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Reviews For: Larsen glass-mount dual band antenna

Category: Antennas: VHF/UHF+ Omnidirectional: verticals, mobile, etc

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Review Summary For : Larsen glass-mount dual band antenna
Reviews: 31MSRP: 80 approx.
Description:
Larsen's version of the thru-glass VHF-UHF mobile antenna
Product is in production
More Info: http://www.radialllarsen.com
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00314.4
KC5MFA Rating: 2000-08-24
this antenna works! Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
After shopping around for an antenna for our new van (Honda Odyssey) I decided on a glass mount antenna. My wife will be the primary driver of the van and I know she would forget to fold down a conventional luggage rack mounted antenna. I've had thru-glass antennas before and was not particularly thrilled with their performance. I am, however, very happy with the Larsen glass mount dual bander. This is a very robust antenna! The mounting surface is at least twice the size of the Valor/ProAm/RadioShack antennas. The whip is very heavy and almost 3 feet tall. The inside mounting portion is relatively thin while the outside is nicely rounded and houses the coupling transformer. Be aware that this thickness may prevent you from installing it on the side window of a van as the sliding door may hit the antenna as it transitions back and forth. This is the case with the Honda Odyssey. Mounting it on the back glass was no bother except that the coax was a bit too short. A barrel connector and short coax patch cable solves this problem. The whip does not contact the van roof when the tailgate is open. The antenna works great! Much better than the other glass mount antennas. Larsen claims only .5 db loss thru the glass and gain of over 2db on VHF and around 4db on UHF. After trying the antenna I believe it. This is one glass mount antenna that really works well. But then, it's a Larsen. It should work well. I'm very pleased with it.