Dave, I completely agree with a Baofeng for a starter radio, my my recommendation is that although the 5R is only $25 (give or take)....I would ahead and pay $63 and get the much stronger 8 watt F8HP so that if he wants to stick with the 'starter' radio for a while, he'll at least have a better chance of hitting repeaters.

Brent (N4BDW)
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> On Nov 29, 2016, at 8:02 PM, Dave Hartman via chirp_users <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
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> A recent addition to our radio club is looking for something to get him
> on the local repeaters. Woxun and Baofeng come to my mind as good
> starter radios that don't cost much and work reasonably well. Which HTs
> would you recommend based on ease of programming, with Chirp of course,
> reliability, and low cost? Thanks!
>
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