BaoFeng's UV-5RH: Likes and Dislikes

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In this video we're going to do a review of the new BaoFeng UV-5RH ham HT.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:15 Opening
01:14 Features
02:43 Unboxing and Tour
06:50 Power-on Tour
10:17 Audio Samples and Power Output
14:07 The Catch
17:34 Closing

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@GlocksABlock 12 күн бұрын

The UV-5RM/UV-5RH seem to come in 2 main variants: the variant marked as 5RM appears to be a dual bander with airband recieve, whereas the 5RH marked ones tend to be tribanders without airband reception. One bodge to account for poor power filtering would be to use half-wave antennas, as the odd harmonics would see much higher impedance.

@Vojkan333 5 ай бұрын

Hello. I have an old anytone handheld radio and it works on the vhf band. I don't know what i press, but the range is now shortened from 150,000 to 174,000, instead of 136,000. Does anyone know what is the problem?

@sekibulja-fu3bv 3 ай бұрын

Hey Jim, another absolutely great video!!!! Did you ever review Uv18 Pro Max Gps radio? I just cannot find it here on youtube

@GadgetTalk4U 2 ай бұрын

No, I haven't. Most of these Baofeng radios operate the same, so if you find one with a similar display in the UV -17, 18, 21 series, they are likely the same radio with different cases.

@kendexter 5 ай бұрын

I got my UV5-RM 8W "multiband" same as RH open versions and same blue screen as your version - but the AM Airband is not true modulated AM i suspect. very bad , picks up planes well but sounds FM on AM. impossible to make out what they say

@ton-thattai8952 5 ай бұрын

How you compare, Baofeng UV-17Pro and your BaoFeng's UV-5RH? Any advice? Thanks

@GadgetTalk4U 5 ай бұрын

Similar features but the UV-17 Pro I reviewed had much better signal purity.

@mcgrath16511 5 ай бұрын

Nice video as usual! One would think that if Baofeng has a radio that is "clean", The GT-5r, they would use that as a platform.. The screen and antenna look very similar to the Radtel 470-490 variants..The Radtel 470 I have actually has a decent AirBand reception, but my actual on the air voice I use the GT-5r.. Once again, thanks for an informative no frills video!

@BamaChad-W4CHD 4 ай бұрын

I have a Baofeng UV 6r that is incredibly clean. I was very surprised by it. It's also a solid 7w transmit on 2 meters. It had some odd things though. The squelch can't be adjusted in it's own CPS or chirp. They actually disabled the ability to change it from default for some strange reason

@dwbk911 5 ай бұрын

How to use the wireless program for this radio 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

@Eloybb1 2 ай бұрын

Cuando transmites por uv5rh, el ordenador hace cosas, como desactivarse el telcado o suplantar funciones del raton alambnirco, los armonicos son muchos

@masterminecraft333 2 ай бұрын

So as someone who knows absolutely nothing about radios, I just bought this to mess around with and learn something, just to get a foot in the door cause the topic seems super interesting to me. Is there anything I can do about the signal purity or should I just stick to listening with it? I probably wouldnt be doing much if any transmitting with it cause I dont quite understand the local laws yet.

@GadgetTalk4U Ай бұрын

This is a ham or amateur radio. You shouldn't be transmitting without a license. Signal purity doesn't matter if you are transmitting. Find a ham club to help you get licensed.

@Rusted_Link 5 ай бұрын

I have the 5RM from Amazon. Seems to be just like any other Bwoofang except with a larger battery and more memory locations. Audio reports going through a repeater 32 miles away and 1100 feet high on low power were comparable to my ID-52a, just a little lower volume. My power test on high were 4 watts on 2 meter and 5 watts on 70 centimeter and that is using the Telewave 44AP wattmeter.

@GadgetTalk4U 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. Do you have access to a signal analyzer. Very curious if the results are different.

@Rusted_Link 5 ай бұрын

@@GadgetTalk4U I do have a tiny SA but I need the correct attenuator can you recommend one?

@GadgetTalk4U 5 ай бұрын

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@Rusted_Link 5 ай бұрын

@@GadgetTalk4U I actually have a NanoVNA H-4. Will that work? I did recieve the attenuator as-well.

