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He probably was. You'd get out just throwing it on the roof of the shed. I have a 2/70cm dualband antenna on a magmount stuck to the radiator in my living room so I can use my HT to access a local repeater and it does but I'm under no illusion its working well. It'll make the local repeater but compared to using 5W into the hard mounted 1/4 wave on my car which can hit a repeater 55 miles away, its performance is dire.

If he was using a linear I hate to think how much RF was on his audio. 5W into a properly installed Sirio 3/4/5000 will get you a good 30 miles without hills in the way.

Compromises should be used when there's no other option available because any antenna is better than no antenna but they shouldn't be used just because they're an easy way out. Sadly too many antenna installations I see on vehicles, whether it be amateur, CB or business VHF such as taxis, are done taking the easy way out.

It takes half a day tops to do a good antenna installation and it'll outlive and outperform any botch job and you'll not waste far more time trying to stop stuff like electrical noise or the car electrics going whacko every time you key the mike.

<blockquote data-quote="M0GVZ" data-source="post: 456134" data-attributes="member: 22312">He probably was. You&#039;d get out just throwing it on the roof of the shed. I have a 2/70cm dualband antenna on a magmount stuck to the radiator in my living room so I can use my HT to access a local repeater and it does but I&#039;m under no illusion its working well. It&#039;ll make the local repeater but compared to using 5W into the hard mounted 1/4 wave on my car which can hit a repeater 55 miles away, its performance is dire. If he was using a linear I hate to think how much RF was on his audio. 5W into a properly installed Sirio 3/4/5000 will get you a good 30 miles without hills in the way.Compromises should be used when there&#039;s no other option available because any antenna is better than no antenna but they shouldn&#039;t be used just because they&#039;re an easy way out. Sadly too many antenna installations I see on vehicles, whether it be amateur, CB or business VHF such as taxis, are done taking the easy way out.It takes half a day tops to do a good antenna installation and it&#039;ll outlive and outperform any botch job and you&#039;ll not waste far more time trying to stop stuff like electrical noise or the car electrics going whacko every time you key the mike.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="M0GVZ, post: 456134, member: 22312"] He probably was. You'd get out just throwing it on the roof of the shed. I have a 2/70cm dualband antenna on a magmount stuck to the radiator in my living room so I can use my HT to access a local repeater and it does but I'm under no illusion its working well. It'll make the local repeater but compared to using 5W into the hard mounted 1/4 wave on my car which can hit a repeater 55 miles away, its performance is dire. If he was using a linear I hate to think how much RF was on his audio. 5W into a properly installed Sirio 3/4/5000 will get you a good 30 miles without hills in the way. Compromises should be used when there's no other option available because any antenna is better than no antenna but they shouldn't be used just because they're an easy way out. Sadly too many antenna installations I see on vehicles, whether it be amateur, CB or business VHF such as taxis, are done taking the easy way out. It takes half a day tops to do a good antenna installation and it'll outlive and outperform any botch job and you'll not waste far more time trying to stop stuff like electrical noise or the car electrics going whacko every time you key the mike. [/QUOTE]

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