Re: Looking for advice on antenna placement for our radio club repeaters.
If it is this type of Superflex, it might be fine. https://www.solidsignal.com/rfs-1-2-inch-50-ohm-superflex-coax-cable-15225330 But most of us refer to Superflex as something that is more like
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Dale Miller - KC2CBD
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Re: Looking for advice on antenna placement for our radio club repeaters.
You really should consider Heliax over Superflex. All the Best & 7 3s Dale Miller, KC2CBD Cookeville, Tennessee Putnam County TN ARES Emergency Coordinator Vice President Cookeville Repeater
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Dale Miller - KC2CBD
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Re: Looking for advice on antenna placement for our radio club repeaters.
That may be so Milton but I've had half inch superflex running to my HF and VHF antennas for over 4 years without any issues.. if it can stand the Texas heat it can stand anything LOL Chris WB5ITT
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Chris Boone WB5ITT
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Re: mobile antenna on the side windows???
Consider a trunk lip mount. I have used these on hoods and trunks as well as some other locations. Milt N3LTQ
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Milton Engle
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Re: Looking for advice on antenna placement for our radio club repeaters.
Superflex is not intended to be used for exterior antenna runs. It was developed for interior cabling in shelters and racks where tighter bends were needed. Use regular Heliax for exterior runs. Milt
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Milton Engle
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Re: mobile antenna on the side windows???
Roger and Gervais, I used a Larsen glass mount on my wife's 2001 Cadillac STS, until we had to replace the rear glass... Like Roger noted, the new glass must have been of a different "mix", as I could
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n9wys
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Re: mobile antenna on the side windows???
yes roger,i think i have a special place on the side windows for that ,,it is molded in the glass or it was on the rear windo,, i will check thanks Gef ________________________________ De :
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Gervais Fillion
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Re: mobile antenna on the side windows???
ahh way over my "retired man " budget andy, 250$ here at Radioworld.ca. des voleurs,,,, way to much for me gervais ________________________________ De : [email protected]
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Gervais Fillion
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Re: Multi-Bay Folded Dipole for 70cm
Hi Dale, Building say a 4 bay UHf array is not going to be as easy as purchasing one, (say DB products) used, and remaking the harness for your frequency, as was already stated. It may not be cheap
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John
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Re: FS: thin client computers for DOS radio programming
I May be interested but can we see specs on this device? [email protected]> wrote:
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Seth Lavinder W8FG
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Re: FS: thin client computers for DOS radio programming
picture ? or make and model ? [email protected]> wrote: -- John Kreno The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties
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John N3XKD
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FS: thin client computers for DOS radio programming
I recently sold five of these and found I still have a bunch more of these little machines. I have one myself I use with freeDoS on a USB thumb drive with all the DOS based RSS, GE, etc and it just
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KB9LFZ
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Re: mobile antenna on the side windows???
Use caution with glass mounts. Some vehicles have a high metal content in the window tint that seriously degrades performance. Roger
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n5qs
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Re: Looking for advice on antenna placement for our radio club repeaters.
If you can't find a DB408 / DB420, a similar one to the 712EFC would be the Comet GP-6 which will have a tiny bit less gain, but none of the desense issues. But the 408 or 420 will still beat it as
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wj9jrg
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Re: mobile antenna on the side windows???
I don't often use a glass mount antenna ... but when I do, I use the Larsen Dual band glass mount. Like this one: Larsen Dualband Glass Mount Antenna 2m/70cm - KG2-70CXPL Andy [email protected]>
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wj9jrg
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Re: Looking for advice on antenna placement for our radio club repeaters.
At 5/7/2025 07:27 AM, you wrote: It makes a great base antenna.? ? But yeah, I have one too I would let go for $50 that's brand new. (as in never installed outside).? ? I made the same mistake,
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Bob Dengler
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Re: Looking for advice on antenna placement for our radio club repeaters.
At 5/7/2025 07:03 AM, you wrote: I will see if I can find something else at Dayton for the GMRS antenna. I purchased the CA-712EFC based on recommendations of people using it in repeater service. We
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Bob Dengler
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Re: mobile antenna on the side windows???
interesting,i will check ! i also search for your experiences on certain model,sometime buying the most costly will not mean best performance but great marketing!! thanks gervais ve2ckn
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Gervais Fillion
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Re: mobile antenna on the side windows???
Search Google for "glass mount dual band antenna" prices range from poor quality $30 to top quality $153. [email protected]> wrote:
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Part 15 Engineer
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mobile antenna on the side windows???
hello everyone, i just baught a new vehicule and i dont want to make an hole on the top,,but decades ago i used one of those side mount antenna that were fixed in place with a very sticky tape from 3M
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Gervais Fillion
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