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VHF/UHF Antennas

Talk about VHF and UHF antennas, repeaters, mobile setups, and signal optimization.

  1. coax run length killing my signal on 2m? or is it the antenna itself

    Stephanie Chang,
    • 1 reply
    • 4 views
    Nicole Martin

  2. colinear vs yagi for local 2m repeater work - worth the hassle?

    Sarah Chen,
    • 1 reply
    • 4 views
    John Johnson16

  3. dual band yagi for portable ops — worth building my own?

    Michael Thomas,
    • 1 reply
    • 11 views
    David Johnson45

  4. dual band yagi vs collinear for a hilltop repeater link - worth the hassle?

    Robert Miller,
    • 1 reply
    • 6 views
    Linda Johnson

  5. collinear vs yagi for local repeater — worth the hassle of aiming?

    Ashley Brown21,
    • 1 reply
    • 11 views
    Ashley Miller

  7. dual band yagi vs collinear for hilltop portable — what would you run

    Contester,
    • 1 reply
    • 14 views
    Jessica Williams

  8. colinear vs yagi for 2m/70cm base station — worth the hassle?

    Sarah Martinez,
    • 1 reply
    • 16 views
    James Davis

  9. colinear vs yagi for local repeater work, worth the hassle?

    Kiwi Operator,
    • 1 reply
    • 8 views
    Rebecca Turner

  10. colinear vs yagi for a fixed hilltop repeater link - worth the hassle?

    Kevin Brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 13 views
    Rachel Johnson

  11. NMO mount vs lip mount for dual band mobile — what am I missing here

    Jennifer Park,
    • 1 reply
    • 10 views
    David Wilson

  13. coax run length for roof yagi - does it really matter that much?

    Jessica Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 11 views
    James Brown

  14. mobile whip vs small yagi for 2m/70cm from the car — worth the hassle?

    James Park,
    • 1 reply
    • 15 views
    Amanda Miller

  15. dual band collinear vs yagi for hilltop portable — worth the hassle?

    Jessica Moore,
    • 1 reply
    • 31 views
    Elizabeth Patel

  16. dual band collinear vs yagi for hilltop portable — worth the tradeoff?

    Robert Taylor32,
    • 1 reply
    • 31 views
    Ashley Brown21

  17. NMO mount vs lip mount for dual band mobile -- worth the effort to drill?

    Amanda Taylor,
    • 1 reply
    • 23 views
    Nicole Davis

  19. dual band yagi vs collinear for hilltop portable — worth the hassle?

    Sarah Rodriguez,
    • 1 reply
    • 25 views
    Ham Fan

  20. coax feedline for rooftop yagi — how much loss am I actually looking at

    Contest Fan,
    • 1 reply
    • 28 views
    Anthony Davis

  21. NMO mount vs lip mount for UHF on a pickup — which is actually better long term

    Jennifer Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 35 views
    CW Operator

  22. Dual band collinear vs yagi for home base, cant decide

    Michael O'Brien,
    • 1 reply
    • 37 views
    Antenna Guy

  23. NMO mount vs lip mount for dual band mobile — worth the hassle to drill?

    Diploe Dan,
    • 1 reply
    • 36 views
    Daniel Jackson

  25. yagi vs collinear for local VHF work — is it even worth the hassle

    Jessica Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 42 views
    Jessica Wilson

  26. NMO mount on a truck bed — how much does the cab shadow actually matter

    David Anderson,
    • 1 reply
    • 39 views
    Robert Taylor32

  27. mag mount vs permanent NMO on the truck — worth the hassle?

    QRP Master,
    • 1 reply
    • 27 views
    Christopher Lee

  28. colinear vs yagi for local repeater - is it even worth the hassle

    Mountain Ham,
    • 1 reply
    • 47 views
    James Wilson

  29. Yagi vs collinear for mostly local VHF work — worth the hassle?

    HF Hunter,
    • 1 reply
    • 23 views
    Jessica Miller89

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