RS 800 MHz duckie

[KevinTheMule]

I've heard nothing but praises for this antenna. One question: will I give up my loud and clear ~150 MHz reception if I go with it, or is better all-around than the stock antenna (BC246)?

Thanks,

Kevin

 

[intrepid97]

Depends on how far you are located from the VHF source.

 

[DiGiTaLD]

Vhf

For me, I noted it worked halfway decent for VHF. But of course, I was only a few miles away from the transmitter. Its resonant at 800 MHz; that's what its designed for. It will work for VHF, definitely not as well as a tuned VHF duck. I would guess its probably no worse than the stock duck that comes with the radio.

I have one on my PRO-96 and use it for 800 MHz 99% of the time. The 1% of the time I use it for anything else, it works okay.

 

[N4JNW]

For VHF it's recpetion is marginal. It's probably comparable with the stock duckie for VHF. For UHF, it's a couple notches under the stock duckie I have found.

It's deaf to the world on air band.

 

[AerialEars]

It's just as good as the stock duck on VHF in my opinion. Since you greatly improve 800 MHz reception, you still come out way ahead.