MeloWave Shadow GMRS Antenna vs Midland Ghost GMRS Antenna - Is The Melowave A Copy Of The Ghost?

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You can get a MeloWave Shadow GMRS antenna here: bit.ly/3YVRVye
You can get a Midland Ghost GMRS antenna here: amzn.to/3scmtRt
In response to the many online "experts" that have proclaimed that the Melowave Shadow GMRS antenna is an exact "ripoff" of Midlands Ghost GMRS antenna I compare these two GMRS antennas to see if they are the same or not and to see which of these small GMRS antennas is the best performer.
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@Aegisltd Год назад

It’s such a rare thing to find someone close to my age with a severely sarcastic sense of humor (which I enjoy immensely) that offers incredibly helpful advice. I’m very grateful I found your channel ! 👍

@breckfreeride Год назад

Look up AvE milling a potato

@RT-qd8yl Год назад

@@breckfreeride AvE is the best. Damn lesbians and their Jeeps...

@AntonioClaudioMichael 6 месяцев назад

I agree @Aegisltd

@321southtube 5 месяцев назад

Lighten up Francis

@shauno2006 Год назад

Fun fact, the Midland Ghost and 6Db whip actually work okay on 70cm and 2m. About 1.7 SWR. I was very impressed.

@grigorirasputin5020 Год назад

That is certainly helpful to know! Thanks!

@ChrisZwolinski Год назад

Another in the very informative “How SWR works “ series. Funny, I’ve know what SWR was since I was a CB kid in the 70s with NO sadHam license. I would have liked to have seen the readings from Chris’s perspective as well to see how well these little stubbies transmit. However my wife came in during your test, and I’m not allowed to watch RU-vid anymore. 😮😢

@sellickusa Год назад

I found the Midland 6db antenna to be best for my operational environment

@StephenFinkNRP Год назад

I looked away for a moment and when I looked back I thought I was watching the wrong video. 😘🤪😝 It's going to be a long long weekend. 🤗

@JohnSmith-gm4fj Год назад

having worked in the antenna\combiner\multicoupler industry and having slept through countless seminars I can honestly say that YOU have found a way to keep my attention. Like a Bogner Penetrator antenna your signal has come across with crystal clarity, thank you!

@williamgonzales1980 10 дней назад

Best in depth antenna analysis ever in the history of RU-vid. It really help my attention and made at least two large well rounded points...

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

Glad I could help!

@craigdavidson2977 Год назад

Hey, Josh, those are bad ass shades, dude! 5:30

@jaidoherty7638 Год назад

I had to rewind this video many times because I kept having trouble hearing what you were saying towards the end. Thanks Randy, love your videos.

@BrianJalet 11 месяцев назад

I have to say, I learn so much from your series, but I also get a great deal of enjoyment out of your snarky/punchy approach. Thanks for that!

@dennishrusecky7549 Год назад

Excellent presentation as always, you are still the man. Your video entered into a place where no man has gone before. Great job

@FLHamExtra Год назад

I like your videos. I’m learning about GMRS which is interesting. I’m taking my tech test for my ham license Saturday and I’m also going to get a gmrs license, thanks to you.

@tilghmansmith5705 Год назад

Perfect timing! I just bought and installed a ghost antenna to go with my new GMRS radio which I also just purchased but haven't received yet 😁 Excited to see how my results compare. Thanks!

@brianbuchanan2414 Год назад

Really enjoy your videos, your humor is not lost

@MattSadis Год назад

cool badge crew checking in. appreciate all these very informative reviews on stuffs. keep it up sir!

@wjf213 Год назад

Definition of "GIRTH"....The ability to blow out the side of a tuna can without ever hitting bottom. Could you do a video on directional antennas like the Yagi? I'd love to see how well they perform against a standard antenna and if they can really extend the range of a radio any real amount. Thanks and keep up the great work.

@DePalma. Год назад

I’d like to see that too, maybe some good ones for Gmrs or a tutorial on how to make one…but above all please keep the awesome videos coming! 😎

@tadcobert1307 9 месяцев назад

Oh yes please!

