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My brother and I have been using the UV-5R’s for years when hunting. I flicked the rubber ducky antenna and replaced them with Nagoya NA-771 whips and tossed the rechargeable batteries and replaced them with battery packs that take 6xAA batteries instead. We will often camp separate waterholes 2 or 3km apart and have no trouble communicating using UHF through thick scrub and undulating terrain.
I got the AA boxes for if/when the grid goes down because long-term in SHTF, those little solar driveway lights have rechargable AA's and I have solar battery banks. That said, I've never heard it said they are preferable to the factory batteries, especially the extended ones, which I also got. Are AA's just longer lasting or is there better functionality?
Whoaaa, partner! I tuned into your video because I thought _you_ were supposed to do the legwork! Your video lead said, and i quote, "BAOFENG UV-5R: What Range to Expect? What's the Best Antenna?" Ummm, yeah. We know the best way to test range is to get in the car and go out 1-1.5 miles from Point A to Point B and see what the reception is. You take a Nagoya NA-24j (a new iteration of the NA-771), an NA-771, a couple of Appree antennas, a Signal Stick and the rubber ducky antenna that came with your your Baofeng and some other antennas you might have kicking around, then you jump in the car or on a bicycle and it's off to see the Wizard! We then _test_ all the antennas, the wonderful antennas we have! You thus require 1) the set of antennas; 2) a car or bicycle; 3) map; 4) a means of ensuring the same elevation and oh yeah, 5) a partner in crime who will stand next to your receiver and ensure all the recordings are pure. Then after you show us the antennas, you dump everything in our laps and ensure we choose the ones that are best for our needs. So there you have it! You had everything there, but instead of running it, you tell us how to conduct the test, then you kick us out. Bummer. I don't _have_ all these antennas, but I'd like to know which ones are the best so I don't _have_ to buy them all and run my own tests. I'd prefer someone _else_ to get in the car and I'll just get the best antenna they bird-dog me to! Right now, I'd like to know the best antenna to get: the Nagoya NA-24j, NA-771, Signal Stick or Abbree 18.8-incher? The NA-771 has been replaced by the NA-24j, but it's it better and, if so, by how much? Anyone have a notion? Cheers!
I run a 36” folding whip antenna on my 5r. I have been able to get 11 miles out of this set up with my friends. Understand that where I live where we have a high water table and is a fairly open area.
@@TheModernSurvivalist I agree. It also depends though, on how you use it. I have the radio on the front left of all my different kit, with a patch cable going to the antenna. The antenna is secured, in several locations with Velcro, to the the back of my BA or chest rig. I can reach back over hand and release it from the folded position to allow it to function at max capacity. It works well and allows me to use my rifle sling without interference to either. BUT, to use it as a hand held is quite cumbersome.
@@TheModernSurvivalist I heard you say that you had a Spanish language channel. Do you mind my asking where you are located? I’m on the Texas coast and am originally from the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
In my opinion, the baofeng default antenna is pretty good out of the box. The best thing you can do to improve your range is to use an external antenna on top of your house/shack/car, connect to it by cable, use a directional antenna, or better yet to use a repeater. There are some repeaters in my region and I can connect to anyone in cities up to 100 km from here with the default antenna. When using a different antenna, keep in mind you can suffer from FM interference (there is a bug in Baofeng that he does not receive without an external FM filter) and keep in mind SWR ressonance - there are some VHF antennas that are dubbed "Baofeng Friers" when transmitting in UHF.
@@mike617 Those antennas are not sold on my regions, so I couldn't recommend one without testing myself or doing some calculations. Here in my country a lot of people uses a DIY flower pot antenna.
Good video thanks for the info! I'm going to get 4 radios so that my family can communicate with each other....just in case electricity and cell phone towers ever go out.
Try getting everyone a Ham Radio License, such that you can use repeaters, work yourselves with the community and (important) not to receive a fine for illegal transmission. But if you wish to keep a low profile (also important), at least educate everyone in radio protocols: how to program the radio, which frequencies you will be using, how to improve your range (keep the radio vertical, go to higher ground, avoid obstacles (including your body) between you and your target), mount external antennas to be used at home, how to create makeshift repeaters with two baofengs...
