Antenna Dilemma

[tugsnfishes]

I just got a GAM antenna for my vhf..8 foot rated at 9dB. It's all aluminum and you're supposed to trim it to length for the proper frequency...so here's my options:

1 - trim it to optimize one particular freq.

2 - trim it to the mid range of just the transmit/receive freq.

3 - trim it to the mid range of all freq. including Wx.

I'm leaning towards 2 but could be talked out of it.

Opinions please !!!!

[Birdman]

#2. But keep in mind, it aint goijng to matter much. don't sweat it. Your talking about millimeters....

Birdman, Capt of

[Overcurrent]

Optimize it for Channel 16 (156.8 MHz). The difference in gain will be negligible for any other TRANSMIT frequency. The optimization is for transmission only - reception will not be affected at all.