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Product Review Nagoya NA 320A
TRI-Band VHF / 220 / UHF
Antenna - SMA Female John 'Miklor'
Keeping up with the growing trend in tri-band handhelds, Nagoya has recently released the
NA-320A.
It's a full length 17.75" (45cm) tri-band antenna terminated with an SMA-F connector.
That's about 2" longer than an NA-771.
Getting a Dual Band VHF/UHF antenna to play nicely on 220 is no easy feat,
but they were able to accomplish this by starting with a full size quarter wave antenna and working from there.
I ran my over-the-air field
tests using a UV-5X3 with an extended 3800mAh battery.
I started with the stock antenna, then switched
to the NA320A. Noisy repeaters showed a noticeable
increase in signal.
Note: I live 30 miles from four 'local' 1.25m repeaters,
and get into all of them fine.
As I've mentioned in other reviews, shorter, base loaded
antennas can perform well, but nothing can beat a full
length antenna.
If you want peak performance from your tri-band
transceiver, you may want to give this one a try.
Note: This equipment was received for the purpose of a
fair and unbiased review. All findings are factual based
on the equipment I received. Any issues found have been
reported both here and back to the seller or
manufacturer.
