Baofeng Is Back To Their Old Dirty Ways With The New 5RM Ham Radio

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Baofeng Is Back To Their Old Dirty Ways With The New 5RM Ham Radio

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7 ай бұрын

So Many Features In This Baofeng 5RM Yet They Managed To Screw It All Up! I Hope You Don't Buy This Radio!!
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@NorthBoroughsLawnCareLLC 5 ай бұрын

I just need to make a comment or two on this radio. I've been a scanner enthusiast for some 45 years and I must say this radio is out performing some of the higher end ht's I've owned. The reception is full quieting, and I'm receiving police and fire signals from areas that I ordinarily would not. When I purchased the radio I primarily wanted it as a scanner and quite frankly for the 30 dollar price tag its sooo worth it in my opinion. 73's

@lucachignola9379 4 ай бұрын

HI. Can FM-N be used on the entire radio band?? For example on 70 MHz? Ciao.

@bulldogbrower6732 7 ай бұрын

In other reviews the scan feature is said to determine the frequency of your buddy standing next to you. It was not Intended to get the tone transmitted by a nearby repeater.

@VMGIN 7 ай бұрын

It appears to be attenuated when searching to decode the CTSS/DCS codes. It won’t work with repeaters

@user-zy6ou4ux6p 7 ай бұрын

Thats all its intended for, easily programming radios next to you. Not sure your misunderstanding of the feature constitutes a bad review. I use it to quickly add FRS radios on non 0 PL's.

@CarlOblander 7 ай бұрын

@@user-zy6ou4ux6p, you are clearly incapable of comprehending why the reviewer did not care for the radio. It was a very easy to understand review. Hmm, you should return to third grade. Boy.

@wanderingural9308 7 ай бұрын

Some radios are equipped with a reverse repeater function that flips in/out frequencies. This would allow you to clone a friend's repeater frequencies and settings on this BF. Other than the harmonics (which is a deal breaker) it's not a useless radio. If they fixed filtering like they seemed to on their other radios, it wouldn't be a bad radio.

@hamradiotube 7 ай бұрын

The manual makes no mention as to what it's for or the distance it works at. It just says it can do it.

@jerryh9770 7 ай бұрын

He just sold me the radio because of the frequency counter.

@TELEVISIONARCHIVES 4 ай бұрын

These are great radios. Don't listen to this guy

@norrinradd8952 7 ай бұрын

Glad to see this isn't another "Yep it's dirty. Click the link below to purchase one with my affiliate link"

@Pahrump 5 ай бұрын

Not everyone uses the radio the same, pipe down

@dantedanis 7 ай бұрын

For under $40 I will definitely buy this it over 5v that fantastic

@centralfloridagmrs 6 ай бұрын

It's good for what it is.

@kendexter 5 ай бұрын

i got one. all 5RM i found was ranged 8W,says on the back under the battery on my 5RM as well 8W max.. and it works great, and the green scan works great. i was outside a big mall and picked up their radios with green button freq counter

@user-oi3zi8rr9x 18 күн бұрын

I am in China ,it cost me $13

@gatsbye53 7 ай бұрын

For $30 it's still a cheap gateway into the hobby.

@Tsch6373 5 ай бұрын

Just ordered, paid $27 for mine, added an upgraded antenna too.

@user-oi3zi8rr9x 18 күн бұрын

@@Tsch6373 I am in China ,it cost me $13

@GeorgeZubersky 6 ай бұрын

I like this radio! Completely unlocked and allows me to monitor airport communications and so much more. Forget all of the tests, this radio can do it all. And multiple emergency contacts too. I can transmit on almost everything! With fcc approval too. No, it's not a perfect radio, but it allows the freedom most everyone wants.

@DougSims 4 ай бұрын

Yep. This was the cheapest radio I found that could monitor airport traffic. It also has FM radio broadcast reception with one touch key selection. Plus plenty of memory to store frequently used bands for anywhere I may go, it was an immediate purchase.

@iconofsin1043 4 ай бұрын

@@DougSims Literally almost every radio has these features lol

@volvof86 7 ай бұрын

Actually using the radio to talk and receive on the Amateur Bands is a winner. The audio is clear and much improved on the UV-5R. You should actually try using the radio.

@sexybitch6605 6 ай бұрын

He needs to read the instructions first that's if he can understand and comprehend them.

