CHIRP new version NOW can do UV17 PG AND UV17R!! Thank you CHIRP! Check the newest version!

Excellent Review. Very thorough. So many versions of the UV17 to chose from.

Can the battary with the USB charging be put in the radio w/o the capability and everything work/charge correctly? Thanks

There must be hundred of variants! - i have ordered one, looking exactly like the black one in the video, but WTIH Usb!!

I got a UV 17 PRO MAX. No charge stand, no book, no headset. From TEMU

Does anyone know how to get a numerical reading of battery voltage on the UV-17R? Pressing "0" like on other Baofengs doesn't work. Thanks!

So is the UV-17 Pro Unlocked? or is it the same at the UV-17 R? only allowing transmissions on HAM frequencies?

Does that radio have the gps way point marker on the top of the shell

Seems they got one to Chuck KK6USY also same as you got. You share the same affiliate link I see as I bought one from his that night. Wondering if this is mostly a matter of firmware? Might be fun to find all the files and see what happens.

How do I know what version I have? Mine has GPS, and dual channels. isn't that the pro gps?

where did u get da gps version from

Is the GMRS thing a V1 vs V2 thing because I can use my brand new UV-17 on GMRS20 and has usb charging.

Can you actually buy direct from BAOFENG and how? Thanks

Guys if your buying a UV-17 for airband forget it.....any sig with any sort of strength.....it will be so distorted to be unreadable.....weak sigs are not to bad but the sensitivity is also poor. I need to figure out a way to reduce the strength the incoming airband sigs.....very short antenna maybe. I only bought it for use at the airport when I go for a ride on my motorcycle. Its fine on 2m and 70cm here in the UK. But only bought it for airband use. Nick 2E0LPL

The FCC pulls me over constantly checking my radio stickers.

You can now download CPS for the UV-17R from Baofengradio.com, just go to the DOWNLOAD page, you'll find it there. Or on Miklor.com it is the T-6UV CPS!.

What was the vendor that sold you the 17 pro gos

Have you ever seen a DC power back for the 17 series? Cig plug type? I've done some looking and have not found one yet.

Got my 17 pro GPS yesterday. For $20, its a steal.

This has been very handy. My uv-17r pro turned out to be a open box uv-17. Your video has been very handy.

I got the UV17-ProV2 it supposed to say it is waterproof, though have tested most things except that yet. I do like the Handheld, but the screen is terrible in direct sunlight, even considering if I can get a screen filter to use on it to improve the screen in sunlight!

Mine is a UV-17M and there's no FCC nothing on this radio. It's a definite upgrade from the UV-5R but it isn't the UV-17 Pro GPS either. So I instead purchased a new TYT UV-8000E which really is an upgrade to a Baofeng!! I'll let you know about that after I've had a chance to use it for a spell.

If anyone knows how to unlock these please let me know 😅

Which UV-17 has best display for outdoor use? What I have understood the UV-17 and UV-17 Pro GPS isn’t that good. Is it the the UV-17 R?

I'd like to get a UV-17 - as a replacement / upgrade for my UV-5R. What I believe I'd like is just a better UV-5R (display primarily), USB-C charging, and air band. I also live near an airport and I'm an aviation guy, work for an aviation company... I'm still waiting for the dust to settle on figuring out exactly which model UV-17 and which vendors have which variations.

I just bought one UV17, and I'm a little disapointed because some good options are just missing, but I thought I will get them with this radio. Obviously I should buy some better version like PRO or L...

I've got the blue screen 17 that you showed first... is it my imagination, or will it transmit on any frequency you tell it to?

Hey, you forgot about the UV-17 Pro Max! 😅 BTW, I got a UV-17R (purchased 2/21/24) from Amazon with USB-C charging, the FCC ID, and came not locked to transmit only on amateur bands.

Where did you get the GPS version

I am confused. If it will not transmit on 136-174 & 400-520 because is locked wtf is this device for? Just for listening? -.-

and UV-17 Pro v2

I got the 17 L Pro Ver2 Nom GPS Tri-band. Having banks is cool but for what I seen in videos its wonky. As to the GPS, i don't find it useful. I do think any ver besides the R is better has for all the reasons you stated. Key selling points for me for the L is its fully open, TRI-band, and has usb-c. Thanks for the vid.

