Baofeng UV-5R reviews

Baofeng UV-5R
Dual band FM Transceiver

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It's OK.......

Mike

I've had my UV-5R for about a year now and to be honest, I'm still in two minds about it.
It's a good little radio and all and it has a better keypad than my UVD1P.
It doesn't really get a lot of use, but I've found that when it is used, it is really hard on battery power.
I bought the mic/speaker unit that goes with this radio, it actually makes the radio easier to hear for some strange reason.
All in all though, I'm glad I bought this radio, for the price, you can't really go wrong.

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Mint condition in 2021

400,000 plus units sold!

k6fu

I avoided the Baofeng for years but finally broke down and got one. Now, just 6 months later, I own a dozen of the critters in various flavors and all the accessories to boot! Keep one in the car, one in my tackle box, garage, bedroom and even the commode! I go to a club meeting and everybody has one hanging on their belt! I think we might want to consider creating the "Baofeng Followers Organization"

Look, if you don't already own one of these little radios get one! Also get a good programming cable (one with the chip in it) and download CHIRP which is a fine no cost programming program that runs on Windows and Mac. You can also use CHIRP for programming other HT's as well, my Yaesu FT-60 for example.

Long Live the Magnificent BAOFENG UV-5R!

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Mint condition in 2017
USD 26.99

Good Starter H.T.

N8GBU

I bought this as a back up just in case I was working an event with ARES and my main H.T. failed. I had heard a lot of negative comments about it however I found out they were wrong. I like all the extra features on it flash light etc. I had it checked at a hamfeast and it was a little bit better than my Vertex-150 H.T. Over all for the price you can't beat it.

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Good condition in 2016
USD 0.00

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