Hi,
Thanks for the info. FYI, the connector on the Baofeng radios is simply a male SMA connector. Any antenna with a female SMA connector should work, or you can use a female to female adapter to convert an antenna with a male connector.
Karl
On Jun 29, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Dan B Dyer Jr,/Danny wrote:

> Carl, I have no experience with any antenna with the Baofeng modified SMA 
> configuration, so can't really be of help that way, although I do have one 
> of the lil adapters sold by w4kma, Importcommunications.com, used that 
> adapter with a roughly 8inch very slim line triband duck type antenna, and 
> the ant seemed to work a little better than the stock uv5r antenna.  HTH, 
> Danny dyer, wb4idu
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Karl Belanger" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 8:29 PM
> Subject: Quality portable antenna for two meters/440 mhz
> 
> 
>> Hi,
>> I'm looking to improve on the stock antenna that came with my Baofeng =
>> UV-5R. I've been looking at the ones from http://www.smileyantenna.com =
>> and http://www.mfjenterprises.com but there are a ton out there. So my =
>> question to you all is, what antenna do you find best for portable =
>> operation on 2 meters? If it works on 440 also, that's great but there's =
>> very little activity on that band where I live. The only requirements I =
>> have are that it work with the Baofeng UV-5r with or without an adapter, =
>> and that it is usable while walking around.
>> Karl=