Nagoya NA-701 SMA-Male 8-Inch Whip VHF/UHF (144/430Mhz) Antenna for YAESU, Vertex, TYT, and Wouxun Radio

Works much better than stock handheld antenna

I have purchased two of these, one for a cheap Baofeng radio, and the other for my Kenwood ham radio handheld. I volunteer occaisonaly as a fire-lookout on a 6100' mountain in eastern San Diego County, and decided to try my hand at making contacts using the antenna. Previously, with the stock antennas, I could reliably make contacts 30 miles line-of-sight, but that was about it. With the Nagoya I was able to get into Catalina Island on 2m - 60 miles away. Then a GMRS repeater in Chino, a bit further. Finally I tried Mount Wilson - and had conversations with people all over the Los Angeles basin. Mount Wilson was 92 miles from my location!! I was blown away. I never thought I'd get that kind of distance QRP without a yagi. Signal reports were decent, and my communications were reliable - I was never asked to repeat myself. I would never have imagined that any whip antenna would have improved my range that much. Especially for still being only about 5 watts (less for the Baofeng). As for the size, it is a long antenna. It's flexible, and would fit into a backpack easily, but the length can be an issue with the current crop of handhelds that are virtually palm sized. Because the antenna is 3.5 times longer than my radio is tall, the radio is easily knocked over. And If you drop the radio with this long antenna on it, the base load is quite sturdy and can put enough torque onto the radio's antenna connector that it can break it. Unless you are handy with soldering and fixing things, this can be a costly radio repair. I know, I had to fix mine after it fell and broke. So for general use where I don't need range, the stock antenna goes back on to reduce the chance of this. Overall, this is my new go-to portable antenna for anything where I need range. It is especially impressive given it's price point.

I had an old handheld 2m/70cm radio with a broken antenna. This fit perfectly and have been able to access local repeaters with it effortlessly!

Exactly as advertised. Works great.

Really great whip. I have a few across my fengs and real boy radios. Just make sure you get the right male/female -- read the listing.

This fits my Baofeng UV999 MaxPro V2 perfectly and performs great. It increased my range and signal quality

I have a Yaesu FT-5D, where the stock antenna is only tuned to the 2m/70cm bands. Outside of these bands (e.g. air band) the stock antenna has a VSWR of a brick (e.g. >10:1). Once I realize that the Yaesu antenna would not allow me to utilize all of the capabilities of the FT-5D, I purchased a Diamond dual band antenna. Diamond antennas are well made but then I tested a TIDRadio 771 antenna which I had from their H8 Ham handheld with the FT-5D. The performance was remarkably better than the Diamond in all bands including 2M/70cm and air band. At that point I decided to try a Nagoya 771 which is not the same as the TID clone, but clearly similar in construction. The result is that the Nagoya while better than the Diamond (and obviously stock Yaesu) is not quite as good as the TIDRadio 771 clone. Shocking that the TIDRadio 771 which sells for as low as $3 is quite a good antenna. That said I decided to keep the Nagoya 771 and set aside the Diamond. Notable is that the base of the Nagoya is larger in diameter with respect to the Diamond, thus potentially spreading out stress. Though construction quality of the Nagoya is clearly not as good as the Diamond, but I don't believe this is anything more than cosmetic. Finally the Nagoya is cheaper than the Diamond by a few dollars. At this juncture I would recommend the Nagoya 771 over a Diamond SRH-77, when a longer antenna is acceptable. Leave the stock Yaesu antenna for a hamfest where something more compact makes sense.

This works well and seems to have good range. Better than the oem.

Excellent quality, VSWR good at 915 MHz

Moi je trouve que cette antenne fonctionne bien en vhf et uhf

Very well constructed and tuned antenna and GENUINE have been duped before online but this is the real deal big thumbs up 👍

Good stuff 👌

Muy buena calidad , original