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Pros & Cons
Pros
This antenna is well designed. It looks and performs well. They are better on 2m but still get the job done in 70cm. Makes the radios look really compact!
Reception is quite good, so long as there aren't too many obstructions. Transmit efficiency is best in the middle of 430 to 440 band on uhf, but the lowest swr is about 130 mhz in vhf.
Cons
The lowest swr is around 2. Other antennas work fine, not these. The rubber felt cheaper and softer on the bingfu, the length of the antennas is not the same where the nagoya is a few millimeters longer.
The saying you get what you pay for is very true if you scrutinize and dissect these antennas. These are push-on antennas and will not screw on to a scanner.
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Quality
My primary use is for my icom ic r-30 receiver to replace the telescoping antenna that comes with the unit.
I have to say i am pleasantly surprised.
Repeated (no pun intended) the same test a few days later with the oem antenna attached.
Will update review with transmit quality soon.
Price
I got these because the price was great.
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- This product had a total of 830 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 2 2023.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Yes there is a sacrifice that has to be made when you use a shorter antenna and i knew it before i made this purchase
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Signal back wasnt quite full quieting
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There was some considerable noise in the signal and keep in mind i was driving but i was able to reach that repeater with relative ease
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I was about 50 miles from that machine
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Flipped over to the moscow mountain id machine 146
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Flipped to the orofino id repeater 145
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
About a 35 mile hop and about the same noise floor as high camp
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Of course i ided myself on each machine i was able to reach but no one wanted to chat
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