{"id":907,"date":"2020-05-16T22:26:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T02:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/k8cpa.com\/wp\/?p=907"},"modified":"2020-05-16T22:31:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T02:31:59","slug":"vhf-uhf-station-is-down-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/k8cpa.com\/wp\/?p=907","title":{"rendered":"VHF\/UHF Station is down&#8230;.(For now)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s really down, so, how can I laugh, when it&#8217;s really down&#8230;(Sorry, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w6D11NTWwUw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Beatles reference<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I posted here. Sorry, But, Amateur Radio isn&#8217;t the highest priority right now. Staying COVID-19 free is, at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, getting to my point; My VHF\/-UHF Station is down for a while. I believe it&#8217;s in the Coax and or Antenna. SWR goes to Infinity and no RX, I can hear repeaters but, not really well. Think the center conductor broke in the coax. The Coax wasn&#8217;t the best, and it did look a bit rough. I will replace it sooner or later. It&#8217;s 40 feet in the air and I don&#8217;t climb. My Coax was RG-213U. Not the best for VHF and UHF. But it was the only stuff I had around here, at the time.<\/p>\n<p>In the near future, I hope to pick up a diamond dual band base antenna and some Coax, either 9913 flex or LMR 600 flex. I have basically given up on 220 MHZ, as it is a dead band here. I have the money for it. I just need a COVID-19 free air and someone to climb a tower.<\/p>\n<p>73 for now,<\/p>\n<p>-Chuck K8CPA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s really down, so, how can I laugh, when it&#8217;s really down&#8230;(Sorry, Beatles reference)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,111,112,3,148,4,151],"tags":[114,116,115,76,149,77,152],"class_list":["post-907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2-meters","category-220-mhz","category-440-mhz","category-amateur-radio","category-aprs","category-ham-radio","category-news","tag-2-meters","tag-220-mhz","tag-440-mhz","tag-amateur-radio","tag-aprs","tag-ham-radio","tag-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It&#039;s really down\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chuck K8CPA\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"2 meters,220 mhz,440 mhz,amateur radio,aprs,ham radio,news\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/k8cpa.com\/wp\/?p=907\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.9\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/k8cpa.com\\\/wp\\\/?p=907#article\",\"name\":\"VHF\\\/UHF Station is down\\u2026.(For now) | K8CPA's Shack\",\"headline\":\"VHF\\\/UHF Station is down&#8230;.(For now)\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/k8cpa.com\\\/wp\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/k8cpa.com\\\/wp\\\/#person\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/k8cpa.com\\\/wp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/newantenna1-e1589680777672.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":640,\"caption\":\"The Vertical is a Comet CX-333 fed with RG-213U. 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