Antenna connection

[Guest HunterMike]

Is it possible to connect the antenna of a gmrs radio away from the radio (60 ft)

[wayoverthere]

48 minutes ago, Guest HunterMike said:

Is it possible to connect the antenna of a gmrs radio away from the radio (60 ft)

Absolutely. There's considerations on routing, type of cable, and power loss in the cable to account for along the way, but overall, yes it can be done, as long as your radio has a removable antenna.

[PACNWComms]

13 hours ago, wayoverthere said:

yes it can be done, as long as your radio has a removable antenna.

+1 on this.....but then there is the joke, just because you can do something, doesn't mean that you should do something. I once saw in the military, a Marine connect about 100 feet of RG-58 coax onto an Icom IC-F43GS handheld radio. Upon further inspection, I noticed it was not even a continuous length of coax, but several lengths of RG-58 with BNC connectors and barrel adapters in between each segment (and adapter at the antenna connection to the radio). He wondered why he could not hear anyone or get out during transmit. This became a training moment on radio theory and coax line loss.

[Guest HunterMike]

On 2/28/2022 at 7:46 PM, wayoverthere said:

Absolutely. There's considerations on routing, type of cable, and power loss in the cable to account for along the way, but overall, yes it can be done, as long as your radio has a removable antenna.

Thanks a lot