WSAR436

Well I thought I’d just leave this here because I respect all of your opinions. I purchased a few uv-5RM because what not have a radio that transmits on the popular ham frequencies and gmrs same price more wattage. The rub is getting an antenna to perform well though out all the bands. I tested the abree 771 it came with, Nagoya 771, Nagoya 320a all with less that stellar performance throughout all bands and before I settled for less I randomly decided to screw every damn antenna I owned into the radio and swr meter. To my surprise the long 15 inch whip that came with my uv-5g plus was killing it not only on GMrs uhf, but also 2 meter, 1.25 meter and 70cm. I was blown away. Almost all frequencies performing better than antennas designed for ham. Just a little info I thought you guys should know.

Does anybody know where I can find a pre configured file for chip to program my baofeng 5rm with all basic ham, emergency and gmrs frequencies the radio is capable of?

Yes I thought so, moving it around a bit I got as low as 1.1 and as high as 1.6. Found the sweet spot and will transmit from there. Sounds great and the farthest repeater in my area is at 36miles crystal clear transmission. But I was getting to that super clear with 5watt handheld and lower gain antenna.

So after testing on vehicle and the metal hand railing overall average swr was 1.35 on railing and a little higher give or take frequency in the vehicle. Nagoya 72g and kenwood 8180h.

Hello fellas tested swr with radio and 72g Nagoya mag mounted to roof of 4 runner. Repeater channels at 1.01 and simplex channels at 1.67 roughly. What do you guys think about that? also why does it change between simplex and repeater frequencies? Sorry in advance for a noob question.

Thanks fellas for the advice I’m going to give it a go test swr before and after on railing take pictures and get back to you with results

Hello all looking to mag mount a Nagoya 72g to a metal hand railing on my upper deck so that it remains portable. I have a 2nd 72g mounted to the top of my 4runner and it’s working great with that roof as a ground plane. Does anybody have experience with this mag mount antenna on a metal hand railing or something similar? The railing is 20ft long and wide enough to just cover the mag base. Thank you Mike wsar436