Using my h-t as a base, a mobile and a portable

[kny2xb]

Good Evening;

I'm going to get my GMRS license in January or February as soon as I get through the holidays,
and treat myself with some of my tax refund

I have my ICOM F4GT-2 programmed with:

the simplex FRS and GMRS channels
the GMRS repeater channels with the common 141.3 travel tone
the repeaters and tones that are available in Central Florida according to mygmrs.com
the 40 UHF MED frequencies that are used in Florida with the transmit disabled/inhibited
some 452 MHz frequencies that are licensed to CSX in Hillsborough County/Tampa, again with the transmit disabled/inhibited

Until I have more money to buy a mobile and a base station, I'd like to have my h-t do triple duty, soooooo:

Does anyone have any suggestions for a base station antenna, a mobile antenna, and for a speaker mike?

Does anyone have any experience with Hy-Gain antennas?

I found this one at MFJ Enterprises

Hy-Gain

I was looking at the DPD Productions ⅝ over ⅝ wave mobile antenna

DPD Productions - GMRS Base & Mobile Antennas

I'm just starting out, so I haven't made any decisions, I'm just looking around at this point
But I value the experience and opinions from the RR members, so I wanted to post and get some input

Thank You in advance

 

[Rt169Radio]

Well for a mobile a Larsen NMOQSPECB would be good, that antenna covers 136-512 MHz and it is about 22 inches tall. Also I think Laird sells GMRS/FRS base station antennas, but am not sure how good they are.