The Baofeng UV-5R: Better than you thought . . .

[w9cll]

I have heard of the Nagoya 771 and have read allot of reviews on it. From what I can see longer isn't always better. It would seem that it works well for VHF, but UHF performance is about the same a the stock antenna.

Be careful there are fake Nagoya 771's out there. They do not work! I know because I ended up getting one. It worked "ok" on Vhf but was dead on UHF. Funny thing was I ordered two of them from the same place, 409shop.com, one was fake and one was not. Spend the extra $$$ and get the Comet or Diamond or my personal favorite Smiley Antennas

 

[Robb]

Be careful there are fake Nagoya 771's out there. They do not work! I know because I ended up getting one. It worked "ok" on Vhf but was dead on UHF. Funny thing was I ordered two of them from the same place, 409shop.com, one was fake and one was not. Spend the extra $$$ and get the Comet or Diamond or my personal favorite Smiley Antennas

Have ordered several items from the 409shop w/o a single problem.
Could it be that just one item you got was a defect?

 

[w9cll]

I thought so at first but under closer look there was a small physical difference. The hump in the whip was shorter on the one that didn't work. I have ordered a lot from 409 as well without any issues so I am not blaming them but there are fakes out there.

 

[Mudfoot]

Do the original UV5R batteries fit the plus version?

Can anyone confirm battery compatibility?

 

[Mudfoot]

I looked at the various Baofeng models on Universal Radio's site. They show the same battery part #. I was mainly interested in knowing if my high cap battery is compatible. Looks like it may just work.

 

[The Mad Scientist]

Maybe this will help you....

If the battery is made by Boafeng then it will work. If it is made by Expertpower or another off brand then it will not work without some plastic case modification.

 

[The Mad Scientist]

The Nagoya na-666 has the same gain rating as the na-771 but is half the length. It will be interesting to see how it does.

 

[Nicholas440]

The Nagoya na-666 has the same gain rating as the na-771 but is half the length. It will be interesting to see how it does.

I have both the 666 and 771 ... the 771 is clearly better on all 3 of my hand helds... It is also twice as long .

 

[The Mad Scientist]

I have both the 666 and 771 ... the 771 is clearly better on all 3 of my hand helds... It is also twice as long .

I find this very intreagueing. The reveiws I have read it would seem a 50/50 split on performance between the two. And specifically this performance was on UHF rather than VHF. This is what I am concerned with. I will have to see how well it does when it comes in as compared to the stock antenna which undoubtibly will do much better. At some point in the furue I will pick up a 771 and compare the two.

 

[w9cll]

This one has worked the best for me.

 

[The Mad Scientist]

Interesting. Looks like a telescopic homebrew.

 

[w9cll]

Yes that is basically what it is. The only down side is it puts pressure on the SMA connector so you just need to be careful.

 

[The Mad Scientist]

Could you explain how you set the antenna for both 2 and 70cm? Or do you just pull it all the way up? Seems that you would also need a sma female to bnc male adapter.

 

[w9cll]

Yeah thats it, you pulll it up and down. All the way up is vhf and down is uhf but it will work uhf all the way up and whf all the way down.

 

[w9cll]

Seems that you would also need a sma female to bnc male adapter.

They don't list it on the site but you can get it with the correct sma connector