The antenna is very well made. I ordered two and both are very low swr for murs (about 1.04) . The antenna also works well on the 2m band. Retevis makes really good radios antennas, and im never worried when ordering products from them. You shoul also see from other reviews, if you do have an issue the respond back as well.

I got 4 Murs radios and put this antenna on mine and my granddaughters have the other 3 and we run around in the woods talking to each other the girls love it. It definitely works a little better than the short ones.

I would buy again

Awesome little radio! Works with chirp and their own software for it. Unfortunately mine will not show channel names even when I set it to channel names. Only channel numbers and frequencies.

Excellent radio for a GMRS. Nice color screen and adjustable color scheme without all the extra buttons on the front. Well built and 5 watts of power and it's true. Perfect for all around daily carry. Very good audio.

This is a great little radio. The only downside I see is you need to use the Retevis programming software. I don't believe Chirp will work with this. The software is free from Retevis. It does have 1 tiny glitch in that it won't populate the name you give it for Channel 17 to the radio. The name will show up as "No Name" no matter how you program it.

I bought this radio looking for for something that was compact and had minimal buttons. It's a little larger than a Baofeng UV-5R for comparison. The build quality is very nice and has that professional radio feel to it. Clear reception. I can hit a repeaster thats about 50-60 miles away while using a longer Nagoya whip attenna, and the other person responded thatr I sounded clear. Simplex radio to radio will never go anywhere near that distance but will still go as far as any other 5 watts radio. Retevis software works but is not as nice as the Chirp software, so I use Chirp.

The radio is nice and sturdy to hold. I’m using the radio for monitoring for emergency radio services. This radio is nice to hold, keys, buttons and knobs location layouts are good. Nice loud speaker is a plus. Overall this is a good radio!

I’m begin this review with some background, I am NOT the average GMRS user. I’ve been in radio communications for the last two decades and ended up buying this little handheld on a whim to play with. There are some nuances you’ll notice with this handheld, out of the box, CTCSS and DCS tones are hard programmed to the channels. You can’t turn them off from the menu. However.. Retevis provides FREE software on thier website that will allow you to read programming from the radio, make changes, and re-upload it. I was able to manually turn OFF all of the privacy codes/tones this way. Using the software you can also name the channels.At first glance, you’ll think the antenna is also non removable - but it certainly is. Look closely and you’ll see a small Allen screw in the base of the antenna. Remove this screw, and the antenna will unscrew, leaving you with a SMA connector to attach a longer antenna, or even an external antenna to.All in all, it’s a great value for a GMRS handheld and I can highly recommend it.

It's got a big display and it is easy to read. I like the idea of changing the screen colors. It has clear audio and the signals is strong. Works great for handing out to elderly parent to use. Good battery life and quick charging time.