Coax and Twig

[Phoenix]

Thinking of setting up an homebase PMR radio but need a bit of advice.
What coax would you recommend for UHF ?
Need a good vertical that's tuned for this band and not a compromise white stick.

Thanks for your help so far

[zippy]

hi Phoenix, if your serious about 446 then I would get a beam.

http://www.hamradio.co.uk/aerials-amate ... d-2935.php

and decent coax that provides better than 0.02db loss per foot.

http://www.hamradio.co.uk/accessories-g ... d-5633.php

or if your a handyman then googleing 'build a uhf antenna' will bring up loads of weird and wonderful designs made out of junk from the shed for pennies including vertical omnis like you want. I have a white stick for general scanning, they are okay for the money.

[Auldgeek]

hi Phoenix, if your serious about 446 then I would get a beam.

Remember that at UHF, a typical Yagi has a fairly narrow beamwidth so you would probably have challenges receiving stations around you unless you were thinking of point to point.
Probably better off with a vertical colinear. Get it up as high as possible and clear of any obstructions.
Feed with very good low loss coax like the kind you suggest.

[albrecht]

The red RG213 coax is pretty good.