Well built and good swr for ham. Everything needed to mount is included;2. That in turn is resting in a 27 lb umbrella stand. Easy installation, put it up,& it works.
Antenna works well, but the resonant tuning points are centered in weird places. Works great on both 2 meter and 70cm bands, which is 144-148 mhz/430-450 mhz. Vswr 1. On 430/440mhz band. Swr is great all through both bands.
The antenna looks relatively watertight, but i'd still recommend wrapping your pl-259 coax connector with either coax seal material or at least electrical tape. It is connected to my handheld baofeng via 50 ft of rg 213. Using 5w output, this antenna ... Read More
On the 2m bands from 144mhz to 148mhz, it only has decent swr on the lower half. No website, no support, nothing. This antenna is a dud.
Antenna and adapter (onelinkmore f type male to sma female coax connectors) extended range to about 150 ft for my mighty mule gate closer. Soldered the old tiny wire and soldered the coax cable; both antenna wire and the shield on the circuit board of... Read More
The base of it is also pretty shrimpy.