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Easy home brew 2 meter copper jpole antenna build - under 20 bucks - Hits repeaters 45 miles away. Parts used bought at home depot build time 1 hour.

Establishing a robust, interconnected communication infrastructure across challenging terrain, the Island Trunk System (ITS) provides a network of open amateur radio repeaters for general and emergency communications throughout Vancouver Island, surrounding waters, and parts of the lower mainland on the West Coast of British Columbia, Canada. This system, largely off-grid, relies on solar power and batteries, necessitating careful operation, especially during night hours and low solar charging seasons, to preserve its energy resources. Maintaining the ITS involves significant effort from many hams, who appreciate adherence to regulations, including proper station identification. The system hosts a weekly social net every Monday evening at 8 PM, welcoming all participants, and also supports a Vancouver Island Region Emergency Radio Net each Wednesday at 19:15. Experimental projects like the Newcastle Ridge webcams, linked via 5.8 GHz broadband backhaul over 206 km to Nanaimo and Comox, demonstrate the innovative spirit within the ITS community. A new VHF repeater, operating on 146.880 MHz with a 141.3 Hz PL tone, was installed in Tofino, expanding system coverage.

Calnet a multi repeater amateur radio system serving most of California and parts of Nevada. The Calnet system consists of numerous fulltime linked 440 MHz repeaters connecting San Diego to San Francisco and Lake Tahoe.

The Mt.Vaca Radio Club (Call sign K6MVR ) owns and operates repeater systems in and around Sacramento, California. The systems provide reliable coverage for mobile stations throughout the Sacramento Valley region and beyond to Modesto, Chico, the Sierras, and parts of the Bay Area.

Fully functional weathervane conceals an efficient 2- meter base-station antenna. Your Neighbors and HOA won’t know it’s there and they will love the rooster-vane. The Rooster-Tenna is a covert 2-meter ham radio antenna disguised as a functional weathervane, ensuring seamless integration into residential environments. This improved version features a wide-spaced parallel-fed folded dipole in a compact skeleton slot design. Constructed from aluminum tubing and acrylic supports, it offers omnidirectional, vertically polarized performance suitable for repeater and satellite use. Easy to mount and tune, it achieves a low SWR across the 2m band. With 3D-printable parts available, the Rooster-Tenna blends practicality with stealth, making it an ideal solution for HOA-restricted areas