Bolt21 said:
Does anyone know the difference (if any) between the Diamond SRH805 and the SRH805S? I've Googled the crap out of the two and searched the forums here and haven't had any luck.
I know the 805S is designed for Yaesu equipment, listed as SMA-P. I just want to make sure that it'll connect to a BCD396T without any problems. Reason being I've found an 805S on eBay for almost half the price of an 805 listed elsewhere. I've seen pictures in other threads of an 805 on a 396T, but haven't seen any of an 805S in action.
I have one that's labeled, "SRH805S", and it fits my BCD396 without problems. I don't know if there's any difference between this one and one without the "S" suffix.
This antenna, as well as many SMA antennas I have used, leaves a very tiny gap at the bottom, it doesn't screw down 100%. Diamond (or Comet, can't recall which) supplies a flat rubber washer that fits between the antenna and the radio to fill the tiny gap. The gap doesn't affect the antennas performance.