19:17:53 From nancy VA3NWK To Everyone: Paula is not able to join us 19:50:08 From nancy To Everyone: Welcome Paula 19:51:37 From Twenty ValleyHarvest To Everyone: They still sell maps but it depends on which CAA. They don’t all carry the same thing 19:52:25 From nancy To Everyone: They do. I go every time I take off on my mc. My daughter used one to get home from cottage. Her ohone is from out of country. Maps are soooo valuable 19:52:56 From nancy To Everyone: She used the map from my passenger door. Of course. 19:55:50 From Twenty ValleyHarvest To Everyone: Hi. Sorry it won’t let me turn my mic on. Not sure why 19:55:52 From Twenty ValleyHarvest To Everyone: Yes 19:56:26 From Rob VE5RJK To Everyone: https://www.maptown.com/Canadian_Topographic_Maps_s/1981.htm Twenty ValleyHarvest, Avery - Oshawa, Durham Region:❤️ 19:56:48 From Rob VE5RJK To Everyone: This is a good place to get topographical paper maps from 19:59:09 From Twenty ValleyHarvest To Everyone: How do we know which antenna to buy and where? 20:03:32 From nancy To Everyone: Paula, Nagoya NA771 is recommended 20:03:43 From Rob VE5RJK To Everyone: For most Baofeng radios, an antenna called the Nagoya NA-771 is a good one, it can be purchased on Amazon, Ali Express, or eBay 20:04:11 From Rob VE5RJK To Everyone: The important part is that you get an antenna with a connector called SMA-F 20:05:15 From Twenty ValleyHarvest To Everyone: Thank hou nancy:👍 20:05:18 From Twenty ValleyHarvest To Everyone: You 20:05:54 From amanda To Everyone: Be careful to get an authentic Nagoya on Amazon. Twenty ValleyHarvest, Rob VE5RJK:❤️ 20:06:35 From amanda To Everyone: Radioworld.ca is our Canadian ham radio store….excellent store nancy:👍 20:09:41 From nancy To Everyone: Would speaker wire be enough to use for the tiger tail? Rob VE5RJK:👍🏼 20:10:12 From Rob VE5RJK To Everyone: Yes, more than adequate 20:13:54 From Emile To Everyone: Hey Rob.What length of 16 gage Speaker wire would you suggest would work best? 20:14:07 From amanda To Everyone: You can also do this with ur radio in ur car. 20:14:10 From amanda To Everyone: 202504212014070000.jpg 20:14:19 From amanda To Everyone: 202504212014160000.jpg 20:24:59 From amanda To Everyone: U can see the repeaters in ur area by looking it up here https://www.repeaterbook.com/index.php/en/ 20:27:45 From Twenty ValleyHarvest To Everyone: It’s just a matter of time before they can patrol this with AI, so pls keep that in mind 20:28:27 From amanda To Everyone: Avery if u can type this frequency into ur radio u can hear ur local Oshawa repeater. You can listen to hams. 147.12000. 20:33:50 From nancy To Everyone: Lets not talk politics here. 20:41:22 From amanda To Everyone: 145.350 for York region amateur radio repeater. That frequency is in stouffville which links to Newmarket. They run a net show every Monday Wednesday and Friday from 4 to 5 p.m 20:42:10 From nancy To Everyone: Weather is always nice 20:46:01 From Rob VE5RJK To Everyone: There is also a trans-Canada net every Wednesday at 11am EDT on various repeaters which use an IRLP link. I believe Brampton is one of the repeaters that has that