@wldmcmullen 4 ай бұрын

There so crappy I bought 3 of them 😂😂😂 and still preform as well as the Kenwood and the rest of the top shelf radios!!

@enigma6482 6 ай бұрын

The green button isn't meant as a scan feature; it's meant to determine the tones of a radio that is very close to you and not using a repeater. Meant more for people who are using mixed radio brands and no one knows if/how their radio is set up or if they have tones enabled.

@InfinitelyQurious 3 ай бұрын

That sounds like a great feature.

@scanner_956 6 ай бұрын

Bro I have one of these and I love it.

@PS-kz9eh 5 ай бұрын

I also watched Ham-Solo's field test review video of this same radio and decide to buy one! Amazing!

@MrDan4th 5 ай бұрын

Just watched it today! I bought two!

@Jacob_88 7 ай бұрын

90% of the video he's telling you how awesome and cool it is...

@1pilotdudeman 4 ай бұрын

Lake Placid Repeater - You aren't accounting for the offset. It is working as intended. The freq you scanned for was the +0.6 difference for 2m.

@grababit Ай бұрын

This dude puts the "amateur" in amateur license! It didn't look like he cal'dl his SA or add the -16db to his harmonics test. He might want to learn what the difference between harmonics and ""spurious emissions" are also. Amazing how someone can pass a multiple choice test and become an Electrical Engineer.

@eem3iii 7 ай бұрын

Bought one for the advertised features too. Did you test at low power? I bet most Chinese high power Baofeng based HTs have spurious emissions. Taco Bell causes emissions too at about the same price or less 😂

@ZeldaZelda-RichesToRags 7 ай бұрын

😂❤

@GETTINREAL123 11 күн бұрын

By the looks of his vid thumbnail he had too much Taco Hell!!

@johnchristians2945 6 ай бұрын

i was close to cops while they were on there radios and got there channels

@BusDriverRFI 6 ай бұрын

I've been licensed now for 48 years so I'm older than young people, but, you know, back in the day, we made low pass filters for our radio's to assure we had awesomeness in our spectral puritans. Now days we have whiners who don't know how to make filters. But, hey, we still love our sad hams crying all day long. :)

@gregm.857 4 ай бұрын

I've been licensed since 1978. Yes, in theory someone could build a filter and add it. But it would greatly reduce the portability of the HT, and would significantly add to the cost. It would also defeat the convenience of having a dual-band HT since the filter would essentially limit the radio to one band at a time. In spite of the theory, in practice I disagree with your comment. I'm glad this video was posted, the measurements will save me from making a bad purchase. I'll stick with my IC-V82. 73

@BusDriverRFI 4 ай бұрын

@@gregm.857of course an amateur will need to determine what they want to spend money on and how they would want to work on the device. My FT5DR has very low harmonics. I guarantee that building a chebyshev filter would cost less than $400. I don't know how the radio is made as to whether a VHF chebyshev could be built that would have the uhf section bypassed or whether there could be adjustments to the radio. I actually have a UV5R-EX version with pretty low harmonics for 2m. Why did they get it right there? They look like 50dB down on that thing. If you don't like the radios without support, don't buy them like you say. But for those who would like to experiment, there are options besides whining about items that can be remedied on the bench. I don't have the answers here on the best solution, but I know there are solutions out there besides whinging about ultra cheap radios not performing like multi hundred dollar radios. These guys recommend putting power absorbing 1:1 transmission line transformers and viewers think spending money that doesn't help is a cool thing and it makes sense people would complain about a project that would actually help.

@mikshawful 9 сағат бұрын

Regular folks don't care about spurious emissions. I've been using this radio for close to a year, and it's my favorite handheld so far (i'm not paying hundreds of dollars for an HT).

@waynewood8840 7 ай бұрын

I have the gmrs version (UV-5G plus)…it works fine.

@johnemmons9087 6 ай бұрын

QUANSHENG is the radio to get. Respected programers around the world are creating awesome programs that improve the ability of this radio exponentially.

@pep729 5 ай бұрын

💯

@centralscrutinizer76 7 ай бұрын

Awesome that it operates in the 220's you can get a yagi antenna and use it to track telemetry collars

@microminiskirt 6 ай бұрын

UV5R radios were discontinued per Baofeng website. The website states that the next model up, the BF-F8HP, which is 8 watts, is the new replacement for UV5R. The BF-F8HP is a better radio than UV5R with twice the wattage but costs a little more.

