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Pros & Cons
Pros
For the price, it's worth a couple of extra dollars and a little elbow grease to augment the magnetic base. The magnet base mount holds it securely with wind gust of 60 mph+.
The rg-174 coax is long enough to reach the bed. It gets better reception for stations that the stock antennas pick up. Outdoors, it pulls in the noaa weather frequencies better than stock antennas.
This antenna performs much better than the stock antennas that radios come with. It's kind of dinky but it works well.
Cons
Does not work whatsoever on 2 meter, swr is so high that i don't think you could put out so much as a call for help without frying your radio. Having an antenna that is dependable is important, it's not dependable on the highways/freeways/toll roads.
Small and inconspicuous. Problem is not present when stationary. Double sided tape is your only option for installing this antenna.
Highlights
Quality
Quick installation and fairly good range on this unit
The quality is amazing and so is the durability.
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Adhesive failed and antenna fell off, was easy enough to just replace it with something like velcro.
Price
The value of money was great and the performance was great.
I highly recommend it as a inexpensive get-by for handheld radios for those times when you're traveling down the road.
More or less, it's a cheap $10 antenna for a cheap $20 radio.
Not bad for a $10 antenna only wished the magnet was stronger.
Competitiveness
I tested the swr using the surecom sw-102 meter and found that i had to turn the adjustment as far as it will go to get the swr down to 1.
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- This product had a total of 1,874 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 2 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Its all one piece so it isnt serviceable by the end customer
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The magnet on its base is crap but included comes a 3m adhesive sticker
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I wouldnt advise making this product a permanent installation
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The length of the antenna is roughly 12 in
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The line from antenna to the o is ok im guessing 10 or 12 feet end to end
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Not bad for a 10 antenna only wished the magnet was stronger
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I tested the swr using the surecom sw102 meter and found that i had to turn the adjustment as far as it will go to get the swr down to 1
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
With a 5 watt walkie talkie i have conversed up to 10 miles with someone on a handheld with a rubber duckie antenna
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