Test your Baofeng’s receiver coverage at your BIL/BOL.

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Anyone have any luck hearing UHF stations?

Our latest project has been to make a high performance directional UHF antenna using readily available materials. In its simplest form cost under £10 for materials from B&Q.

Gil, Radioprepper (in France), has a video of a simple walkie-talkie connected to one of these making contact across the Channel to the UK.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AkmaMMGVYM

That performance isn’t just for the camera. We’re achieving reliable FM contacts at 10 to 60 miles range using 10 and 25w*. This is from random urban locations, not mountain top to mountain top! A simple Baofeng UV5r receives just as well, and is only as a single signal blob quieter on transmit which is almost an un-noticable reduction

‘* Using a Leixen VV-898SP manpack / RT95 type Dualband radios.