Bill . . .
On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 20:44:50 -0500, "Bill Storey via groups.io"
<WTStorey@...> wrote:
I followed the advice in the UV5R faq at Miklor.com, and bought what was known as the $3.79 special, and I never looked back. The antenna helps provide some front end filtering, which the radio really needs. Later versions of the radio, especially from Baofeng Tech have gotten better, but the basic 5R works better with a less capable antenna.
Can you give us a link to the $3.79 special, please? I went to the site and
found the UV-5R FAQ but not the $3.79 special. Can you link to that, please?
I remember using a 1/4 wave ground plane 2M antenna made out of an SO-239
connector with 19" legs attached to the 4 holes with screws and nuts, and
another 19" piece of wire soldered to the center connector. The socket faces
downward and you use a flexible thin piece of coax. If you have the SO-239
socket in your junk box, and some copper wire like 14 gauge that comes out of
Romex house wiring, it's not going to cost you any additional money.
Donald KX8K
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