[Yaesu] VX-5R Antenna

Sat, 10 Aug 2002 14:51:50 -0500

Gain of a rubber duck is about the same as a piece of spaghetti! :)

Seriously, its usually 0db gain or LESS! Unless the duck is a TRUE
quarter wave at the freq in question, its gain can be assumed to be
ZERO...6m ducks are usually NEGATIVE 5-10db =

Chris
WB5ITT

"Joshua Heidbrink (KC0LFV)" wrote:
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>     Does anybody know the gain of the supplied rubber antenna on the
> VX-5R.  I am looking into getting a higher gain antenna, but knowing th=
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> gain of the first antenna seems to help a little. hihi
> =

> 73 and thanks in advance de Joshua (KC0LFV)
> =

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