@rockspydre 8 месяцев назад

I read this comment, and could barely breathe for the next 5 minutes. 🤣

@JohnAdams-or9xw Год назад

Another great video Randy thanks for all the great videos you have made on this subject of gmrs. I have learned so much from watching them thank you my friend .

@Stan_Rich Год назад

Thanks Randy, for your, once again, great antenna review. Both appear to be effective, almost equally. Many thanks to Josh as well, for his expert SWR explanation. With my Mobile in my Silverado, I run the “Midland - MXTA26 MicroMobile 6DB Gain Whip Antenna - Quadruple Signal Output - 32” “ on a “Midland - MicroMobile MXTA12 Antenna Mag Mount with NMO Connector” The Antennas you reviewed have the same “NMO Connector” so I may pick up one to have when I want a shorter ground to top of truck height measurement. Also, the “GMRS Radio Experts” on the Beach were also quite helpful in this vid. Lol! Recommend using them in your future vids.

@alzwicky156 Год назад

Great comparison video and having josh explain swr was an added benefit to your favorite subscribers . Thanks for that bonus

@John-lz3hf Год назад

Thanks for keeping the boring charts interesting with all the random videos. Hilarious and Genius.

@jamisoncook1948 Год назад

Thank you for the comparison. Regardless of what the "experts" say your testing was spot on. It shows real world testing and your humor is enjoyable!! Keep up the good work!!!

@sijonda Год назад

I wasn't paying attention to my screen and was doing something else near the end of the video then glanced over when I noticed something didn't look right..... That made my day. Absolutely hilarious.

@alanbloodworth2653 Год назад

Keep the antenna comparisons coming. Great content. Thank you.

@Kennybunn0112 Год назад

This is the best You Tube Channel out there.

@andybonneau9209 Год назад

Thanks for the babe shots. This makes GMRS far more interesting.

@torresmaria842 Год назад

You always put a smile in my face. Macho 👨 man...

@lamerdan Год назад

Great vid. Glad to see you are finally unleashing your Randyness.

@CusterSurvivors 3 месяца назад

Bravo. Delivery impeccable. Everything you do has no peccs. I am happy. And I learn stuff from you.

@alrubio4401 Год назад

I was ready to give this video Several Extra Thumbs up for the scenes provided (to Prevent Antenna Boardeum) job well done..

@tinybadastronaut Месяц назад

I know this is an old video, but my god, I cracked up at Josh's entrance 😂

@dustytrailscactusron Год назад

Excellent comparison, thank you.

@StevenRAssmann-tb7ty 3 месяца назад

Sad hams are crazy, I love your sarcasm and appreciate your videos

@Dan-wt7jx Год назад

Definitely looking at one of these for the truck, but it would make my cb antenna look silly, so I need midland to make a chicken band ghost antenna to go with this for my gmrs.

@jamesmichaelwoods2930 Год назад

Good to hear you Chris.

@alpha6tango860 Год назад

Best video ever!!! Thank you Randy.

@tnewdad 4 месяца назад

Love your “B roll”!

@e.c.8668 Год назад

I was good until he mentioned the pixies leaving the radio. I assume there is a conversion factor between the ham radio pixies and the GMRS electricities.

@TheNotaRubicon Год назад

@HamRadioCrashCourse is not qualified to speak of GMRS "electricities" .. He's smart enough to stay in his own lane.

@Jeepjones85 Год назад

I wonder what is inside them, I run the midland antenna and it works great 👍

@trevor612 Год назад

Thank you for the amazing content, radio daddy.

@Krispin291 6 дней назад

I beg for forgiveness since I had to pause the video for a very short period of time! I thought I knew them but nope. Keep on!

@mgoben6499 Год назад

Yeah whatever Chris lol! +1 for the R33 Skyline drift clip. And the redheads.

@oldmanhare 7 месяцев назад

Excellent use of stock footage. Definitely help emphasize the points made here.

@crocodiledondii Год назад

Very well done comparison. Thanks.

@NightHiker72 Год назад

You Are The Frankie MacDonald Of The Radio World!! Rock On Man!!

@melvinaltis3725 Год назад

I like your T-shirt. My sentiments exactly. Thanks for the great content.

