[MRCA] VHF/UHF Vehicle Antenna

Peter Gottlieb kb2vtl at gmail.com
Tue Jul 30 21:03:59 EDT 2019


Or this:

https://antennaproducts.com/product/dpv-39/

Not mobile though, but made for the government.


A bunch here, they don't look cheap:

https://www.antennaexperts.in/product-detail.asp?id=18


More on Google.

I don't know what the military actually uses for dual band mobile. I haven't 
been able to find the appropriate manual for the VRC-83 which might have that info.

Peter




On 7/30/2019 8:52 PM, Scott Johnson wrote:
>
> The AT-250 discone will serve most of the radio’s range, it’s a little iffy in 
> the civil aircraft band.  Certainly better than the donkey dick.
>
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> *From:*mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net <mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On Behalf 
> Of *B. Smith
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 30, 2019 3:47 PM
> *To:* Military Radio Collectors Association <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [MRCA] VHF/UHF Vehicle Antenna
>
> That's a tough "Row to Hoe". Probably best bet is take a 1/4 wave VHF antenna 
> and use it on 144 and then utilize a matching network for 225.  But I would 
> prefer to use two separate whip antennas with a switch.  The   Antenna 
> Specialist mount and Motorola NMO mounts are shown below and were often used 
> on military installations for dispatch purposes.
> Z
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>
> On 7/30/2019 5:36 PM, MilComm Guy wrote:
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>     I am looking for help with what model antenna(military)that I could use
>     for my PRC-113 dual band radio, 144/225 Mhz, looking to mount it external
>     on the M886.
>
>     Thanks
>
>     Mark
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>     K1HF
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