Mobile antenna for 1296 MHz?
 

I'm looking for a commercial mobile antenna (vertical) for 1296 MHz.
Would prefer something with a little gain over a 1/4 wave, but I don't
want anything taller than my 1/4 wave for 2 meters and I don't need
anything that is multiband. Something like a base loaded 5/8 wave or
even 5/8 over 5/8 would be fine.

Everything I've seen on the commercial market is too tall for my
application and has too much gain, or is too tall because it is multiband.

Thanks in advance and 73,

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Tad, K3TD

We have been using Larsen 1296 antennas for many years, but they do not
presently appear in their commercial catalog. Contact the HRO store in
Mountain View and see if anyone remembers the actual model number or better
yet, if they still have any in stock. They were NMO mount, and were either
5/8 over 1/2 or 1/2 over 1/2 wave, about 12" tall overall, 4 or 5 turn coil
in the middle.

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I'm looking for a commercial mobile antenna (vertical) for 1296 MHz.
Would prefer something with a little gain over a 1/4 wave, but I don't
want anything taller than my 1/4 wave for 2 meters and I don't need
anything that is multiband. Something like a base loaded 5/8 wave or
even 5/8 over 5/8 would be fine.

Everything I've seen on the commercial market is too tall for my
application and has too much gain, or is too tall because it is multiband.

Thanks in advance and 73,

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Tad, K3TD

Crazy George wrote:

We have been using Larsen 1296 antennas for many years, but they do not
presently appear in their commercial catalog. Contact the HRO store in
Mountain View and see if anyone remembers the actual model number or better
yet, if they still have any in stock. They were NMO mount, and were either
5/8 over 1/2 or 1/2 over 1/2 wave, about 12" tall overall, 4 or 5 turn coil
in the middle.

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That sounds like the ticket, George! Hopefully there are still some
available.

Thanks and 73,

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Tad, K3TD

Tad:

The only record I have been able to turn up is a slip of paper referring to
the "1290 series 1.2 GHz antenna" It was likely nomenclatured NMO-1290,
with some additional letter suffix.

And the HRO is in Sunnyvale. I never remember where the city limits are.

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