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calculate the length here
I bot a Smiley 270a antenna which adjusts for 2m/220/440 and everything in between. Calculate the length here:
Antenna Length Calculation
I bot a Diamond SRH320a but dont like the length. The Smiley collapses down to 9.5" total radio/antenna length on my VX8r...
we were in BWCA in July
with Boy Scouts. I took my new (mod-ed) VX-8r hoping to use it for emergencies. We put in at Mudro Lake (point 16) and came out at Moose Cr (pt 22?). I got NOAA weather fine, and did some GMRS with our other group, but no HAM, but I was new to HAM and did not try too...
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