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GMRS Handheld Radio Antenna Recommendations...

Aviation_Scanner

WSEY205
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Does anyone have any recommendations for a handheld GMRS Radio Antenna?
All the ones I have seen are ~15 inches long, which does not bode well for putting it on my belt or clipping the radio to my pocket.
 

tweiss3

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What radio do you have? I like the standard Kenwood for my UHF radios, its nice and flexible, but it only works for Kenwood.
 

K6GBW

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If you replace it with a model that is of a similar length it will work very much like the one you replace. HT antennas are pretty much horrible no mater what antenna you have on because of the lack of a proper ground plane. If you're just looking for one that's more flexible and better made I've replaced many of mine with the HYS models from Amazon and they work pretty good.
 
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