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Review on Dual Brand Antenna 137 149 437 480 Connector by Chad Baio

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Looks good assembled Best accessory

This antenna looks well assembled and is very easy to assemble but when you operate the antenna analyzer on it the SWR in the amateur radio frequency band used is 1.5:1, approximately 147,000 MHz and achieves just over 2.5:1 on either side of this value. At 70cm, the SWR never drops below 2.0:1 in the HAM band, but it seems to work best at 462,000MHz where the SWR reaches 1.25. :1 and 1.5:1. It looks like this would be better suited for GMRS. I'll see if I can trim the top a bit so the numbers look a little better. The antenna itself arrived slightly bent and it took a bit of effort to straighten it out again.

Pros
  • Accessory
Cons
  • Obsolete model