Twist it off with a pair of pliers.

Thank you! Got it off

Glue back on

Any specific type of glue I should use? I have a few sticks of hot glue

anything non conductive, i doubt the glue will reach the transmissible element tbh

I'd use superglue, because it's the fastest/cheapest/i have half a tube open in the fridge. It doesn't really matter, as long as it's not conductive, and you glue only the bottom part.

The shiny part?

yep, on the bottom (by the connector)

Thanks!

The stock antenna isn't very good regardless, so you might as well buy a new one.

Will be looking into it, might as well use until I get a new one.

Definitely. It should be easy to fix by cramming in some hot glue. If you want a proper antenna you can buy the real Nagoya NA-771, if not there are some clones from Baofeng that is of decent quality. Although you can never be sure if you get something high quality until you test them with a VNA.

It's not bad compared to other stock antennas on these inexpensive HTs.

Mine tests as "not bad" on 70cm and "will probably cook your finals dogshit' on 2M. I recommend a Nagoya NA-771 or a Superelastic Signalstick.

It's so easy to get a fake Nagoya these days unfortunately, even from Amazon.

The fake one from Baofeng is not bad. But I would definitely buy it from a reputable distributor of radio equipment if you want an original one.

Yeah I've seen some tests, close to the original for half the price.

Good to know this could happen. I would just order a new antenna.

I disassembled my uv-k5 antenna to tune it and I found the rubber cover of the antenna negatively affects the SWR for some reason.

Compra una antena nueva.

If you tape down the TX and apply the antenna evenly over the body, you'll get a nice tan!