PBRStreetGang Posted May 13, 2022 Report Share Posted May 13, 2022 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyoJoe Posted May 14, 2022 Report Share Posted May 14, 2022 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayoverthere Posted May 14, 2022 Report Share Posted May 14, 2022 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyoJoe Posted May 15, 2022 Report Share Posted May 15, 2022 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. wayoverthere 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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