Quote Originally Posted by Tanner View Post
If you are short on spending money at present, I'd skip the omni. I have not found that to be nearly as useful as it used to be with 216. The small UHF yagis make it pretty easy to use in the cab of the truck and are more sensitive than the omni. I bought a 433 omni 5 years ago and have not used it once, despite having chased my barbary multiple times during those years.
If you want to upgrade your UHF kit I second Ron Kumetz recommendation for a backpacker's 7 element Yagi from Arrow Antenna. Ron keeps his bungeed to the overhead in his truck shell. Considered as pure emergency gear it breaks into short pieces and lives in a small nylon bag. Price is right.

My favorite for most boost for the buck is a pole to put the antenna on top of. Height buys range. For details see forum: "Telemetry", thread: "Which Is Better, UHF/VHF".

Regards,
Thomas of the Desert