Thinking about making me one for my handheld. Do they really work?
N4JKD Member Joined Apr 22, 2010 Messages 329 Location Coffee County, Tennessee Apr 26, 2010 #1 Thinking about making me one for my handheld. Do they really work?
D Don_Burke Member Joined Jan 16, 2007 Messages 1,184 Location Southeastern Virginia Apr 26, 2010 #2 Jdailey1981 said: Thinking about making me one for my handheld. Do they really work? Click to expand... They work very well, but tend to be narrowbanded. What are you listening for?
Jdailey1981 said: Thinking about making me one for my handheld. Do they really work? Click to expand... They work very well, but tend to be narrowbanded. What are you listening for?
M mrweather Member Joined Dec 19, 2002 Messages 1,047 Apr 26, 2010 #3 I have one as a backup antenna. Made it out of copper tubing. Works well.
N4JKD Member Joined Apr 22, 2010 Messages 329 Location Coffee County, Tennessee Apr 26, 2010 #4 Ok. Thanks. Gonna make my own soon. Set it up for 146.000 and I can have coverage on all 2 meter.
dwh367 Member Joined Mar 17, 2003 Messages 413 Location Owensboro, KY (Daviess County) Apr 26, 2010 #5 Jdailey1981 said: Thinking about making me one for my handheld. Do they really work? Click to expand... My girlfriend uses one on her Icom IC-2100H and it works very well.
Jdailey1981 said: Thinking about making me one for my handheld. Do they really work? Click to expand... My girlfriend uses one on her Icom IC-2100H and it works very well.
dbsar Member Premium Subscriber Joined Dec 23, 2007 Messages 65 Location OH Jun 1, 2010 #6 If you hook up an external antenna such as a J-pole to an 2 meter HT unit, what kind of range (RX / TX) increase does it give you? I know factors such as hgt, trees, etc have an effect but was just wondering.
If you hook up an external antenna such as a J-pole to an 2 meter HT unit, what kind of range (RX / TX) increase does it give you? I know factors such as hgt, trees, etc have an effect but was just wondering.
M mrweather Member Joined Dec 19, 2002 Messages 1,047 Jun 1, 2010 #7 Considering the duck antenna that comes with an HT has negative gain, anything will work better. A potential downside is the better antenna might overload the receiver on the HT and actually make you think performance is worse.
Considering the duck antenna that comes with an HT has negative gain, anything will work better. A potential downside is the better antenna might overload the receiver on the HT and actually make you think performance is worse.
