NL-770G Antenna question

[PBRStreetGang]

I just purchase a NL-770G antenna.  I seem to have a problem breaking antennas, which I have high mounted on a Jeep.

I was surprised that this antenna doe snot have a spring base (or rather lower part of the antenna where it mounts before it screws in).  I have the antenna mounts, or whatever they are called, from a couple of broken antennas.  Can I swap those out?

If not, what would folks here suggest this problem, before I hit a tree branch or something.

[WyoJoe]

13 hours ago, PBRStreetGang said:

I just purchase a NL-770G antenna.  I seem to have a problem breaking antennas, which I have high mounted on a Jeep.

I was surprised that this antenna doe snot have a spring base (or rather lower part of the antenna where it mounts before it screws in).  I have the antenna mounts, or whatever they are called, from a couple of broken antennas.  Can I swap those out?

If not, what would folks here suggest this problem, before I hit a tree branch or something.

I believe the NL-770G is an antenna for a handheld radio. This type of antenna doesn't have a spring base, or any other type of base for that matter, because it's intended to be mounted to a handheld radio. For mobile use, you'll likely want a radio with an NMO or "UHF" mount, either of which would be much stronger than the SMA mount that is common to many handheld radios.

[wayoverthere]

9 hours ago, WyoJoe said:

I believe the NL-770G is an antenna for a handheld radio.

You may be thinking the 771...the 770 looks to be a mobile, with a pl259 base. The description also mentions needing a separate base, which if you peek at, it's a mobile mount.

https://www.buytwowayradios.com/nagoya-nl-770g.html

[WyoJoe]

On 5/14/2022 at 10:23 AM, wayoverthere said:

You may be thinking the 771...the 770 looks to be a mobile, with a pl259 base. The description also mentions needing a separate base, which if you peek at, it's a mobile mount.

https://www.buytwowayradios.com/nagoya-nl-770g.html

You are partly correct. I was actually thinking of the 701, which is also a handheld antenna. The 701 is the short (~8") handheld antenna, while the 771 is the long (~15") handheld antenna. I think the zero in the 770 threw me off, and made me think of the 701. You are correct that the 770g is indeed a mobile antenna. The crazy thing about it is I have one (a 770g), but made this mistake anyway.

I stand corrected.

Thank you wayoverthere.