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I had my UHF and broomstick phone antennas mounted on rear wheel carrier of D2 until I recently installed my ARB bar, which is here the antennas now reside. I would say I am now getting far superior reception than the rear mounted position. RFI hi-gain type UHF antenna.Quote:
Originally Posted by twodoors
Gags
How high was the antenna base mounted on your wheel carrier ?Quote:
Originally Posted by buddha D2
My 94 LSE came with a glass mount front windscreen analogue mobile phone 800Mhz aerial and cabling so I simply had it retuned to 477Mhz. It works fine for UHF CB. A unity gain whip for UHF CB is tiny. Gutter mount is best if you're unwilling to drill the roof. No chance of scraping the car park fluros. Massive bar mounted UHF CB high gain whips are more for plumage than practical purposes. Granted, they will certainly get you respect at the Deni ute muster... especially the good old twin trucker style...Any decent track will shake them to bits. That's if the trees don't trim 'em first...
When I got my UHF I ordered a bracket from this bloke in Mittagong NSW. It arrived 2 days later and works perfectly for me, predominantly highway and beach work but some bush bashing stuff in western and central Qld also.
Cheers
Dom
This is probably a dumb question...but...Quote:
Originally Posted by rusty05
Could you install both a 12db & a <6db via a three way splitter off the coax, or does this sap the transmit 'power'?
You could, but dont.Quote:
Originally Posted by Duck's Guts
theory is 3db loss every time u split (which is half ), in reality it is a bit more around 3.5 db loss
Once u start to use 2, u then need to consider the distance between them( in multiples of 1/4 wavelengths), they also then change their pattern. It gets complicated and is best left for base stations which need signal to go in the same direction every time all the time, unlike a car.
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Originally Posted by dominicbeirne
Do you know where I can get one of these for a P38?
Cheers.