Laird Phantom UHF (430-450)

[mmckenna]

Just to be clear, the first pic was using a Laird magnet mount with RG8x and an N connector. It sure seems like the magnet mount cannot use the ground plane as effectively.

I played around with comparing a mag mount to my permanent mount and saw similar results on various antennas. Key is always to tune the antenna after mounting it. But in your case/those antennas, it's not an option.

 

[cmdrwill]

Rats, you can not pop the cover and bend the coil inside.

 

[devicelab]

Rats, you can not pop the cover and bend the coil inside.

Someone posted this a while back:

 

[cmdrwill]

Ours were the older ones with an actual coil of enameled wire.

 

[mmckenna]

Someone posted this a while back:

That was mine. That was a T band antenna.