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Originally Posted by Jeffhs
Thank you for the info. I won't make the same mistake again. I do wish, however, that the Baofeng HTs would have been designed with an industry-standard antenna connector, rather than the non-standard one they do have. Unless one uses an after-market adapter, any other antenna than the stock one will not fit the antenna connector. The only exception to this is the Nagoya NA-771 VHF/UHF portable antenna, which has likely been designed for use with the Baofeng HTs (UV-5R, UV-5R+, et al).
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That IIRC SMA type connector is industry standard. It's used in MRI systems and probably other brands of portable ham radio. You can get an SMA to PL-259 or SMA to BNC adapter if you want to use an older style antenna....When I bought my UV-5R on Amazon I also bought a SMA to PL-258 adapter for $7.
https://www.amazon.com/DHT-Electroni...028523&sr=8-11
Just because you haven't seen a connector before don't mean it's not a standard... New standards arise as technology advances, and some applications have standards that aren't common in other areas.