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    The UV-5RTP is 2 times the wattage. Great little radios.
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    A $40 radio that is better in some ways then a $700 Motorola
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    Quote Originally Posted by Price449 View Post
    Anyone done a review on these units yet?
    I've used the UV-5R a fair bit. Got one in the glovebox in my car as a backup for my Yaesu VX-7R. For what you pay, the radio does alright.

    The AA battery pack is handy, but use good high capacity batteries as the cheapo carbon-zinc AA's get ate real fast when transmitting on high power.

    All the accessories like antennas and stuff can be found cheap on eBay.

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    awesome radios! have the one with the large battery pack.

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    I take it that there are videos on how to program them and such. I bought a couple and need to learn how to use them lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Canada Ammo View Post
    Should be by the end of this week.
    Watched on YOUTUBE is a HAM licence required ?

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    Been using the UV-5R for years, have a few UV-5Rs including a UV-5RA along with some Motorala GP-68's. This 5RA with extended battery and telephone style handset is my favorite, I use it to call in airstrikes regularly - lol

    BTW: One tip would be to upgrade the stock antenna to a "real" Nagoya Na-701 antenna, makes a world of difference!


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    Quote Originally Posted by gambit View Post
    Watched on YOUTUBE is a HAM licence required ?
    A friend told me it is not.
    #HijabHoax Khawlah Noman said the attacker pulled her hood down, cut her hijab from the bottom up. She Said she saw a young Asian male, roughly 5-foot-8 to 6 feet tall, wearing black pants, hoodie and brown gloves. Well,The whole country bought it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leathercrafter View Post
    Been using the UV-5R for years, have a few UV-5Rs including a UV-5RA along with some Motorala GP-68's. This 5RA with extended battery and telephone style handset is my favorite, I use it to call in airstrikes regularly - lol

    BTW: One tip would be to upgrade the stock antenna to a "real" Nagoya Na-701 antenna, makes a world of difference!
    Where did you get the handset? That looks like it's all that and a bag of potato chips!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Randomized View Post
    I take it that there are videos on how to program them and such. I bought a couple and need to learn how to use them lol.
    Don't be afraid of the programming. There's some good sttutorials online. The tricky part is if you're programming it for duplex repeater work you have to enter the TX frequency after you program the RX frequency, tone, shift, etc...
    If anyone needs help pm me.

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