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Just pulled the trigger on a Comet GP-9NC, wish me luck 😅


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Hmmm...  now im thinking again.

I currently have my 50w repeater connected via 35ft of LMR600 to a GP6NC on a 30ft mast at 1350ft asl and surrounded by hilly terrain.

 

I wonder if the GP9NC would be better or worse than the GP6NC in this area ???

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5 hours ago, WSEM262 said:

Hmmm...  now im thinking again.

I currently have my 50w repeater connected via 35ft of LMR600 to a GP6NC on a 30ft mast at 1350ft asl and surrounded by hilly terrain.

 

I wonder if the GP9NC would be better or worse than the GP6NC in this area ???

I have both of these antennas. 30ft mast, 50ft LMR400. In my case, the GP9 worked better on VHF and the GP6 better on UHF. Don't know if it is the location of the antenna, the oak tree 20ft away or what but I had a better experience with the GP6 over the 9.

I dropped my mast to 15ft and the GP6 made it just fine though the Cat3/4/5 hurricane that hit me last week in Tampa. Don't have to worry about the oak tree....it didn't. Power is still down, no air conditioning sucks.

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And even the standard dual band version of the GP9 can work just fine on GMRS. Each individual antenna can and will vary. My GP9 has a SWR of 1.5 across the 467MHz portion and SWR of 1.7 on the 462 MHz portion. I am at 15 or less for 2m and 70cm.

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On 10/14/2024 at 3:13 PM, MarkInTampa said:

I dropped my mast to 15ft and the GP6 made it just fine though the Cat3/4/5 hurricane that hit me last week in Tampa. Don't have to worry about the oak tree....it didn't. Power is still down, no air conditioning sucks.

Ouch.  Sorry to hear that.  We lost power in central FL but only for ~ three days.  Hang in there.

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