NA-771

Well made and fit my radio like it was made for it. I get great reception with it and my transmissions are well received. I can highly recommend this one instead of the antenna that is provided with the Baofung radios.

Works pretty good but not sure of it really is better than the stock antenna- still working on it though

I upgraded to this Nagoya NA-771 antenna from the stock rubber duck that came with my BaoFeng radio, and the difference in performance is absolutely night and day. The reception quality improved dramatically - I'm now able to hit repeaters that were previously completely out of range, and local simplex contacts are much clearer with significantly less static. The 15.6-inch length provides excellent reach without being so long that it becomes unwieldy or catches on everything. The flexibility of the whip design means it bends rather than breaks when it bumps into things, which has already saved me from potential damage several times. The SMA-Female connector fits my radio perfectly with a solid, secure connection. The build quality of this genuine Nagoya antenna is impressive and you can immediately tell it's a quality product compared to the cheaper knockoffs on the market. The antenna feels durable and well-constructed, and I have confidence it will hold up to regular use in the field. Whether I'm using it for emergency communications, ham radio operations, or just monitoring local traffic, this antenna has exceeded my expectations in every way. The improvement in both transmit and receive performance makes this one of the best upgrades you can make to any BaoFeng or BTECH radio. For the modest price, this is an absolute must-have accessory that transforms your handheld radio's capabilities.

For everyone out there in HAM radio land that has gotten frustrated to all hell like I was with the antenna appearing crooked as you tighten down to the radio, there is a EASY solution! It's so simple and only takes about 5 min if you want it to look proper. 2 min if you don't give a damn about looks. This mod should be done to any antenna that makes contact with the raised ring around the SMA antenna connector in baofeng radios. That's is regardless if it causes the antenna to appear crooked or not. The misalignment puts asymmetrical forces on the SMA connector on the radio which is soldered directly to the circuit board. This can cause the solder joint to crack. This is the worst scenario because the radio will appear to function properly but the SWR will be a mess and most likely cause the radio to fail or only perform at a fraction of its potential and you will never know why. With the antenna off the radio, take a exacto knife. The kind that have the blades with score lines in it to snap off segments to keep the blade sharp. Hold the antenna upside down and angle the blade so that the cut you make will taper the plastic outer diameter base inward toward the metal connector. Don't try to make it all in one single cut. You will be tempted and you WILL cause more harm than good. Hold the antenna and knife tight and with the hand that's holding the blade, use your thumb for extra precision and force. NOW..... Make small 4 to 6 millimeter cuts at a 45 degree angle or so. This is not surgery and you can clean the cuts up with a file or sandpaper when you are done. Remember what I said at the beginning of this review about weather you care about looks or not. After round 1 of cuts. Test fit the antenna. If you were carful and took it slow. You should not have any visible gap between the antenna and radio. If you do, you can just live with it, or use the soft rubber washer that should have come with the antenna. I have not had to do this but if I did. I would try and find a soft foam washer. Not the rubber one. Good luck! Remember, the goal here is not to shorten the antenna base. Only to remove some material from the side of the base so it will fit into the areas around the antenna. All this could have been avoided had baofeng just used a normal male SMA connector on the radio and not put it on the antenna. It is what it is tho. Adapt or die. The one rule of life we must all follow. Now, being the proud owner of 4 RD-5R, and 2 BF-F8 HP radios. I understand that some antenna studs are lined up better than others with these radios. It's kinda a shame because the alignment comes down to how much time the tech in China took when soldering the antenna base to the radio circuit board. 2 extra seconds of focus and it's beautiful. Get a guy who doesn't give a damn and well..... In extreme cases, you may need to trim the bezel surround on the actiual radio. You can't adjust it by loosening the lock ring, I've tried. It's locked in place. That's the only option. These are damn good antennas for what you pay for them. Considering that, I will gladly spend a few minutes making a few mods to get a clean fitment. From time to time I have to exchange one but that's the price you pay when you go cheap/inexpensive. Personally I absolutely love my RD-5R radios. They are challenging to learn all the features. After some trial and error and watching a lot of YouTube videos, I have a good handle on the digital side of things but even after a year I still have a lot to learn when it comes to certain group and contact settings and getting the radios to communicate properly and utilize all the features when in digital mode and encryption turned on and in groups. Learn how to implement the encryption! Sure a determined person could brake it but in a emergency situation or in a disaster zone. People will be out there looking to take what others have and every layer of security you can utilize, the safer you are. Imagine if you contacted someone to meet you in a disaster situation and it's been weeks since food ran out. Anyone who is listening to your conversation will be very interested in what you are up to and what you have and where you are staying. Even tho it's not 256bit AES encryption. It's more than enough to keep people from listening in. You would need a specific setup to brake the encryption on these radios and on less someone planned ahead of time to do this exact thing. You will be safe on the knowledge that nobody except who you want will be listening in. I have tested it and the encrypted audio is completely unintelligible. One cool feature is that when you stop talking, the radio uses the last bit of what you said and keeps making noise so someone with a scanner won't even know when you start and stop talking let alone have any idea the words you are speaking. I have other, much more expensive, digital radios and honestly, I come back to my RD-5R! Lol. I with the extended battery, it's just the rite size and weight in your hand (with the clip attached) it's all the little things. That make it a great radio. Like how the screen is always on because it's a simple lcd screen like a calculator. How almost all features can be activated or adjusted on the radio, in the field, without the need to be connected to a computer for every little thing. Just recently I wanted to add a password to my radio and on my rd-5d, I looked it up in settings and had it programmed in 5 min. My TYT radio doesn't even show it in the settings. Accessories are inexpensive and if you want it to feel more like a professional radio, just get the BL-5L extended battery. Really that's ia must mod along with the NA-701 and NA-771 antenna. Each radio you have should have a standard and extra long antenna. Those two things you should just buy at the same time as the radio. When it comes to antennas and batteries. I suggest purchasing directly from the baofeng site. Too many people on Amazon return things they have screwed up then it gets resold to you. A radio is easy enough to return but going back and forth with antennas and batteries gets old fast and there are far too many knock off antenna and batteries being sold on Amazon and ebay. People will also buy the real antenna or batt. Then return a fake one they have in its place. If it's shipped from a Amazon facility, nobody will catch it.

I got a couple of these since they come highly recommended online to improve performance of my Baofeng DMR handheld. I do notice slight improvement in reception of the weather service channel. Transmitting from difficult terrain, I'm not hitting repeaters that I wasn't before, but they do sound much cleaner. These antennas install very easy, and they're perfectly compatible with my radios. They are flexible and seem well-made. Worth the money.

Great upgrade from the stock antenna

Good antenna

Really helped with range on my UV5R.

Es original y tiene buena ganancia, logró activar un repetidor con 1w a 100km de distancia.

Good product, not sure if it extends range but seems to be an improvement.

As far as I can tell, the antenna I received is a 100% genuine Nagoya NA-771 antenna. I used the guidance at Nagoya's How-to-identify-the-genuine-and-fake-antenna web-page and the item I received matches all the examples for a genuine antenna and sleeve - the printing is good, the sleeve bag is good and the antenna came with a spacer o-ring. I don't have the equipment to test whether it behaves as it should, but when I connected it to my UV-5R handset I was able to receive signals at a fair range, better I think than the stock antenna (but I didn't test it super-hard before switching to the NA-771 full-time).

Good antenna, durable and flexible.

Great antenna works well, picks up weak signals