I know I am revisiting this again but I could use some clarification. It has been stated before that the Motorola low band helical antennas have a useful bandwidth of about 1MHz.
I was just wondering why that was the case, say in comparison to HT antennas in other bands. For instance, (and correct me if I am wrong) the mid UHF (430-470MHz) radios often all use the same 6" 1/4 wave whip. What am I missing? I know that the first type of antenna is loaded and the other is a 1/4 wave whip, but beyond that I don't understand the fundamental differences that would allow one a wider bandwidth over the other. Please pardon my antenna theory ignorance Also, in relation to that, what use would be a 99 channel MT1000 unless one either programmed the frequencies on quite a narrow spread, or carried multiple antennas? Thanks in advance, Albert