How is the audio on the AM air band ?

I have a uv-17 pro Max is there such a radio the airband does not work so that tells me something right there I bought it off of temu was advertised as uv-17 Promax quad and as you see where the battery is it lists the Bands that the radio is supposed to work on but doesn't work on airband or anything below 100 megahertz

Is there a 17 pro that doesn’t have gps? The one I’m looking at online says uv-17 pro (sometimes pro max) but doesn’t mention gps at all, otherwise looks the same. I just want it to be legal.

So basically we don’t know what we gunna get unless baofeng emails us personally.

I got my now, and the airband sounds like xxxx, if you want quality on airband the Quangshen is the way to go (modded)

How to turn it to gmrs 5 like at beginning of video

Do you have any idea how the display stays on permanently?

The giant uv5rm are the same internal radio. If I had known that. I would have got the 17pro. GPS I'm not so big on. I will offer to trade you 2 uv5rm for 2 of the 17. Or 1 for 1.

Temu advertised a UV-17 pro. Once I made payment they said they were sending me the "basic" model. When I received it, I sent it back unopened. I ordered a UV-5R and received it today. I'm in Canada. No (need for) FCC sticker.

I ordered the 17proGPS yesterday and quickly had a check at the tx freq advertised, and it says all open, with type C charging. Now what will I get? lol let's see. For me it's important cuz I'll use it on UHF CB band down under. fingers crossed!

What is the power output in W. It says it has a power output of 10W, is that correct? It is about 17pro.

awesome music LOL. Which brand of air band radio, Quansheng UV-5R PLUS, Baofen, or any other, do you think is better?

I am in aircraft maintenance and i am kind of looking for something that i can do coms checks on aircraft as well as communicate with co workers like a walkie talkie.. does a such radio exist?

saved my bacon! thanks, do you know an honest vendor for boafeng?

I had the updated screen version delivered today. The screen didn’t work. Returning tomorrow.

Yes all very confusing. There's not just the different screens but different font styles, male or female voices, slightly different symbols on the buttons. There is also a UV17 Pro V2 showing up now.

We ordered a UV15 "PRO MAX" JUST A UV-17 BASIC (NEW FORMAT)

Can this program on chirp and if so what model should I use that would work

That would be annoying to order the pro and get the R

These plethora of Baofengs report better than weather balloons 😂😂😂😂

Chirp programming is now possible (at least for some of the UV-17 brands) by downloading the issue #10648 in the pulldown menu "help" . THX to Terry Kennedy

The 2 uv17r's i just bought have the USB (c charger) on the battery

Where does a UV-17 Pro Max fall?

I'm very much an amateur and I don't know how 'unlocking' the UV17R makes a difference. I did unlock my UV5R and put in all the GMRS frequencies and when I got my UV17R I entered all those frequencies on it, too and now all four radios can communicate with each other. What would 'unlocking' the UV17R do that I haven't already done? All four radio's have all of the 462 and 467 frequencies. Oh, I'm on the way to getting my license.

Hopefully we have enough time to order a litlle amount of unregulated radio in case things goes wild!!! I'm currently sourcing little battery recharched by their atrached panel solar! 100W it does the job pretty well😮 Love you my friend❤

What about the UV-21 pro?

It's probably vendors mislabeling them, because they have no idea there are a ton of variations out there...and why would they... it's a UV 17 pro, we'll stick that on the sales listing.

I like the idea on one of these radios with the airband.....which model do I get. Wonder....can anybody say how the airband version performs. Some handheld talkies with airband are near useless..... Nick in the UK.

