I'm looking for a recommendation for an external antenna to use with my

Yaesu VX-7R handheld.

This antenna would spend most of its life on a bicycle (on a rear rack
behind the seat), which is how I commute to/from work. However, I'd
like to be able to use it occasionally on a car/truck so I'm thinking a

magnetic base would be the most flexible.

Ideally it would cover all of the VX-7R's bands, or at least the
6M/2M/70CM bands and it would have a cable with an SMA connector at the

end.

Ideally it would be something like Diamond's CR627B antenna
(http://www.rfparts.com/diamond/cr627b.html) but without needing a
triplexor and with a magnet mount.

Now I realize that such a thing might not exist which is why I'm open
to suggestions that I drop the 6M band requirement which would lose me
the grounding requirement which would lose me the restriction against
magnet mount.

Ideas?

greg

You can use that antenna, and don't need the triplexer. I would suggest
looking for an appropriate fixed mount, something which will clamp to the
rear rack for the bike, and use the mag base for other vehicles with larger
area for a magnet to stick to. The antenna merely unscrews from the mount,
so moving (or stealing) it is simple.

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I'm looking for a recommendation for an external antenna to use with my

Yaesu VX-7R handheld.

This antenna would spend most of its life on a bicycle (on a rear rack
behind the seat), which is how I commute to/from work. However, I'd
like to be able to use it occasionally on a car/truck so I'm thinking a

magnetic base would be the most flexible.

Ideally it would cover all of the VX-7R's bands, or at least the
6M/2M/70CM bands and it would have a cable with an SMA connector at the

end.

Ideally it would be something like Diamond's CR627B antenna
(http://www.rfparts.com/diamond/cr627b.html) but without needing a
triplexor and with a magnet mount.

Now I realize that such a thing might not exist which is why I'm open
to suggestions that I drop the 6M band requirement which would lose me
the grounding requirement which would lose me the restriction against
magnet mount.

Ideas?

greg

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I'm looking for a recommendation for an external antenna to use with my

Yaesu VX-7R handheld.

This antenna would spend most of its life on a bicycle (on a rear rack
behind the seat), which is how I commute to/from work. However, I'd
like to be able to use it occasionally on a car/truck so I'm thinking a

magnetic base would be the most flexible.

Ideally it would cover all of the VX-7R's bands, or at least the
6M/2M/70CM bands and it would have a cable with an SMA connector at the

end.

Ideally it would be something like Diamond's CR627B antenna
(http://www.rfparts.com/diamond/cr627b.html) but without needing a
triplexor and with a magnet mount.

Now I realize that such a thing might not exist which is why I'm open
to suggestions that I drop the 6M band requirement which would lose me
the grounding requirement which would lose me the restriction against
magnet mount.

Ideas?

greg


just a question. what would the antenna get you that you don't already have
with the HT antenna when used on a bicycle? (aside from loss in the coax
cable)

if it was tall enough i guess you could put an orange flag on it

TimPerry wrote:
if it was tall enough i guess you could put an orange flag on it

I used a Pico-J taped to a fiberglas flag pole
on my bicycle - worked great.
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