Not to put on my radio salesman's cap, but the GT-5R radio is promoted as having a cleaner signal and proper limits on TX for amateur use. Dave Casler did a video exploring this radio when it first came out:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1JyM8oNtoaE

Just a little more info on this particular radio,

Ken, N2VIP

On Oct 6, 2021, at 08:01, Jim Unroe <rock.unroe@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 12:40 AM Jefrey Johnson <jefjohnson5091@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,

I have a UV-5R and I am not able to transmit any vhf freq above 147.975.  I can program in 148.000 but all I get when I try to transmit is "Beep".

I am using CHIRP ver daily-20210930

1st time user, don't know if I am doing this correctly.  Please advise.

Thanks,

Jef

You have one of several new models that only transmits within the USA
ham bands: 144-148 MHz and 420-460 MHz. Any frequency outside of those
ranges is RX only. The one sold by Radioddity is called the GT-5R.

https://www.radioddity.com/products/baofeng-gt-5r

As you can see from the Radioddity page, they tend to cost less
($24.99) than the radios that can TX across the whole 130-179 MHz and
400-520 MHz ranges, so many owners mistakenly purchased them to get
the "lowest price".

Jim KC9HI
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