Diamond has a nice tri band antenna with good gain. I haven't used one yet
but the price is high but not too bad for the quality. I use Diamond
antennas for just about everything UHF/VHF and can't say enough good about
them.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: looking for a base antenna.
> the problem is finding a triband bass antenna. They are not commonly
> availible for 2M 220 and 70CM.
> Not to say they aren't availible, but they just arent as commmon as the
> dual
> banders, and not as cheap since the companies that do make them, tend to
> over charge for their antennas.
> Not only that, you start adding extra bands, and traps and so on, and the
> over all gain for each band begins to drop fairly dramatically.
> This said, if gain isn't a necesity, then a discone with 220 tx ability is
> about the best bet since it will also give you a general coverage
> receiving
> antenna on the f6a.
> Again though, a discone has no gain on any band so the ERP will be low
> from
> a 5 watt HT.
> When dealing with only 5 watts, its a good idea to try and attain maximum
> gain to increase ERP so you can make the most of those 5 watts.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 7:32 AM
> Subject: Re: looking for a base antenna.
>
>
>> He would be better off with a triband antenna. The thf6a is a triband
>> radio.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ham Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 1:36 PM
>> Subject: Re: looking for a base antenna.
>>
>>
>> > Gary,
>> >
>> > There is a Ringo Ranger dual-bander which covers 144-148MHz and
>> > 440-450MHz.
>> > That would give you coverage on both bands with an omni-directional
>> > antenna.
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Gary Glosenger" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 4:22 PM
>> > Subject: looking for a base antenna.
>> >
>> >
>> >>I have a kenwood thf6a triband handheld radio.
>> >> I am looking for a good base antenna for this radio.
>> >> The radio covers 2m 220 and 440 and also has a reasonable wide band =
>> >> receiver.
>> >> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>> >> Sincerely,
>> >> gary Glosenger, kb3kdl
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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