Baofeng UV-5R

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mewse said:
Not trying to pile on the questions, but will you have the USB programming cables available? You mentioned a bunch of accessories in the newsletter.

Thanks for bringing these in, I'm starting my beginner ham course this Saturday :p
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Yes, Cables, Antennas, Batteries and Car Chargers are supposed to be in this shipment.
 
Hiking, camping, gopher shooting, 4X4ing, driving on the highway with 2 vehicles so the ladies can decide where to pull over, kids on their bikes, and for SHTF scenarios.

I have three 2-3 watt UV-3R mini radios (gave 1 to my father in-law), a GT3 (gave to my father in-law), and two 8 watt UV-5R plus radios, battery eliminator, external mic, programming cables, 3800 mah extended life battery, external magnetic vehicle antenna, high gain antennas, cases.

Still learning how to use them, but I have lent to many outdoorsy friends for testing, all who have used them, love them.
 
I work forestry. The road channels for knowing the Km of logging trucks. The company channel for talking to the crew (very rare to have cell phone coverage). Marine 6 and 16 for boating.

Other options are at least ten times more expensive and have to be taken in for programming at around the price of one of these each time.

Haven't had this radio very long but so far a very useful tool.


For any outdoor activity these are great. Hunting hiking camping fishing boating skiing/snowboarding...
 
White Tiger said:
What do you guys use the radios for?

I have one, I bought one just to listen, but I've got no real use for it >,<
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If you set the UHF channels to the 469Mhz range you can use the standard FRS channels. Then others in your group who have the "walmart" or Canadian tire radios can communicate with you.the retail ones are only 1watt so the Baofeng range is much greater.
 
michaelsabre said:
Isn't such requirement a little obsolete?
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The purpose of requiring fixed antennas is to make it difficult to attach an external antenna
that would allow use of high gain antennas.

But neither Industry Canada or the FCC seem to give a #### about keeping these freeband radios off the airwaves
 
Shadow_nt1 said:
If you set the UHF channels to the 469Mhz range you can use the standard FRS channels. Then others in your group who have the "walmart" or Canadian tire radios can communicate with you.the retail ones are only 1watt so the Baofeng range is much greater.
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Aren't FRS/GMRS frequencies in the 462.###/467.### range?
 
You are correct my bad 462.56mz is typically FRS1 for example. The charts can be easily found on line.
 
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Shadow_nt1 said:
You are correct my bad 462.56mz is typically FRS1 for example. The charts can be easily found on line.
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You can even program in the CTCSS privacy codes in order to access the "sub-channels". Much easier to do all this with the software than through the radio interface, in my experience.
 
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