Baofeng UV-5R FM Radio Low Cost Transceiver Range Test Review Communicate in a Tactical Environment
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Published 2019-10-25
The UV-5R is a low cost handheld F.M. transceiver with a very wide range of operating frequencies in the 2 Meter and 70 Centimeter bands. It can transmit at a max output power of five watts. The radio has all the features that you would need to interface with repeaters or other radios, such as frequency offsets and DTMF tones. It even has nice features - like a dual watch. You can expects a usable range of a couple miles with stock antennas.
The physical construction of the radio is very solid - the antenna defiantly leaves a lot of room for improvement thought! The battery last for more then 24 hours of standby. Unfortunately its not waterproof. Other then that, the China's really outdid themselves this time!
All Comments (21)
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Excellent video. Brief, straight to the point, informative and explanatory. Great job and thank you.
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oh hey its the 3d printing guy being even more relevant in my life. thanks for what you do. subscribed
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Excellent video! ..You're succinct which really helps in any video. And showing the receive at specific distances was ideal.. Seeing the signal getting weaker as you got farther away, I was thinking how the signal would be stronger overall on two-meter, because the band just talks further. Plus the longer wave cuts thru the leaves better if you're in the woods. Two-meter wavelength at about 38" vs 70cm at 12". Again - Great Job!
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Young man you made a great video proud of you thank you for sharing this đź‘Ť
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I needed a good short video on this. Thanks man
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thx so much for the review i just got one a day ago and i am so exited
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I like your range test. I cant believe some people in the comments threatening to "take the video to the FCC " or demanding that you give your call sign. I didn't know it was a law to prove your call sign on a youtube video to appease other people. Ill give the benefit of the doubt and say you definitely could have used your call sign at yhe beggining and just edited it out. People demanding your call sign is ridiculous, petty, and the equivalent of seeing someone park and get our of their car at Walmart and running up to then and saying "do you even have a drivers license ? Show me or i wont believe you and ill report you!"
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Good test methods, realistic wooded area test. Thank you.
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Amazing video, no wasted time, keep up the good style 👊🏼
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I will say this.... if you want to prolong the life of you re-chargable battery, you must give it a good 6 to 8 hours (overnight) charge before the first use. It builds up a memory inside the battery and you should allow the battery to become dead once a week and then fully charge it again. I noticed you said to put it together and you are ready to go. No.......There is no telling how long those batteries sat in that box before it arrived at your house. Allow a full hot charge before first use.
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Thank you for getting right to the point. Great video.
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Straight to the point đź’Şđź’Ş
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I'm glad you did a video on this radio I was totally shocked when I saw it I love the size I love the 3800 milliamp battery and the 2800 milliamp battery comes with a nice long antennae and such a great deal on Amazon beautiful little radio I wish they made it if you can talk to the company about producing a new one just like it only waterproof and one metre drop proof that would be an awesome thank you for sharing it. I love mine watch him watch gets me where I need to go đź‘Ť 73
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Great video, hope you put out more on how to operate for a simple man,,,,, thanks
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Thank you sir for your information .
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Wonderful review. Have you tried comparing UV5R with Motorola T82. Which one should I buy?
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Boa tarde. Qundo abro o radio pelo CHIP. O menu settings fica todo em branco. Poderia me ajudar?
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Is this a good police scanner? Will it pick up 300 mhz range
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Really cool and useful video. But I have to say, this video look like was directed by Wes Anderson!
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Well i got 2miles with 2W
