Tram 1185 Amateur Dual-Band Magnet Antenna

For what it's meant to do - give good ham radio communication at a reasonable range - it is outstanding! Transmitting, it hits repeaters well at 20 miles, even amid rolling terrain in a suburban setting. It receives well at even a bit greater distances, again without too much interference at play. Really, a fine mobile antenna in most circumstances. Highly recommended!!

This ant was tuned perfectly from out of the package I have a 1.0 1.1 on for my gmrs radio

Great upgrade antenna for using a handheld baofeng UV-5R

I now have three of these antennas. Two mobile units and one attic mount on 2'x3' piece of steel. They work great! Just today I was using a mobile and brought up a repeater with a 4w HT and the Ham I was communicating with couldn't believe the reach i had. Excellent buy and excellent service.

Bought 2 of them for my new radios, so far so good!! Shipping took longer than expected but that’s to be expected with the holidays!! Otherwise, very happy with my purchase experience!!! Will definitely get more as needed!!!!

Top of my pickup it works better then I hoped. 75 mph and no let go issues. Very happy with my purchase

I put the Tram 1185 in the center of the steel bed of my pick up truck, opened the tail gate and pointed it toward 2 repeaters over 20 miles away. Attached it to my Baofeng HT and had a 5/9 (excellent) signal report.

Not a bad antenna

This Antenna gets out very well, people says that they feel like I am sitting next to them, this is over 27.5 miles away.

Good antenna for vhf/uhf mobile radio installation.

Works great sitting on top of my washing machine!

I use this antenna with a Baofeng UV-82c on a motorcycle while working bicycle races. The radio alone up by the windshield did not work well either on a shoulder mic or the Sena 10S Bluetooth connected by a Sena SR-10 Two-way radio adapter. The range was poor with static. However when I hooked up this antenna on my metal rear trunk using an SMA to female UHF adapter all that changed. Now I have the radio that everyone can hear clearly with the best range too. Proving once again that 90% of a two way radio is the best antenna properly mounted.

The antenna is just not very useful because it lacks range.

We took a Dremel tool to this, cut a bit off the end (not sure exact amount, ~1in), and tuned the antenna up into the VHF commercial band. Buddy used an SMA-SO239 adapter and hook this to a Baofeng UV82. Gave us about 5 miles (non los) and held well. Shame it is only unity on VHF as that is the band he primarily wanted. Holds well and performs adequate. Would work well for a visitor on a farm or a radio on the combine for farm use if tuned correctly. Otherwise small HT-HT use for ham radio would be excellent.

Decent antenna. can be trimmed for better swr reading. good magnet with a foil backing can get the swrs down to 1.2 or 1.1 to 1 if you work at it.

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Plugged it right into my Leixen VV-898 Dual Band FM Transceiver and picked up transmissions from several repeaters in my area. Currently, I am using it in doors until I can by an Arrow J-pole and permanently mount it outside. With this antenna I can use it in my vehicle and remove it easily when my trip is over.

I bought this for a baofeng uv 82 to improve transmit & receive & mounted it on a ground plane on the garage roof with good results over the rubber duck.

More than ample cable length

Used as a temporary antenna.

This is a rugged effective and efficient antenna on both UHF and VHF.

The representatives are polite and very helpful. My order was processed quickly and shipped fast.

After doing a fair amount of research, the Tram 1185 was my best choice for a vehicle mounted antenna. I attached it to the middle of my Chevy Suburban roof, wrapped the cable around the roof rack, and ran it down thru the sun roof. I then wrapped the excess cable around my sun visor and then attached the connector to my HT. I clipped the HT to my visor so it stays out of the way. Easypeezee! The RX/TX of the HT with this antenna works really well even though the antenna isn't really long. I'm completely satisfied with the build quality, price, and rx/tx clarity my 5w HT!

I am a Ham Radio operator and use one inside the house on a cookie sheet) and am able to hit several repeaters using low power. I actually purchased another for the car and am getting ready to purchase a third for my wife.

You really can't go wrong with this antenna at the price. It works great with a HT, it also handled 75 watts from my mobile unit.