SteveShannon

This is a Comet CA-2X4SR wide band antenna. I have it mounted on a sawed off metal stand with 4 ground radials. It worked well for Ham/GMRS/MURS. I used this setup when I lived for years in an apartment where outdoor antennas were prohibited.
https://cometantenna.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/CA-2x4SR.pdf
The antenna is a bit sensitive to the type of ground plane used, flat sheet metal - magnet mount - ground radials etc. I would recommend anyone using the antenna to test it in various locations and use the one that results in the best match over the frequency range of interest.

This is a rear view of the antenna and mount. This is the same antenna I had installed on my old Jeep. There is a photo of that in the album. Now it’s on my CX-5.
The antenna itself is 59 inches tall. Then add a couple of inches for the rack mount and another 4 to 5 inches from the roof to the rack. It's up there.

This is the Kenwood TK-D340U. It is an analog/DMR 32 channel radio. There is a VHF version too. There also are the NX-240V and NX-340U radios, which looks nearly identical except they do NXDN.
https://comms.kenwood.com/common/pdf/download/DMR_TK-D240V_D340U_K_letter_1124.pdf
https://comms.kenwood.com/common/pdf/download/05_nx240v_340u_K_1117_typeD added.pdf
I prefer radios with a display however the price on this used DMR radio was too good to pass up.
I've used this side by side with my Anytone D878 radio. The Kenwood seems to work better. It was able to more reliably decode DMR signals the D878 failed to even detect. That shows you the commercial grade radios do perform better compared to the cheaper Chinese radios, and the D878 wasn't that cheap!
The TK-D240V/D340U along with the NX-240V/340U radios have been discontinued, and the replacement is the NX-1200/1300 series.

Yaesu FT-991A installed for a friend in a rural location to keep in touch with family and friends. I need one of these for my own use, great little QRM HF/VHF/UHF rig.