I know I mentioned this in passing once before,
but I want to see if I can get some good suggestions
on the topic.
I have 20 year old Starduster M400 antenna that has been
taken down and replaced. The antenna has seen better days
and was mainly taken down because it was bent. Like I said,
it's been up for 20+ years. Now, being spring and I'm doing some
cleaning and thinning out of junk, I'm wondering if I can:
Take the old M400 and cut it down to work on 465 mhz.
I looked into the measurements and a 5/8 wave GMRS
would be somewhere around 15". I could just take the radiator
element and cut it down and the same goes for the ground plane
radials. I know this seems like a waste of an M400 antenna but it's
pretty much done. Its split from freezing, it's been hit by lightning,
it's bent, and so on. Some of the radials have already been used
to make a real nice Dipole for 10 -11 meter band and it works great.
The main question I have is the smaller radials near the top of the
antenna. If I'm correct, I won't need them for the GMRS band. Correct?
Like to see some nice options from our antenna guys.
but I want to see if I can get some good suggestions
on the topic.
I have 20 year old Starduster M400 antenna that has been
taken down and replaced. The antenna has seen better days
and was mainly taken down because it was bent. Like I said,
it's been up for 20+ years. Now, being spring and I'm doing some
cleaning and thinning out of junk, I'm wondering if I can:
Take the old M400 and cut it down to work on 465 mhz.
I looked into the measurements and a 5/8 wave GMRS
would be somewhere around 15". I could just take the radiator
element and cut it down and the same goes for the ground plane
radials. I know this seems like a waste of an M400 antenna but it's
pretty much done. Its split from freezing, it's been hit by lightning,
it's bent, and so on. Some of the radials have already been used
to make a real nice Dipole for 10 -11 meter band and it works great.
The main question I have is the smaller radials near the top of the
antenna. If I'm correct, I won't need them for the GMRS band. Correct?
Like to see some nice options from our antenna guys.