[BVARC] 2 meter mobile antenna

Brad K5BES k5bes at k5bes.net
Mon May 10 08:02:54 CDT 2021


I have had a Comet CA-2x4SRNMO  for a few years now and it has worked great
on both 2m and 70cm.

K5BES

On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 07:32 Jeffrey Carson via BVARC <bvarc at bvarc.org>
wrote:

> Make sure you pull away from your house a bit when testing and move the
> antenna around to see if that changes SWR. Ground plane plays a part.
>
> On Sunday, May 9, 2021, 10:15:35 PM CDT, Rick Hiller via BVARC <
> bvarc at bvarc.org> wrote:
>
>
> 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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