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Comet GP-6NC GMRS/FRS Commercial Dual-Band VHF/UHF Base Vertical Antenna Get a Cheap 20' Push up flag pole and some lmr400 and you will have a very nice set up.

now i’m couriers, to see if i mount the 1465 to the pole without the ground rods and use my nmo - n connector with the 6140 0n it.

thanks, when i first mounted it i put it as tall as possible on the pole and on 2 repeaters i was was getting very low feed back on the 935 bars, i moved it down to where the antenna metal was about inch over the pole and tx and rx got a lot better on repeaters, haven’t found anyone to test on simplex yet. and haven’t tested swr as of now i’d say the 6140 is better then the 770g. i’ll keep asking questions and testing thanks for the help. tom

next question when mounting the 6140 to the pole. where does the metal at the bottom of the fiberglass antenna need to align with the metal pole? metal on antenna even with the top of the pole or under the top of the pole? thanks, tom

here’s my 770g now going through 50’ of rg8u to 5w ht. i can hit simplex at about 4 miles all around , i can talk on repeaters from 5 miles and one 25 miles to my southwest. the ones north east that are closer 13 to 16 miles i can only get tones from when it’s dark out the radio in my truck can hear them and talk. but they go in and out.

i don’t mind being a newb. and i can admit i’m not the sharpest magnet on the toilet paper roll or how ever it goes lol. t

thanks for the answers. i have access to get at tram 1486 new in box for 50$. would i be better off just using that?

which antenna would i be better using ? 770 ground plane or 1465 no ground plane mounted on a 6 foot pole on the side of deck. i’m planing on getting a 50w radio for base soon. for now i’m on 5w. thanks, tom

howdy all, yes another newb, can i mount a omni directional antenna to a ground plane? antenna is a tram br-6140 the ground plane is a tram 1465 i have the connectors to make them mate. good idea or bad idea? i have a 1000g in my truck. as of now for home base i’m using a 935g through 50 feet of 8 u to a nagoya 770g on the 1465 mount i can hit the 2 closest repeaters on 5w just trying to improve until i can afford another 50w radio thanks tom .