NWI_Scanner_Guy
SCANNING THE AIRWAVES SINCE 1987
Okay, I'm about to show my total lack of antenna knowledge, so please bear with me....
I'm wanting to get a 2 meter mobile antenna so I can use my Yaesu FT2800-M in my car (just using it as a base right now hooked up to a j-pole), and have been looking on e-bay at some of the antennas, and I've seen in more than one description where it says that the gain is 2.5 dbd on UHF (for those antennas that are dual band) and "unity gain" on VHF. What in the world is "unity gain?" Even a Google search didn't really help.
Any info provided will be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance.
SSSG
I'm wanting to get a 2 meter mobile antenna so I can use my Yaesu FT2800-M in my car (just using it as a base right now hooked up to a j-pole), and have been looking on e-bay at some of the antennas, and I've seen in more than one description where it says that the gain is 2.5 dbd on UHF (for those antennas that are dual band) and "unity gain" on VHF. What in the world is "unity gain?" Even a Google search didn't really help.
Any info provided will be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance.
SSSG