Baofeng UV-5R

[#1bcshooter]

Order placed within an hour of CA saying they are back in stock. 3 days later and still not even shipped??

Same here & now the long weekend sale is on so more delays
And it's now 4 days

 

[Dfbshaw]

Got my shipping notice.

 

[ironsighter]

Curious about the authenticity of those Nagoyas.

 

[mrbishi]

Curious about the authenticity of those Nagoyas.

http://www.nagoya.com.tw/style/fram...color_5&name_id=98129&Directory_ID=0&id=31478

I haven't ordered the antennas from Canadaammo yet, just the radios, so can't comment but there's a handy guide.

 

[randyhub]

Looks like I have a fake one off Ebay then.

I will test it out soon myself, as my 1/4/8 watt UR-5 TP and 2 watt UR-3 radios are being tested this weekend in the mountains by some friends. My father in law took my other 4 watt radio.

 

[JimDO]

Hope Amazon has legit ones,,will see when they get here i guess.

 

[mrbishi]

Yeah eBay and Amazon are riddled with fakes of everything, people just reselling junk off cheap Chinese sites, for full price.

 

[SigWig]

Let you know when I get my antenna. Will take pictures. Amazon sold me a fake. Threw it out

 

[silverfoxdj]

Let you know when I get my antenna. Will take pictures. Amazon sold me a fake. Threw it out

I'd send it back they are good with resolving issues with third parties.

 

[crashcollins]

Ordered a couple radios, spare batteries, car charger cable and a programing cable. Look forward to getting into this as a winter project as well. Been into scanners a bit over the years and had fun with them but time to step up a bit.

 

[randyhub]

So has anyone tested how the fake antennas work?

 

[SigWig]

CanAm do you have a discount on a bulk order of 30+ radios?

Thank you

 

[Chumlee Bumsnag]

Check out a program called Code Quick. I used it after trying every other morse teaching method out there. It took me 2 weeks practicing an hour a day to get to 5wpm. Code is alive and well on the ham bands still.

 

[anoxia]

I was curious about the NA-771 authenticity as well. I bought the UV-5R 2 handset combo on amazon not that long ago but held off on the antennae due to the counterfeit complaints in the reviews. If they are genuine I hope that CanAm will bring more in.

 

[Shadow_nt1]

I was curious about the NA-771 authenticity as well. I bought the UV-5R 2 handset combo on amazon not that long ago but held off on the antennae due to the counterfeit complaints in the reviews. If they are genuine I hope that CanAm will bring more in.

The 771 is for 430Mmz, for FRS range you should get a 470Mhz range.

 

[JimDO]

Any specific model in mind for the frs range?

 

[Shadow_nt1]

Look on Amazon for this - They seem to work well.
HYS TC-RHF40 Dual Band Flexible Whip Antenna SMA-F 136-174&400-470MHz For BAOFENG Two-way Radio UV-5R/5RA/5RB/5RC/5RD/5RE/5REPLUS/3R

 

[anoxia]

Look on Amazon for this - They seem to work well.
HYS TC-RHF40 Dual Band Flexible Whip Antenna SMA-F 136-174&400-470MHz For BAOFENG Two-way Radio UV-5R/5RA/5RB/5RC/5RD/5RE/5REPLUS/3R

Thanks for the tip Shadow. I forgot the FRS is in the 460-470 range. I can't seem to find the 400-470MHz ones on amazon Canada, only the 430Mhz variety. Do you have any personal experience with them?

 

[Chumlee Bumsnag]

Get an SMS to BNC adapter. This makes dozens of hand held antennas usable on the Baofeng. Use a plumbing tap washer as a spacer to take up the gap between the connector and radio body. This takes strain off the radios antenna input jack. Even the Nagoya can use one.

 

[anoxia]

Thanks Chumlee I'm going to look for one. Any suggestions on a good 470MHz antennae?