Hooking up ProComm Home Mount Antenna to my SDS 100

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Okay I want to hear traffic far I’m at an elevation of 3000 feet so I’ll go lmr I know a ham who makes quality lmr. Now the whip that’ll need to be so-239 to a male correct ? Any recommendations on a antenna I’m on the second floor 25 feet up I have a 5 foot mast I never used I was gonna utilize and may only need 50-75 feet if I mount there
If you are terminating the coax yourself, ditch the so-239.

You'll see LMR most often terminated with an N connector.
(In fact always if it is a commercial RF install)

Then, N to BNC 'pigtails' are easily available (see Amazon link).
Then, use the BNC to SMA adaptor that came with the radio.

Going directly to SMA is a pain - you have to twist the radio onto the connector or visa versa.....

https://www.amazon.com/uxcell-Coaxi...lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&smid=A1THAZDOWP300U&th=1
 
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If you are terminating the coax yourself, ditch the so-239.

You'll see LMR most often terminated with an N connector.
(In fact always if it is a commercial RF install)

Then, N to BNC 'pigtails' are easily available (see Amazon link).
Then, use the BNC to SMA adaptor that came with the radio.

Going directly to SMA is a pain - you have to twist the radio onto the connector or visa versa.....

Amazon.com

True, however the antenna the OP mentioned has an SO-239 in the base. Much better to use the correct connector outdoors at the antenna that trying to use an adapter.
 

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True, however the antenna the OP mentioned has an SO-239 in the base.

My N type recommendation was for on the inside, radio end.
Much better to use the correct connector outdoors at the antenna that trying to use an adapter.

True, I agree - outdoors at the antenna end.
Absolutely use what connector the antenna has.
My bad - I didn't think about what the antenna actually had.

My experience during my RF career was with 800, so I've seen a lot of Ns.....
But, then, I soldered PL-259s decades ago, so I should remember UHF is still around.
 

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My experience during my RF career was with 800, so I've seen a lot of Ns.....
But, then, I soldered PL-259s decades ago, so I should remember UHF is still around.

Yeah, all our stuff is N or 7-16DIN. Only place I've touched a UHF connector was some older duplexers or the VHF mobiles. It's time for the shielded banana plugs to drift off into the sunset of history.
 
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