WRZI712

One thing I quickly found out from experience is don't buy a great antenna setup and then go cheap on the coax. Spend the money and get 50ft of LMR-400 as your main feed line and then run a couple of feet of LMR-240 or similar to the radio.

Currently using an Ed Fong J-Pole painted and disguised to look like part of my roof vent due to HOA regulations.

I'm quickly finding that out...which kind of led me to the question I posted. Quality cable ain't cheap. but now I understand why.

Thanks for the link

I picked up a Radioddity DB20-G new for about $85. I figure it's just enough to send me down the "Rabbit Hole"

I wouldn't be able to run the LMR400 straight to the back of my radio so what would be a suitable jumper coax to run and would the jumper have any negative affect?

Thanks...that's pretty much what I expected.

Thanks for the clarification. So in this case the height of the antenna outweighs the length of the coax. Would the opposite be true if you were to run a lower quality coax like RG8X?

A man of few words...short and to the point. Thank you.

Hello, I'm relatively new to the GMRS world and I'm in the process of setting up a base station on the second floor of my house. I have two choices for antenna placement that would also affect the length of coax that I run. So here are the two options I have...which option would you choose and why. 1) Antenna mounted 20' above the ground on the rear of the house with approximately 20' of lmr 400 coax to my radio. The top of the antenna will be approx 10' below the peak of the roof and partially obstructed by the house. 2) Antenna mounted 30' above the ground on the peak of the roof with approx 35' of lmr 400 coax to my radio. The top of the antenna will be roughly 5' above the peak of the roof with no obstructions for 360 3) In this case just choose the easiest mounting method because the difference would be negligible. Thanks for all the input Pete WRZI712