Turns Your Portable Hand Held or Vehicle Ham Radio Into a Survival Tool Choose The Right Adapter for Your Radio SMA Female Fits Radios Wouxum Any Tone Baofeng

This is a great, compact antenna to keep in your kit for when you need to reach out a bit further with your handheld radio or in a woodland environment, it helps you “punch” through the vegetation further. It absolutely works as using this antenna in place of my Signal Stick (best whip antenna) I am able to reach 3 additional repeaters that I otherwise can’t reach from home. I always pack it in my kit when I go in to the backcountry.

Arrived, very quickly via FedexOn the insert is the measured SWR and frequency it is tuned to, 146.021 and an SWR of 1,02My tests came up with almost the exact same numbers.The RT radio with a High gain Rubber ducky and even a Comet SMA " high gain " VHF UHF antenna could not reach even the closest repeaters without issues.Today we are reaching the majority of the local repeaters, some as far as 30 miles away!! not bad at all.This is a quality product, well conceived and produced.A few issues, it would help to get or use an SMA adapter that would prevent the "twisting" that occurs when trying to mount the small SMA male/ PL259 adapter cable.Also, the definition of a " tall tree" in Texas differs drastically from a " tall tree" in the Pacific North West ;)I use a nice length of bamboo that is about 18ft that works perfectly.For all of those looking for a great and easy solution to getting on the air, try this one you will not be disappointed.

For service in the Bankhead we need to toss this antenna up over a branch. The relay radio can get farther in and relay farther out for comms.

Hade my concern, thought maybe a gimic, was I wrong. Got antenna in a tree, distant repeaters came in clear and was able to hit longer distant repeaters. Will go in hiking, get home, and day packs. Well made. Was a great find.

After reviewing the reviews and seeing the knowledgeable comments, I decided to get one of these as it is now the longest antenna I own. Four foot was my previous whip, the folding Military antenna.Running a 25watt HYS.Brilliant antenna idea, am planning to test my dji MINI2 as the antenna pole/lifter as an improvised antenna elevation tool.*Follow up;Antenna is very snug fitting on adapter, be sure to apply enough pressure to press pin down while threading.

Very good antenna, well built and sturdy. Brought my Baofeng radio to life. Talked to a repeater at 62 miles. This is along way in my flat land area. Great portable antenna for hiking, camping, or emergency use.

Might have paid more than from other vendors. However, rest assured you are buying a product made in America with an emphasis on quality. I will probably end up purchasing a second or third.SWR readings on 146 Mhz at 1.05, 446 mhz 1.08.With this strung up I have little issue contacting a repeater 48mi away (remember, that is straight as crow flies) on 4.5w VHF.Simply put I cannot recommend this enough. Excellent product. Thank you for actually taking pride in your work and producing such an excellent product.

This is just what I was looking for. All you need is a light pole tree etc and you have a mini tower. I even built a telescoping plastic house pipe tower 25 ft high to hook it to since I have nothing over 10 feet in my yard. First transmission at 4 watt I hit the repeater 18 miles away no problem. time will tell how long it will take a beating in a survival background. thumbs up.