The ARRL has good books about antennas 📡. You could use some coaxial cable and make a badass antenna for these. A C.B. radio shop could pump up your power output also. Been a HAM for a minute. Actually use these radios before an emergency! They can be complicated if you have never used one.
I found uniden uhf antenna for car set up in a back pack gives me ultimate range. I bought an 8 watt baofeng uv5r. With swr of 1.05 I get 4.9 watts on 8 watts unit. ( overrated) baofeng uv5r iii is 3.9 watts. I am getting up to 50 km plus. Height and a counterpoise on every antenna makes a huge difference! Abree foldable antenna is crap for uhf. Nagoya is better. But uniden auto antenna is best range. In Australia in city I'm getting 4 km plus. In high position I'm picking up truckies about 50 km away as they tell me! Cheers
Attenna are work at the length or tuned to the wave length, residence frequency of the frequency being transmittedor received. . Longer is not better! Unless it is a devidable/multiplied tuned length of the residence wave length. 1/4, 1/2, whole, double, wave length and third harmonic length. SWR Do you homework.
I'm new to ham radio, but I never heard of anyone using a tree antenna for VHF. I think it would be too short. I use a half wave "flower pot", which is like a few meters of coax cable along a 1.2 metre (4 ft) of PVC pipe. Very portable and sturdy. There are plans on how to build 1/2 Wave and 3/4 Wave antennas on the internet. No SWR match required, but on a Baofeng you might need an external FM filter to avoid interference from FM Broadcasts.
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My brother and I have been using the UV-5R’s for years when hunting. I flicked the rubber ducky antenna and replaced them with Nagoya NA-771 whips and tossed the rechargeable batteries and replaced them with battery packs that take 6xAA batteries instead. We will often camp separate waterholes 2 or 3km apart and have no trouble communicating using UHF through thick scrub and undulating terrain.
I got the AA boxes for if/when the grid goes down because long-term in SHTF, those little solar driveway lights have rechargable AA's and I have solar battery banks. That said, I've never heard it said they are preferable to the factory batteries, especially the extended ones, which I also got. Are AA's just longer lasting or is there better functionality?
Whoaaa, partner! I tuned into your video because I thought _you_ were supposed to do the legwork! Your video lead said, and i quote, "BAOFENG UV-5R: What Range to Expect? What's the Best Antenna?"
Ummm, yeah. We know the best way to test range is to get in the car and go out 1-1.5 miles from Point A to Point B and see what the reception is. You take a Nagoya NA-24j (a new iteration of the NA-771), an NA-771, a couple of Appree antennas, a Signal Stick and the rubber ducky antenna that came with your your Baofeng and some other antennas you might have kicking around, then you jump in the car or on a bicycle and it's off to see the Wizard!
We then _test_ all the antennas, the wonderful antennas we have! You thus require 1) the set of antennas; 2) a car or bicycle; 3) map; 4) a means of ensuring the same elevation and oh yeah, 5) a partner in crime who will stand next to your receiver and ensure all the recordings are pure.
Then after you show us the antennas, you dump everything in our laps and ensure we choose the ones that are best for our needs.
So there you have it! You had everything there, but instead of running it, you tell us how to conduct the test, then you kick us out.
Bummer. I don't _have_ all these antennas, but I'd like to know which ones are the best so I don't _have_ to buy them all and run my own tests. I'd prefer someone _else_ to get in the car and I'll just get the best antenna they bird-dog me to!
Right now, I'd like to know the best antenna to get: the Nagoya NA-24j, NA-771, Signal Stick or Abbree 18.8-incher? The NA-771 has been replaced by the NA-24j, but it's it better and, if so, by how much?
Anyone have a notion? Cheers!
Just ordered one for myself last week.
You may want to add a couple more for the family/friends/team/people around you.
