UHF arial question

Submitted: Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 10:38

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beatit

Hi Guys,

Thought I was set having purchased a new 9db gain job for my UHF - no more getting lost in convoy conversations. After reading the contents of 19589 I now realise that they all serve different purposes - it is not just simply big is best. Can't go to the bride and tell her I need stuffed up, so was wondering is it possible to hook up more than 1 arial to the UHF? Would seem really usefull to be able to do this for distance and close proximity applications!

So can it be done? Or am I stuck taking and changing arials on an trip?

Kind regards

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Reply By: Leroy - Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 10:43

Reply By: Bob Y. - Qld - Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 11:03

Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 11:03

beatit,

You can hook 2 aerials together, but you need a co-ax switch, to do so. Get them at DSE or UHF places. Just a matter of switching between each aerial as the terrain changes.

The Polar that Leroy has are hard to beat on a performance/cost basis. We don't use them anymore, but that is not because they are no good. We found them very good.

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Follow Up By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 11:41

Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 11:41

G'day Beatit and Bob,

Mate, I have one of those DS splitters like Bob is talking about. It has one cable inlet and 3 cable outlets; so you can have 3 different aerials hooked up if you like and just switch between them.

As I do not use it, you would be welcome to it for $10- (to cover postage etc). Just let me know.

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Follow Up By: beatit - Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 12:11

Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 12:11

G'day Roachie,

I just got back from friendly DSE with one in hand. A bit quick off the mark hey, cost me $20. Well that's life, thanks all the same though.

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Follow Up By: hl - Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 21:09

Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 21:09

Hi,

A $20.00 antenna switch won't be much chop on UHF.... it will loose more than 6dB!!! So you might as well have just one antenna.

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Follow Up By: Bob Y. - Qld - Saturday, Jan 29, 2005 at 08:32

Saturday, Jan 29, 2005 at 08:32

Beatit,

Agree with hl, you would need a co-ax switch of some quality, say a Revex. There is a another brand too, but name escapes me. They have insertion loss of only 0.1 dB.

Notice DSE doesn't have any of that specialist gear in latest catalogue. Must be less interest these days.

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