Review on 📡 PCTEL A/S APR153 On-Glass Open Coil Antenna - Black: 150-174MHz High-Performance Solution by Scott Gamache

Poor guide missing important installation details e.g. B. what's in front? what do you do with a cheap base plate? Which brings me to my next point: the junction box needs a cheap "ground" plate plugged into metal somewhere. It looks cheap as hell for a high quality antenna, it looks awful with a bare/braided cable hanging from it. Although the TRAM glass post is much longer, it has a small "radius" and doesn't feel cheap or a fraction of the price. Then if you try to tune this antenna in the 151.4-151.8MHz band then forget it, the short circuit impedance you will get is around 60 ohms. not good. TRAM is much better and easier to set up, partly because it's 8 inches longer (which is why I tried that option). By the way, I tried it in two different mounting locations and the best return loss I got was under -20dB. . This is the bare minimum if you expect decent performance. In contrast, the return loss for the TRAM glass mount was -32 dB. Disappointing, so I cannot recommend this antenna.