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Good afternoon

Can someone please advise me as to what is the best antenna to run with a SDRplay? l have seen loads of desk top antenna but is there a better antenna to use when running SDR?

any advise greatly recieved
73 Dennis

Dennis QTH Northampton

Reading this thread has brought back alot of happy memories of the old days on AM, yes there where a hand full of pests blocking channels etc. But on the whole we all had a good time, l used to go the a CB meet at a old Cinema in Raunds Northamptonshire, we organised fox ...

Dennis QTH Northampton

Zibi 01 after reading your comments on the use of a full wave 11m antenna and the need to place the antenna 11m high with a full wave being 11m or 34'. I can see your logic in what you say, but there are a number or issues to take into consideration here. I take it from what ...

Good afternoon Rob
Dennis here QTH Northampton
Your list of radios over the years brought back some happy memories, my favorite rig was a Ham International Jumbo with a splitter in so you could get all the leagal FM stations on it at the time ::-() many a happy hour spent at that station.
Chat again ...

Good afternoon Little fella

Dennis QTH Northampton
Hope you enjoy your DXing on 11m (25MHz - 28MHz) if you keep an eye on the propagation reports you can get some amazing QSO contacts on your radio depending on your antenna set up. When l was a regular on the CB / 11m scene l have sat at home ...

Good afternoon Kev

You should have no problem with your rig as the manufacturers blub states that "they pump out a generous amount of power too, thanks to a couple of IRF520 MOSFET finals (which, BTW, are dirt cheap). The manufacturer claims the output to be 40 Watts on FM and SSB, and about 12 ...

Good afternoon Dennis here QTH Northampton.
I spent many years on the CB and made many good friends over that time, some of which had the same issue you have with antenna and housing regs. / rules.
There are many excellent antenna avalible on the market, which are out of sight or "stealth" the book ...