@Darkwoods77 Год назад

Hey Randy, great video. Very accurate and good information. Touche

@ogiejii7885 Год назад

Thanks!

@carrow2250 3 месяца назад

Thick, short, and black - just how I love my…antennas

@cevgunnerF Год назад

Just a bit off-topic, thanks for your GMRS license step by step guide! Googled fcc gmrs license, it was in the top 2 answers! I was signed up and paid up within an hour! I enjoy your humor, and presentation - Keep up the great work 👍

@richardcorwin1828 Год назад

Thank you!

@jessikainla Год назад

Comedy and mayhem with a side of GMRS antenna info - love it

@markdoyle8713 Год назад

As the not a rubicon’s favorite subscriber ; a licensed gmrs and ham operator . I have done exhausting research and found that the only credentials required to purchase and possess a rig expert device is a healthy bank account …… they are not cheap.

@Chadh9322 Год назад

i like your "for the boys" clips

@ffmedic3349 6 месяцев назад

Dude that humor kills me ❤❤❤ 😂😂😂😂

@bretchid8759 Год назад

you videos are great and informative

@madddawg1369 Год назад

The online oxperts are going to say the difference is because you had the Midland on the left of screen.

@overwatchdesigns8969 Год назад

“I never knew I needed this channel so much. Why did it take me so long to find you?” -Not a so called “Expert”

@acidreign8551 Год назад

I am sure glad you had Chris explain some things to us since he is a licensed ham and is "qualified" to do so. But since you not a licensed ham operator, i hope the "experts" don't bust you using the rig expert device, pretty sure you need a ham license to own and operate one of those too. They will probably want to do something drastic like take away your belly button, and trust me, going through the rest of your life without your mama plug is going to be hell ! 😀

@denniscrowley8517 6 месяцев назад

Man, you got some real intelligent friends. And humble as a peacock(peecock) Thank you for your content.

@wheel1775 Год назад

I have the Melowave and it knocks out my XM radio whenever I transmit. My cheaper Midland didn’t do it. I hope it doesn’t give me cancer. 😢

@agrahazl Год назад

Did you actually capture the barometric pressure at both locations? As everyone knows air density can impact electron wave propagation. given the difference in elevations, is there anyway to account for gravitational lensing given the distance involved? Signals go faster downhill. Sad Ham irony aside, another great video and solid information!

@HardcoreFourSix Год назад

Next level "stealth" antenna....Larsen Mirage NMO 450-470...the hockey puck antenna

@RandellReeder Год назад

My wife happened to be looking at the computer scream from across the room and proceeded to scream at me during the antenna test session.... Thanks for getting me in the doghouse. I'm banned from your channel for 30-days.

@kcstafford2784 8 месяцев назад

i been a fan of Josh for years now ...can i run an old school 6ft whip GMRS i have one on my old pickup 4CB and would love to have 2 fully funtional....Good work Randy thanks

@DePalma. Год назад

The girls rubbing sun tan lotion on each other was so natural for my brain that I didn’t even notice I wasn’t looking at an swr meter for 5-10 seconds😂

@58Alpha Год назад

So, can we take apart each antenna for further comparison if they're the same? The results were quite similar, maybe no two Midlands would be equal I'm values due to manufacture tolerances and differences. So another way to verify is looking at the innards.

@tomsteen2492 Год назад

Hoping and waiting on a review on the Retevis RB75

@magnitudematrix2653 Год назад

I really like to see companies compete.

@MrMlemon Год назад

you should mount one on your UV-5R... That would be hilaerial.

@mkoutdoor Год назад

I'm curious to know how the ghost antenna compares to the short 1/4 wave whip antennas. Trying to figure out what to put on my jeep.

@chrisking9000 Год назад

You are too funny. I love the clips of the bikini babes and the car crashes. You have done something truly new.

@edwinespinal1054 Год назад

Awesome thanks for the info

@K5NOV Год назад

Interesting Thanks for sharing

@hemitj Год назад

Great & entertaining video! Hello everyone!

