Radtel Aviation Antenna 108-136Mhz, 14.96 Inch Walkie Talkie SMA-Female Air Band Antenna Compatible with Baofeng 5RM Radtel RT-920 RT-470X RT-730 RT-910B RT-860 RT-880 RT-880G RT-4D UV-K5 RT-950 PRO

I have a TalkPod A36 Pro Intl version and I have this mostly for the ability to listen to planes in the local area and occasionally listen to the locals on repeaters. This antenna even though tuned for Aviation Bands 108-136mhz which it still allows better than stock antenna's reception on the higher bands. When it comes to aviation bands on my A36 it is definitely a vast improvement over the stock antenna for sure. It is much longer but is very flexible and can bent down to fit in a case or removed easily. This antenna gets plans communicating with ATC at a distance maximum in my area of over 80 miles away. I cant hear the local airports tower (rarely at night inside) but if I go outside the airport is about 6 miles away and I can make out the ATIS as well as the tower and departure and clearance delivery channels without issue. The old antenna could never hear the tower or ATIS so there is a vast improvement with this antenna. Great Buy fast Shipping and Works great you cant go wrong! NOT just for RADTEL Radios at all. Fits most handheld.

I purchased the Radtel antenna for my PJ2+ aviation transceiver. I needed a better antenna to pickup my local airports. This antenna has the proper frequency range of 108-136Mhz, and gain. I needed to purchase an adapter connection from a BNC to a SMA. I was pleasantly surprised that my gain was greatly increased with this new antenna. The antenna & adapter makes switching between antennas easy as needed for high gain and low gain. Low gain antenna at an airport and higher gain nautical miles away. I bought this antenna mainly for monitoring, so I haven’t tested it for SWR values. The antenna is long and thin, but appears to be well constructed. With the BNC/SMA adapter it is easy to stowaway in my flight bag.

Well made with a nicely coated whip and metal base. Base collar may interfere with the antenna threading completely into some radios (like the Radtel 490 I bought this for) leaving the radio quite deaf. Tested against a 17” unloaded whip antenna on two identical radios, this aircraft antenna showed 1.5-2 S-units higher in signal and picked up some signals that didn’t break squelch on other receiver. Analyzer shows good swr in part of the aviation band but for 2m or 70cm it’s unusable.

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I grabbed this antenna because I’ve been spending way too much time listening to air band traffic on my scanners and Baofengs, and the stock antennas are… let’s just say “decorative.” This thing instantly woke the radios up. Aircraft communications come in clearer, farther, and with way less noise. I tested it on multiple handhelds my Baofengs, Uniden units, and even a few oddball radios I keep around just to tinker with. Every one of them saw a noticeable bump. It’s flexible, lightweight, and doesn’t throw the radio off balance like some of the longer whips do. For the price, it’s honestly kind of a no-brainer. If you’re into air band monitoring or aviation scanning in general, this is an easy “yes.” It performs way above its weight class and makes a great little upgrade for anyone who listens to tower, ATC, or helicopter crews (which I do… probably too much). Real results, no fluff it works.

I bought this antenna for better reception of air band on my Baofeng UV-36. Long story short, this antenna performs worse than the stock antenna that came with my UV-36 in basically every way possible. If it does receive signal (big if), the reception is choppy and overall sounds like garbage. I have a dual band whip antenna that’s not even tuned for air band. Upon comparing this antenna and that one in the exact same spot (with line of sight with my local airport), they both compare about the same. Maybe I got a lemon, I don’t know. All I know is for the low price of $7 I got something that performed worse than options I already had. Learn from my mistake, save your money.

Very good VHF AIR antenna. The VNA sweep confirms this as well. It's very usable from 118mhz to 137mhz without issue. It's under 2:1 SWR for the 90% of that range. Highly recommended. It is a SMA-F connector so you may need an adapter but it's worth it. It's a long antenna but thicker than the HAM versions. It's knurled connector makes identifying it very easy.

Antenna is direct fit to RM5 and is greatly improving aviation reception!

Fantastica e non é solo per airband! Con un'unica antenna sono a posto!

Good value

Nice antenna works very well with the Radtel Radio Range, and also for a portable scanner. It works so well that I ended up buying 3 for my radios. As a substitute antenna for the one that came with my radios, I definitely notice a far better RX (Receive) with this antenna. The Connector is SMA, but if you need to, you can purchase a BNC adaptor on Amazon

Antena não é boa. SWR acima de 5 na banda aérea.

Werkt wel voor luchtvaart band. Lengte past bij de gemiddelde golflengte.