@hamradiotube 6 ай бұрын

Well the BF-F8HP came out years ago and the UV5R sells like hotcakes so I kinda doubt that info is true.

@microminiskirt 6 ай бұрын

It's true because I couldn't order from BF website, and that's the info posted on BF website.@hamradiotube

@microminiskirt 6 ай бұрын

You shouldn't print fake news and mis information on this kind of website. You should know better than this to keep up with the most updated information.@@hamradiotube It appears anyone can open up a website and make false claims. 👎🤢🤮

@pep729 5 ай бұрын

The BF8-HP has nowhere near double the wattage. I have 2. Even if you got 4w out of a 5r, you're not getting 8w from the BF8-HP. Not happening.

@gowerdave 2 ай бұрын

@@microminiskirt UV-5R dirt cheap from Aliexpress, arrives in 5 days here in the UK.

@hobbyrob313 6 ай бұрын

So you buy something for a bargain price and you expect the creme de la creme!? What are you thinking!? (in my eyes you're just being stingy . . . ) Man be honest!?

@rbiddle813 7 ай бұрын

Your wrong on the scanning and use of the green button. Works as advertised. You need to fix this review.

@hamradiotube 6 ай бұрын

If that's the case, Baofeng needs to re-write their manual.

@414RadioTech 4 ай бұрын

WHAT MANUAL MINE DIDNT COME WITH ONE@@hamradiotube

@A1ko_ 7 ай бұрын

For all I and many others love the uv5r for I think the quansheng with a modified firmware is an insane first ht

@johnchristians2945 6 ай бұрын

i got both antennas with mine. it picks up air band clear. the green search button worked on mine from 500m away.

@hamradiotube 6 ай бұрын

Really? I got screwed. Oh well, I sent it back.

@triadxtechnologies 7 күн бұрын

I love the 5RM. Amazing radio for $29! By the way, most real-world users couldn't care less about how it shows up on a TinySA on a bench. We tend use it to communicate in the field, and the 5RM gets that job done very effectively. And, that scan feature is a good one that works well. Then again, I can't imagine anyone buying this radio just for that helpful, but nonessential feature...

@danieldvir6927 7 ай бұрын

I feel like I have to review this video because I think you are being to picky about this device. To be honest I have 2 of those that I got for tha same price and for 37 dollars you get here a lot especially this have usb c charging and I don't have any problems copying any other device in any frequency. I work in high-rise building and this device works well in 60-70 floors buildings and if a new subcontractors comes to work I am very easily copy the frequency in there device to be in touch. So it promises 10w and you only get 7w so what . If this would have cost 100 dollars I can understand the review but fo 37 dollars you get here a lot.

@johnchristians2945 6 ай бұрын

baofeng will never be a waste of money. cos its priced the same as a uv 5r. all the features are free. how much would a yaesu cost for those features. lol

@MrPoisony 7 ай бұрын

I bought 8 of these, all dirty on VHF but clean on UHF.

@russellkimball4410 6 ай бұрын

Yeah 8.8 magnitude as well

@user-oi3zi8rr9x 18 күн бұрын

I am in China ,it cost me $13

@swicked86 5 ай бұрын

I love this radio, so much more than my quansheng. It seems to do much better on transmit and receive and tri-band i don't have to mess with it. Plus it has the AM receive.

@realflyersrc4416 6 ай бұрын

Just sounds like a cry baby video from an adult. JEEZZZ

@RESlusher 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking one for the team, Mike! Mental note to stay away from the Boof Wangs! 😁

@matthoward4625 3 күн бұрын

I have one of these and generally speaking it performs better than my Yaesu FT3DR unless I want to use digital modes. It lets me get into repeaters just a little bit further out (~60mi in the PNW) and is cheap so can leave it in my truck and not care about it. Hard to find flaw with something like this.

@adcraziness1501 9 күн бұрын

The green button scan tool works okay. It gives you the frequency and it gives you the tone. From there I can find what I need but just about every other radio I have, if I want to do something similar I have to go into menu then manually try every tone option where this one will at least give me the tone they're using. I can easily figure out ohhh it has a +.6 offset or a +5 offset or a ...that's no big deal, learning the tone is the hard part. Saving it as a channel is a cool feature and it should work, I haven't spent any time trying to figure it out myself yet but learning the tone is the hard part and it at least can do that.

