SKCC - Southern Kit Car Club. A Club for kit car owners across Southern England. Kent, Sussex, East Hants, Surrey, Berks, Middlesex, London

I'm looking for an antenna for the westy that fits our radios. I cant use the magnetic one i have on the Luego due to not having a metal area to fix it I stuck it on with sikaflex.
I have the same issue now so unless there is an alternative bolt on type I was going to get this...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NAGOYA-UT106- ... Swa-dWjTVh
I know the stubby one that comes with the radio does work the extra length gives your more range.
Am I missing another option?
Ta
K

I've got one of those, I'd say the performance is either the same as the antenna attached to the radio or possibly a bit worse. I think I got better range with the supplied stubby taken off and extended with a cable to the roll bar. On the plus side that Nagoya is relatively small too and has a strong magnet which easily holds on to a roll bar.

I've just ordered one of these to try out as I read some positive things on a forum somewhere:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281509669345

BTW, more length does not equal more range (said the actor to the bishop). You want a length tuned for your target frequency (446mhz).

Ah, yes I saw those. So you think girth is better?
Seriously though I find i can hear other SKCCers with my big one when others cant.
I'm going to need something as the radio will be low down in the car within the cage.

Well you can give that magnetic Nagoya a go as it's cheap as chips, though I don't think they're great in my experience. You could also use the stubby you've already got with an SMA extension cable off eBay for a few quid. Or if you're feeling flush you might want to try so,etching like this which I though looked interesting:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191805075413

Thanks Russ,
That clip thingy is horridly large and the plastic is likely to get brittle in the sunlight. I think I'll order a magnetic base one as they as so cheap and an sma extension lead to use the stubby one.