BAOFENG Upgraded Two Way Radio for Adults Long Range, Dual Band 144-148MHz & 420-450MHz FCC Compliant Walkie Talkies Rechargeable, Portable Ham Radio, VOX with Earpiece

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

The gt-5r is identical to the uv-5r in pretty much every way except for the little nameplate at the bottom. The battery charger works as you would expect it to. The only thing i notice is that with the larger battery, it feels a little loose, but hey ... Read More

Don't underestimate this little $25-$28 guy. It has all of the simplex, duplex, repeater, and dual band features. I recommend it as a first amateur radio for a newly licensed amateur radio operator.

Used chirp to program it. Easy to program once you understand the menu system. I was able to program in 58 of the 128 channels manually.

Cons

The uv-5r is a radio the fcc has railed against in the past, but it's never done more than threaten baofeng. This is the one dud i’ve ever experienced. What a crock.

The faulty squelch performance just about makes this radio useless. It does this by restricting the radio's operational ability to transmitting. Hit a local repeater, same thing.

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Quality

Radio works fine, missing earphone replaced quickly, excellent support from echo.

Adding a type-c battery and an upgraded antenna takes this thing to the next level, improving tx & rx quality and making chargi... Read More

Tested voltages on all radios and they fell within specs for a 7.

I got this radio after my uv-5r started having front end overloading problems after about 6-7 years.

Price

This is a great radio for the money.

Radioddity sells fun stuff at great prices!

And if you make a mess of things & brick the radio, you are only out like $15, or even less if you consider that you still keep... Read More

And if it is someone on a limited budget the price is very good.

Shipping

They were very helpful and very quick to ship me a replacement earpiece.

Radioddity customer service (echo) promptly responded, arranged for speedy shipment of the missing earpiece and provided me wit... Read More

The vendor contacted me and has arranged for the missing item to be shipped to me.

They didn't say a word about a programming cable not being included, just shipped me another one.

Packaging/appearance

The earphone was not included in the package.

The ear piece was not included even though the manual stated that it was an item included in the package.

He loved it but was disappointed that the earphones mentioned in the description were not included in the package.

The product package was somewhat damaged around the one corner.

Competitiveness

For $5 more than a uv-5r the gt-5r has fcc compliance and is totally worth it, has the same body as the 5r so any accessories w... Read More

Better than the uv-5r and worth the price as a beginner.

Even most experienced ham radio users keep a baofeng radio handy.

I contacted baofeng about the missing part, and baofeng forwarded my complaint to radioddity which is their vendor that sells t... Read More

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This product had a total of 1,049 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 18 2024.