Yaesu VX 7r

[usnasa]

hello all i have a Yaesu VX 7r radio can anyone suggest a better antenna for this radio or is the stock one go enought for all bands frequeinces that i would like to listen too does anyone have this radio ?

 

[KB9NLL]

As with most a telescopic is usually better my VX7R antenna got caught in the car door cause I didn't take it of when I got in. I then got a Diamond(?) telescopic with swivel base. OK, but perhaps I was a little to rough with it, not saying it's the quality at all my base got kinda loose from the telescopic parts tried to fix it but I'm going to have to order something else. And also keep in mind what bands you want to use the one I had was for only three bands on that radio for transmit. which was fine for me and also there kinda expensive.

 

[usnasa]

thanks i guess i will keep my stock antenna thanks for the help

 

[n2mdk]

I use and have very good results with the Diamond RH77CA, it's not made for 6M but does 2M and 440 better than the stock duckie that came with my VX-5. The RH77CA has a BNC so I use an SMA to BNC converter but they make a SRH77CA which has an SMA connector
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamantht/2368.html

 

[Tweekerbob]

I use the Maldol MH-510 when you need to get out (our poke your eye out). Or when you need something compact and not completely worthless, the MH-511 gets used.

 

[usnasa]

thanks for that info will the Diamond RH77CA fit on my Yaesu VX 7R radio ?

 

[Tweekerbob]

The SRH77CA will fit directly on the radio. If you're gonna order it from someone, make sure you get the S version (the one with the SMA connector) and you're golden.

 

[usnasa]

thanks very much for the info but is there a shorter antenna or something you can open and close that i can use on my radio that is just as good as the one you mention thanks

 

[usnasa]

Does anyone know if you can use the Diamond SRH789 Antenna on the vx 7r ??

 

[n2mdk]

You can use it but the thing about telescopic whips is they ten to be very unwieldy when extended fully and will put extra strain on the SMA because of their length

 

[usnasa]

I see well would u recommend this if u dont fully open it all the way would u get a better gain than just the stock antenna

thanks alot

 

[n2mdk]

Truthfully I'm not even sure about using that antenna to transmit, generally your hard put to burn out the finals in a hand held because most duckies don't give you a great swr. If your looking for a higher gain transmit and receive antenna I would go with my original recommendation the SHR77CA using the SHR789 collapsed is not going to be any better than the stock antenna.

 

[usnasa]

thank u

 

[n211cr]

Here is a picture of the SRH77CA on a VX-7R.

 

[usnasa]

wow thanks nice pic does it fold and how is it better than the stock

 

[n211cr]

I do not own it, but seen this picture when I was comparing this one to a SMA24 by Comet for my FT-60. Check out eham's reviews for it as well it may help you decide.

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/3504

 

[n2mdk]

No it doesn't fold as for how much better it is over the stock antenna all I can say is that on my VX-5 and FT-60 I can get into a repeater with it that I can't with the stock antenna. When I lived in NYC the reports of my signal were much better using it than the one that came with the radio. The gain is better on 440 than it is on 2M IMO.

I own both the Diamond and Comet, I don't really care for the Comet it's sort of just too thin. I think the way is flexes around effects the signal at times.

 

[W4KRR]

It's going to be difficult finding an aftermarket antenna for the VX-7 that works better than the stock antenna, but is no bigger than the stock antenna. In this case, smaller isn't going to work better.

I too recommend the Diamond SRH77CA.

 

[SAR923]

I have a verson of the Diamond SRH77 but it is on an elevated base and it does fold about a quarter of the way up so you can have it vertical if the radio is laying flat on a surface. I wish I could remember the model number but I bought it several years ago and the only thing it says on the base is "Made in Japan". It's on a VX-2R. If you wanted to receive anything outside the ham bands on the VX-2, you had to replace the antenna as the stock antenna is competely deaf outside those ranges. OTOH, I've heard the VX-7 antenna is actually quite good and the equal to the Diamond in both transmission and reception. You may already have the best antenna you can get for your radio.

 

[liftedtacoma4x]

i have the diamond srh320a triband 2m 440 220. works great