[HoustonHam] Old Subject - Replacement Antenna for Icom IC-T8A

[Chris Boone]

Steve,
I havent tried a replacement on my T8 or T81...but on my THF6 I put a Maldol
triband (2/220/440) antenna on it and it beats the pants off the stock
antenna but it doesn't work on 6..Personally, the MFJ antennas meet up with
the nickname "Mighty Fine Junk"...Any antenna for 6 and other bands will
suck on 6 unless its almost 54inches long ;) For 2/440 there are plenty of
good HT antennas that work but for gain on 2mtrs? Nope...best you can hope
for is 1/4wave (19inches) and 0gain...anything less will NOT have gain on
2mtrs...

Chris
WB5ITT

> -----Original Message-----
> From: houstonham-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:houstonham-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of 
> Stephen Ponder
> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 8:22 PM
> To: clarc at clarc.org; houstonham at mailman.qth.net; txham at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [HoustonHam] Old Subject - Replacement Antenna for 
> Icom IC-T8A
> 
> I know this subject has been beat to death before, but does 
> anybody out there have a recommentation for a replacement 
> antenna for the Icom IC-T8A (6M/2M/440 MHz HT)?
> 
> I purchased an MFJ-1720S "6M/2M/440 MHz High Gain 
> Flexiduck(TM) Tri-Band Antenna" about
> 2 years ago, but I can't see any difference between it and 
> the T8A's stock antenna.
> 
> I did a quick Google search and came up with two others:  
> Premier RD98SMA (never heard of Premier before) and Diamond 
> SRH835.  A fellow ham suggested the Comet MH-510.
> 
> Any others out there? I need an antenna with gain on 2M and 440 MHz.
> 
> TNX es 73,
> 
> --
> Stephen Ponder N5WBI