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COMPACtenna 20m/2m/440
- Thread starter Mudfoot
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It looks similar to Satellite Radio or Cell phone antennas made for UHF. Possibly a good compromise antenna for 2 and 440 for the local repeaters, but I wouldn’t expect much on 20. When a manufacture states “less receiver noise”, it usually equates to low sensitivity. My dummy load also has very low receiver noise.
BJ radionut
Supporting Member and 6m addict
Most likely get a 5 Star review on Eham
...by the same people that give store bought EF's and G5RV's...
5 star reviews...
I often wonder what these guys must have used for antennas before, that they rate those antennas so well(screen door on submarine!)
All the Best
Gary
...by the same people that give store bought EF's and G5RV's...5 star reviews
...I often wonder what these guys must have used for antennas before, that they rate those antennas so well(screen door on submarine!
)All the Best
Gary
Talked to a local ham dude that had one of these. He had it on the back corner of his SUV. He said it worked really good. I asked him about the mounting location. Said he initially tried it in the middle on his NMO mount, but SWR wasn't great. He was told to mount it along a corner or edge as it needed some sort of sharp drop-off of the ground plane, or something. Must be something to it. The base model uses, as an option, the Hustler ground plane kit. When using the ground plane, it says to bend the radials down at a 75 degrees.
Central Ohio has a large scanner enthusiast community. One of the members does beta testing and evaluations of everything Uniden builds. Radio Reference has many members locally. I read where this antenna, along with the scanner model get very favorable mentions. I might snag the scanner antenna and see for myself.
Central Ohio has a large scanner enthusiast community. One of the members does beta testing and evaluations of everything Uniden builds. Radio Reference has many members locally. I read where this antenna, along with the scanner model get very favorable mentions. I might snag the scanner antenna and see for myself.
https://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamants/6007.html
40, 20, 10, 6 meters plus the 2 meter, 220 MHz and 440 MHz bands
I haven't seen this version till today,, wow $380 ,, for the other models at a price point under the $100 range I can see giving them a try , but not at this price
40, 20, 10, 6 meters plus the 2 meter, 220 MHz and 440 MHz bands
I haven't seen this version till today,, wow $380 ,, for the other models at a price point under the $100 range I can see giving them a try , but not at this price
You didn't have any SWR issues as I mentioned earlier? I see you mounted it in center of top. I'm going to order the scanner model. Putting an old analog scanner in my Jeep tomorrow.
I just used that spot because that is where I had my screwdriver antenna with a uhf mount,, I put a uhf-nmo adapter on and put the compactenna on the adapter,,, swr is fine on 2m and 440, not perfect but still under 2:1swr
Most likely get a 5 Star review on Eham
5 star reviews
I often wonder what these guys must have used for antennas before, that they rate those antennas so well(screen door on submarine!
All the Best
Gary
The thing is those guys are having success with their EF’s and the such and that’s all that matters. Not everyone can have your and CK’s setup. Or even want one.
There is enough negativity on this site without the Admins promoting it.
There's certainly enough enecdotal evidence to suggest these antennas, do indeed work. Obviously, I'm skeptical and don't expect mirror results compared to traditional high gain designs.
I'm willing to trade a little less performance to obtain a small clean install. I don't need every last dB. I just need to work local stuff.
I ordered the scanner antenna. I'm going to compare it against the mobile Spider antenna I have now.
I'm willing to trade a little less performance to obtain a small clean install. I don't need every last dB. I just need to work local stuff.
I ordered the scanner antenna. I'm going to compare it against the mobile Spider antenna I have now.