Ham Radio?

New antenna day! Crystal clear during all our SAR exercises this evening. Super happy with this little guy.
Diamond SRH320A

 

I have been considering a Diamond for my FT-60R. I have a little rubber stubby I use for Hamfests and local events so the antenna isn't poking me in the ear constantly when I wear it on my bag.

 

Haha! Those little ear pokes are what drove me to pick up an HPG kit bag.

 

This is the one I have I think.

https://www.diamondantenna.net/srhf10.html

It works great in buildings and interchanges with my little Icom Q7A. With 0.35W of output it's the perfect hamfest HT.

 

Nice! I had no idea how tough it is trying to use a ham within a building until last week.

 

Yeah! Even a 5w HT can cause all kinds of interesting things to happen. I usually ran my VX-5 on low but the little Icom uses 2x AA so I don't have to worry about charging or any of that. Just plop in two batteries and set the frequency.

I usually scan my club's frequency, the hosting club's frequency and their local repeater just to kinda be nosy and catch the announcements.

 

I added a Diamond SRH77CA to my FT-60R. Definitely a major improvement over the stock antenna.