Bingfu Dual Band VHF UHF 136-174MHz 400-470MHz Ham Radio Antenna Handheld Two Way Radio Magnetic Base SMA Female Antenna for Wouxun BaoFeng BF-F8HP UV-5R UV-82 BF-888S Ham Radio Walkie Talkie

This is the first review I've ever written. This is a great Antena. Bought 6 months ago. Living on North Carolina coast with salt air and rain. Put this on my car hood and haven't taken it off since. Vehicle was parked with antenna in a tropical storm with near hurricane force winds. I've driven down the highway at 85mph without an issue. The magnet holds it firm. The salt air and heavy rains have not effected the antenna. Not a single problem. No rust. Connections have not come loose. This was my first mobile antenna that I got for my Baofeng UV-5R as I was just starting in the HAM radio world. Great product especially for the price. Antenna range is great for the size. Overall fantastic product!

This antenna works good but the connect end to the base, need to check mine didn’t connect properly, you may not be impressed about what you will see. And if you use this antenna in door, put he antenna base on a cookie sheet, for proper ground.

Good little dual banded. QSO capable - 73

It works okay but the magnet will not stick on to the car on the highway. And that's the reason for the three stars. Stay under 50 mph. Let me faster. It's going to go flying off.

The antenna "functions" but I use that term rather loosely. The antenna itself works. However if you put it on your car, don't expect the magnet to keep it affixed to your roof or trunk. It can't handle anything over 60mph. 50mph+ gives mixed results. And I've had a brisk breeze knock it off my roof while driving at 45mph. Too bad I waited to try it, because I'm outside the return window. Save your money, and buy something better.

I bought this Bingfu Dual Band magnetic roof-mount Radio Antenna for my truck, to use with my Baofeng handheld dual band Hand Transceivers. It works way better than I thought it would. You can't beat the price! I mounted it in the center of the cab roof, and ran the tiny coax across to the back door, and inside the cab, and it reaches across my sunvisor and hangs down from my rearview mirror. I was afraid that it wouldn't stay secured at highway speeds, so I used a 1" wide strip of white gorilla tape (my truck is white) to just go across the front of the base, and along the coax to where it enters the door. It hasn't moved, at all - it holds perfectly, at least up to 75 mph highway speeds.I don't have any trouble reaching repeaters up to about 25 miles distance, and transmitting/receiving are both great! Tiny little antenna, that works like a much larger, more expensive one. I highly recommend it as a inexpensive get-by for handheld radios for those times when you're traveling down the road.

Easy to install. Threading fit is great and includes a spring washer if you want to really tighten it down to your walkie. Transmits and receives just fine. Price is great. I got 2 for US $15.99. The only downer is the magnet which is insanely weak in this age where rare earth coin magnets can be had for 10 cents each when bought in bulk. For automotive application, this antenna would fall down at the slightest wind, vibration or movement without a separate purchase and use of a rare earth coin sized magnet.

Edit 12/08/21: I've spent alot of time playing with this cheapy little thing since writing my initial review...the SWR is still horrible, but it DOES work...if you tweak it. At minimum making an ugly choke wrapped around a piece of ferrite as close to the feed point as you can get it, 5-6 turns, gets me a very nice clean signal on the weather stations and across both bands..SWR will not go below 2 on 2 or 70, but it is usable. Reception will be really strong one minute, have to hold the monitor button on the next transmission. Very strange, but clearly there's a short in the coax or it thinks it's part of the antenna. I have been able to open repeaters 30 miles away with it in recent days, I cannot do that with my stock antenna, and the reception quality vs stock antenna is incredible...when it works. I'm not sure if it's overloading or what, but it seems to be hit or miss and is very finicky...one more turn around the ferrite and it's dead, any less and it cuts in and out every 2 seconds. I'm changing this from 1 star to 2 as when it does work, it works very well despite having higher than ideal SWR. It won't fry your radio if you use it for listening and short transmissions...I didn't expect much for $10...but working antennas for a cheap baofeng can indeed be had for that price (I've never paid more than $30 for a 2/70 antenna)..but this one totally shocked me. I don't like to leave bad reviews, but this one is warranted as this shouldn't even be on Amazon.Feels cheaper/flimsier than it looks, if you could buy a ham antenna at the dollar store, it would probably work better than this. Does not work whatsoever on 2 meter, SWR is so high that I don't think you could put out so much as a call for help without frying your radio (plus, nobody would hear you anyways). As other reviews have pointed out, there is most def a short in the wiring right out of the box that causes your signal to cut in and out horribly (it doesnt get much better whether the cord is fully extended or not).It does work on UHF with a laughably slight improvement in signal. I was able to hear and hit a repeater 12 miles from me with this hunk of crap, but received terrible signal reports. If all you wanted to do was receive UHF in your local area - this thing will...work.The magnet is non existent so don't even think about trying to drive with this on your car without the included sticky pad (which all but ruins the paint on your car..not at all easy to get off). I wouldn't want to drive any faster than 50 mph even with the sticky pad. I had better luck (again, on UHF only) sticking this to an empty paint can in my living room window.For $10-20 more you can get an excellent antenna with a 25-30 mile transmit range..I only bought this for a work vehicle and wanted to save a few bucks - my bad, you definitely get what you pay for in this case. I'll keep it as a last resort, end world UHF antenna so that I can talk to the people on my block if needed, it is completely useless for anything else, save your $10 and buy something else!