@EclecticLensYT 7 ай бұрын

I read some comments and I have searched online, can anyone confirm that you can disable transmitting on this radio and just use it as a basic scanner? I understand this may require the USB cable and using software. If anyone can confirm this I'd appreciate it and if you have any tips in regards to doing it I'd love to hear them!

@vite911 6 ай бұрын

Yes you can with chirp. Rx only

@bakerjrjw 4 ай бұрын

The green button = 【One Key Frequency Match】The ham radio has a one-touch frequency matching function, easy pairing and grouping(Copying channel configuration parameters). Convenient for you and your partner to set up quickly. It's not described in the operations manual as a scanner for repeaters. The antenna is just OK. I use the {Authentic Genuine Nagoya NA-320A Triband HT Antenna 2M-1.25M-70CM (144-220-440Mhz)} on my Triband Baofeng radios. The 5rm is advertised as an 8 watt Tx but 7.8 watt is the best I've seen... so close enough. One thing that I don't understand... sometimes when I choose a repeater's frequency it will automatically set the off-set and tone (code) but other repeaters I must lookup and set manually. I'm not going to offer a guess why. I've only had my Technician license for a few weeks (so I'm still learning)

@ningis21 15 күн бұрын

Hi ...Which software did you use to programme this UV5RH radio? Thanks

@THESPORTINGCAMP 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Mike! 🤝The Quasheng UV-5(8) is the hot soup dujour and all the rage right now with the multiple firmware updates and custom mods.

@hamradiotube 7 ай бұрын

Soup Du Jour, what's that? That's the soup of the day. Mmm, that sounds yummy, I'll have that.

@norrinradd8952 7 ай бұрын

@@hamradiotube Lloyd Christmas ordering soup like a boss

@dantheman20127667 6 ай бұрын

I hear its flat with no bubbles @@hamradiotube

@arjaropelinen8463 3 ай бұрын

Wow, this Bf UV-5R Max radio is AMAZING. It works as it should🤩👍.

@fastearle 5 сағат бұрын

Ok, so many are offended by the video. I would say the Creator is biased and likes high end stuff. I can relate. I love Yeasu radios. But, I have several Baofeng radios, including the 5rm. I would take this radio over the 5rv any day. For the price, these cannot be beat and they work very well, thank you very much. Been using originals for years now without issue. That said, don't be turned away because of this review. The radio simply isn't that bad. I got 2 for 50 bucks. When I'm out in the mountains I'm my sxs? And I get one wet or falls out? I'm going to be crying a lot less.... Great little radios that everyone can afford. Just get licensed folks! It isn't that hard! 🤣👍

@iamhe999 6 ай бұрын

Your very first sentence expresses disrespect..and I bet you do not even know why.. Its hard for me to get by that...

@sexybitch6605 6 ай бұрын

I for one wouldn't even subscribe to a channel like this that is very prejudiced and is giving out false information based on opinion and not knowing how to use equipment they are giving a bad name to this product because it's made in China and too sophisticated for him to operate.. There are other hams out there that have legitimate unbiased and much more accurate information this this guy who doesn't know how to operate a radio that he is telling everyone not to get. What a joke. "The reason why not to buy this radio" is because he doesn't know how to operate the radio. Now that is plain stupid.🤣😂🤣😂

@sexybitch6605 6 ай бұрын

He is prejudiced against Asian products like the majority of Americans because of the political climate. Nothing can compare to BaoFeng in all the features you get for the $$$$ American or not.

@hamradiotube 6 ай бұрын

Sorry, Boofwang.

@iamhe999 6 ай бұрын

@@hamradiotube well dont give ham radio and Americans a bad name by showing ignorant disrespect… that is, if you want to be taken seriously without offending anyone.

@hamradiotube 6 ай бұрын

@@iamhe999 Oh I def don't care about offending people. Literally nothing happens by being offended. What I do find interesting is people who comment on the pronunciation of Boofwang. Have you ever read a Boofwang manual? I ask that seriously. So many are concerned about how someone says Boofwang, yet it's totally OK for Boofwang to have literally the worst English translation in the world?? Grow up.

@RandellReeder 7 ай бұрын

It is going to be a LONG time before any company out therein the world HT market will knock the UV5R from the top spot. lets face it, you can add all the sales worldwide of HT radios and the UV5R still out sells everything else.

