Ham Radio - The ABBREE VHF UHF "tactical" antenna.

it does!
i never had a big one as a kid, just the little ones. we'd take them to the beach. maybe things were more...primitive then, no super-sizing of anything. the kennedy years.

 

That doesn’t even bother me. Everybody has to eat. It is the disingenuous shilling they engage in……

As in, I do YT because I want to help people and grow the hobby, but please let me tell you how great this piece of equipment I got for free is and by the way please give me a like, sub, super chat and join my patreon….

 

I never thought much of this antenna... looking at various reviews... but your use of the Nano VNA makes me think this is a piece of JUNK of 2 meters! - The proof is in the puuding, they say, but this pudding stinks pretty bad!

 

I don't see that at all. The antenna appears to be an end fed dipole that works at 2m and 70 cm. The SWR is under 2:1. The antenna likely starts to break into lobes at 145+ MHz so any advantage is likely best acheived at an angular tilt. I suspect it has a bit of gain at 70cm as well.

The problem here is not the 'data taking' but understanding what the data means. For example, the antenna is resonant at 120+ Megs, not at 2M. But so what? Less than 1/2 dB mismatch loss? Why is that posed as a deficiency? Next, we definitely see a good SINR when tilted. And advantage ignored.

Hams should exwrcise great care in understanding the terrific new advantages afforded by pocket VNA's and the like. IMO we need to understand not only how to use them, but what the data means before we jump to conclusions.

The antenna is $13. There lies the deciding point whether this antenna is worth it for your use.

 

Meh, to me, it looks like it is an 18" 2m quarter wave... made to look like the 'folder over' antenna from a AN/PRC-25 / -77. Also, it looks to me it is marketed for the prepper/whacker lot. I've never had any problems with a stock-standard Motorola antennae. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. caveat emptor. Just my two cents.

 

Isn't technology a wonderful thing?

 

Umm... SNR works just fine. SINAD for the discriminating radio aficionado.

 

Look up SINR.

No one uses SNR anymore. Nearly all terrestrial environments now have noise floors from interference. Hence SINR. Its use is standard of practice.

Learn to love: 'SINR'

 

Well, don't you know who you are challenging?! A master inventor, how does one know... he will tell you!

 

No,

it's Master Inventor.

Get the title correct. If you don't LIKE it...tough.

 

You are a very droll, little man. As we say in Yiddish, a putz.

 

I am what I am . Facts are facts.

If you don't like the fact that I attained the title of Master Inventor, it is irrelevant to me.

Personally, the recognition was sixty years in the making. I am proud of that and don't care what your opinion is on it. In fact, perhaps I should sign off in the future with said moniker as a great example for other radio amateurs. They should know, for example, that at least one of of their members encourages others to invent and seek knowledge--accurately. Here's a good example:

Why Mobile Phones Can Do So Many Things: The Invention of The Fractal Antenna - IEEE-USA InSight (ieeeusa.org)

I like this line, BTW: "As one measure of fractal antennas’ importance, IEEE has published more than 2,100 papers on them."

Your "little man" has BIG impact!

Fact. Not brag.

In the next two weeks there will be an announcemnet about a major new invention, and issued patent.

Fact. Not brag.

Your distaste for people who are learned and have a lifelong work ethic is obvious, IMO. Many others do not share your opinion and are grateful that individuals such as myself are accessible in a public forum. With comments like yours, it is obvious why many avoid hams like the plague.

Cordially,

W1YW
Master Inventor

 

Congratulations on your accolades, and I mean that sincerely as you have earned them. I just think you’re a bit condescending and arrogant when you post in a hobby forum. This isn’t a lecture hall, and you are not the professor here. Others see it as well.

Hobby, something that is supposed to bring enjoyment to a person.

Fact.

 

I want to buy one of those scary assault radios.

 

This antenna system is not an electrical quarter wave at 145 MHZ.

There is no basis to make that statement.

73
Chip W1YW
Master Inventor