<div dir="ltr">How are you measuring the SWR?<div><br></div><div>Why don't you cut it to length of 1/4 wl at VHF about 19"'s. In the past I have used a 1/4 wl whip for 2 M on 440 just fine.</div><div><br></div><div>How do you have it mounted? Center of the roof, etc.?</div><div><br></div><div>RH </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 9, 2021 at 9:47 PM Mike Lambert via BVARC <<a href="mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org">bvarc@bvarc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I bought a Nagoya UT-308UV mobile antenna because it claimed to be a <br>
dual band antenna (2 meter and 70cm).<br>
<br>
It is not, SWR at 446.000 MHz is 1.0 (great!) BUT at 146.54 MHz the SWR <br>
is 3.94!<br>
So I really just have a UHF antenna.<br>
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Does anyone have a suggestion for a mobile 2 meter antenna?<br>
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Car clearance is 24" for roof, 39" for trunk.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Mike<br>
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