Hi.

A number of years ago, I bought a Comet triband antenna for 2 meters, 222 
MHz and 440 MHz, and it worked very well.  It is still up, and in service 
at my sister's house.  I left it for her when I moved out and bought the 
house in Rochester.

Anyway, I haven't checked to see if that model is still made, but if it is, 
I'd buy another one in a heartbeat.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 11:49 AM 9/5/2006 -0600, you wrote:
>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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