Does this antenna come pre-adjusted for 2m/70cm Baofeng UV-5RA or do I need to adjust the SWR before using this antenna?
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No antenna comes pre adjusted It depends on what radio you are using and you would have to fine tune it to the radio that you are going to use it with . It would probally come very close but to be right on you will need to adjust the SWR on it to match it . This is not a CB radio antenna. Dr Dave
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You ask an interesting question. I had previously never tried the Browning Antenna with the Baofeng until just now. Usually I use it with a Yaesu in the mobile. I found an adapter, took the Baofeng out to the mobile and proceeded to hit all local VHF & UHF repeaters -- NO PROBLEMS. It probably wouldn't hurt to "tweak" the antenna to your particular frequencies, but it seems to work great "right out of the box". I own two of these Browning antennas and consider them to be the BEST VALUE for dollar spent in the market. My oldest one has operated FLAWLESSLY for over two years. Hope this helps. 73 Bill (SEARC & ARRL member) You ask an interesting question. I had previously never tried the Browning Antenna with the Baofeng until just now. Usually I use it with a Yaesu in the mobile. I found an adapter, took the Baofeng out to the mobile and proceeded to hit all local VHF & UHF repeaters -- NO PROBLEMS. It probably wouldn't hurt to "tweak" the antenna to your particular frequencies, but it seems to work great "right out of the box". I own two of these Browning antennas and consider them to be the BEST VALUE for dollar spent in the market. My oldest one has operated FLAWLESSLY for over... » Read More You ask an interesting question. I had previously never tried the Browning Antenna with the Baofeng until just now. Usually I use it with a Yaesu in the mobile. I found an adapter, took the Baofeng out to the mobile and proceeded to hit all local VHF & UHF repeaters -- NO PROBLEMS. It probably wouldn't hurt to "tweak" the antenna to your particular frequencies, but it seems to work great "right out of the box". I own two of these Browning antennas and consider them to be the BEST VALUE for dollar spent in the market. My oldest one has operated FLAWLESSLY for over two years. Hope this helps. 73 Bill (SEARC & ARRL member) « Show Less
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With a good ground plane, I found mine was spot on and needed no adjustment.
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It should come tuned already but it never hurts to check it yourself!!. It is a great antenna properly installed!!
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As far as frequency coverage, the expert power antenna is superior to the stock antenna that comes with the radio. I use this antenna with my UV-5R and I'm very happy with its performance. As long as your 5R+ has the same SMA male antenna jack as my UV-5R, you're good to go. Here is a link to SWR contours of the expert power 14.5 and the stock antenna. http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B008Y2SPE4/ref=cm_cr_dp_cust_img_see_all_txt I hope that helps.
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The ExpertPower (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008Y2SPE4/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) antenna works well. It screws all the way down inside the plastic ring around the antenna mount. It is a close fit but you shouldn't have any problems with it. It will be easy to tighten, you won't have to force it. The Nagoya 701 &771 (http://www.amazon.com/NAGOYA-NA-701-Antenna-BAOFENG-KG-UVD1P/dp/B00BY3XOSW/ref=pd_sim_e_27) are not as easy. They base of the antenna is wider and will bottom out on the plastic ring around the mount point. These antennas will only engage a thread or two and will not make contact properly. The best solution I have found it to use a F-SMA to BNC adapter. The BNC mount will be high enough to let you use any brand BNC antenna. The mount I use is the Wouxun WXBNCB. It isn't found here on Amazon though. I get mine from AES for $6.95. It is a black adapter and blends in well with the Baofeng radios. A chrome adapter might not look too bad with the GT-3 since it has the chrome volume knob but with the other Baofeng radios the black is much nicer. Most of my radios use some sort of BNC adapter so I can keep antennas simple and have the ease of quick disconnect in vehicles. Every Diamond and Comet BNC antenna has worked well on the GT-3 with no clearance problems of any kind.
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I currently have a 4' Astatic half-breed. I also use Firestik antennas. The Astatic has less static and better range. You can use a magnet mount but I dont know what vehicle you have or how you want to mount it. The #1 thing is to set the SWR for any antenna. Look it up if you dont know- you will need a meter or a cb shop can do it sheap. If the antenna isnt tuned the transmit circuit can burn out on you cb.
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Antenna cables are cut to the wavelength -keeps the SWR down, so 1/2 wavelength, ect. are ok. Hope that helps
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I am a ham operator and have installed more auto antennas than I could count. This has a long whip, short whip looks to be just chopped for photo. Assume you are going to use a trunk lip mount that will require at least 1 of the mount screws to go to metal under lip of trunk. Should be able to get swr down to 1.5 to 1 depending on how close the whip is to metal. this antenna worked out just fine for me. Steve -WB9SNS
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I purchased the antenna that was shown in the Amazon add along with the FT-2900R. It was the Magnetic mobile Antenna ham radio 2 meter/70m 144-148 & 440-470 MHz made by Workman. Comes with 12' cable and pl-259 connector, works great, needed no adjustment. Very happy with the antenna, strong magnet holds well. Would buy another.
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Works fine, if you're receiving. But transmitting could be an issue as you are effectively changing the SWR when the antenna is fully retracted. You could damage your transmitter.
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Yes, but its nearly worthless. here is is if you want to read it first http://wouxun.us/Software/Baofeng/UV-5R_USER_MANUAL_legal_size.pdfA user group at http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/ has a lot of good info.Good luck. AA4Q
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Yes, this is an outdoor antenna, it is matched fro the factory, so just hook it up and check your swr. Then talk, talk, talk!
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If you have a g5rv antenna it will cover all bands from 80 meters to 6 meters. I tried using it with my yaesu 450-d that has a built in antenna tuner and it did not work out well. I did not want to fork out the extra money for a separate antenna tuner. But you should not have to cut any of the wire.
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I don't know. I have a Baofeng UV5R in mine w/an adapter cable. It works with or without the antenna on.
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i have a cobra 29 cb radio and a wilson 5000 cb antenna--will the wilson adapt to the baofeng if not will the cb create interference with the baofeng-- if so shall i get the tram 1185 antenna for the baofeng??
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Check the SWR of the antenna for the frequencies that the radio transmits in with any of the antenna analyzers available on the market. If the SWR is not high, then the antenna is right for this radio. It makes no difference in operation what the ring around the threads states. It is the SWR that matters.
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Hi Marc,Unfortunately I was scammed with this product as many others have, and although I made multiple comments on the subject, Amazon continues to permit these sellers to sell a product that will not work with the UV5R at all since it is not compatible. So, do not purchase this item, it will not work with your radio. Thanks.
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With the SMA Female To BNC Female Convert Adaptor For Any Two Way Radio Like BaoFeng UV-5R FD-880 adapter sold on amazon you can then use BNC type antennas like the diamond RH77CA which 4 times the gain of the standard antenna is it also double the length I purchased one from DX engineering at http://www.dxengineering.com/
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You always need a swr meter when setting up any new antenna! They will tell you that in the tuning instructions that come with the antena