John 1210 New Member
Call Sign : 108CT234 Posts : 19 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2019-10-26 QTH or Location : Kirkintilloch/ Glasgow Equipment Used : YAESU FT450D 6mtrs Age : 64
| Subject: Antenna help Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:45 pm | |
| Hello C T members
Looking for some advice. I have a yaesu HF/ 50 MHz 450D transceiver. And all the bands are opened up . And was looking for some help on the choice of antenna. Every help will be greatly appreciated. I was thinking going for the . Yaesu ATAS-120A Automatic HF VHF UHF Antenna LAMCO at the price of £340- £ 380.
Or am I going to throw money away if their is something else just as good out their that I can use. And it must be a mobile antenna. Many thanks
John. CT 234 | |
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neverlandandy New Member
Call Sign : 108-CT-269 Posts : 8 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2020-05-31 QTH or Location : Lanark South Lanarkshire Equipment Used : crt ss6900.7900,9900 ham jumbo and a Yaesu ft 991a Age : 57
| Subject: Re: Antenna help Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:29 pm | |
| why dont you build your own dipole or longwire and with a good tuner you can hear lots ...dont know about transmitting though | |
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Northern Crusader Major contributor
Call Sign : M0GVZ / 26CT1760 Posts : 536 Times Thanked : 35 Join date : 2019-11-13 QTH or Location : IO94SA Equipment Used : Icom 7300, TS480, President McKinley, Albrecht AE6110, CRT Mike Age : 54
| Subject: Re: Antenna help Wed Jun 03, 2020 5:20 am | |
| - neverlandandy wrote:
- why dont you build your own dipole or longwire and with a good tuner you can hear lots ...dont know about transmitting though
He's wanting a mobile antenna. The ATAS120 is OK but it's a mediocre performer on HF. You also need a good RF ground with it otherwise you'll have issues with it trying to tune. A Little Tarheel II or the Diamond 330 screwdriver antenna, both used with a 5ft or 6ft whip would be much better for HF. That 5ft whip would give you 2 S points over the ATAS however it would mean you do sacrifice the ability to auto-tune the antenna from the radio without buying an additional screwdriver antenna controller such as the Turbotuner. | |
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