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Goat373
Junior Member
Username: Goat373
Post Number: 32
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 7:29 pm: | 
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so...im looking for a good 2 meter mobile ant. 5/8 preferably, i am a wiz with home brew so shoot your ideas to me, i have some designs of my own but i wanted to ask you guys first |
Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 7080
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 7:55 pm: |
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Goat373,
Click on the Link Below for 2 Meter Mobile Antennas.
Ham Antennas
Hope this helps,
Lon
Tech808
CEF808
N9OSN |
Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 3116
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 8:16 pm: |
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MOST 2 meter radios are good AVOID older radios with out tone but there are a bunch in the $100-200 range! |
Goat373
Junior Member
Username: Goat373
Post Number: 33
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 9:29 pm: |
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yeah..i already have a radio...its a htx-242...got it and a mirage amp (not sure on the number for the amp, but its 10 in 16o out) for $200...planning on selling that amp though....just looking for the antenna, i have an empty mount on my truck for a 3/8 X 24 stud antenna but was thinking i may go roof mount for an even radiation patern...no mag mounts, i acctually like drilling holes in my 2001 ranger...crazy right?
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Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 3117
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 11:09 pm: |
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hustler 2 meter 5 db gain coliner |
Goat373
Member
Username: Goat373
Post Number: 68
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - 9:28 pm: |
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just bought a maxrad base loaded 5/8 wave 3db gain nmo mount ant |
Sconover
Junior Member
Username: Sconover
Post Number: 23
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 11:15 am: |
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I read online about the Wilson 2M antenna. Got rave reviews, except for it's height. Go to "eham.net" to see the reviews. |
Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 3396
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 12:22 pm: |
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Sconover
Most 2 meter antennas are 5/8 wave end fed and all of them work the same.
The hustler is a 7 foot tall 5/8 wave stacked over a 1/4 wave and is the largest antenna made for your car and these are several 1/4 wave ones only 19 inches tall for thoes who want to not have to take a antenna off the car in the garage.
The only antenna I would be carefull of is MFJ. |
Goat373
Intermediate Member
Username: Goat373
Post Number: 148
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 10:00 pm: |
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Maxrad for 19.95 you will have to find or order an NMO mount for it (got mine localy, you could also use an NMO mag mount) great antenna, use it daily |
Funtimebob
Intermediate Member
Username: Funtimebob
Post Number: 186
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 1:36 pm: |
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just ordered the firestik 2 meter 5/8 antenna myself. gotta prune it the old fashioned way but it has the screw thread to match my ball mount. if I add a spring (which I will need to on top of my van) they say ya gotta chop 4 inches off. now I gotta invest in a nice set of vhf meters to adjust it properly. believe they said it shifts 300khz for every quarter inch ya prune.
still researching which base antenna I wanna get. got it narrowed down to 3. the MFJ-1516, Ringo 2, and the g7-144. need to figure out which one is the best built. since I'm disabled and will have friends helping me get it up, once its up its staying there. |
Goat373
Intermediate Member
Username: Goat373
Post Number: 198
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 8:38 pm: |
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just build your own...im using a copper tubing j-pole with outstanding results...
www.hamuniverse . com/antennas
for all your antenna building needs |
Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 3738
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 10:44 pm: |
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check out the UVS300 WORKMAN I had the comet verson of it and it was a great base antenna |
Funtimebob
Intermediate Member
Username: Funtimebob
Post Number: 188
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 1:27 am: |
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just finished doing a portable J-pole from twin lead. havn't had a chance to try it yet. (dont even have meters to test swr yet). and whadda ya know. I knew i liked my desk for some reason. measures across right at 60 inches ;) |
Funtimebob
Intermediate Member
Username: Funtimebob
Post Number: 194
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, April 23, 2006 - 1:10 am: |
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Really disapointed in the firestick. mounted it on my spring, then checked the swr BEFORE starting the prune job. as expected the SWR was off the scale at both ends of the band because of the added length of the spring. instead of chopping off a whole whopping 4 inches like it was mentioned on the web site I decided to go with 3 to start with. this brought me down to the edge of the scale at both ends of the band. started pruning 1/4 inch at a time. swr needle started coming down. never could get the low end of the band (144.00 below 2.5:1) even though i got the high end down (148.00mhz) to 1.5:1 before it started creaping back up. 4 mhz bandwith advertised? BULL!. got fed up, bent it double a couple times using the corner of my bumper, then threw it on the junk heap at work. |
Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 3757
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, April 23, 2006 - 11:19 am: |
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bob hustler makes a cheep 5/8 wave i have had several of them about 20 bucks |
Funtimebob
Intermediate Member
Username: Funtimebob
Post Number: 195
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 12:33 am: |
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Thanks Bruce. Already ordered the SF-2 last night online. if this doesnt work I'm gonna shove everything back in a box and say the heck with it, put my CB back in. havn't had my ticket hardly month yet and about ready to call it quits from all the agrivation. |
Bulldog369
Intermediate Member
Username: Bulldog369
Post Number: 295
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - 8:22 pm: |
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i would go with a diamond ant.. they seem to be pretty darn good.. i got the 1/4 wave with a KW 271 an i am key up a conn, repeater which is about 90 miles from me... |
Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 3765
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - 9:35 pm: |
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bob if it dosnt it's not the antenna |
Funtimebob
Intermediate Member
Username: Funtimebob
Post Number: 198
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 12:41 am: |
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Bulldog,Got my eye on the Diamond F23a for the house when and if i get a decent radio besides the HT. just cant seem to get the mobile antenna together.
Got an e-mail the other night. seems that the mobile antenna is on back order till may 10th.
and I ordered it from a major ham retailer outta the ARRL antenna handbook. |
Tech237
Moderator
Username: Tech237
Post Number: 307
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 3:16 pm: |
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Of course on 2m you can always build an antenna. I have plenty of plans kicking around. Let me know what you want and I'll see if I have something along those lines and email it. |
