A client of mine was kind enough to donate a handful of TYT UV-8200 IP67 waterproof radios to me and the two other consultants whom I work with for use on some of my other clients' radio systems (I do consulting in the IT world, and some of my clients have offices that span about three square miles of space and distance, so they have radio networks set up, and allow me to use their radio systems when working on-site).
Like my Baofeng radios, this radio came with a shorter (about an inch shorter than the Nagoya 701Cs on my baofengs) but less flexible antenna. This is all fine and dandy, but I need to make sure that I have an antenna on this that is about as long but less prone to being broken. It also came with a very long, flexible antenna, which is far longer than I can use when carrying the radio around on my hip when working at clients' sites.
I'm hoping that, once again, the RR community here can provide me with decent guidance on a similar-length, flexible antenna for my SMA-Male TYT UV-8200 radio. Any suggestions? (Preferably ones that work well with the waterproofed nature of this radio?)
(And yes, I have 4 radios of my own in total, three Baoeng UV-5Rs of which two are connected to a Surecom repeater controller so I have a portable GMRS repeater station, and this TYT UV-8200... is this too much of a collection?
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If it's relevant, the places I work with these radios are all in the UHF ranges, with the exception of the one VHF frequency I occasionally listen to when my Whistler TRX-1 scanner needs charging or if I forgot it at home - the NOAA Weather Radio frequencies)
Like my Baofeng radios, this radio came with a shorter (about an inch shorter than the Nagoya 701Cs on my baofengs) but less flexible antenna. This is all fine and dandy, but I need to make sure that I have an antenna on this that is about as long but less prone to being broken. It also came with a very long, flexible antenna, which is far longer than I can use when carrying the radio around on my hip when working at clients' sites.
I'm hoping that, once again, the RR community here can provide me with decent guidance on a similar-length, flexible antenna for my SMA-Male TYT UV-8200 radio. Any suggestions? (Preferably ones that work well with the waterproofed nature of this radio?)
(And yes, I have 4 radios of my own in total, three Baoeng UV-5Rs of which two are connected to a Surecom repeater controller so I have a portable GMRS repeater station, and this TYT UV-8200... is this too much of a collection?
)If it's relevant, the places I work with these radios are all in the UHF ranges, with the exception of the one VHF frequency I occasionally listen to when my Whistler TRX-1 scanner needs charging or if I forgot it at home - the NOAA Weather Radio frequencies)
