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NGP VHF/UHF NMO Antenna Recommendations?

Thread starter nickdigg
Start date Dec 17, 2014

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nickdigg

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Dec 17, 2014

Looking for a good no ground plane NMO mount dual band antenna for my truck.

Something that can transmit on 150-170 MHz and 450-470 MHz

For Ham bands i'm getting a Diamond NR770HBNMO (Will this function on those frequencies?)

So from my limited but growing knowledge I believe I need something that is either 1/2 wave, or a collinear setup

The Laird Tech A150/450C claims to be 1/2 wave. Is that for both UHF and VHF? Would that work well without a ground plane?

Any suggestions or information would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!