PMR Radio: Dipole Antenna Made For PMR446 Part 1/2

[nickhow100]

what length is each section of element ?

[0ddba1l]

Do you know if VSWR meters work with half wat PMR sets I am looking at buying a AVAIR AV-400 VSWR/ POWER METER but all I know is it has a 5W, 20, 200 & 400W range.

[pepsiholic2008]

@0ddba1l should do, but if they are the "legal" pmr radios where they dont have a detachable antenna, you may need to solder on an SO239 socket

[0ddba1l]

@pepsiholic2008 Yes all done I have made a few PMR hand set conversions with SO239 sockets.

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People do say not to use RG58 for stuff above 60mhz due to loss but I am only using about 14" of the stuff.

[pepsiholic2008]

@0ddba1l ah nice one. I use RG58 on mine. Got 3M on there. Tried the RG8X coax and the RG213 coax and saw no noticable difference.

[0ddba1l]

@pepsiholic2008 Thanks for that so any problem I may have is just down to antenna tuning not coax.

[pepsiholic2008]

@0ddba1l check your coax anyway. Might be a break or something. use a standard multi meter to see what's what.

[HPDpvtcaboose]

nice antenna dude

[pepsiholic2008]

@HPDpvtcaboose cheers mate :)