Diamond Original SRH519 Scanner Antenna Review

I use them on all my PDAs. I know I can find cheaper antennas but this is the best I've ever used. Had one for 10 years and finally ended it when I called rescuers during a storm. Just got 2 left. You can take a mediocre radio and make it powerful.

I have had the BNC version of this antenna for many years and found it to be a very effective 2m/70cm antenna I bought the SMA version knowing that it works well and wanted to use it without an SMA/BNC adapter on an RTL-SDR dongle. Makes for a nice little simple setup.

The SHHHH ratio wasn't that good compared to the Diamond SRH77CA. I was hoping that a shorter antenna would be good enough, but this one has too much noise. Maybe that's not a problem in urban areas, but it is in rural areas. I only use them for scanners.

This was a replacement for a broken antenna. It's expensive compared to available substitutes, but it's what I wanted. The most interesting part is that the packaging and minimal literature is written in Japanese I believe. All the same antenna and packaging was the same, except for the language. The antenna itself is very flexible and works well. I would buy it again if I managed to break this one.

I use this antenna as a VHF/UHF antenna for my Uniden and Icom scanner radios. This is a great receiving antenna. I also like that it's thin and flexible enough to put in the radio pocket and when the radio scanner is pulled out the antenna always returns to its original position. Highly recommended if your radio has an SMA connector (I also have a BNC version of the antenna and have been using it for over 10 years with no reliability issues. I assume the SMA version will perform similarly).

The SHHHH factor was not as good compared to the Diamond SRH77CA. I was hoping that a shorter antenna would be good enough, but this one has too much noise. Maybe that's not a problem in urban areas, but it is in rural areas. I only use them for scanners.

This was a replacement for a broken antenna. It's expensive compared to available substitutes, but it's what I wanted. The most interesting part is that the packaging and minimal literature is written in Japanese I believe. All the same antenna and packaging was the same, except for the language. The antenna itself is very flexible and works well. I would buy it again if I managed to break this one.

I use this antenna as a VHF/UHF antenna for my Uniden and Icom scanner radios. This is a great receiving antenna. I also like that it's thin and flexible enough to put in the radio pocket and when the radio scanner is pulled out the antenna always returns to its original position. Highly recommended if your radio has an SMA connector (I also have a BNC version of the antenna and have been using it for over 10 years with no reliability issues. I assume the SMA version will perform similarly).