The BEST VHF Mobile Antenna on the Market! Hustler CG-144! 18db Extra!
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- *It has come to my attention that the comet SBB7 is not the second highest gain antenna on the market, nor is the Hustler CG-144 actually the highest gain vhf mobile antenna on the market. I will do another review video soon with the antenna that even beats the Hustler at gain!*
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The Hustler CG-144 is the highest gain mono band VHF antenna on the market. With a long history of production on this antenna, you can't go wrong if you need the best of the best. This antenna will easily outperform ANY other mobile antenna on the 2 meter ham band. A good ground plane is essential! Low loss feedline and a powerful transmitter are the cherry on top.
In this video I make a 51 mile contact on 146.520. When I switch to the comet duel band antenna, you can see the huge performance difference. The Hustler CG-144 gave more than 18 DB of signal over the comet!!
Great video, good to see some of the obscure antennas that you don't hear about every day.
The good old humble 5/8 wave Larsen NMO150 has 3 dbd of gain which would be 5.15 dbi. What a great performer especially in the middle of a large ground plane.
Good video and I agree with you about this antenna being probably the best one out there. I wonder what it's VHF frequency range is?
It covers the whole 2m band but I tune it for 146.520. It has about 2mhz of good SWR bandwidth on either side.
Great review. I checked the height of a Suburban with the antenna and you are coming close to the over pass height. Ever scrape any? Curious how well the antenna would do as a base antenna and how long the ground plane radials would have to be.
I mentioned that in the video, I've never hit an overpass but I have hit trees. 13.5ft is the standard clearance on most U.S roads, so the antenna is *right at* that limit. Hustler sells a ground plane radial kit for the antenna also. But for a base antenna you can do a lot better than the hustler.
Awesome dBi gain and I appreciate the comparison with the 2 ant. My truck does a lot of hard work, wondering if the Hustler would hold up. I'll see where you can pick one up. Thanks and 73, KF0NNQ.
They're pretty inexpensive at most online retailers. Gigaparts and DX engineering is where I've gotten two of them. Around $70-$65. I've smacked the hustler on trees pretty hard a few times with no damage. The real test is your mounting. It has to be very well grounded preferably with a good ground plane and it has to be very study!
Rodger. I looked it up on Gigaparts. This ant is on my wish list. Lol, I need the lottery for the wish list. 73, KF0NNQ.
What is the proper tuning procedure for this antenna? I have seen recomendations to ignore the lower section and just tune the whip and others that say the lower mast section tuning is as important as the top. What would be the correct order, is it a case of adjust one the then other over and over? Nice video. Thanks in advance. (PS That's the C pillar, A,B,C,D from the front. )
According to the included manual, you're supposed to tune the bottom section (with the top installed) for best SWR where you want it, then tune the top for best SWR. That's what I've done two times now on two installs and it's worked for me. I have a 1:1.1 SWR right where I want it. Bandwidth is a little narrow but workable.
Thanks, my antenna is about 40 years old with good service till recently. My manual left long ago. Thanks again, I'll go ahead with that. 😁
Great Antenna and a very nicely done setup... I have another question off topic of this video....Have you ever worked 10 meters Mobile ?
I am looking into currently and asking around.... KC3ZDW 73's and Thanks and i subscribed
I have done 10 meters mobile before. All I heard every morning on my way into work was the same guy calling out of California (I'm in Alabama). Cool conditions for sure but I got bored instantly and went back to CB.
@@ScuffedRadio Thanks for your reply.. I have worked 10 meters between 12:00 and 15:00 and it varies... Some days it's a pile up and others nothing.. My QTH is Northeast Pa and most QSL's were South or south west...
I want one. Same height as my hamsticks.
Thanks 👍
what serial number is the Andrew heliax ?
Wouldn't you like to know
I’ll challenge your big bad mobile 🔨
We gonna have a shootout???
@@ScuffedRadio I think you will be interested in seeing what I’ve got for a mobile I’m going to post a video on it here soon
Good Video. But where is the 18db come from? That has to be a Bogus number because even a 13 element beam don't have that. ? de W4DRA
So in the video you can see the second station's signal go from an S-1 to an S-4 on the S-meter when switching from the standard low gain to the Hustler. One S unit is 6db. 3 more S units is 18db. So while the antenna itself did not present that much gain, the signal strength increased by 18db when going from the comet to the Hustler. That's why I said "18db extra" since you gain 18db worth of extra signal over the antennas everyone else uses.
@@ScuffedRadio Could it be the first antenna was really bad? A good test would be try another antenna to compare it to. I had one of those Hustler antennas back in the early 80s and it was pretty good but I didn't get that type of a difference. I suspect because my other antennas where pretty good too.
@@ScuffedRadio It is all done with magic pencils. Who even knows if the S-Meter is correct? Besides you are rating this on receive not transmit. My point being that there isn't one omni antenna out there that would give you that gain no matter where it is mounted.. Conditions, Location, Elevation, Coax (Hardline) and power are you best friends when using VHF or UHF.
But I do agree that this antenna is a great one because I had one on my truck when I was working. Afterwards I removed all radios from it.👌
@@n1kkri That low gain comet antenna is brand new and tested. It performs normally for all the repeaters in town. This contact was very far away, which proved just how much better the Hustler was. I've experienced the same thing many times across two vehicles with other similar low gain antennas so I have no reason to suspect a problem with the low gain.
@@VNV67 You're right that the S- meter could be wrong. But the other station reported the same signal increase when I switched so the benefits go both ways. I was never claiming that the antenna had 18db of gain, I state in the video that it has 5.2dbi of gain. So it's pretty clear that I wasn't trying to mislead people.
Saying “10-4” and “what’s your 20” on ham frequencies 😂
I'll keep doing it too 😆😆😆😆😆😎😎😎😎💯💯💯
RIDICULOUS WIND NOISE. NEVER GOT PAST MIN ONE.
Yeah, I don't blame you. I didn't know it was so bad when I was recording it. Next time if there's wind I'll wait for it to stop or record the audio some other way.
Did you say 10-4 lol
Yes
First personal, yer 20 and 10-4 ! Bye bye bye and seventy thirds. Get down.
Lost me with the "tin kodes".....
10-4!
Please dump the music. Thank you.
No
It's a good antenna but it flexes so much that transmit and receive signals bounce in and out way to much, you have to guy the antenna, but diamond and other like manufacturers build good antennas that are just as good if not better.
I mentioned this in the video. It's actually not as big of an issue as you'd think when traveling at or above highway speeds.