jbecraft Posted May 29, 2020 Report Share Posted May 29, 2020 i already have one of these, how do they perform... i'll have further questions but i wanna start here... https://www.ebay.com/itm/AT-N2RS-NMO-Antenna-144-430MHz-VHF-UHF-Mobile-Car-Ham-Two-way-Radios-transceiver/122850528998?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 berkinet Posted May 29, 2020 Report Share Posted May 29, 2020 I know nothing about that antenna. However, I can tell you two things for certain. #1. Antenna gain (the apparent strength of your signal at some arbitrary point) will almost always be a function of the antenna length. Shorter antennas generally give less perceived gain.#2. The antenna you linked to is a dual-band antenna with a broad UHF coverage and is not specifically designed for GMRS. So, performance, especially on repeaters, may be less than perfect. Based on the 2 points above I would not expect great GMRS performance from this antenna. However, if you are only working a local, well situated, repeater and want an unobtrusive antenna, this might work well for you. Especially if you think you might run a VHF radio at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Lscott Posted May 29, 2020 Report Share Posted May 29, 2020 I have a buddy who got one like this, not your exact model because his had a PL-259 type base, to use on his Jeep. I ran an SWR scan test on it using a RigExpert AA-1000 antenna analyzer. https://pncengineering.com/rigexpert/328-aa-1000.html Looking back over the test results I got the following SWR measurements: VHF 144 MHz - 1.52:1145.5 MHz - 2.10:1 UHF 430 MHz to 456 MHz - under 1.6:1462 MHz - 2.3:467 MHz - 1.8:1 The last two cover the GMRS band. As you can see the measurements are not that good. On VHF, well unless you're operating on a fixed frequency in the range above, forget it. The antenna he got was most likely some Chinese design he purchased from an Amazon source. So from a quality point who knows. Yours might work better. I would most definitely test it before running any significant power out of a connected radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jones Posted May 29, 2020 Report Share Posted May 29, 2020 It is the same thing as the Wishring HH-N2RS that sells on Amazon. It has a 3 out of 5 stars rating. Reviews:www.amazon.com/Wishring-HH-N2RS-Antenna-400-470-136-174MHZ/dp/B019C2GWX0#customerReviews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 wayoverthere Posted May 30, 2020 Report Share Posted May 30, 2020 as mentioned, what you want will depend on what you want it to cover; a quick search of "450-470mhz antenna found these... similar form factor, probably better tuning::https://www.ebay.com/itm/Larsen-LPT450NMO-450-470MHz-Shadow-Covert-Phantom-Disguise-Antenna/223179704173?epid=9024582415&hash=item33f68c076d:g:fz4AAOSw5SpbukVQ https://www.ebay.com/itm/Laird-Technologies-TRAB4503-450-470-MHz-UHF-Two-Way-Radio-Phantom-Antenna/224007233881?hash=item3427df2159:g:p~YAAOSwkpxeuZiI for still having some gain these are fairly small (12"):https://www.ebay.com/itm/Laird-Technologies-B4503-UHF-450-470-MHz-3dB-5-8-Wave-Mobile-Antenna/223126659697?hash=item33f362a271:g:~N0AAOSw8FtbisVO https://www.ebay.com/itm/Larsen-LPT450NMO-450-470MHz-Shadow-Covert-Phantom-Disguise-Antenna/223179704173?epid=9024582415&hash=item33f68c076d:g:fz4AAOSw5SpbukVQ and this one is no gain, but about as unobtrusive as they get (6"): https://www.ebay.com/itm/Laird-Technologies-QWB450-UHF-450-470-MHz-Mobile-Antenna-NMO-6/222917653624?epid=668989645&hash=item33e6ed7478:g:Yn8AAOSw-SBay~9m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jbecraft Posted May 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 what about the original post type ant. only in a single uhf band how would it perform compared to the 6" ...i ask cause i get spare radio parts from my work, i can get either in single uhf band, which would be better... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 berkinet Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 The standard 1/4 wave will out perform any stubby antenna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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i already have one of these, how do they perform... i'll have further questions but i wanna start here...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/AT-N2RS-NMO-Antenna-144-430MHz-VHF-UHF-Mobile-Car-Ham-Two-way-Radios-transceiver/122850528998?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
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