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

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Uploaded by on Apr 3, 2011

Did want to make 3 videos but my mate picked it up a little earlier than expected so I didn't get a chance to make a 3rd one. Never mind. Might make a video of me and him in a convo with him using this antenna and me using mine :)

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  • 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.

  • @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

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

    watch?v=sY6wGrE6VLA

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

  • @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.

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

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

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  • what length is each section of element ?

  • @HPDpvtcaboose cheers mate :)

  • nice antenna dude

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