Trying out a Dual Band mobile antenna for PMR446 

I was hearing stuff back of the box, but i only went as far as the bridge on the A45 which is still quite high, but next time im at my spot ill have it with me :-)

Cool, Coventry is very bad for radio, built-up area, lots of hills around us, so I'm pleased it worked as well as it did, Actually, got a 5/8th Homebase PMR446 antenna for Homebase from the states as I understand 446mhz is used as an amateur band in the states?

Was thinking of returning it because i saw a few reviews that say that they don't work for gmrs frequencies i guess it does?

Well i do have a couple weeks break over the Christmas period, but really happy to be fighting fit again and back on it and enjoying the radio, the virus really knocked me for 6 and i was so tired and lethargic, i didn't even want to get out of bed, how i managed to take all my Christmas decorations down i dont know.

@@Al.26TC101 It appears to affect everyone differently, some it is no bother and others need a hospital. I would need hospitalised, in fact I got a letter through saying I would get treatments not available to others because of the health problems I have and had! That makes me sound terrible. I know a few that just didn't have the energy to do anything, a few others just said they lost the sense of smell and taste! It really is an odd virus.

@@BoB4jjjjs Vey Odd bud , my daughter even after hugging me when she left tested negative and my other half only lost her sense of taste and smell with a bit of a sore throat, i dont think the amount of alcohol helped that I had, plus running around and stressing about christmas.

@@Al.26TC101 What is there to stress about Christmas? Drink does not help though. I don't drink these days, so it is not a problem for me!n They were lucky only suffering what they did, but bet they are glad it was like that for them!

@@BoB4jjjjs I do all the cooking and organising and just want to make Christmas special for everyone that comes to my place, I think I may pushmyself a bit to much, but i do love seeing happy faces and filled tummys.

Oh thats not good , this one is nice and solid , no problems with it atall and seemed to work well. I should of put the link up , but i can rectify that.

Seemed not to bad , for driving around the City Cheers bud

I think it did do quite well, my home base antenna for PMR is on the side of the flat wheres my 27mhz antenna is actually clearing the roof of the flat, pretty low down here, so not bad , looking forward to going to some high ground and see how it does then.

Thanks, Danielle , I've spoken to you before I think on FB Messenger about the PMR. I'll deffo look into maybe getting a better radio for the car and i was happy with the outcome especially as i was in a built-up area with houses around. Thanks for the comment.

@@Al.26TC101 Hi Al, yes I am active in some of the PMR-446 and CB groups so I am sure we have talked before. Yes UHF can be suprisingly long range I think many people put it down because of lower powered radios and not using the correct antennas but it can travel very far. All the best.

Nope not that i know , im just trying these things out.

The antenna or the better half LOL

Nice one bud I may have been trying for Jamaica at the time on LSB and managed a couple of contacts, but i was also speaking to a few others on 505 usb. I was also recording, I do try and keep my ears open for the distant stations, can be difficult, Maybe one day bud, im pretty spontanious when i decide to go out.

I always have a listen out and its radio, i do here a lot of activity , but mostly business and schools, although the longest contact I had was when I was at Broadway Tower in the Cotwolds and made the trip 68 miles to Darbyshire hills

Its a Anytone AT-778UV it also covers 2 meters and 70cm. I had to program it myself , but pretty easy once you get your head around it .

LOL well done i think :-)

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Yeah I only recently got a swr meter for PMR, but really not a lot of activity here in the Midlands sad to say.😢

@@Al.26TC101 I always like to check the swr on these cheap antennas before transmitting into them. I once got one that claimed to be 2m 70cm the 2m swr was usable at 2.1 but at 70cm was swr 15…..yes….FIFTEEN 😳

I've had 68 miles hilltop to hilltop and on a bofeng uvr5, it's not to great in Coventry even thou ive got the hieght at the flat i don't hear much atall apart from alot of buienesses and schools

@@Al.26TC101 Hi Al thanks for the reply. Location and height is the key. My brother was a moving target so very hit and miss. My South facing beam 5 element receives ok backwards can you get your pmr beam up a bit for the south mine will be going up about another 2 metres to beat most local hills but up the ladder in the cold has knocked me a bit

@@alanbond1269 yeah I can get the beam southwards, send me a message with your location and I'll try and aim it your way and see what we can do, but im centre of coventry so might be a problem with buildings and such like south east is prob a no go. But worth a shot.👍🏻

446.093 hope that helps

@@Al.26TC101 That is pretty close to our FRS/GMRS frequencies in the US.

@@drsysop We have whats Called PMR 446 in the uk with 16 channels we can use with max power of 500mw Freq is 446.006 (ch1)to 446.193(ch16) with a 12.5 shift between each channel