rubber ducks

[KK4ELO]

are all vhf rubber duck antennas for pretty much the same or are they freq specific?

i.e. can i use a standard vhf antenna from a vhf p.s. radio for my vertex v-150 for ham?

 

[K9WG]

No, they are cut to frequency, however there is some limited bandwidth but not a whole lot.

 

[gewecke]

A company called smiley produces duck antennas, some of which are cut to a specific range of frequencies. You can google them.

73,
n9zas

 

[KK4ELO]

ok, thanks guys.

gewecke, thanks for the info, ill have to check them out.