Hustler makes a series of antennas for amateur, CB and LMR (land mobile radio) use. I think that an LMR antenna is a good way to go, and you might check out the Hustler G series antennas for the MURS freqs.
Hustler G7-1

These guys sell them on eBay
DJ electronics G7-1


Be aware that these antennas use N type connectors, which is best for VHF/UHF frequencies, in terms of (less) loss.

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Paul

Paul, I said the same thing up a few posts.

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Cheech, another antenna that we have had good results with is the ARX2B ringo ranger II {mentioned in an earlyer post by another member}. We have been running on vhf for about 10 years on dot and star freqs before murs ever was . the ringo has been used as a standard in the high desert with great results in the 150's region I think they go for about 59bucks, the last one I bought was, This antenna is tunable from 136 -164 megs 5.5 db gain team it up with some 9913 or lmr 400 coax and you've got inexpencive high performance,, All the antenna's I have mentioned I have personally used tuned assembled and tested having experenced people such as jay , the late Great Bill Good, Phil oo6 and myself using calabrated recievers and attenuators to monitor signal strengths The ringo is the most bang for the buck ... Once again good luck, and keep those out dated buisness banders off our murs!!! Steve 44 A-1 antennas

Ok got an idea for antennas but what about radios. What are you guys running as far as radios? 44 I see you mentioned old business band radios not working good or something? What about the new ones? Or is it the power level some put out? Thanks

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CDX 825
Cobra 200GTL DX
Cobra 148GTL
Cobra 146GTL
Cobra 25
HR 2510
Texas Star 350
Jumbo 400
Yaesu FT 2800M
Motorola M1225
Maco V5000
Iota DLS-45/Optima D34

the yeasu 2500 is a ametuer radio but the reciever is pretty broadband,, these radio are built to mil spec standards and are almost bullet proof. they are not manufactured any more so you have to find them second hand, stay away from the 2600 its crap the kenwood tk 705 is a commercial radio thats user programable and is also very durable,, the yeasu does about 50 watts and the kenwood 25, these are my two favorite loudest most durable vhf radios, the Icom v8000 is ok it does about 70 watts but is not quite as durable, the ametuer radios need to be modified to transmit in the murs region, yeasu clip the green wire icom remove a chip capisitor very easy ,more info on mods go to mods DK, and theres lot of commercial grade amplifiers avialable, If yor gonna run one stick to the commercial ones there much more durable than the ham guy ones ,, that pretty well somes it up for murs, good luck!!! Steve 44

Stick to the commercial, Sounds good! I have a motorola that Im thinking of Ill have programed for the chanels. It does 40-45 watts on high I beleive.

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CDX 825
Cobra 200GTL DX
Cobra 148GTL
Cobra 146GTL
Cobra 25
HR 2510
Texas Star 350
Jumbo 400
Yaesu FT 2800M
Motorola M1225
Maco V5000
Iota DLS-45/Optima D34

Ihave used old motorola radios maxon ,kenwood, general electic and yeasu commerical radios with good results. most of these radios need to be programed using computer software and programming cable, The yeasu ft 2500ametuer radio has a fairly broad band recieve and its practically bulletproof, one quick mod{cut green wire} and your on , these radios are out of production so you'll have to find one second hand, The Icom v8000 is still avialable and its a 70 watt radio the 2500 is 50 watt, if you want to run an amp stick to the commercial ones they are alot better than the ones designed for ametuer radio. Steve44

I see MURS is limited to 2W. Is enforcement like 11M?

2watts is plenty but when cbers migrate to MURS the sky is the limit. hehe

Hi..

It is unlikly CBers as a whole will migrate to MURS..
Range is greatly limited (compared to 11 meters)even with amps..
but it is so much quieter and still respectible local and close range....
MURS acts mostly like 2 meters....
so with a good antenna even staying at the "lawfull" (lol) 2 watts...one can expect up to about 25 to 30 miles (beams with rather high DBd gain are rather small compared to their 11 meter sized cousins)..

one may need be carefull...for seems like me there is some security crew or such using these under used frequency's