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I bought this to use with a Baofeng HT. While the SMA-24J's performance on 440MHz seemed to be about on par with the stock 5.5" antenna, the performance on 2m was horrible. Most repeaters I had been able to bring up with the stock antenna were completely unreachable with the Comet; the few repeaters I was able to reach with it were noisy with low signal strength. Perhaps it's just that Baofeng has done some spectacular engineering with its 5.5" antenna, but for a $24 17" antenna designed/marked specifically for ham 2m/70cm use to be so greatly outperformed by a short stock antenna is really disappointing. The build of the Comet is fine; it's well made as one would expect from this repected brand.
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Very happy with the antenna very fast and Speedy shipping I was able to hit a repeater on Catalina Island which haven't been able to do with any antenna until now so I was able to do it all off of a handheld radio 100 miles away with this antenna excellent by
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Attached this antenna to a Baofeng HT to achieve a higher gain. Reception kept cutting in and out when the antenna moved (even sightly) back and forth. This is not an issue with the original antenna.
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WORK'S GOOD
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