[BVARC] 2 meter mobile antenna

Steve Agee irlp8720 at yahoo.com
Mon May 10 00:57:31 CDT 2021


*A bit steep on price for a low / no gain antenna, but works quite well 
is the Comet B-10 NMO antenna. I'm on my second one now, so I thought 
enough of it to purchase a second one when the first one, well, uh, umm, 
err, well I forgot to remove it before going through the full service 
car wash.

N5ZUA
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On 5/9/2021 9:47 PM, Mike Lambert via BVARC 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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