@RollinJo 4 ай бұрын

What's a good radio that have a good signal suitable for Radio Amateurs? Thanks

@GadgetTalk4U 4 ай бұрын

Tidradio H3, H8, Radioddity GT5R, Yaesu HTs, Wouxun KG Q10H. I have reviews and links with some discounts on all these radios. Cheers.

@RollinJo 4 ай бұрын

@@GadgetTalk4U thanks 👍👏

@joash480 4 ай бұрын

do they share the same batteries as the UV-5R?

@GadgetTalk4U 4 ай бұрын

No.

@RabbiJesus 5 ай бұрын

I like your channel. You’re not the typical less than happy ham.

@GadgetTalk4U 5 ай бұрын

Thanks. I try to stay positive. Life's too short to always be mad at something.

@jayzee1968 5 ай бұрын

5RM is the one to review, latest available on Amazon. 5RH is similar, same maybe. Who knows, they’re just dumping HT on us from every angle.

@TheDoug625 5 ай бұрын

I have a 5RM and I am liking it so far

@jayzee1968 5 ай бұрын

Same… bought 1. Now have pair coming tomorrow. 3’s a party.

@GadgetTalk4U 5 ай бұрын

I'll be releasing a review on the 5RM in a couple of days. Unfortunately, like the 5RH the spurious emissions are out of tolerance. Too bad. Otherwise a cool radio.

@suprlite 3 ай бұрын

The quansheng uv-k5 / 6 costs about the same, but has much purer signal in vhf/uhf range.

@craigspada1676 5 ай бұрын

Great informative video! I was looking at that, I am a big 220 fan, it's to bad about purity, I agree with you, this is not rocket science to fix that problem, considering it's fixed in it other of their radios. 73's WA2TWF

@GadgetTalk4U 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! 73

@JoeFic9997 4 ай бұрын

Sadly just bought a pair of these of AliExpress for emergencies and so I’ll probably just keep them charged and in a closet

@DinsDale-tx4br 5 ай бұрын

Apparently it depends on from where you procured your device whether Air Band works or not. Some retailer was selling them unlocked but all that is really known is that Baofeng adds don't always turn out to be true.

@awdtw 4 ай бұрын

Don't blame Baofeng, blame the people who are trying to save $3-4 on a $25 radio by going to random sellers without checking what the store history or age is like.

@DinsDale-tx4br 4 ай бұрын

@@awdtw OK I get your point .. I should have said 'adverts about Baofengs' don't always turn out to be true.

@DzaleztLinares Ай бұрын

Hola! Buen video pero... ? Que significa que no cumpla con los estándares requeridos, es perjudicial para la salud humana? Saludos!

@nobody2021 5 ай бұрын

My UV-5R8W arrived yesterday and it was supposed to be my introduction to ham radio. It didn't take much research to see that it's garbage and it's probably going to get me laughed at, if not directly, in my local ham community. I've already ordered an FT-60RW to replace it and I'll probably be returning this one to Amazon. I might keep it though, I'm not sure, it was very cheap And even though it's not very good, it is good enough.. In an emergency situation, it could probably work okay to set it to the frequency I want to use and just hand it to somebody and show them the very basics of how to use it. In an emergency, if you only have one radio, how are you going to communicate with your local peers you need to stay in contact with?

@mrRoverkane 5 ай бұрын

Don’t be fooled, it’s still a great radio.

@GadgetTalk4U 5 ай бұрын

Don't worry about being laughed at. Many who might do so likely have several UV5Rs themselves. It's an entry level radio, sure, but it's where thousands of hams got started.

@dudebuchanan 3 ай бұрын

If your HAM friends jumped off a cliff, would you follow them? Maybe they weren't your friends to begin with. Want a cookie?

@yungsmile7546 5 ай бұрын

With the heat from reviews like yours that show up the excessive harmonics the manufacturers of these will have to take notice and clean them up (eventually). Thanks

@mikesey1 3 ай бұрын

Yep, harmonics in microwatts are going to disturb so many people😂 It is ROT.

@gregm.857 Ай бұрын

Jim, thanks for this straightforward no-nonsense review. I really wanted to try this radio, mostly because Baofeng's other displays are terrible. (although the 5RH dim red menu is pretty bad, too) But the 2nd harmonic is a definite no-go for me. Thanks for saving me from a bad purchase! 73 K3GEM

@GadgetTalk4U Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@MrPoisony 5 ай бұрын

You forgot to check harmonics on 70cm?

