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Motorola wideband UHF antenna

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Some years ago, Motorola made a whip for portables that was actually wideband. The normal UHF whip is only really effective over a fairly narrow band of frequencie, those near where it works as a quarter wave. However, Motorola made one that had some kind of network at its base that allowed it to work over the entire 450-470 band. An acquaintance with a Motorola parts account ordered one for me, and I verified it worked over a wide range with a network analyzer. Years passed, and I no longer have it. I would like to get another, but don't know the Motorola part number. Can anyone provide that? I would really appreciate it.
 
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Appreciate the part numbers. When I did a search on those part numbers, results showed some different looking antennas. I ordered one that looked like the one I had before. The specs say it is 5.5" long. I remember the one I had being a little shorter than most UHF whips. It seems to be out of stock. The place I ordered from said they had to order it from Motorola. We'll see. Anyway, thanks for the assist.
 
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450-470 is not "wideband" by any measure, so you might be thinking of an antenna other than the two actual wideband whips mentioned earlier in the thread. What radio series are you referring to? XTS? XPR? Other?
 
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