New antenna day! Crystal clear during all our SAR exercises this evening. Super happy with this little guy. Diamond SRH320A
I have been considering a Diamond for my FT-60R. I have a little rubber stubby I use for Hamfests and local events so the antenna isn't poking me in the ear constantly when I wear it on my bag.
This is the one I have I think. https://www.diamondantenna.net/srhf10.html It works great in buildings and interchanges with my little Icom Q7A. With 0.35W of output it's the perfect hamfest HT.
Yeah! Even a 5w HT can cause all kinds of interesting things to happen. I usually ran my VX-5 on low but the little Icom uses 2x AA so I don't have to worry about charging or any of that. Just plop in two batteries and set the frequency. I usually scan my club's frequency, the hosting club's frequency and their local repeater just to kinda be nosy and catch the announcements.