Highlights
Quality
97 quality is very good and is much better than that price would indicate
Very nice antenna works great with the sds 100
Receive performance is very good for trunked systems and im no longer missing signals from 15 miles away like i was with the co... Read More
Packaging/appearance
Pulled in the freqs exceptionally well for such a small antenna
Competitiveness
Strong magnet compared to a lot of orher antenas
At 70cm i measured a vswr at about 5
Overview
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- This product had a total of 65 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 2 2021.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The stock antenna is very deaf indoors
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I also tried a comet sma24 2m440 xmit 100mhz1200mhz recv but the performance of that antenna for 800mhz systems is poor ill use it on my icom id51a
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
At 70cm i measured a vswr at about 5
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Therefore this antenna should not be used to transmit as it may cause the radio to overheat
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The tram 1089sma is a small inexpensive mobile antenna that performs pretty good
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It isnt a great performer though