Hawkins Radio 2m Antenna Field Test On A Welsh Mountain

I haven't done much 2m FM operating recently, so decided to take a trip over the border into Wales.

In this video I take a look at the Hawkins-Radio Thunderbolt SSD 58+ 2M antenna.

The following specs are taken from the manufacturers:-
Special End Fed 5/8th Wave Dipole
Length 1.7 m
VSWR over Bandwidth 136.0 MHz to 150.0 Mhz less than 1:1.5
Centre Frequency 142 Mhz
VSWR at Centre Frequency less than 1:1.1
Power Handling 200 W Continuous 400 W Short Time
Gain Minimum 3.2 dBd
Low Radiation Pattern For Optimum Gain

0:00 Intro
2:25 Equipment overview
3:10 About RG-58 coax
5:00 On air contacts
8:30 Conclusion
The Amateur Radio UK channel is run by UK radio amateur M0GQC (James). As the channel name would suggest, the channel focuses primarily on amateur radio within the UK!!!

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