Ah the ony places I'm familer with are AES and HRO. I don't knwo what kind of connecter I have as I"m not up on these things The ruber duck that came with the thing you screw in to a hole in to the radio, not a projection like the yesu model I tried 3 years ago.

Someone suggested an antena that ARAES people use. (excuse spelling)

Tc and be blessed.

> On Sep 9, 2013, at 8:42, richard fiorello <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Hi;
> As long as you know what type of connector the radio uses your 
> conversation should be relatively straight forward.  If your not 
> happy with one radio store 800 numbers rule so go shopping.  A e 
> s got on my bad list when they wanted to charge to install a 
> speech board and c w filter.  They have every right to charge and 
> I have every right to shop elsewhere and find a place that 
> doesn't charge.  I have been using ham radio outlet but there are 
> lots of other stores.  richard
> sent from my braille note
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sarah Alawami <[log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date sent: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 08:34:40 -0700
> Subject: Re: a question about foldable antenas.
> 
> Lo..  for some reaosn I got this message twice.  Anyway,  yeah I 
> could probabl=
> y get a quarter wave ruber duck, but that will not fit in my bag 
> and it's ma=
> inly for n the go stuff although I live in such a bad area I 
> can't hit anyth=
> ing more then about 5 miles away which kind of sucks.  I could 
> call AES but h=
> ere they are less then helpful.  They don't even sell my radio, 
> only the big s=
> tuff 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 he=
> lpful here.  I"d ratehr buy from them on line so I don't  have to 
> deal with t=
> hem over the phone lol!
> 
> On Sep 9, 2013, at 8:04, Richard Fiorello 
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:=
> 
> =20
>    Hi;
> I'm certain if you call your favorite radio store they can give 
> you lots=20=
> 
> of choices for foldable quarter waves.  Lots will disagree but 
> if you=20
> plan on operating from your favorite chair rather than operating 
> on the=20=
> 
> move you can find foldable half wave antennas that have more 
> gain.  The=20=
> 
> connector is very breakable so the longer antenna is only a good 
> choice=20=
> 
> if there is no chance of hitting something.  The other issue 
> even with a=20=
> 
> foldable metal quarter wave is that they don't bend as a rubber 
> duck=20
> would.  Thus I suspect if it hits something all the stress is on 
> the=20
> connector.
> Now that you have more questions than you started with:
> =20
> richard
> =20
> 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 r=
> adi=3D
> o.  My bag cannot fit the full aprox 16 inches.  I'm wondering 
> if there is a=
> t=3D
> ype of antena that folds or teliscopes or what not so I can fit 
> it in my b=
> ag=3D
> .  I'm not good with connecter types but this one you screw it 
> in to a hol=
> e i=3D
> n the radio.  If anyone can advise that woudl be good.  I'm on a 
> budjet of a=
> ro=3D
> und $30-40 so nothing to fancy or expensive.  lol!
> =20
> Tc all and be blessed.
> =20
> from KE7ZUM=3D
> =20