ERICMYERS
Member
New to ham, long in the tooth on scanner...
I've got a nice 150/450 Maxrad antenna (not the Maxscan 1000, the BMAX 150/450) that I use for my mobile scanning. This works nicely for scanning 2 meter and 70 cm Ham. I'm about to get a Yaesu FT 7900 to install in the same car.
I know I can't run both scanner/ ham radio at the same time for risk of burning out the scanner. I am thinking of using a switch instead of mounting a second antenna on the car. Depending on the advice I get, I might go this route or might just install another antenna.
Question is this: I'm pretty sure that the 150/450 will give somewhat compromised performance on the mobile Ham radio vs say buying a Larsen 2/70, but will using this antenna wreck the brand new Yaesu radio being tuned high for both 2/70, or just be sub-optimal?
Thanks in advance,
Eric
I've got a nice 150/450 Maxrad antenna (not the Maxscan 1000, the BMAX 150/450) that I use for my mobile scanning. This works nicely for scanning 2 meter and 70 cm Ham. I'm about to get a Yaesu FT 7900 to install in the same car.
I know I can't run both scanner/ ham radio at the same time for risk of burning out the scanner. I am thinking of using a switch instead of mounting a second antenna on the car. Depending on the advice I get, I might go this route or might just install another antenna.
Question is this: I'm pretty sure that the 150/450 will give somewhat compromised performance on the mobile Ham radio vs say buying a Larsen 2/70, but will using this antenna wreck the brand new Yaesu radio being tuned high for both 2/70, or just be sub-optimal?
Thanks in advance,
Eric