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Pros & Cons
Pros
This radio is a great starter radio for the new operator. Great for those who don't have all the money in the world to drop on sick gear. Already had a baofeng for myself, bought a spare and one for my son.
The radio is great for the frequencies it can transmit on. Easy to buy a cheap extened antenna to extend range even farther. The external mic keys up on band b even if you have band a selected. Check for a list of amateur radio repeaters in your area.... Read More
For the price, these things are solid performers. The battery life is exceptional and take several hours to recharge. The cases are rugged.
Comes with programming cables, basic set up instructions, speaker and ear piece. Only negative is the instructions are inadequate, and it took me two weeks to figure out how to program it.
Cons
Tid radio is known for making copies, counterfeits, and fakes. Spend the few extra bucks for products from a reputable manufacturer. Do but uv82 from sellers who are truthful in their advertising.
The docs say to use chirp to program. The baofeng software is very user unfriendly. Zero starts if i had the choice.
Highlights
Quality
I use it every day it's durable the clips held so far and the battery is suprisi gly good
They work great, are easy to use (once you program them), and they hold a charge well.
I bought a much better quality one for programming but in reality the one that came with the radios is adequate.
Mine generated about 5 watts across the entire vhf and uhf amateur radio bands.
Price
No need to spend more, this is great value.
Overall the value for your money is extraordinary.
I can't believe that these can be sold for such a low price.
They have decent range for what they are and very good for the price.
Packaging/appearance
Comes with programming cables, basic set up instructions, speaker and ear piece, all packaged well.
Competitiveness
I replaced these immediately with nagoya na-771, available from amazon.
Further reading online states that some distributors of the baofeng radios opted to not include the necessary sdr chip to recei... Read More
It does enter "frequency mode" which is better than the other model i had that stayed in "channel mode".
These perform as well as other brands selling for 10 times more.
Overview
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- This product had a total of 830 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 4 2024.
Helpful InsightsBETA
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The only issue with these our well theyre obviously not made in america and spurious emissions
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Which means when your talking on 1 frequency itll bleed over to whatever double that frequency is and triple and so on
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Making them essentially trash in a shtf scenario to easy to be eaves dropped on and direction found
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Btech is suppose to have an identical radio with out the spurious emissions
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Not as cheap though depends on what your after
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The external micspeaker feels light and cheap
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
When using the external mic it keys up on band b even if you have band a selected
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Radio works well price was good the one eature that does not work is the fm broadcast button plays no audio on either radio but everything else works great i may get a few more
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