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Reviews For: OPEK HR-601VU SMA

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

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Review Summary For : OPEK HR-601VU SMA
Reviews: 2MSRP: 17
Description:
8" DUAL BAND SMA HT ANTENNA
Product is in production
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K3CLT Rating: 2008-11-24
Not Very Good Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
I bought this antenna for my FT-60. I tested it against the stock antenna and and my long Comet antenna.
It was worse than the factory antenna on VHF.
I gave it to a friend of mine to try out.
He reported that is was worse than his VX-7r stock antenna on VHF and could not bring up any repeaters on UHF.
I have sent an email to OPEK regarding this antenna. I think that perhaps it was packaged wrong from the factory. I am waiting for their response.
N3EAY Rating: 2005-11-20
It is not dual band Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
It is a great VHF antenna. However, its UHF capability was far less than the stock antenna on my VX-5R. It would not even bring up a local repeater. I kept it for my VX-150 and it works fine.