@adcraziness1501 9 күн бұрын

Also, Baofeng doesn't care about spurious emissions because half of their customer base makes fun of people for giving a shit about how their radios splatter across the spectrum. Perpetuated by various assorted yotube superstars, mostly. They won't care if we don't care, they have made that plain as day. Baofeng just wants to sell radios they will make them however people will buy them and if no one cares then they won't either. Personally I am about to send mine back. I bought an unlocked AR5RM and it splatters a half watt into 300MHz that's a lot of battery power going somewhere I do not intend. Most of the other harmonics wouldn't even make it to the end of my coax, so I'm less concerned about those. But that half watt first harmonic is a turd. And I figure if I give them an RMA and tell them exactly why, maybe that'll raise someone's eyebrow over there. I don't NEED a thirty dollar radio. I can buy a fifty dollar radio, put some filters on it.

@awdtw 7 ай бұрын

There are a few, very confusing variations of this radio. I have the UV-5RM that was just recently released, tri-band, 8W, looks identical to the UV-5RH and the 5RM (without the UV). Thankfully the UV-5RM (2024 model, not to be confused with the older and different looking 2015 variant) does not seem to be so messy on spectrum.

@robertjureit2574 7 ай бұрын

$35 dollars,REALLY. What did you expect for a mere $35. I’m 69,been buying electronics for YEARS. In my opinion only, anything under $100, is probably. A piece of SH&*. Just my opinion.

@hamradiotube 7 ай бұрын

I have plenty of radios in that price point that don't put out spurious emissions.

@mikeb1617 4 ай бұрын

bro...the radio is fine.

@amydobrowolsky8664 5 ай бұрын

Why be incomplete and sloppy with testing? Some folk do care about 220 and many of us are looking for decent 220 radios. Also why not test for spurious emissions on 220 and 440 as well? (Btw another KZfaqr finally tested 440 and it seems pretty clean there.)

@414RadioTech 5 ай бұрын

FYI JUST WORKS FINE TO ME I HAVE NO ISSUES YET I REALLY LOVE THIS RADIO

@miket7184 7 ай бұрын

I can't imagine how this radio passed through the stringent Chinese quality control team! 🤣

@hamradiotube 7 ай бұрын

I know, right?

@CDTsuiPo 7 ай бұрын

It actually has nothing to do with quality control, it's because of the pursuit of multi-band, so there is a compromise in filtering. It's not an isolated case, it's a common problem with all cheap multi-band transmitters. The bigger question is how they got the FCC certification.

@JVRottweil 6 ай бұрын

Which radio is US Made?

@user-pg2bj7rv1t 6 ай бұрын

@@JVRottweil NEITHER!

@ghostphanthom746 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your honest opinion, greetings from bogota colombia / Gracias por tu opinion tan honesta, saludos desde bogota colombia

@craigvk2paw17 7 ай бұрын

Maybe the scan function is for finding listening devices

@gregm.857 4 ай бұрын

The display looks so much better than the other Baofengs, so I was tempted to buy this model. You measurement of the harmonics saved me from making a bad investment. Thanks for the time and effort to post this.

@mrheart4242 6 ай бұрын

I like the 5rm. I do not like the way the flap over the connector swings. The standard uv5r was perfect. It opened and was covered by the plug. Clean no snag sttatchment. The battery keeps pooping out with the slightest impact. Not a fan of the antenna. I have a 2 pack and one was compleatly broken from the start. The emissions on mine are not bad. Abree ar771 seems to be great on them.

@eigenfield 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. Now, I can sleep peacefully. I knew, something was off in its design

@DCSIDPA 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for this review. I have several UV-5R variants that all work well.

@pep729 5 ай бұрын

Quansheng for the win. K5 or K6. The Baofeng killer.

@ewalddroidworks 7 ай бұрын

I smell sad ham.

@hamradiotube 7 ай бұрын

Try taking a shower. You won't smell so bad anymore.

