop. I've replicated the issue by ...
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V/U Packet Rate Limits
I'm studying for the General exam and I've encountered some questions about maximum baud rates on various bands. They seem... extremely optimistic. Given the trouble I've had investigating 9600 baud ...
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Amplified antenna & typical boombox radio
Can an amplified antenna be connected to a typical boombox radio with a telescoping antenna without damaging the radio?
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Are chokes necessary for VHF and higher frequencies?
I am trying to install a VHF/UHF antenna on my truck, and I have been studying everything I need to do that. I keep reading about chokes, in particular here: http://www.k0bg.com/choke.html
However, ...
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Good Hidden Antenna For 2m
I would like to have an antenna outside for 2 meter VHF use but I do not want it to be expensive and I won't be allowed to put it up if it stands out too much. Does anyone know a good antenna to buy ...
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High SWR on a Jeep with Spare Tire Mount
I just installed a spare-tire mount and Browning BR-180 dual band antenna on my Jeep JK. Initial SWR testing show nothing higher than 1.4:1 across both bands so I didn't try to tweak it.
Then I put ...
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How does VHF/UHF propagate beyond the expected (radio) horizon?
I am not asking about the fairly well-known effect of the earth "appearing less curved to radio waves" that are otherwise still essentially line-of-sight, but a deeper arcanum:
In the ARRL Antenna ...
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Where are the baluns for VHF and higher? How can one be made?
In another question, commenters recommended that I look into adding a 1:1 balun to a dual-band dipole to eliminate the feedline as a radiator. As I understand it, a 1:1 balun also functions as a choke,...
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Moon->Earth 433MHz link achievable digital bandwidth
Let's assume we have the following situation:
Transmitter on moon orbit (distance from earth ~400'000km), around 433Mhz.
Transmitter power 1W, antenna gain 10dB, circular polarization. Steered to ...
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Is a ground plane necessary for transmitting and receiving with a vertical (monopole) antenna?
I've read the post here:
https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/77256/why-do-some-radio-antennas-require-a-path-to-ground-and-some-do-not
which says
The antenna system requires a "ground ...
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Looking for documentation on Kenwood NX-700 AFO and DEO Signals
I'm studying the accessory connector (DB-25) from a Kenwood NX-700 radio. It seems that I might use the AFO and/or DEO signals, but I haven't been able to get proper documentation on such pins/signals....
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Extracting received power info from teletype like audio
Is it possible to digitally extract received power info (like VU meter perhaps) from and PSK31 audio (or alike), actually the mode for text encoding over audio hasn't been chosen yet and the ...
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Radio Modem suggestion [closed]
I need to transmit digital data, from an Arduino, Raspberry or alike, but using VHF band (aprox 150 MHz), would anyone care to suggest a cost effective device to use as transceiver? 10W would be ...
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Using 'amodem' to transfer digitally using a UV5R
I reviewed docs for amodem, and it looks like I can send files and possibly other things with this.
I should only need to prep my computer as per the doc and set VOX correctly. Does anyone have ...
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VTS messages vs AIS
When arriving in a port, complementary to her AIS signal (encoded VHF message) it seems that the vessel also has to emit a voice message on a predifined VHF frequency to identify herself as part of ...
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What is the best way to get propagation VHF map for FM repeater?
Is there a way to get a professional propagation map for my VHF 50 watt repeater?
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Programming VHF To CB
New to this particular site on StackExchange and new to amateur radio period so bear with me:
I'm looking into buying a VHF radio for work related purposes. More specifically the Icom IC-2300H.
I've ...
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Good FM receiver single-chip IC for simple VHF receiver?
Is there an IC out there that implements all, or most all, of a simple FM receiver in the VHF range? I'm interested in doing some experiments with using DTMF over the air for tele-commands and the ...
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Antenna for a cramped attic
Brand new Ham. I bought a cheapo UV5 right before I got my call sign. I want to set up a decent 2m/70cm station for starters and I realize that a better radio is important but wanted to knock out the ...
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Is packet radio possible on Baofeng UV-5R and similar HTs?
I am curious to know if it is possible to do packet radio on VHF/UHF using the UV-5R... I have seen some invasive hardware hacks, but without modifying the radio itself (firmware, hardware) it's my ...
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Using RF6886 Power Amplifier for VHF design
I want to use RF 6886 power amplifier for VHF band design. The datasheet doesn't mention VHF design specifications. Has anyone used the PA for VHF design? If yes then please share your designs.
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UHF Into VHF Power Amplifier
What would be the result of accidentally applying a UHF signal to a VHF power amplifier? Say a 70cm transmission from a dual-band 2 meter / 70 cm radio into a 2 meter PA, assuming the input power is ...
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What type 2 m /70 cm antenna to use when I want to receive a number of spacially separated beams?
So I have a 1.5 m by 1.5 m window. Through it, I have a number of spatially separated ~10 cm wide "beams" coming from local repeaters.
It looks something like this:
Outside of the marked areas, ...
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What would be the easiest and most cost effective ground system for a startup UHF/VHF station
I just passed both my Technician and General Class license this past weekend, and am now contemplating my first station. To get my feet wet I'm planning on getting a Yaesu FT-7900R Dual band Radio ...
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Improving VHF airband reception
I'm trying to receive VHF airband transmitted from a nearby airport via RTLSDR and having a hard time doing so. Obviously the stock antenna is useless in this situation. I tried building a quarter-...
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Balun and impedance matching suggestions for dipole antenna
I'm a newbie who is attempting to build a half-wave dipole antenna that will be located in the rudder of a sailplane. 123.3 MHz is the most important frequency to me, although it's reasonable to ...
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Pseudorange in VHF band navigation and precision phase tracking
I am thinking on what is the practical limit of precision for VHF positioning system (like currently obsolete and gone "Transit" system).
It is well known how GPS receivers calculates pseudorange to ...
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Airband VHF antenna challenge
I have a very difficult antenna design/installation challenge. I need to install an VHF antenna (118 to 140 MHz) into a nearly all carbon fiber glider. The radio provides 5 watts and 50 ohm, and most ...
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Antenna for 6M, or Antenna system?
Here, in VU-land, 6M allocation is from 50 MHz through 54 MHz... which is a fair chunk of spectrum.
If I think about a half-dipole antenna; between 50/54 MHz it's length varies by over a foot ... and ...
