[PPRAANet] On-Glass Dual Band Antennas

[Patrick W Kelly]

As most of you know, Radio Shack appears to be getting out of the 2 Meter
business. 

After looking at Doc's (W0MCT) setup, I tried to get a dual band glass
mounted antenna. I checked at the store on N. Academy. They checked on
their computer and found out there were none in Colorado Springs. There
was one in Canon City. Since I had a meeting there, I asked them to hold
it for me. Last Saturday I got it. To my surprise this $39.99 antenna was
being discontinued by Radio Shack and the price is $3.97!!! I had the
people check the computer system again which showed one in Pueblo South
and none in the main Pueblo Mall. I went to the Pueblo South store to get
another bargain. Oops - it was a return that had been damaged and missing
the cable. When I got back to the Springs, I went to my regular store
again to find out where are any others. I had them transfer me 1 from
Montrose and 7 from Denver. There are only about six others in the whole
midwest region.

Bottom line is I only wanted/needed two. I knew that others may also be
looking for this particular antenna and wanted to get some for local
Hams. I will sell them at my cost to the first ones that come to my house
to pick them up. Please e-mail or call me (591-0948) to let me know you
want one (or more) and get directions, if needed.

Radio Shack (Part Number 19-324)   Dual Band Glass-Mount Antenna (it is
27 inches long)
O  Ideal for use with 2-meter (144MHz) and 70-cm (440 MHz) transceivers
O  Provides 2.6 dB of gain at 2 meters and 6.3 dB at 70 cm
O  Has a typical VSWR of less than 2.0 : 1
O  Handles up to 50 watts of transmitted power
O  Easily tunable for optimum performance
O  Includes all cables, connectors and mounting and tuning hardware

Also my local store manager told that their Hand Held 2m/70cm Dual Band
FM Antenna Transceiver (190-1108) is also being discontinued. Regularly
$269 now at $159 (and may still be reduced).

73, Pat kc0mir

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