HELP FOR THIS ANTENNA

[kafxradio12]

this antenna is suitable for my radioshack pro 164? I want to hear 142-173mhz and 850-894mhz. I will put it 26 feet from the mast

 

[prcguy]

It almost looks like a transducer for a fish finder. I don't think you'll be hearing much with it.

 

[jonwienke]

It's definitely not going to pick up squat on VHF. And it doesn't look like any standard antenna design. I thing @prcguy is on to something...

 

[nosig55]

Looks like a marine GPS antenna.

 

[prcguy]

Not really. Some fish finder transducers are a piezo electric crystal glued to a piece of metal to propagate an ultrasonic wave into the water. That's exactly what the pictures show with what looks like a spring loaded connection to the piezo crystal.

Looks like a marine GPS antenna.

 

[nosig55]

Not really. Some fish finder transducers are a piezo electric crystal glued to a piece of metal to propagate an ultrasonic wave into the water. That's exactly what the pictures show with what looks like a spring loaded connection to the piezo crystal.

 

[jonwienke]

It's a transducer. An antenna isn't going to have metal plates on the top and bottom.

 

[nosig55]

It's a transducer. An antenna isn't going to have metal plates on the top and bottom.

Got it,,, no metal plates on top or bottom of antenna's

 

[baybum]

How about you hook it up and tell US if it works. Then sell them on flea-bay for $1500.

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

If any fishing boats float over your house in a flood, you will be first to know!

 

[W5lz]

I think you've gotten your answer!

 

[StoliRaz]

It almost looks like a transducer for a fish finder. I don't think you'll be hearing much with it.

He might hear fish?

 

[danesgs]

Use to stick those in a PVC tank at Heathkit to calibarate our fish-finders. Some folks used them for sounding the bottom of shallow creeks around the DC area. Not the best thing to rely on for depth.