JBRPong

Midland MXTA26 next to the windows. I'm in a 2nd story apartment.

I "lost" mine in a fishing accident.

I had the UV-21R version, looks identical. Had the dark background. I like the display with the large numbers and the number pad being more "normal" with 0 at the bottom. However, the display went out after 1 week. Returned it for replacement. The replacement had white back ground, which is the older firmware and the white back ground was harder to see and it had smaller numbers in the display. I returned. Bummer because I like the 999 channels and upload and download to Chirp was way faster than my other Baofengs.

I had this issue with one of my 771s, I just put a rubber o ring in between and it doesn't screw in all the way and it's working normally.

Base - BTech UV-25x2 - antenna Midland MXTA26 on a cookie sheet by the window (learned that from a jeep guy on the interwebs) Baofeng UV-9G Wouxun KG-UV9gx

Noob question. Haven't been able to find info on the pros and cons of putting the mag mount antenna on the hood of my car. Got new car with glass roof and I'm trying to find a good way of using the NMO mag mount I have without buying something new. I used to just slap it on the middle of the roof on my old car when I need to use it and it worked great. Any suggestions if it's a bad idea to put it on the hood? and if there is a best location on the hood. Thanks in advance for any helpful info.