I bought the BaoFeng UV-5x3 to get access to 220 mHz as I do not have a radio on that band it is great for just traveling around and being able to hit repeaters from your hotel room or if you have an external antenna on the vehicle you can hook up to it, even as a mobile. It is given to intermod when you are in high population areas but beyond that the only other thing that comes to mind is it is a wee bit slow in the RX<>TX transitions, but you learn to live with it.
For the price it is hard to beat, and it you do break it do you do not cry too much.
On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 10:00 PM Michael Butler riobravoxray@gmail.com wrote:
Password protection may be a nice feature, but you may lock others out in an emergency situation, and in those cases anyone can use the radio if needed in an emergency where the primary operator is incapacitated. Something to consider.
Michael W0MTB
On Fri, Aug 3, 2018, 7:47 PM Bryan Santucci via chirp_users < chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
if anyone has any input to the manufacturer, a great thing to add is a way to password protect the radio from unauth. use. Be great!!
-----Original Message----- From: Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com To: Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Fri, Aug 3, 2018 10:44 pm Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Tri Band Radio
The one radio I looked at so far was the BaoFeng UV-5x3
Just to be clear, this is a BTech radio manufactured for and sold by Baofeng Tech (the radio dealer in the USA). Even though it resembles, the UV-5R and other similar Baofeng radio models, it is not made by Baofeng (the radio manufacturer in China).
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