- Dual Watch/Dual Display/Dual Band
- 50 CTCSS105 CDCSS
- Frequency Range:136-174/400-480MHz
- Channel Capacity:128
- LCD Menu Operations
BaoFeng UV-5R YELLOW COLOR 136-174/400-480 MHz Dual-Band DTMF CTCSS DCS FM Ham Two Way Radio + Free Earpiece USA
Got 2 radios to me quickly Radios hard to get working (google "uv5r miklor help" and look around Youtube for a crapload of videos on making these things work)
This setup/learning process is a nightmare experience but well worth it!! The Miklor site and the Yahoo uv5r group are going to be your friends as well as local ham's to get this working. I'm still trying because now it's a challenge and a struggle.
Sellers are helping me figure it out and get them working. Who else would be as helpful when it doesn't turn an immediate profit for them? I'll definitely be buying from them again. I asked them to get a few things so I can buy from them! BUY from Newgate. They're honest, direct, and helpful and will get what we want in their manifest so we can have it. Let's keep them in business and the same for Baofeng as the product is great but the set up is a mess. I'll post more when I get it working with the repeaters. Simplex operation is good, clear, and worked with a 3 mile line-of-sight at Hueco Tanks State Park in Texas.
Update23 February 2013Ok, it's been a couple of weeks so now I can say something solid. The folks at Newgate really rock. They were very helpful. Most other folks who are selling these are no help unless you bought from them. EVEN IF YOU PLAN TO MAKE A PURCHASE OF OTHER MERCHANDISE from them and tell them that up front (I won't name them but it happened with 5 different places). So, don't expect Ham Radio candy stores to be helpful. But the folks at Newgate were incredibly helpful. Help from other Hams and playing with the settings over and over and over made this work for us.
Battery life is EXCELLENT!! The radios themselves are not much short of amazing if you also add a magmount 2m/70cm external antenna (glass mount antenna's are junk) or the Nagoya 771 (good walking around antenna) for it because the included "rubber duckie" antenna is horrible. And a speaker/mic is a necessity! The headset that comes with UV5R is lame although the kid likes it for when he is climbing/hiking. Go figure! Google miklor uv5r and get into the yahoo support group. It's a great radio if you don't need fanciness but want reliability, sturdiness, and low cost for high quality. I love mine and the kid prefers his over the Kenwood th-f6a that my father got for him for when he goes hiking/rock climbing, kenwood th-f6a is for his satellite stuff and as his in-car mobile set up.
If the UV5R gets damaged, and it's survived some pretty hairy falls in the weeks we've had them, it's inexpensive to replace. Ignore the cable/software for the UV5R and learn to program from keypad, it's better to learn the radio and the keypad is not that hard. The offset and tx-ctcs are what you need to have right. Leave the Rx to default and the Tx to the correct pl tone (ctcss) and it'll do fine. Check with your local hams and support the clubs so we have repeaters. The programming cable works best if you avoid it altogether. It's a waste of money as it doesn't fit properly and can't be seated out of the bag on the UV5R without you having to trim it seriously and the software really isn't... you get the point. As for the UV5R, it's a simple straightforward radio system and there are a ton of websites, a yahoo group, and a load of youtube videos to guide/help you with the set up. And they come in colours (black, yellow, blue, red, and camo). Alot of folks love them and my son and I are a part of that group of folks now. Good Luck!A present for my daughter's birthday; useful in her volunteer work with the local fire and rescue squads.! She loves it!yeah, I know, it's made in China. But this thing is a no brainer to put in anyone's go-bag, for evacuations, storms, whatever. covers a lot of channels, and you can transmit on a huge range of ham frequencies. now, technically it's illegal to transmit on some sensitive channels unless you have a ham license, or are in employment of a company that does. however, in an emergency, boating, airplane, camping, hiking, or an evacuation. believe me, you would transmit, get help, and work out the details later. but you can surely listen anytime, and hear what's going on.. I got a bright yellow one, so if I drop it, it will be easy to find.
the weak point of this radio is poorly written instructions. however, it's not so difficult to figure out to get basic use, and you can get a cable for it to use free software to program a bunch of frequencies into it. it can scan up and down. nice compact package, feels quite durable. I keep it in my car at all times. You never think you'll end up in an emergency, such as power out, road blocked, storm, etc. stuff happens, be ready. get a good two way radio.
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