Re: after market antennas
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Rick, ? ¡®some people¡¯ (who ever they are) are right. The twin lead J-pole antenna is good, as compared to the rubber duck antenna of any HT. All the ARES groups here in Colorado are advised to make one and keep it in their go bags as an alternative to the rubber duck (even compared to the Diamond SRH77CA). If you can get the twin lead J pole up in the air as high as possible (a tree branch, a roof eve, even stick inside a PVC pipe and mounted atop a mast of some sort), that would be cheaper than a commercial antenna and work just as well.? Just my opinion. ? ? 73 de KC?JPO/AFA8JP?
John Murphy, B.S. C.J.; B.S. BusMgmt; MBA Marketing GMRS Licensee WQOW801 PopComm Monitoring Station KPC0JPO
"When all else fails...Amateur Radio" PIO Adams County (CO) ARES ARES/RACES/AFMARS Nothwest Area, Region 8 USAF Security Police, 1973-84 Owner, Oil Country Radio¡¯s 701-421-1134 Business Email: ocr58763@... Personal Email: jmurphy7411@... ? ?
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From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...]
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2014 11:51 AM
To: FT-60@...
Subject: RE: [FT-60] after market antennas? ? At the moment I¡¯m looking at a homemade twin lead based J pole antenna. At least some people claim it is much better than the rubber duckie. Any firsthand experience out there? ? I discovered this morning that I only need 0.5 watts to reach the repeaters up on the mountain next to me. J ? ? Rick KG7MQL ? ? ? 30 miles is pretty good Rick! ? Today I tried to reach two repeaters that are 76 miles away with my rubber duckie. No surprises. Didn¡¯t work. However, I do reach 30 miles just fine. ? Rick KG7MQL ? ? ? I won't comment on replacement antenna for the radio, but I will comment on the tape measure yagi.? I have been using one for 6 months to communicate to a net that is about 40 miles away with scattered hills in the way. This antenna is the only thing that I have been able to make the net with using my hand held.? I think it is a great little performer.
B. Clive Souter
N6TTD/Amateur Extra Class
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From: FT-60@...
To: FT-60@...
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 07:26:52 -0700
Subject: [FT-60] after market antennas
? ? As I read about various after market antennas for my FT-60, I find a few things that surprise me. The first is that some vendors will say ¡°sma¡± connector but not mention if it is male or female. Then there is performance. For a given antenna, I will read that some people did an ¡°A/B¡± comparison with the standard rubber duckie that comes with the FT-60 and say the new antenna is much better. Others will say it is slightly worse. The only consensus for an antenna seems to be how easily it can be broken. ? I would like to hear what people on this BBS use for an after market antenna and under what conditions they use it. ? I have also seen and read about the tape measure yagi that is very easy to build. Has anyone used one of these in order to communicate with a distant repeater? ? 73, ? Rick KG7MQL ?
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