Bingfu Dual Band VHF UHF 136-520MHz 18.5 inch Foldable CS Tactical Antenna

Once installed on my Baofeng handheld Ham radio, this thing looks a lot longer than it is. Yet I have gotten stellar signal reports from people I communicate with - even pulling in clean transmissions in areas that are usually scratchy when using my other antennas. Last night I was able to connect with a repeater station about 14 miles away with this Bingfu. Signal report, once again, was very good. Definitely worth the money!

SWR was at 3.1 at 2mtr was good 70cmt and GRMS

Quality feel and presentation. Works excellent at 10 mile range. Have yet to test further out, but I will on next hunt. The clarity of this thing is thumbs up. Feels like I’m back on a Humvee. Haven’t been in rain yet but it’s coming and will update. Would by a gain and just might next month to have a set for friends visiting

Compact and light weight antenna

First of all I want to start by saying that this antenna does work, the range with it on my Kenwood NX210 portable is great, people with their vehicle mobile radios could hear me better from a longer distance but there is one minor detail that is keeping me to continue using this antenna on the NX210, the base of the antenna is a bit thick and it rests up against the channel knob, I had to remove the channel knob to thread on the antenna, if I want to use the antenna, I’d have to find a skinny knob that would work, I’ll see if the antenna would interfere with the knob on an older Kenwood portable. As I have mentioned, the antenna does work.

These are Chinese copies of on old B&W manpack antenna. They work OK. SWR is high compared to a 1/4 wave duckie when the radio is held in your bare hand. The SWR is a little better in the public safety bands (150 - 160Mhz). They include extra rubber seals which is good since some radios have a locking ring at the base of the antenna connector and without an overhang on the antenna body, you will need that to keep water/dust out of your HT. These are better than the a factory duckie, but not much.

antenna is exactly what they describe. It mounts fine to my baofeng or my gmrs radio. I pulled the cap off and looked inside. It looks like wire foil mesh tubing which is how it can fold. If you are flipping it open and shut a lot (it works fine folded) it could fray, but for most of us, it will hold up just fine. I've picked up repeaters several miles away.

Product is exactly as described. The rubber on the base is a bit thick, and I needed to trim a small amount of the edge of it to keep it from interfering with a control button atop my Baofeng DM-X that I bought it for. But as far as I am concerned, that is a minor issue. The major issue, of course, is functionality, and this antenna delivers admirably. I'm glad I bought it!

Die Antenne macht einen sehr guten Eindruck und funktioniert einwandfrei. Der Empfang ist deutlich besser als mit der Standardantenne, besonders im UHF-Bereich. Verarbeitung wirkt hochwertig und stabil, trotzdem ist sie leicht und angenehm zu nutzen. Passt perfekt auf mein Funkgerät und ließ sich ohne Probleme montieren. Preis-Leistung ist wirklich top. Würde ich jederzeit wieder kaufen und kann sie definitiv weiterempfehlen.

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Improved RX-TX than original supplied rubber ducky Range extended by 20% or more

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Noticeable difference in reception over stock antennas on Baofeng radios. Worth the price for the improved performance.