@vincentcastagliola1891 Ай бұрын

Will this be able to pick up encrypted frequency?? I listen to nypd and they switched to encrypted and there is one person who has this radio that you are reviewing and claims that it works with picking up the encrypted frequency. Im trying to do my own research before paying way too much money for one when I can just do it myself. Greatly appreciated with your help with this question

@felicciasc 3 ай бұрын

Bought it as a scanner for a friend. Works awesome

@mrdonsmith 7 ай бұрын

I tried a Baofeng radio but it was so hard to manually program that I gave it away. Then, two things happened to change my mind and the Baofeng UV-5R is now my favorite HT radio. It didn't have the spurious emissions problem AND I discovered the Chirp programming software. Chirp was a game changer for me. I have HT's with Fusion and HT's with D-STAR for world-wide clear connections but those systems are so good that it has the same lack of thrill as using a telephone. Boring! I don't care about either of those systems. Amazingly, I'm very happy with the UV-5R now that I can program it with Chirp and do what I enjoy the most. And, at under $30, who cares if it gets lost or stolen? Another $30 and a quick repeater/simplex restore from Chirp and I'm back in bidness! -KK5DON

@DCSIDPA 6 ай бұрын

Agree. CHIRP is a game changer with the UV-5R series.

@mrdonsmith 6 ай бұрын

Right after posted the above message, I found where a UV-5R is selling for $18! Complete with an earpiece with a PTT button! I think it was on Amazon. How could I not get a couple of them? I call them my 'throw-down' HT's!

@adamreynolds8270 6 ай бұрын

I had the same problem trying to program the uv-9g, chirp changed the game

@alterhype 4 ай бұрын

I have one and am very happy with it.

@risingequinox3093 7 күн бұрын

The best thing about this radio is how much it makes you sound like a hyena with a thorn up it's rear. Im goingbto buy a bunch for the elementary kids and tell them to only use the ham bands cause they'll hear a bunch of squealing.

@joshuarivera428 6 ай бұрын

I just got mine and used it on the local repeater for 45 minutes with no issues. I really like it, for the price I think it's pretty good. Only issue is when transmitting, be careful to not touch the battery contacts or tu pull get an RF burn. But that's common with these cheap radios.

@markh.harris9271 7 ай бұрын

They will clean it up; actually not a bad radio... have you even tried using to communicate?

@MrDan4th 5 ай бұрын

Probably not. 😂

@Qietman 4 ай бұрын

I have one. It's great! I paired it up with a better antenna, and it's fantastic. The only downside so far is that I haven't been able to get odmaster to work with it, so I've been stuck with CHIRP.

@johnroberts6695 Ай бұрын

You're right. One thing you didn't say up front is the thing's a brick, and all to support the stupid color display. Yes, color displays are nice, but they get old fast. If you just want to use it and you don't care about color, get another radio.

@K5YVY 7 ай бұрын

Thank you Mike for wasting your money so I didn’t have to 💯🏆

@ibabnormally4752 2 ай бұрын

I have two that work fine. Very strong on 70 cm repeaters. Baofeng haters gonna hate, but we already know that.

@johnathanmorlock 26 күн бұрын

I thoght the same with the little green button, to scan for open frequencies (new at this, gimme a break). Found that swirching to Frequency Mode (not Channel Mode), you can yhen search for used open frequencies by holding down #. Now, how to save them, heh.

@davidsradioroom9678 7 ай бұрын

I won't get one. Thanks for the review.

@robertmeyer4744 7 ай бұрын

That is why I do not buy a new radio when first come out. look how bad the first gen of talk pod A 36 was. then you get a clean one. mine is not as clean but is a pass on VHF because 2nd and 3 rd. harmonic is quite low. to bad you did not test right away you could have sent it back. I was going to do that with the talk pod. I almost did but girlfriend wanted green radio and it did pass the harmonic test . the talk pod does that close capture read out . had to re program a button . that radio is sold under a few different types. wounder if they going to fix it. Baofeng has fixed some . Nagoya has a tri band antenna. sucks you have to spend more money on a band pass filter than the cost of the radio just to use 2 meters. thank you for testing this one. 73's

@McPilot_W3DDS 7 ай бұрын

I just got a UV21R $29 and it is great!!

@hannan7 4 ай бұрын

hi, with respect to your opinion i reject the conclusion from my point of view. i bought the identical twin of yours, the uv-5rh v.1, which operates very fine on almost every frequency even with a home made flower pot antenna...i can copy any frequency and tone from nearby devices, i can rx the aviation, 2500mah battery is more than ok, it feels fine in hand, well made in many ways. the power in high mode is around 8 watts. what else to expect? the only thing i may complain is the red color fonts in the menu. a bit hard to read in broad day light. in comparison to my other radios, i may call it my new favorite budget radio. it deserves every dollar spent. may yours be a counterfeit unit? a fake one? or mine is a lucky seed?

