Military Antenna Question

[als_medic]

OK, this might seem an odd question, but here goes.
I'm looking at a project of fixing up a surplus Canadian Forces Iltis, a small 4x4 jeep type vehicle. They all have a fitting for a long whip antenna, which I believe is the same as avaialable here.... >http://www.armyradio.com/arsc/customer/product.php?productid=1639&cat=71&page=1<
The base unit, already attached to the vehicle, has a tuning mechanism on the bottom. >http://www.armyradio.com/arsc/customer/product.php?productid=1637< but it only covers regular military frequencies.
So my question is, to use this antenna to scan our provincial radio system >http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=RR&sid=861<, could I set it to the 70.5-78MHz setting and instead of it being say a 1/2 wave antenna for those frequencies, it would be a 1/4 wave antenna for the 140-156MHZ range?
Any help or ideas are greatly appreciated. I'm just looking to keep the vehicle looking authentic and would love to use the long military whip antenna on it.

 

[prcguy]

No. The whip in this case is a center fed coaxial dipole that resonates around 50-60MHz and the tuner in the base has a bunch of separate fixed tuned sections to give the radio a reasonable VSWR from 30 to 76Mhz. This particular antenna is known at the A/S 1729 and is very common to mil radio collectors. There are many other antennas with the same mounting holes and some that cover 136-174MHz if that&#8217;s what you need. I have one made by Shakespeare that probably came from Ebay.
prcguy

 

[als_medic]

Thanks for the info. Looking at their website now.