[Antennas] scanner antenna

[Howard W3CQH]

Yes and they work fine!

73's de Howard W3CQH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "r miles" <greenacres113 at charter.net>
To: "antennas" <antennas at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 12:58 PM
Subject: [Antennas] scanner antenna


> At a yard sale this past weekend I bought a Radio Shack 20-176a scanner 
> antenna. I  measured the vertical element & radials which turned out to be 
> apx 19''. A quarter wave on 2M. Just for fun I used my MFJ249 & it's 
> resonate at 147mhz. Under 1.75 over the 2M band. I wouldn't want to apply 
> a lot of RF to this thing but a few watts might be OK. It might  make a 
> good "storm" antenna during bad WX using my HT. Anyone out there  ever use 
> one of these on transmit ?
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