External Aerial on hand-held VHF radio ... ?
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External Aerial on hand-held VHF radio ... ?
Im looking at fitting a connection lead
from my hand-held VHF radio
to an external Arial ...
Hand-helds have limited range at best of times and when in a cabs metal cage its even worse.
Plan is to unscrew existing handhelds arial
and screw in required lead.
Anyone done this before or have other
...or even better ideas ???
from my hand-held VHF radio
to an external Arial ...
Hand-helds have limited range at best of times and when in a cabs metal cage its even worse.
Plan is to unscrew existing handhelds arial
and screw in required lead.
Anyone done this before or have other
...or even better ideas ???
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It’s a pain doing what you described.
Use as the name suggests - handheld.
Rather fit a base for range & convenience.
Best is that have both.
Use as the name suggests - handheld.
Rather fit a base for range & convenience.
Best is that have both.
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I do have both ...
In Sept I do long Richtersveld-Kgalagadi trip
and 1 guy in convoy has no VHF ...
... so Im trying to kit him out w my hand-held
and may need bit extra range.
In Sept I do long Richtersveld-Kgalagadi trip
and 1 guy in convoy has no VHF ...
... so Im trying to kit him out w my hand-held
and may need bit extra range.
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Yip, I have a Bosvark and an external antenna mounted on my bull bar, makes a huge difference. I also added the hand held mic so you don't have to pick up the radio all the time
Got one from Family Dog on the other forum, was about R350
Got one from Family Dog on the other forum, was about R350
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I have a bayonet to screw fitting adapter that I have used with my handheld radio and external antenna. They should be available at good radio shops.
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Works for me. Also helps a bit with the branches
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I’m going to be sticking one of these tiny VHFs into my Duster just for the hell of it.
I took a photo next to the ciggie box to show just how small it is.
I took a photo next to the ciggie box to show just how small it is.
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I got mine from Dirk at RTS for R1450,00 a few months back. He advertised a special on the 4x4 Community forum.
It was sent by courier to me and I had it 3 days after placing the order for the radio and a matching aerial.
I'm very happy with its performance and being so small it is easy to fit into a vehicle without it getting in the way.
Here's a link: http://www.repeater.co.za/product/dv-2135s/
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Those little RTS radios are great.
If you have a noisy vehicle the on-board speaker might be little under powered.
You can get an external speaker for it from RTS that plugs in the earphone jack.
W
If you have a noisy vehicle the on-board speaker might be little under powered.
You can get an external speaker for it from RTS that plugs in the earphone jack.
W
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Found my invoice from February this year for the radio and antenna. Radio was R1495,00 and antenna was R380,00 for a total of R1875,00 and I wasn't charged courier costs. The setup worked perfectly on the recent Mountain Passes trip with good comm's in the mountains.
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Paul#25....
Are you using a magmount 1/4 wave or a fixed vehicle mount?
Are you using a magmount 1/4 wave or a fixed vehicle mount?
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The antenna that I ordered with the radio is a fixed unit that I have fitted to the roof of the Disco aft of the second sunroof and is under 500mm long so I presume it's a 1/4 wave. It was matched to the radio by the supplier. Their product code is DV-4050 but it doesn't look exactly like the photo on their website. I do have a similar mag-mount antenna that I use with the hand-held radios. You are more than welcome to come past and have a look at the setup in the Disco.
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