I run a 36” folding whip antenna on my 5r. I have been able to get 11 miles out of this set up with my friends. Understand that where I live where we have a high water table and is a fairly open area.
The folding antenna does help, a lot, but its so bulky.
@@TheModernSurvivalist
I agree. It also depends though, on how you use it. I have the radio on the front left of all my different kit, with a patch cable going to the antenna. The antenna is secured, in several locations with Velcro, to the the back of my BA or chest rig. I can reach back over hand and release it from the folded position to allow it to function at max capacity. It works well and allows me to use my rifle sling without interference to either.
BUT, to use it as a hand held is quite cumbersome.
@@TheModernSurvivalist
I heard you say that you had a Spanish language channel. Do you mind my asking where you are located? I’m on the Texas coast and am originally from the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
In my opinion, the baofeng default antenna is pretty good out of the box.
The best thing you can do to improve your range is to use an external antenna on top of your house/shack/car, connect to it by cable, use a directional antenna, or better yet to use a repeater.
There are some repeaters in my region and I can connect to anyone in cities up to 100 km from here with the default antenna.
When using a different antenna, keep in mind you can suffer from FM interference (there is a bug in Baofeng that he does not receive without an external FM filter) and keep in mind SWR ressonance - there are some VHF antennas that are dubbed "Baofeng Friers" when transmitting in UHF.
Quick question Carlos! Any Amazon antennas you could think of that could work with a uv-5r to make it a “decent” base radio?
Thanks!
@@mike617 Those antennas are not sold on my regions, so I couldn't recommend one without testing myself or doing some calculations.
Here in my country a lot of people uses a DIY flower pot antenna.
Oh nice I bought one of these!
Good video thanks for the info!
I'm going to get 4 radios so that my family can communicate with each other....just in case electricity and cell phone towers ever go out.
Try getting everyone a Ham Radio License, such that you can use repeaters, work yourselves with the community and (important) not to receive a fine for illegal transmission.
But if you wish to keep a low profile (also important), at least educate everyone in radio protocols: how to program the radio, which frequencies you will be using, how to improve your range (keep the radio vertical, go to higher ground, avoid obstacles (including your body) between you and your target), mount external antennas to be used at home, how to create makeshift repeaters with two baofengs...
The ARRL has good books about antennas 📡. You could use some coaxial cable and make a badass antenna for these. A C.B. radio shop could pump up your power output also. Been a HAM for a minute. Actually use these radios before an emergency! They can be complicated if you have never used one.
I've never heard of anybody being able to get more power out of a uv 5r. Except using amplifiers
Good video 👍👍
I found uniden uhf antenna for car set up in a back pack gives me ultimate range. I bought an 8 watt baofeng uv5r. With swr of 1.05 I get 4.9 watts on 8 watts unit. ( overrated) baofeng uv5r iii is 3.9 watts. I am getting up to 50 km plus. Height and a counterpoise on every antenna makes a huge difference! Abree foldable antenna is crap for uhf. Nagoya is better. But uniden auto antenna is best range. In Australia in city I'm getting 4 km plus. In high position I'm picking up truckies about 50 km away as they tell me! Cheers
Attenna are work at the length or tuned to the wave length, residence frequency of the frequency being transmittedor received. . Longer is not better! Unless it is a devidable/multiplied tuned length of the residence wave length. 1/4, 1/2, whole, double, wave length and third harmonic length. SWR Do you homework.
The longer Nagoya is the best compromise.
Save yourself a few minutes. No specific info
I got the tactical heavy duty antenna. Haven't gotten it in the mail yet but curious about the range.
Which tree antenna do your recommend?
I'm new to ham radio, but I never heard of anyone using a tree antenna for VHF. I think it would be too short.
I use a half wave "flower pot", which is like a few meters of coax cable along a 1.2 metre (4 ft) of PVC pipe. Very portable and sturdy. There are plans on how to build 1/2 Wave and 3/4 Wave antennas on the internet.
No SWR match required, but on a Baofeng you might need an external FM filter to avoid interference from FM Broadcasts.
Are these legal to broadcast on in Europe?
No 😔