The Smiley Ham Radio Antennas, sold by BetterSafeRadio, are some of the most versatile Ham Radio Antennas for your Handheld Ham Radio. With their special “base” piece, you can easily and quickly change antenna types for multiple bands and services.
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I have the 5/8 GMRS smiley, I hope you can compare it with the Nagoya Na-771G both with SWR and distance. Thanks!
He's a legend. I've been looking into Smiley antennas for a while but there was little info about them on the web. Nice job.
I use their triband on my D74. Outperforms all my other HT antennas.
I use one on my work radio. So far so good.
Icom for the win, again
The Smiley lineup is top quality and at a good price.
I have not used one but you have me thinking now.
If Mark promotes them, they have to be awesome. 🙂
Yes! I've heard good things about *Smiley Antennas like they perform as well as a whip antenna but are less likely to poke your eyes out. 👀
It may just be a paperwork exercise to get it done. They would have to submit the testing and paper work to the FCC to get the correct certification.
For the Smiley tri-band –
2m – 1/4 wave – all sections extended 1.3 SWR
440 – 5/8 wave – 2 sections down – 1.3 SWR
440 1/4 wave – all sections down – 1.3 SWR
220 – 1/4 wave – 4 sections down – 1.3 SWR
I have two of them, they are excellent
Making a radio that follows 90 and 95 is easy. Who's job is it to convince the FCC to allow it?
Limit the power where it needs to be limited and block the FRS frequencies in their entirety. Done!
All of the manufactures already have a built in method. Is it them though that are blocking the movement so they can sell more radios? Hmmm
Can we as licensed Hams andor GMRSers petition the FCC and if so where do we submit such a petition?
I have the 2m and the GMRS antennas and they are amazing! I just ordered the Tri-Band because I really want to play with "tuning" it. I'm still waiting on my BNC connectors but other than that I love these things!
Love the video. I've heard of the Smiley, but never knew about the interchangable bases. Really neat feature. Like you, I love the Signal Stick. I'm somewhat of an antenna hoe, so I'll have to try the Smiley antenna. And now for the Sad Ham….How dare you suggest using a ham radio for GMRS….LMAO. Everyone does, oh except me FCC, I would never……
141K subscribers, 1080 video, close ups on your hands….clean your finger nails bro thats nasty
I'm surprised someone hasn't created an adjustable length HT antenna with preset markings on it (or even detents) for common wavelengths. Say you wanted 2m, you can quickly expand it to there and then manually micro-adjust the length to dial it in perfectly for your location. Or maybe there is such a thing?
Smiley is a OG staple of ham radio. Been around a long time. Quality, Not Amazon junk. Been using since early 90’s.
Thanks for covering them on the channel.
Think I may pick myself up the 440 and GMRS ones.
I am finally moving on from CCR's. I hope to eventually end up with an XTS2500 or 5000 but my wife won't let me right now.
Cruising around Fleabay I found a nice Kenwood TK-380 and snatched it up for a song.
I paid $60 for it and it blows away all of my Baofeng/Retevis/Radioddity radios.
Next time will probably be an XTS, or maybe even a Kenwood NX series as I like what I have seen. Maybe in a few months when the holidays are paid off.
But I am definitely going to look into the antennas
I've been using Smiley brand for years. They have a ton of single band antennas. The universal connector comes in 8 versions.
I have at least 5 of their antennas and they’re really good. I like the option of changing between connector types with each one.
I have a Smiley 2M antenna on my Kenwood NX-210, I really like it. The Kenwood is an old railroad radio my wife found for me at Goodwill so I had to get something to replace the 160MHz stock antenna.
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There is a YouTube site called Best Pick that is using a picture of you in their thumbnail for their video called The 7 best handheld ham radios in 2023
Ps I use a smiley antenna on my kenwood th-d74
Their Triband antenna adjustment, all the way extended (2 meter 1/4 wave), (2 top sections down 5/8 wave 440), (3 sections down 1/4 wave 220). Should be a note on package to appropriate lengths. Their good because they have long whips and small coils. The more Whip and less Coils make for more RF getting out over the air.
Would these work on a Motorola business radio UHF frequency