I bought the Tram 1499 “knowing” it was not recommended. Wasn’t first, won’t be last.
Ask these guys how much gear they have that’s just collecting dust. Will be far more than what’s on air. Maybe gets rotated thru. Maybe gets traded or sold. Etc.
Why not try it first? Give it some reasonable test to a mobile at known locations.
(If it’s) No where to go, but up!
Then the experiment was a success. A baseline.
FWIW, my son lives in an apartment. Interior courtyard. Second of three floors.
“Oh, your apartment faces outward? You’re the big dog, then, huh?”
My attitude is to try a mix of antennas. His place and mine. Both have restrictions. Both can’t be permanent (take-down after every use).
Hell, Ive somehow wound up with (17) mobile antennas. Thought it was eight or nine till I got them into one place, ha!
Your generic truck-stop vertical whip has more than once been purchased by me to use in the oilfield as a fishing tool for near-lost expensive hose fittings.
As things go, there’s a lot of $30 purchases I wish I had the money back. Antennas ain’t among them.
Have a pair of (rare) 7’ Firestiks in the truck right now (Don’t see them retail). Barely used. Will be a gift to a driver has helped me hone what I do. His boy got him a new Cobra 29 LTD, and I said I’d throw in the above plus a RANGER SRA-198 mike (I bought a lot-sale of five a few years ago).
Son, say ya a little prayer you don’t get this microphone bug going around. Ya can’t stop with a half-dozen. Then there’s vintage antiques with cool resto mods. You’ll be eyeing that 401k . . . .
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