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Description:
- Model: AR-152A
- Connector Type: SMA-Female
- Band: Dual Band VHF/UHF.
- Frequency: 144/430MHz.
- Gain: 3.5dBi.
- Max Power: 20Watts.
- V.S.W.R: Less than 3.5.
- Impedance: 50ohm.
- Style: Soft antenna.
- Antenna length: 72cm/28.3in
Applicable Model:
- for BAOFENG: BF-888S,UV-5R ,UV-5RA, UV-5RC ,UV-5RE,UV-5R8W ,UV-5RE8W,UV-5RTP, UV-8HX,UV-82,UV-82HP,UV-82HX,UV-82 Plus, A-52(II),DM-5R Plus,UV-S9Plus,BF-H5/H6/H7,BF-T20,TP-8Plus,GM-15Pro
- for Quansheng: TG-UV2 Plus
- for Abbree: AR-819 AR-518 AR-730 AR-830 AR-869 AR-F5 AR-F8
Package Including:
- 1X AR-152A CS Tactical Antenna
- 2X Rubber Gasket
Johnnyboy
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2025
Fits very nice and use gasket provided it stays on new antenna base so you can use other antennas no problems. Range better clarity better. 28 in is perfect size not to heavy.
Gary F.
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2025
With the stock antenna on my BaofengUV-82HP, I was able to hit two repeaters from my motel in the Smokies. With the Abbree antenna, I reached a third repeater. Same thing at my cabin in Indiana.I chose the 28 inch version because these antennas are just a bit heavy, and I didn't want to stress the connector on my radio. For now, I'm leaving the antenna stretched out. It's easy to store behind the back seat on a road trip. Of course, if you take it on a hike, you'll want to fold it for packing. I'd recommend only putting it on the radio while you're using it. It's too cumbersome otherwise. It comes with a rubber gasket, but it fit snugly on my radio without the gasket. Just snug any antenna down, though; never over-torque.
Guillermo Martinez López
Reviewed in Spain on July 3, 2024
funcional
Matthew Dugger
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2024
I swapped my stock antenna for this one and haven’t looked back. Great performance all around but sort of cumbersome space wise. I’d suggest running a lead from your radio to a vest or backpack to help with this. It unfolds to over 3x its folded length and stores easily. A must have for anyone looking to boost their radio performance.
L A "Mick" Green
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2024
Great improvement on my GMRS Baofeng UV-5R radio, both on receiving and transmitting. Used on a neighborhood radio watch network. The folding feature is great. It did take three attempts for Amazon to get the order right. They kept sending the non-foldable model. They did make it right. Thanks, Amazon.
Kunde
Reviewed in Germany on March 7, 2023
Die Antenne ist schön lang und lässt sich auf die Hälfte reduzieren mit Halterung gute Handhabung
James M.
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2022
I really like the idea and the design behind this antenna. To be fair, I did not cut one open to try and convince myself or others that they are made out of tape measure materials. To be honest, it works, I have seen certain frequencies "POP" more than before on redundant paths and travels, for the cost, it was worth the try and use.I bought 3 of what I believe is 4 sizes from Abbree. No problems with the shortest or the longest of them, but the shorter of the two middle units I used the most I have had some issues with and I would state that is again because of the amount of choice use over the other two units.As you can see in the pictures the insert has no threads, I am under the belief it may be pressure fitted and to someone sitting on a chair in the backyard or on a tailgate that is probably more than fair security to hold it in place. However on the move, attached to a pack I managed to snap two of these units right at the coupler base. Now I don't know if Abbree offers those separately? It would be great if they did, i'd buy a few just because but further I do not know if they are tuned for each length of antenna either, Abbree verification needed??I always have a spare antenna on hand, a 9in rubber-ducky type better than the OE shipped antenna to keep me in COMM's with my team but what I have realized is I am just going to setup the radio for a headset setup with a PTT system where the radio is in its pouch, a remote antenna lead is going to be used to make the antenna setup more secure and robust, even if I have to purchase a official military version of the Abbree for a $137 plus the remote line system. I can always change out e BNC connectors to match a better radio than I am using at some point.For the money, its a good product I think and I have to admit both times I was going through some fair low hanging branches when the first one snapped, the second one I cannot recall how, just noticed it when I pulled off my pack. So I cannot totally fault the product. I just think that should be better than a pressure fitment or even just 2-3 threads. I cannot imagine how I have not broke the longest of the 3 units but the middle one not once but twice.If someone can contact me from Abbree about the adapters being available separate and a confirmation that they may be tuned to each length specifically, that would be nice and great information to know.I would at least bump it an extra star if they Adapters are available separately for thinking ahead but maybe those could be soldered in since it seems to share the grounding circuit ?
