[BVARC] 2 meter mobile antenna
Rick Hiller
rickhiller73 at gmail.com
Sun May 9 22:14:30 CDT 2021
How are you measuring the SWR?
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.
How do you have it mounted? Center of the roof, etc.?
RH
On Sun, May 9, 2021 at 9:47 PM Mike Lambert via BVARC <bvarc at bvarc.org>
wrote:
> I bought a Nagoya UT-308UV mobile antenna because it claimed to be a
> dual band antenna (2 meter and 70cm).
>
> It is not, SWR at 446.000 MHz is 1.0 (great!) BUT at 146.54 MHz the SWR
> is 3.94!
> So I really just have a UHF antenna.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion for a mobile 2 meter antenna?
>
> Car clearance is 24" for roof, 39" for trunk.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
>
>
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