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I've got a yaesu VX 5R talkie. The stock antenna bites the big one... Can you guys reccomend a good handie talkie antenna that's not 80 ft long? I live about 20 miles from the repeater I use often, and on 5W power, I can barely make it... I'm usually choppy into the repeater, and I'd like something that'd give me a bit more punch over the stock duckie.

It is SMA, but I also have a SMA to BNC adapter. So either SMA or BNC antennas I can use.

AES has some that are like 40 bucks. Before I spend 40 bucks for a duckie, I'll build a 2 meter quad and aim at the tower so I can hit it on 500 mw. LOL. I might do that anyway, BUT, for now, I'd like a good 2 meter/70 cm, or just 2 meter only antenna to replace the duckie with. What do you guys reccomend?
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