How long do I cut the limbs for PMR 446?

[NorthernRaider]

(19 December 2013, 14:54)Lightspeed Wrote: Maybe it'd be easier to make a dipole following this instruction:

http://www.delboyonline.co.uk/pmr446/446...ntenna.htm

Ta muchly LS, Dellboys DIY version is what I'm already using mounted up in my loft but even with that and using 4 watts I'm only getting about 3/4 of a mile ??

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Hmmmmm curiouser and curiouser, just been moving the home made ant around the loft, I still can only just pick up NR junior calling from the bottom of the village bout 3/4 mile away and further and I get nothing cept the click of him triggering the PTT button, but I can hear truck drivers from the quarries on the A1M 3 miles away in another direction !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!