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This Ghost Antenna is Trash


marcspaz

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Man... I don't know why everyone raves about Ghost antennas. This one has no range.  Once I'm a few yards away from the other radio, I can't hear them and they can't hear me.

 

Weird part is, the cable is fine and the SWR is spot-on, 1:1. Picture for attention. 

 

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2 hours ago, marcspaz said:

 

Man... I don't know why everyone raves about Ghost antennas. This one has no range.  Once I'm a few yards away from the other radio, I can't hear them and they can't hear me.

 

Weird part is, the cable is fine and the SWR is spot-on, 1:1. Picture for attention. 

 

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That's great!!!

It could only have been better if it said "NOTARUBICON".  

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On 4/28/2023 at 1:51 PM, marcspaz said:

 

Man... I don't know why everyone raves about Ghost antennas. This one has no range.  Once I'm a few yards away from the other radio, I can't hear them and they can't hear me.

 

Weird part is, the cable is fine and the SWR is spot-on, 1:1. Picture for attention. 

 

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But the real question is...will it help my uv5r not desense itself completely deaf? ?

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On 4/30/2023 at 6:37 PM, WRQC527 said:

The problem is obvious. Those fins are horizontal. You need to turn it 90 degrees so the fins are vertically-polarized. I'll bet you double yor range.

 

On 4/30/2023 at 7:16 PM, marcspaz said:

 

Nice!!!  I am going to try that!  Should pickup about 12dB?

 

 

You also need to change the color!!!

A friend painted every other fin red (start with the second from the top) and then turn 90 degrees to the front of the car.

My friend gained the 12 dB you talked about PLUS an extra 7.256 dB for the alternating colors ... !

 

 

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On 5/13/2023 at 3:03 PM, WRXD372 said:

 

 

You also need to change the color!!!

A friend painted every other fin red (start with the second from the top) and then turn 90 degrees to the front of the car.

My friend gained the 12 dB you talked about PLUS an extra 7.256 dB for the alternating colors ... !

 

 

True story. I have the "square fin" version of this antenna. I connected it to my Quantar repeater over the weekend and on 20 watts (the lowest setting) I was able to get a truly impressive100 yards

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