Hi all,
I bought this as an entry level transceiver. I was quite happy with the original "rubber ducky" antenna, but wanted to maximize it's potential, so I bought a 771.
I noticed that the performance is worse with the Nagoya. For example, with the rubber ducky, I will scan 144-160 area and pick up some channels and it will lock on to lots of frequencies with just static as well. With the Nagoya, it will scan right through this range and will stop at maybe 2 or 3 of these frequencies. Presumably the strongest ones.
Is this an indication of performance?
Also, when listening to some local repeaters, while switching the 2 antennas, it seems that the rubber ducky is slightly better, picking up an extra bar of reception, with less pickyness which direction the radio is held. Nagoya performed OK, but seems more directional, and will cut out when moving the radio around.
I returned the NA-771, thinking that I got a bad one, and ordered another, giving the same results. These are genuine Nagoya's sold by Baofeng dist. on Amazon with the silver labeling, green packaging, and functioning QR code.
Could it be the radio? Most of the reviews I have seen are with the original UV-5R, and people describe quite a benefit from the Nagoya.
Thank you.
I bought this as an entry level transceiver. I was quite happy with the original "rubber ducky" antenna, but wanted to maximize it's potential, so I bought a 771.
I noticed that the performance is worse with the Nagoya. For example, with the rubber ducky, I will scan 144-160 area and pick up some channels and it will lock on to lots of frequencies with just static as well. With the Nagoya, it will scan right through this range and will stop at maybe 2 or 3 of these frequencies. Presumably the strongest ones.
Is this an indication of performance?
Also, when listening to some local repeaters, while switching the 2 antennas, it seems that the rubber ducky is slightly better, picking up an extra bar of reception, with less pickyness which direction the radio is held. Nagoya performed OK, but seems more directional, and will cut out when moving the radio around.
I returned the NA-771, thinking that I got a bad one, and ordered another, giving the same results. These are genuine Nagoya's sold by Baofeng dist. on Amazon with the silver labeling, green packaging, and functioning QR code.
Could it be the radio? Most of the reviews I have seen are with the original UV-5R, and people describe quite a benefit from the Nagoya.
Thank you.