As far as hobbies go, ham radio tends to be on the more expensive side. A dual-band mobile radio can easily ... and sometimes even the highest-performing antennas are little more than two lengths ...

You would construct a counterpoise antenna wire 11.5 inch for VHF, 6.5 for UHF and about 19.5 inches for an OK performing dual band VHF/UHF radio. Normally with a handheld radio the counterpoise ...