Lo.. for some reaosn I got this message twice. Anyway,  yeah I could probably get a quarter wave ruber duck, but that will not fit in my bag and it's mainly for n the go stuff although I live in such a bad area I can't hit anything more then about 5 miles away which kind of sucks.  I could call AES but here they are less then helpful. They don't even sell my radio, only the big stuff like the mobiles. lol! and they didn't even know the info for their own repeater. lol! I'll give them a try though even though they are not very helpful here. I"d ratehr buy from them on line so I don't  have to deal with them over the phone lol!

> On Sep 9, 2013, at 8:04, Richard Fiorello <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>    Hi;
> I'm certain if you call your favorite radio store they can give you lots 
> of choices for foldable quarter waves.  Lots will disagree but if you 
> plan on operating from your favorite chair rather than operating on the 
> move you can find foldable half wave antennas that have more gain.  The 
> connector is very breakable so the longer antenna is only a good choice 
> if there is no chance of hitting something.  The other issue even with a 
> foldable metal quarter wave is that they don't bend as a rubber duck 
> would.  Thus I suspect if it hits something all the stress is on the 
> connector.
> Now that you have more questions than you started with:
> 
> richard
> 
>> On 9/9/2013 10:43 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>> Hello to all. I'm looking for a quarter wave antena for my Baofeng UV5R radi=
>> o. My bag cannot fit the full aprox 16 inches. I'm wondering if there is a t=
>> ype of antena that folds or teliscopes or what not so I can fit it in my bag=
>> . I'm not good with connecter types but this one you screw it in to a hole i=
>> n the radio. If anyone can advise that woudl be good. I'm on a budjet of aro=
>> und $30-40 so nothing to fancy or expensive. lol!
>> 
>> Tc all and be blessed.
>> 
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