If you're not adverse to a 3 week shipping time and taking a risk on Chinese manufacturing, I have found that there are some super cheap accessories on banggood.com https://www.banggood.com/search/baofeng.html for Baofengs. Antennas, adapters, headsets, batteries, etc. I've ordered from them dozens of times (for all kinds of electronics, but at least a dozen Baofeng accessories) and everything has always arrived and works. Some stuff even ships for the States and arrives in a few days (but you might pay a little more). Their $5 magmount dual-band antenna https://www.banggood.com/UT106-SMA-Female-Dual-Band-Auto-10W-Antenne-for-BAOFENG-UV5RUV5RAUV5RE-HIYG-p-1114869.html is great for a quick mobile deployment (you think the magnet isn't going to be strong enough but so far it's held up at 70mph for me).
On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 5:27 PM, Ron via chirp_users < chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
It's not that the accessories are so much, just that the radio is so inexpensive. Since most of the radios used to cost way more than the UV5, a $50 headset was relatively cheap. The Bluetooth adapter I use is almost $200 by the time I buy the radio cable, and that doesn't include the actual headset.
https://www.amazon.com/Sena-SR10-10-Bluetooth-Adapter-Two- Way/dp/B008R0LIHO/ref=sr_1_21?ie=UTF8&qid=1521591455&sr=8- 21&keywords=sena+bluetooth
This is not an inexpensive hobby, but adapting the radios to motorcycle use is even more expensive.
In a message dated 3/20/2018 11:34:29 AM Pacific Standard Time, dwage@dwage.com writes:
This:
https://www.amazon.com/2-Channel-Remote-Control-Transmitter-Highest/dp/ B07817XYXC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1521570742&sr=8-2&keywords=nice+flor-s
costs $15 more than a UV-5R
Give me a break.
Dennis M. Wage
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