Antenna Help

I am looking to get a new antenna for my vehicle mobile scanner. I need 800-900mhz and I would like the " coke can " type as I call them. I know Laird makes one called a phantom and it looks good bu i cant find the width dimension on it anywhere. A fellow RR buddy let me borrow one but it was real fat. Im looking for the slim one. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

Have you tried to 'google' for that type antenna from Laird? I did and it came up with several as you described.
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Search for "PCTEL" antennas.

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Nozzleman71 said:

I am looking to get a new antenna for my vehicle mobile scanner. I need 800-900mhz and I would like the " coke can " type as I call them. I know Laird makes one called a phantom and it looks good bu i cant find the width dimension on it anywhere. A fellow RR buddy let me borrow one but it was real fat. Im looking for the slim one. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

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Laird Tech TRAB8213

The Phantom antenna provides low visibility with a wide bandwidth and low angle radiation pattern that can produce results superior to many high gain antennas. Made from high grade plastic, 3-1/2 in H x 1.438 in D. Requires a ground plane.

I use the 760-870 MHz. model and it's performance is outstanding.

With these antennas, the lower the frequency band, the fatter the antenna is and the narrower the bandwidth gets. I have one in the 2-meter VHF ham band, and it's about 4" in diameter and the bandwidth is +/- 1 MHz. It works well within that bandwidth when properly tuned, I don't know how well it works for receiving very far away from the tuned frequency. The UHF and above versions are much smaller in diameter, and the bandwidth is wider.