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  1. Tue 15th Jun 2010, 10:34 #1
    kb2rsk
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    Would a HD antenna work on the amatuer 2 meter and 440 freq's ? They are about the right cut and dimension for those freq's and some manufactuers are stating it covers 40 thru 500 Mhz's
    Just curious if one has ever tried it.
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  2. Tue 15th Jun 2010, 20:33 #2
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    Do you mean 400 to 500MHz?
    I should think it would work (at QRP).

    You'd better check the coil/bandpass filter isn't a PCB type, if it is, I wouldn't feed it more than a couple of watts.

    The VSWR should be less than 3:1 though as they are designed to be pretty wideband.

    I tried a big TV Yagi on 70cm once and the VSWR was terrible, but that was before digital TV...
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