K9RNW
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In the world of spring-based NMO mobile antennas when you want to keep things as short/compact as possible...do antennas get any better than this model? I saw it previously recommended on here around 5 years ago. Every other similar atenna seems to be around 33"-35" or incompatible with spring bases.
https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/lsn-nmo2-70sh
I'm thinking of picking up a few Baofeng F8HP's for mixed 2m/MURS/70cm/GMRS use. For instances when they'd be used in a car...it'd be nice to have a better antenna mag mounted on the roof when possible. I specify spring-loaded because we aren't talking 6" or 8" tall UHF quarterwaves, and I'd like to avoid major problems occurring due to inadvertent matings with tree limbs or parking garage beams. They obviously have a higher-than-unity gain, which makes me wonder how they'd fare in hilly environments (northern WI gets pretty hilly).
Thank you
https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/lsn-nmo2-70sh
I'm thinking of picking up a few Baofeng F8HP's for mixed 2m/MURS/70cm/GMRS use. For instances when they'd be used in a car...it'd be nice to have a better antenna mag mounted on the roof when possible. I specify spring-loaded because we aren't talking 6" or 8" tall UHF quarterwaves, and I'd like to avoid major problems occurring due to inadvertent matings with tree limbs or parking garage beams. They obviously have a higher-than-unity gain, which makes me wonder how they'd fare in hilly environments (northern WI gets pretty hilly).
Thank you