GRE 2.5 DB Gain Portable Mobile Antenna.

[btritch]

Can anyone tell me how good this antenna is? Whether or not it would be worth the purchase, Mainly on a P25 800 MHZ statewide system..?


http://www.scannermaster.com/800_MHz_2_5db_Gain_Antenex_Prof_Port_Antenna_p/14-540714.htm

 

[SAR923]

I'm sure it will work fine. Whether or not it will out perform an RS 8o0 MHz antenna I don't know. I don't understand why it's listed as a "dipole" though. Looks like more of an elevated feed point antenna to me.

 

[btritch]

That's what I wanted to know, I already had the RS 800 MHZ antenna, I just ran across it and wondered if it was better, Thanks!

 

[SAR923]

OK, if you wuld have said you already had the RS antenna and wanted to know if the one at Scannermaster is better, I could have saved myself some typing. Hopefully someone who has BOTH antennas can give you a comparison.

 

[btritch]

OK, if you wuld have said you already had the RS antenna and wanted to know if the one at Scannermaster is better, I could have saved myself some typing. Hopefully someone who has BOTH antennas can give you a comparison.

I didn't even think about adding that I already had the RS antenna when I put the original post in there until you brought it up, then I thought about it, Sorry About That..

 

[N1BHH]

2.5 decibels gain over what? That is the question. I look at these "claims" of gain with a thought toward, "What are they judging this 2.5 db against?" There is no real standard, but a dipole works better than an end fed in some cases, while the end fed will outperform the dipole. Look at it with a skeptical eye.