On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 05:48:12 GMT, "Bruce W.1" wrote:

Does anyone make a telescoping HT antenna meant to operate (1/4 wave)
over a broad band of frequencies with marking for those frequencies?

Most HT's can be modified to operate outside the amateur bands, like on
GMRS, MURS, FRS, etc. But I don't like doing this without a proper antenna.

It would be simple enough to make a 1/4 wave telescoping antenna with
calibration marks for everything VHF and UHF, just extend it to the
right length. It would have an easy way to set it to the right length.
Does anyone make an antenna like this?

TNX,
Bruce AF8F

Why don't you get your own telescoping whip, attach it to a connector
for your radio, and using the formulas for frequency and antenna
lengh, mark the whip yourself? The only question is whether your handi
talkie input isn't already pre-configured strictly for the helio-wound
rubber duckie that comes with it.

For example, the rubber duckie that comes with my 2 meter Icom T2-H,
at 147 Mhz, has an swr of 3.0, and an impedance of just under 400
ohms, according to my MFJ 269 antenna analyzer. But the antenna works
fine on the handie talkie.

bob
k5qwg



bob
k5qwg