@behnkem1 Год назад

Again, great vid! LOL... I think I know that red head. :)

@johnblouch3309 Год назад

You are freaking awesome. Thank you....

@alanhorn6493 Год назад

Very funny. Also informative.

@Bluemsw1057 3 месяца назад

Did the links for your shirts break? I have tired multiple video links and can't get any of them to work. Love your channel.

@TheNotaRubicon 3 месяца назад

Fixed! if you see any other broken links on videos just leave a comment.. This is the updated link: amzn.to/3wQBSZN

@jimkunkle2669 Год назад

Josh for the win!!!

@fredm8788 Год назад

I'm going to need the Barometric Pressure at the time of the testing, please 🥺

@squallywally Год назад

This was the best video ever.

@alessandroconcas Год назад

I think the things going interesting when Chris transmit near the ocean, they looks similar but don't have the same "prestacions"...😎

@kunkleeeeeeee77 Год назад

By far one of my favorite videos 🤣🤣🤣

@Dj_Latinman Год назад

i love those antennas but i have the browning ghost antenna

@Kennybunn0112 Год назад

WRWD728 here. Thanks for your videos.

@12HedmanLane Год назад

Let's get down to brass tacks. How many rounds do they hold?

@ericsvalland4417 Год назад

Sorry man, but I lost what you were saying after the 12:45 mark! 🤣🤣

@ryridesmotox Год назад

Man, this video had me in stitches. Bravo, fucking bravo.

@nypigskin Год назад

I didn’t hear a thing you said after 12:47. Now I have my-jiggle-hurtz.

@brianb6603 Год назад

Excellent as usual!!!

@tommyleddy8728 Год назад

I’m going to have to watch this one again. Things went blank ate the end.😅

@NathanKnetzer Год назад

I had to start the video over at around the 12:45 mark... I lost track of what you were talking about

@tkflanagan4449 10 месяцев назад

You are AWESOME!!!

@london19657 Год назад

I'm so happy that you are still alive(?) and making such informative videos. I only say that because most of your vids are a year old. Your fans have missed you. Including me, your favourite fan. I knew nothing about this hobby but you"re such a positive person, I had to buy the Boofwang. I will never go off-roading but I really enjoy your vids. I'm old and boring but living vicariously through you. Radio is a magical medium. You should have been a DJ, my friend.

@davidrush8283 Год назад

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@davidrush8283 Год назад

You are welcome

@mmcnew1 Год назад

You should be able find plenty of entertaining and informative videos posted by Randy this last year. His NotaRubicon Productions channel shows no fewer than 79 videos that have been posted between 3/22 and 2/23. Thats more than one video per week in this last year alone.

@alphalunamare Год назад

You have two! friends ... that is awesome ... no sadness there 🙂

@immabouttobebannedagain1320 Год назад

Some people will find the perfect place to mount this little butt plug ghost antenna where none of the spurious emissions will find their way to atmosphere or reach farrrrrs enough to be heard by experts. Without specific mounting instructions, some of those people may become angry and disagree vehemently with your findings of performance. Perhaps some should subscribe and watch other videos to educate themselves before accusing and deny the acquired information you have so graciously imparted to the Favorite Viewer. Thank you for making the rest of us aware that some questions from those that refuse to accept help are just for the sake of argument and should be ignored for sanity sake. Thanks for the review.

@johnclark2149 Год назад

God forbid that you might show a SmithChart! Those “sad hams” would loose their minds!! 😂

@W2IRT Год назад

Was that Tiffany the Ming Mole from the John Cadogan's favourite Island? And Josh is an AvE fan too! Starting to see a confluence of the best vloggers in the world.

@lrcreamer Год назад

Melowave Overlander antenna would like seeing a review

@LightningSpeed64 Год назад

I’m excited to see what DietXanadu has to say about this video.

@butopiatoo 11 месяцев назад

Now I'm confused. What was the brand of suntan oil that was being used? I mean that was a George Hamilton quality tan.

@BuckeyeHitters 4 месяца назад

Not a member but may I politely ask, can you please review a Baofeng with a discone antenna. My thoughts were, a discone antenna may let others receive better reception and have more "FARS."