~ X50A Dualband Base/Repeater Antenna Diamond® Antenna
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Anyone tried one for vhf/uhf base operations? Thoughts, opinions so on??
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X50c2 diamond vhf/uhfantenna
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Anyone tried one for vhf/uhf base operations? Thoughts, opinions so on??
I’ll see your tuned for commercial (I didn’t pay attention as usual) and I’ll raise you this one.
powerwerx.com
Which I think is the same antenna actually.
I’m trying to find one with a spread wide enough to cover 2m/frs and 70cm/gmrs. I’m using a jpole now. Does fine. Just looking. Might not do me any better. I dunno.
Base Station Wide Coverage VHF/UHF Dual Band Antenna for Commercial, Public Safety, GMRS & Amateur Radio
Dual-band VHF/UHF antenna for Commercial & Amateur base station operation. Ideal use for use in Search & Rescue, Public Safety, Commercial and Amateur radio base station communications.
powerwerx.com
Which I think is the same antenna actually.
I’m trying to find one with a spread wide enough to cover 2m/frs and 70cm/gmrs. I’m using a jpole now. Does fine. Just looking. Might not do me any better. I dunno.
I dunno. I don’t know that I’ll really improve over what I have in place already. I’ve a tram vhf ground plane because I wasn’t planning on doing any 70cm. Now I’m playing with it so I made a jpole for a dual band. Both feed points are the same height and on 2m there’s some difference but not too much. However the jpole will work gmrs and 70 so now I have 2 up. It’s using coax that was for the other radio. But will a bought dual band be any better than the 3/8 all thread jpole?
I use the Diamond x50na dual-band. I have used it on 70cm with great success. I consistently hit repeaters some 40 miles away. Ymmv.
One antenna is not going to perform well on 2/70 and GMRS. You will need two antennas.
That is simply the commercial version of the Diamond X50 2m/70cm antenna. I have one but I only tried it a short while about 15 feet high. It is going on the tower next year at about 70 feet with 1/2 inch LDF-4 heliax feedline. It should work well.
right now I’m running this. Diamond Original CP22E High-Gain Monoband Antenna https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AR095VI/?tag=worradfor-20