Retevis Antenna Baofeng Kenwood Talkies Review

This antenna was received on 23rd July 2020 and it has been tested on the 2m band but is not tuned well on the 70cm band. With an SWR over 11 located at 432,250 in the transmitter damage area. Otherwise the build looks ok. As others have pointed out, SMA streams do not have full depth. I tried tearing off the rubber cover to see if I could tune the antenna, but I couldn't pry it off without risking damage.

As others have noted in their reviews the threads in this antenna are not as deep as other SMA-M antennas I have. they appear smaller by about 1/16 inch. As a result, the antenna does not screw itself as deeply into the SMA connector as other antennas. The thread is definitely too small to properly fit the Icom ID-51A+, but this antenna is not advertised as HT capable. Overall quality and performance is ok if you need a small flexible antenna with limited range.

Great for a short antenna. Reception is good and I actually use it on my BCD436HP scanner as despite having a 144/440 antenna it seems to work better with 800 trunk systems and other short antennas. And I really like that it's flexible so it flexes instead of attaching the antenna to the scanner and takes all the force as I get in and out of the car and the antenna catches on the seatbelt. And yes, the thread depth is a little shallow so there was a gap between the bottom of the antenna and the

I bought this item specifically because I was looking for a solid antenna for my work radio. This antenna is advertised as being able to bend a lot without breaking. This aspect of the product fits the bill - the wire part in the antenna appears to be very flexible - but this product doesn't work in the other department as the attached pictures show. I'm not a radio amateur and don't know the terminology, but the tip of this antenna completely fell off after two weeks of normal use. It looks…

Bought as a small flexible antenna for easy carrying. I'm in areas that are in line of sight of repeaters, so the performance doesn't bother me much. For that matter, it works fine. This is significantly less than the 1/4 wavelength on VHF and UHF. So it probably won't be very efficient. However, I knew I would sacrifice efficiency for size. In this situation it worked well, which is why I gave it two stars. My problem is the construction. In just a few weeks, the rubber case on my PDA, which…