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Originally Posted by AirborneAndy502
Hey gents, I'm in Afghanistan and we're trying to figure out the whole body antenna thing. Our MBITR's suck when it comes to range, and the blade antenna is our old standby but it always gets in the way. We have requested RG-58 cable but our commo guys and supply don't support us. My buddy ended up cutting a RG223? cable the same way one of the other threads said to and it works pretty good. My question for anybody who is good with the radios is when you weave the antenna on your kit, does it have to be exposed or can it be woven under a back panel and does it need to be woven up and down as long as possible? They still get really good range but every now and then we run into problems with it.
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Andy,
Are you referring to cutting the cable to a frequency? I'm not a commo guy, but from my experience, and based on your location. The antenna weaved through your kit has 2 major cons. 1- It limits you to only one frequency. 2 - The range is diminished considerably. I have always used a blade antenna neatly folded and bound with a velcro loop. This allowed me to extend it easily (As someone else mentioned in this thread). Good Luck.
CH