UHF Móvil/de vehículo antenas para radioaficionados

Everything You Need to Know Before Selecting UHF Mobile In-Vehicle Ham and Amateur Radio Antennas

With the right UHF antenna for your mobile ham radio station, you can stay connected to your friends on your favorite amateur bands. In cases of emergency, you can reach the help you need wherever you go with a powerful antenna for your mobile radio. When you travel, you'll have the reach you need to talk to other ham operators in your location.

There are several UHF mobile in-vehicle ham amateur radio antennas available:

• Brands: Choose from well-known brands like Comet, Nagoya, OPEK, and TRAM. There are several generic and unbranded items available as well.
• Compatible Brands: Choose units compatible with Baofeng, Motorola, and Yaesu. There are several universal units available also.
• Directivity: Choose either bi-directional or omni-directional.

Some antennas for radios are designed for permanent installations and require that a hole is drilled into your vehicle to secure it for operation. Lip mount and other removable installations don't require drilling a hole and give you a convenient way to remove the antenna when you need to for car washes, body paint, repairs, and more. Removable installs even enable you to re-use the antenna on another vehicle if you wish.

Repeaters are much stronger than they were in years past, and antennas manufactured today are ground independent where they weren't in the past. Also called lip mount installation, they offer a quick and easy way to set up an antenna for a mobile station that results in no damage to your car or truck. The unit can be easily removed when necessary, or the fold-over hinge can be used to keep it from being damaged. The coax cable can be passed through the weather seal without resulting in damage to the cable, water leakage, or wind noise. The item can be removed and re-used on another car or truck after use for great convenience.

The answer depends on your individual needs and what's best for the item you wish to use. All of them, regardless of the install type, attach in the same manner with set screws to secure them and a rubber protector to prevent damage to the vehicle's paint. The item's size should match the mount size. If you want to get a larger item in the future or there's a possibility of acquiring one, you'll need a mount to accommodate it.

Trucks with a third door or an extended cab with rear doors gives you an ideal place for the install at the top of the driver's side rear door. With a removable install, it can be mounted above the roof line with no holes drilled in a relatively short period of time.