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Advice on mobile antennas.  Would use mag mount.  Have the Midland 275 radio  and need REAL improvement  from the included antenna.  

 

Not going to drill .

 

Typical use is 3-5 miles between autos.

 

3 DB, 5DB,  6 DB   

 

Larson, Ngoya, Tram, Pctel, Laird,  Diamond, other?   

 

Thanks !

 

Bud

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What kind of terrain are you working with? The tradeoff for gain is less vertical width to the signal.

 

that said, the Nagoya have mixed reviews, and i don't remember a Nagoya mobile one that's really centered where we need it for gmrs (they tend to be centered closer to 440-450, if i remember right, most gmrs is around 462, with repeater inputs in the 467 range).

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Midlands state they're centered at 462.

Yep, gmrs is in the 462.xxx, with the FRS low power channels and repeater Inputs in 467. I worded my previous post poorly (and have edited for more clarity, hopefully).

 

I was referring to the the majority of the Nagoya mobiles I've seen being centered for ham frequencies, not gmrs.

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Comet CA-2x4SR dual-band antenna has a capacitance hat to tune it for GMRS simplex frequencies. It works really well on the FRS and repeater frequencies too.

I have tried a dozen or more antennas. For high gain and solid range, it can't be beat, in my opinion.

6.2 db gain, 40" tall so it works with a mag mount, and rated for 150 watts if you want to use it for other UHF and VHF applications.

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Comet CA-2x4SR dual-band antenna has a capacitance hat to tune it for GMRS simplex frequencies. It works really well on the FRS and repeater frequencies too.

 

I have tried a dozen or more antennas. For high gain and solid range, it can't be beat, in my opinion.

 

6.2 db gain, 40" tall so it works with a mag mount, and rated for 150 watts if you want to use it for other UHF and VHF applications.

 

What is your SWR at 465 using this dual band antenna?

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