BTECH Authentic Genuine Nagoya NA-771G 15.3-Inch Whip GMRS (462MHz) Antenna SMA-Female for and BaoFeng Radios

I purchased this for my Quansheng UV K5 as a replacement to the rubber duck antenna that originally came with radio. Works well with my radio and I have ordered another for a different radio.

I got 2 of these 771G’s for my pair of UV-5R’s coded to GMRS frequencies. I’ve been using them frequently for the past few weeks, I can say right off the bat they are exponentially better than the standard rubber ducky antennas. Since they are tuned for GMRS you are able to get a much clearer reception and transmission on those frequencies despite urban obstacles or interference. My brother and I tested the range in a relatively dense urban area. 1 unit in the second floor of a house and the other on a bike. The stock antennas became unreadable at about 1km. As soon as we switched antennas there was a noticeable difference. At 2km we were able to have a clear conversation at 5W power. While moving, reception is hard. Which is understandable because I am moving in between buildings and busy streets. At 4.5km at 2W, 5W and 8W power we were able to still have a clear conversation after a bit of fishing (me in the middle of a parking lot finding signal and my brother sticking his torso out a 2 story window). And finally at 5km at 8W power reception was still somewhat audible with a lot of signal fishing. At this distance, a single building would have completely blocked signal reception and transmission. We were able to receive the tone of the roger beep at 5.3km but there was too much urban obstruction to get understand what was being said (it was just static). This is really good performance for an antenna, at the 1km mark we had 0 line of sight, and still having decent reception at 4-5km with no line of sight through urban terrain is beyond impressive. Note, performance is directly affected by your surroundings, product performance will vary.

Yeah, its an original Nagoya but didn't work any better than the Abbree clones I have that cost less. If I order more, I will go with the Abbree models. Don't take me wrong, these are good antennas and work well. but I'm frugal (cheap) and if I can get similar quality for a better price, then that's the route I'll take.

This made a big difference in my GMRS radio. I could here more and at a farther distance and I herd things more clearly. Highly recommend

When you only need GMRS, why using dual or triple band antenna that give so so results.