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Any decent UHF mount antennas besides Sirio?

Mudfoot

Mudfoot

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Looking at what's out there. Anyone have anything different or know of a UHF mount mobile antenna. Base load preferably and power handling of 200 watts or greater.

I'm familiar with the big names. Just wondering if there's a sleeper out there.
 

Mudfoot said:
Looking at what's out there. Anyone have anything different or know of a UHF mount mobile antenna. Base load preferably and power handling of 200 watts or greater.

I'm familiar with the big names. Just wondering if there's a sleeper out there.
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What frequency do you want? UHF is kind of vague.
 
Sorry dude!
Ultra high frequency (UHF) is the ITU designation for radio frequencies in the range between 300 megahertz (MHz) and 3 gigahertz (GHz), also known as the decimetre band as the wavelengths range from one meter to one tenth of a meter (one decimeter).
What you want is VHF.
 
For what it’s worth...I’ve always been a Wilson guy and I’m wanting to try a President Texas now. It’s not clear to me if they come in a PL mount.
 
Mudfoot said:
I'm looking for UHF mounted antennas. Male so-239 = UHF
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No it isn't. UHF=N-Type. In fact talk to any ham or commercial installer and they'll tell you the last connector you want to be using on UHF is a PL259/SO239, with an argument for not using them at VHF either. You need to be using at least N-Type on UHF.

yes, my Sirio is a UHF mount.
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No it isn't, it is a SO239. It is described in the literature that Sirio issue for it that it is a SO239 magmount.
 
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dledinger said:
Search for “UHF Connector” on google and all the results are SO239/PL259.

https://www.amphenolrf.com/connectors/uhf.html

I think it’s a dated term that doesn’t necessarily correlate to what terminations are in common use today.
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That is correct, I accidentally used the term UHF connector at an Amateur meeting a few years ago, only a few people knew what I was talking about.

FWIW, CB frequencies used to actually be in the UHF band (477MHz).

Today CB is an HF freq.
 
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M0GVZ said:
No it isn't. UHF=N-Type. In fact talk to any ham or commercial installer and they'll tell you the last connector you want to be using on UHF is a PL259/SO239, with an argument for not using them at VHF either. You need to be using at least N-Type on UHF.



No it isn't, it is a SO239. It is described in the literature that Sirio issue for it that it is a SO239 magmount.
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Sirio 5000 Performer

Mounting: UHF-male (PL 259) ,Height (approx.): 1965 mm

I've called them UHF mounts since the mid 70's. Practically all the hams I know, also call them UHF mount. Some people call them PL or PO.

  • CB & 10m Mobile antennas Very High power handling capability Tunable from 27 to 28.5 MHz Protection from static discharges DC-Ground 17/7 PH tapered stainless steel whip Whip detachable for car-wash Suitable for magnetic mount installation
  • Type: base loaded Frequency range: 27 ... 28.5 MHz Impedance: 50 Ohms, Polarization: linear vertical SWR @ res. freq.: <= 1.2 Bandwidth @ SWR <= 2: >= 2000 KHz (200 channel) Max. power: 1500 Watts (CW) continuous 5000 Watts (CW) short time
  • Mounting: UHF-male (PL 259) ,Height (approx.): 1965 mm Weight (approx.): 650 gr
  • Mount in the picture is not included. Please order the mount seperately
 
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