I'm looking for a recommendation for an external antenna to use with my
Yaesu VX-7R handheld.

This antenna would spend most of its life on a bicycle (on a rear rack
behind the seat), which is how I commute to/from work. However, I'd
like to be able to use it occasionally on a car/truck so I'm thinking a
magnetic base would be the most flexible.

Ideally it would cover all of the VX-7R's bands, or at least the
6M/2M/70CM bands and it would have a cable with an SMA connector at the
end.

Ideally it would be something like Diamond's CR627B antenna
(http://www.rfparts.com/diamond/cr627b.html) but without needing a
triplexor and with a magnet mount.

Now I realize that such a thing might not exist which is why I'm open
to suggestions that I drop the 6M band requirement which would lose me
the grounding requirement which would lose me the restriction against
magnet mount.

Ideas?

greg

should you not some kind of magnetic loop with the loop placed
horizontally over back wheel for omni-directional pattern.

could you not adapt the relatively cheap Kaito machine for this

http://kaitousa.com/KA31.htm

P

Check out http://www.hamcontact.com/handheldantennas.html for some ideas. I
am using a Comet 35 inch (I think) antenna and it does extremely well on my
VX5R and my VX2R. I would go this route instead.


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I'm looking for a recommendation for an external antenna to use with my
Yaesu VX-7R handheld.

This antenna would spend most of its life on a bicycle (on a rear rack
behind the seat), which is how I commute to/from work. However, I'd
like to be able to use it occasionally on a car/truck so I'm thinking a
magnetic base would be the most flexible.

Ideally it would cover all of the VX-7R's bands, or at least the
6M/2M/70CM bands and it would have a cable with an SMA connector at the
end.

Ideally it would be something like Diamond's CR627B antenna
(http://www.rfparts.com/diamond/cr627b.html) but without needing a
triplexor and with a magnet mount.

Now I realize that such a thing might not exist which is why I'm open
to suggestions that I drop the 6M band requirement which would lose me
the grounding requirement which would lose me the restriction against
magnet mount.

Ideas?

greg