@hamradiotube 4 ай бұрын

@richard180961 5 ай бұрын

Looks like an issue with the screen backlighting, not covering the full screen area towards the bottom. I must have been lucky. The BF-5RH/UV-5RH has a Black Background with White digits, very easy to read. perhaps there is some variance between models as to which type/colour of screen one gets.

@johnbrady8345 6 ай бұрын

Interesting but another Tuber tested the 5Rm against a Vx-76 and the Yaesu was dirtier. I have the 5RM for a month know, tested and clean and all of the functions perform as advertised. Please do a follow up video testing your Yaesu against that terrible Baofeng.

@MrKeys57 3 ай бұрын

UNDERSTOOD!! :D i bought the BAOFENG UV17BK - 73, Levi in Sweden

@mashakamakarov4296 5 ай бұрын

Men I’m a new ham and I think this radio is extremely good for the price I spend 27 in amazon and it preforms better that my wouxun that cost me 180 that is sad

@teambrokeshooter 2 ай бұрын

Sad Ham doesn't understand clone....It isn't to scan, it is to clone a close by HT's settings for when you meet up with others. The 5RM receives better then any other $30 HT, and punches above it's price point. This isn't an HT for a radio nerd (people who pcare about spurious emissions) , it is an HT for someone who doesn't wanna spend $300, but wants a decent, easy to use radio.

@sailormike1089 7 ай бұрын

Now thats a dirty radio.... PEEE YOU!!😝 and I've had this radio on my amazon shopping list until your review. Welp time to remove it.

@davidgarcia3597 2 ай бұрын

For 30$ all I need is for it to transmit and receive with pl and dcs tones and the splits, the receive couldn't be worse than the 5rv - so I'm definitely upgrading in a few days. Thanks 🙄

@joshuac3058 6 ай бұрын

I have one it's cool to have 3 bands and 999 channels can any recommendations for this kidna radio

@user208351 3 күн бұрын

Hamsters are just sad I love my AR-5RM. I guess we all need to spend $500 on a radio to sit in our mothers basement to talk to guy in another state. The BaoFeng radios are prepper radio of choice and average citizen. I better move I hear the whaaambulance....

@flyprincess69 5 ай бұрын

I just bought 2 UV 5G+ for GMRS and am very happy with the radios…

@aa3konthego 6 ай бұрын

How much attenuation did you use?

@TheTdub 6 ай бұрын

thanks for saving me the money and headache

@KB5UTY-Dave 7 ай бұрын

Lol... Already bought it... But thanks for testing it out. It's GMRS branded sister got high marks, figured it was the same radio. Guess not.

@rosskelly8268 3 ай бұрын

Drama. Many will be happy with twice the power, and some new features at a great price. I notice you didn't check the UHF spurious - which is fine. I mainly use UHF for my local ham scene and repeaters. I think it's a good option for me. Can't wait to try the Air Band as some added value. W6LG looked into the FCC documents and it's legit. He has a much bigger dummy and his testing was line-ball with the FCC paperwork. Was he just lucky to get a good one? Maybe, but he rates it a bargain.

@airshotsphotoco 6 ай бұрын

Does NOT say Power 10 watts OUTPUT. It IS 10 watts power consumption. This is typical of all Baofeng radios.

@CampingandHamRadio-W4POT 7 ай бұрын

It could have been a contender.

@thuff3207 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@brad2119 7 ай бұрын

Thank you mike

@Hank_W6IR 7 ай бұрын

I believe you have until the end of January to return items bought in December. I'd return it.

@hamradiotube 7 ай бұрын

Now that’s a good idea. Can’t believe I didn’t even think about that. It’s sitting in my closet lol!

@raymondbatley9121 Ай бұрын

Why not return it if you are not happy with it.

@hamradiotube Ай бұрын

I did.

@HamRadioCrashCourse 7 ай бұрын

Hmmmmmm, thanks for this, what is the range on that “scan” function?

@hamradiotube 7 ай бұрын

I haven't tested that and the manual makes no reference to it either.

@nigelb5341 3 ай бұрын

Yeah would be nice to know. I wonder if it's as good as unidens close call feature 🤔

@seankm6nfo990 7 ай бұрын

We've all been tricked by good looks at least once . Hihi.73.

@kendexter 5 ай бұрын

all 5RM i found was ranged 8W , says on the back under the battery on my 5RM as well 8W max.. and it works great, and the green scan works great. you might got a clone