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You better be certain that the SMA connecter will hold that weight!


  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: T Behler=20
  To: [log in to unmask]
  Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 6:14 PM
  Subject: Re: antenna for thf6a


      Wow, Buddy. ... That's great.

  I may just order one of them someday here if I get the extra bucks.

  73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
  To: <[log in to unmask]>
  Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 6:04 PM
  Subject: Re: antenna for thf6a


  > On Dec 29, 2008, at 5:29 PM, Lou Kolb Gmail POP account wrote:
  >=20
  >> Any suggestions on a good replacement antenna for the one that =
comes =20
  >> with
  >> the Kenwood Th-f6a?
  >=20
  > As a matter of fact, yes. I bought one of these and it's great:
  >=20
  > http://www.smileyantenna.com/product_info.php?products_id=3D55
  >=20
  > Telescopic antenna. Think it's 1/4 wave on 440 collapsed, pull up =
two =20
  > sections and it's a 5/8 wave on 440, put up all but two and it's a =
5/8 =20
  > wave on 220. Or maybe it's all but three up, I can't recall. 1/4 =
wave =20
  > on 2 meters fully extended.
  >=20
  > Now before people spaz about a telescoping antenna on an HT with an  =

  > SMA connector, let me put your fears at bay. Collapsed, this antenna =
=20
  > is all of six inches long, and some of this is taken up with a nice  =

  > spring at the bottom that takes some of the impact and flexing and =
so =20
  > forth so all the weight isn't right on the connector. Because of =
this =20
  > spring, you're also not going to have the problems associated with a =
=20
  > solid antenna on your belt. It really is the best of both worlds, =
IMO, =20
  > and the price is right at only around $20.
  >=20
  > For perspective, I replaced an extended "flexible" antenna with one =
of =20
  > these. Think it was the Maldal one. Anyway, the SMA on it was just =20
  > bare, no seal, no nothing, and I managed to break two SMA connectors =
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  > on the HT with this antenna. I don't feel at all uncomfortable with  =

  > the Smiley antenna though. It's got a sealed connector and, as I =
said, =20
  > the connector doesn't have a lot of weight sitting right on it.
  > --
  > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
  > Phone: (814) 746-4127 or 888-75-BUDDY
  > Create your own economic stimulus package:
  > http://www.powermall.info
  >


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