@GadgetTalk4U 5 ай бұрын

Didn't forget. Rules on 70cm are different and having already failed, there was no point, in my estimation. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@klv400 5 ай бұрын

Looks like it would have AM radio on it.

@Emergencyradionow 4 ай бұрын

Is a Handy Talkie a gender neutral version of a walkie talkie or a handheld?

@GadgetTalk4U 4 ай бұрын

Today, they all pretty much mean the same thing. Walkie talkies were the big green radios you see in WW2 movies. After the war, I believe it was Motorola who made a radio they called a handheld transceiver, or HT. HT morphed into handie talkie in some settings.

@Emergencyradionow 4 ай бұрын

I'm 72 yrs old, i have never heard of a handie talkie, i started off with a cb in the 1960s seen tons of ads and commercials throughout the years but never once did i ever see the term handy talkie used as a definition for a handheld 2way radio

@drunkonacid 5 ай бұрын

I bought the UV-5RH specifically because it has the Air Band after much research. Testing it out and it wouldnt lock into any AB freq. Now I find out that some do and some dont(some firmware bs fine-print V1 and V2??). How the hell can you sell a product with the same model name/number that are two different radios with totally different radio functions. Hopefully we can firmware flash this nonsense away

@GadgetTalk4U 5 ай бұрын

I feel your pain. Ali Express has some good pricing but, at least with these types of radios, model labeling and capabilities are a crap shoot. I study each offering closely, look at the specification pages and model choice pages and still end up with something other than I thought I was getting, sometimes. Frustrating, to be sure.

@the1chainsawguy 3 ай бұрын

check fcc testing by California company, then maybe recalibrate your vna

@bradmiles8242 3 ай бұрын

Will it pick up my local police department radio chatter

@GadgetTalk4U 3 ай бұрын

Likely not. Depends on your PD's frequency and mode. Most are digital nowadays.

@bradmiles8242 3 ай бұрын

@@GadgetTalk4U so what would I need unless it's impossible these days because it's not on any of these scanner apps

@AZJim12 3 ай бұрын

@bradmiles8242 It's possible but kind of pricey. Uniden has a couple of scanners (SDS100 and SDS200). They are between $650 and $700. They'll receive trunked digital systems. Not sure about encrypted systems. Some public service agencies still use basic FM, but not many.

@dos0711 3 ай бұрын

Is there a Baofeng you do like? Not being sarcastic...i'm serious.

@GadgetTalk4U 3 ай бұрын

I try to do pros and cons. I've panned several (including this one) for spurious emissions. From a feature set and price they're not hard to like. The spurs are a big problem, in my opinion.

@dos0711 3 ай бұрын

@@GadgetTalk4U My question was literal. If you had to buy just one Baofeng based on your experience, which one would you buy?

@mikesey1 3 ай бұрын

Jim, "spurious emissions" are total nonsense. Using test equipment to SEE "microwatt emissions" from a radio using 5-10w power Is silly and don't indicate ' nuisance power'. Other testers often stand another radio just feet away from the offending radio! 😂 If you connected the test radio to a Diamond X-300 antenna, using a power amplifier, then those emissions might affect another user, perhaps in the military airband. The whole "emission" thing is an invention of the American FCC to limit the number of Chinese radios entering the country. the Chinese manufacturers know that. Mike G7MJT/M7WGX

@GadgetTalk4U 3 ай бұрын

And yet, those are the regs we have. The fact that some radios are clean points to sloppy engineering.

@randyb168 5 ай бұрын

Seems you cant clone off of a uv5r

@GadgetTalk4U 5 ай бұрын

Yep. Too many differences in the data structure.

@kj5fns 3 ай бұрын

That must just be your radio my radio dose meet the FCC standards on my TinySA Ultra. You got a bad radio there, or you just lying as we could not what radio you had connected to your TinySA. Personally I believe you are lying.

@GadgetTalk4U 3 ай бұрын

I have no reason to lie and you have no reason to claim that other than being mean spirited. Big variations within a model's production is also a quality control issue. There are similar variation in videos with the RM version.

@suprlite 3 ай бұрын

Dont forger: any cheap radio that sells well will have even cheaper spec'd knockoffs made. CC might have one of those.