ANA RAZO CAMARILLO
Reviewed in Mexico on March 18, 2021
Funciona muy bien!
LEEWARD TECH
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2021
I am a GMRS band user a/ Ham Radio operator / retired radiotelecommunications engineer with more than 4 decades RF experience in HF/VHF/UHF handhelds , mobile and base stations designs.At 70 cm ham band (440 MHz) , WSR from this antenna goes way up and has lower efficiency than other handheld stock antennae. There is a lot of misconception and worries about antenna WSR comments/reviews here. SWR (Standing Wave Ratio) It's a measure of transmitter RF power transfer from the radio to the antenna but NOT an antenna irradiation measure! You can get an ideal WSR 1:1 radio (full transmitter power transfer) connecting a dummy load resistor of 50 ohms ( 52 ohm ) but you will have absolutely 0.00!! radiowaves irradiation from that! So stop looking and worrying about the WSR from any antenna . Let say :if the WSR is below 3.5 (30% reflected power) the handheld radio antenna is good .All handhelds transmitters are designed to withstand at least 6.0:1 SWR (same cases 10:1) before the RF power transistors/ antenna switching diodes burn out due to internal temp. hot spots .With the same wsr ratio , let say 1.5..the longer antenna means more signal irradiation and at the receiving location!!!..And also it is better a longer antenna with reasonable SWR than a stock antenna with 1:1 ratio . I already tested this tactical antenna with Baofeng V-1 GMRS radio and using a basic signal strength analog meter got 70% more signal at 10 ft from the antenna than the Baofeng stock antenna. Did the same test at the UHF ham band (440 MHz) with another Baofeng uv-82 and got mediocre results.An additional benefit to me is that I can carry the my radio as a fishing rod due to the long isolated and rugged antenna base mount.My conclusion: Will use it at GMRS not at Ham bands
Customer
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 28, 2020
Make a slim jim they said. Carry a long arse pole or find a tree they said. Screw that buy an ABBREE and CAll on S20 you never know someone might reply.FYI THese are better than stock and look great to none Hams
Jay
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2019
It is a really good antenna and performs great...but I only gave it 4 stars as it didn't work out for my radio, don't get me wrong it worked and was cool looking however it fit way too tight between my channel selector and antenna base and I was worried that it was putting too much pressure on the SMA connector. If it had more space between and the base of the antenna wasn't so thick then I would say this would have been perfect but sadly I had to return it as it was just not going to work for me.
David Niemi
Reviewed in Canada on October 5, 2019
I purchased this antenna and connected it to my Kenwood D74. I live 15 floors above ground level and called into a local VHF repeater that is about 8 km away with all of the downtown high rises etc. in the way. Another local amateur, about 6 km away agreed to provide me with qualitative reports on my signal quality and strength. Firstly I tried a good Diamond tri-band antenna on VHF then I switched to the ABREE 72 cm antenna.I was told that off of the repeater my signal was better with the ABREE from the repeater. When he listened on the transmit frequency for my signal directly from the ABREE vs the Diamond antenna the ABREE far outshone the Diamond antenna.My HT gave no indication of high SWR or other problematic issues when transmitting and only the normally expected temperature change of the HT occured. da VA3NIE
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