Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Hi, Im thinking of putting a UH088 into my car.

What would be a good choice of antenna for 4wding

Should I get a ground-independent one?

Low gain or high gain?

Cheers
Eric

Ground independant 4.5db is a good all round choice.

http://www.gme.net.au/land/ants_uhf.html

I have #10. I also brought a stubby 1/4 wave #2 for when I am not in the bush

Eric is that a Uniden job???

i recently picked up one of these off a mate 2nd hand.

any info shared would be appreicated.

Dirty Rock Star,
I can email you manuals for Uniden UH-053 or a UH-077 if thats any help.
PDF's ~6mb each.

Stu...

i have arial 16 , and a uniden radio i think , slim line thou. paid $400 , go to 4wd show, walk from stand to stand and play em off against each other , they are suckers

Replaced a UH011 with a UH089 radio and still use the Mobile 1 6DB ground independent fibreglass wip aerial. Works OK. My understanding is low gain for hilly terrain and high gain for flat country.

This site might help:-

http://www.gme.net.au/land/choose_ant.html

It is a uniden, but I havn't bought mine yet. im looking for a good price.

Have you tried the uniden web site for manuals?

www.uniden.com.au

Eric

EricB, i dont knnow if it is the going rate or not but i paid 100 for mine
with a heaps dodgy looking aerial.

but now the toss informs me he cant find the brackets to mount it.
so im a little disappointed. but i quickly gave it power and it seems to work ok....


cheers i will try their website for the manual.

I'd be happy with $100

Best price i have seen so far is $279 new

Go see Harry at Telstat. He has fitted radios to both of my trucks and his work is excellent.

http://www.telstat.com.au

Cool

There was a place in Mitcham, but I cant find them now.

Have they closed down or just moved?

Just Communications,
they sold up and the new owners moved it to Molan St in Ringwood, down the road from the mega porno place.

thats the one, i got a uniden uh089 & a GME aerial AE4705
Works great paid $400 from 4wd show last year from Just communications in ringwood, 9879 8111
16 Molan St, Ringwood.
Cheers

Excellent

thanks guys

A tip if anyone decides to buy an Electrophone AE409L 6/9Db stainless whip antennae. The whip sections have a habit of fatigueing off immediately above the mount. Get a piece of fuel hose, about 2 inches long, and slide it down over the larger part of the base where the whip goes in, and the grub screw is, leaving about 1 inch up around the whip itself. Now fill the hose around whip with silicon sealer. This gives a much larger area of support, and the whip wont break off.

I got my elevated feed uhf aerial from a truck wrecker cheap as chips, on $10

thanks for the tip on the AE406/9 Mine never actually broke at the base, but has snapped about 3 times in the middle bit. I think these aerials are quite sensitive to where they are mounted. After i moved it from the bullbar to the roof, i have had no more trouble. Good aerial that.


Sam
79Bj40
kg107,999, AE406, Col6M

thanks for the tip on the AE406/9 Mine never actually broke at the base, but has snapped about 3 times in the middle bit. I think these aerials are quite sensitive to where they are mounted. After i moved it from the bullbar to the roof, i have had no more trouble. Good aerial that.

Like Grandfathers Axe

I have used a Polar 6db I think , for the past 6 years with no problems.

Bazzle

BundyRumandCoke wrote:A tip if anyone decides to buy an Electrophone AE409L 6/9Db stainless whip antennae. The whip sections have a habit of fatigueing off immediately above the mount. Get a piece of fuel hose, about 2 inches long, and slide it down over the larger part of the base where the whip goes in, and the grub screw is, leaving about 1 inch up around the whip itself. Now fill the hose around whip with silicon sealer. This gives a much larger area of support, and the whip wont break off.

Don't buy the 6ft one, they are real easy to break if not cautious.
I have a gme 4ft and its great, as long as the bullbar mount is strong they will last