Dave,
My favorite repeater is line of sight blocked by a hill. I can hear it fine, but in general with the stock antenna, whether Kenwood, Icom, or Yaesu equipment, I have a couple of hot spots in the house where I can get in. Consistently, switching to an RH-77 means I have good general coverage with only a couple of dead spots.
I have an AIMUHF analyzer, the same model the ARRL uses as their standard, and all three RH-77s have been slightly off resonance. Perhaps incorrectly, I attribute that to the analyzer being part of the antenna system when testing a rubber duck, which is not what is intended. Even if that is wrong, the practical results indicated there is no significant issue.
Just be careful to get them from a reputable dealer. The ones on EBay are often physically indistinguishable from the real thing, but can be far off frequency and perform poorer than stock.
73s,
Alan WA4SCA
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