BINGFU Ham Radio Antenna Adapter SMA Female to UHF SO239 Female RG58 Coaxial Jumper Cable 1m 3 feet for Handheld Ham Two Way Radio Walkie Talkie Wouxun Baofeng BF-F8HP UV-5R UV-82 BF-888S GT-3

So, you're maybe a new ham equipped with that Tech license, a call sign, and a variant of the ever-present UV5R. You've discovered that sitting in your room using the radio's issued short rubber-clad antenna doesn't get you to the next continent--or even out of the house. Those of us living in a "holler" can't reach the neighbor over the ridge. You want to upgrade the antenna so you can turn your $30 marvel into a car radio or even use it as your base station. For now, anyway, it's your ONLY radio and you want it to reach on out. You need a device that adapts the radio's little SMA connector to a bigger antenna's feedline PL259 end. You need an SMA to SO239 adapter.First, any SMA to SO239 adapting connector lets the HT user upgrade to either a mobile antenna or even a base station antenna installed outside. Unscrew the short "rubber duckie" or the longer flexible "tactical" antenna, screw the radio onto the adapter's SMA end, screw the SO239 end onto your bigger antenna's PL259 connector, and your HT turns into a low power "QRP" mobile or base station. I reach a VHF repeater 60 miles away on 6 watts with clear audio. New hams using only a radio like a UV5R: upgrading your HT to use a mobile (a mag mount on a steel baking pan ground plane for example) would be a great first station improvement. If you can put up a fiberglass vertical--or build your own wire antenna and connect it, you're really doing amateur radio.There are SMA to SO239 adapters that let you get that HT antenna much higher into the air. But adapters (with no short flexible coax between the SMA end and the SO239 end) attaching directly to the coax feedline cause strain on the radio's attachment point and make it cumbersome to hold and use the radio. So, adapters meant to make your radio ready for attachment to an antenna feedline often come with a short run of flexible coax between the SMA radio end and the SO239 antenna end.Commonly, these are only about 6" and made with coax so thin that the connector may not be firmly attached. With moderate use, the connector may detach and would require almost micro-soldering to fix. Such adapters often come with mobile mag-mount antenna kits. They are handy, light, take up almost no space in your parts bin, and they work, but they are too underbuilt to be optimal. Having had one of the flimsier, shorter adapters come apart in my hand, I looked for the solution I would fabricate at my workbench and found that Bingfu already offered it for a modest price.The Bingfu adapter using RG58 coax fixes the design problems. RG58 is sturdy but flexible. The greater diameter of RG58 makes for a durable attachment of the connectors at each end. The greater length facilitates handheld use less constrained by the feedline's stiffness and puts less strain on the radio's attachment point. Were the Bingfu's RG58 line longer, its added weight might strain the SMA connection point and eventually cause a short at the radio.I suspect that the RG58 adapters reduce power loss and RF noise, too.I highly recommend that you replace your short, thin, SMA to SO239 adapters with this one made from RG58. In fact, I'm ordering another right now to make sure there's one handy.

This one is really quality compared to other brands i’ve tried. Great cable quality and good enough signal. Works fantastic on my Baofengs and Radtel branded HTs

Well built and fits my needs perfectly

Very helpful item. Connect your HT to a car antenna. Connect a SWR meter to your HT. I find it very useful.

Well made, works well with my hamequipment

This cable has good connectors on either end and looks like it will last a while.

hook your little HT to a big antenna to expand your range, but there are several styles of connectors on a HT in diameters and male or female .

Bingfu Ham Radio Antenna Adapter SMA Female coax extension. The coax fits onto my Baofeng UV-82 handheld transceiver, and my Baofeng BF-F8 HT, also. The only little quirk is that in order to attach the handhelds to the coax, you have to turn the radio around and around to screw it on! But even with that little quirk, it works a treat! I've been using it while travelling, all the reports are that the transmissions are received 5 x 5! I highly recommend it.

Connects my AnyTone AT-D878UV II PLUS Amateur Radio HandHeld Transceiver to my Comet SS-680SBNMO Mobile Antenna.

Good length..Fits my Anytone 878 and my Aliunce HD1. Works well also with my Baofeng UV5R.

Nice well made

De très bonne qualité et fonctionne super bien

This works well with my my current VHF set up as a changeable antenna for my Baofeng UV5R