New to the forum (and new to hams), and I've got a question about my new Yaesu VX-8DR... I love the radio, but the antenna is a little large to make it convenient for me. I realize I'll be sacrificing performance, but I need an antenna that's considerably shorter than the antenna that it comes with. I plan on performing the out of band transmit mod in the near future so I can use the radio as a backup at work (mostly in the 155.000 to 157.000 range, but occasionally in the 430.000+ range). Are there any shorter antennas that will work well without sacrificing too much in the way of performance?