That little antenna is the included one with the GMRS Midland MXT275. It is a magnet base. I ordered a replacement antenna for that and one for the Yaesu which will be on fender brackets.
No mountains here in MN. That is a good point to consider though, and that graphic does a good job of communicating. Since I cannot mount up high wouldn’t a taller antenna be better than a shorter one before taking gain into account anyways?
As far as I can without having antennas that interfere with my garage door. Mostly forests and bluffs here in MN. As I have a JK with both hard and soft tops I cannot mount things to the roof to get them up which is why I am looking at hood area mounts. I assume there would be a rather drastic...
That certainly would be annoying to have everything delivered and run into something small like that and stop you in your tracks. I will have to wait and see about interference I guess. I went to convenience over maximum power with my Midland.
I had not considered a spring add on, that seems so obvious now. I have a nice hole through the firewall in the JK on the drivers side so fitting a connector though is not an issue for me. I was planning on either side of the hood for distance with those mounts as the antenna would be about 6'...
Hello, I am looking to upgrade my antenna from the Midland MXT275 included one and am going to be buying my first amateur radio system. I am looking at the Yaesu FTM-400XDR for the radio due to APRS and having a decent system for sending text messages over APRS. Antennas, cabling, and mounting...
I take shots of mostly landscape and nature. Still not over how soft this one turned out all because I was too lazy to use the tripod I was dragging around all day.
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