the Baofeng is a nice radio for the price- that's it's only perk. The stock antenna is not the greatest, but there are aftermarket antennas that will improve the reception. But, if you get too big of an antenna, it will burn out the unit, so they don't make a good fixed, base station radio. Your location's topography (mountains or flat) will be the biggest factor to the Baofeng's performance, though.

the Baofeng is a nice radio for the price- that's it's only perk. The stock antenna is not the greatest, but there are aftermarket antennas that will improve the reception. But, if you get too big of an antenna, it will burn out the unit, so they don't make a good fixed, base station radio. Your location's topographics (mountains or flat) will be the biggest factor to the Baofeng's performance, though.