Well I just canceled my order for that unit if it's locked I don't want it

Hello friend, do you have any reference of the UV-21R? 73 LU3FBM

I have the same modeo as the black one, i was talking in the 476mhz range yesterday no problem, and it also has type c usb

9:20 - Obvious solution is to swap a USB-C chargeable battery to the UV-17R radio you want to use, or buy a compatible battery with USB-C charging. I upgraded my UV-82HP batteries to USB charging, although I suspect that the large batteries are still the same large size but lost a lot of capacity because it's cheaper to sell a battery with much less capacity than advertised. It is very aggravating that the consumer has no idea what radio they'll receive. We'd much rather have fewer models (and versions of models) and more focus on quality and consistency. I'm also frustrated that Baofeng makes so many different models each with some of the features we want but no radio with all of the features we want - 8 Chinese watts (6.5 actual watts), rugged, water resistant, USB charging, large buttons, and large easy to read screen. I don't need a cheap lanyard, a 120 VAC docking port, two antennas, a cheezy earpiece/mic, etc. I don't even need a USB-C cable to charge it.

There is a unlock sequence for it.. ill find it and add the link it to this comment..

They are puking out models and versions

I just received a UV17 Pro Max. No GPS.

There’s actually such thing out there as the Baofeng Uv 17r Pro Max it’s so “real”

Full version is (H) Gps.

There gona drop a full line of radios on us

USB on radio w/ BCMs were blowing up on planes in China. Happened twice, and never reported.

The uv 17 pro gps is not the same as the uv 13 pro...the latter has a much better receiver

Just received a UV-17L from TEMU... Labeled as UV-17 pro plus Has the nicer screen...

so funny , it doesnt matter , Only follow the community , who's building firmware for what, keep it simple simion . the firmware builders will stay with the same model for yrs and crack open the base firmware so well. I think quadshang seems to be the go. , uv5 model is well supported

I have a 17 pro max, but no FCC but says output 10w and dont say amateur radio, says two way radio...

Won't work with chirp

Flexing a $29 Chinese radio with a Rolex flash. lol ...

As I mentioned in the video, YES, most are actually NOT GPS radios! There are so many variants to this model, each vendor tries to get more sales by reducing features when they order, (a few pennies at best) and they sell them like crazy! It has to say 17Pro GPS otherwise it is not!

UV17R LOL

I have the black one its the real one got it from them on Amazon less then 30 dollars

It's a "dirty" radio with 4 harmonics.

An FCC ID means absolutely nothing to a ham. After all, we are licensed to design and build our own rigs. But we are required to ensure that ALL our rigs, commercial or home-brew are clean and the harmonic content meets the FCC specifications. If you lack the ability to verify that your signals from each radio are clean I'd suggest you get in touch with a helpful ham or a club to use a TinySA to verify your rigs meet the harmonic requirements you are legally responsible to meet. Far too many hams recently don't seem to understand the responsibilities that come with the license.

Baofeng radios are basically splatter boxes. You'd be better off buying a quality yaesu radio. What did you expect in quality for $29 ?

You act like this is a new problem. The boggling array of different labels and versions of the UV-5R has been a shit show for years. Where have you been?

The UV 17R is the worst model of them all. Its a very dirty radii as regards harmonics

stick to the UV-5R and jail break it i don't care about 999 memory i care about transmitting and receiving on as many frequencies as possible.

I ordered one that ended up being a UV-17.... Which I must say is a piece of junk. Audio is so bad I can't stand to listen to it. All highs and now lows. And, no way to adjust the bass or treble. You have to love Chinese junk.

I recently inherited a couple of these, handheld radios. When my younger 64-year-old brother, suddenly passed on a couple of months ago. And while I have been a lifelong Broadcaster. And FCC, Lifetime, 1st Class Radiotelephone License. And gave up being an amateur. 54 years ago. I don't think I have any need to keep any of these, multiple 2 meter, multi-ham band, computerized walkie-talkie thingies. And the couple of,, mobile base station like units as well. One is that, Icon, Micro, 705? I don't have everything written down right now. It's in the other room. It's not the latest unit. It's one unit before. The 700 series. Like $1300 new. And he's got all the extra accessories and base station like housing in bright orange. I have to document everything I have of his. I've got all the original boxes as well. All the manuals exist, all over the place here. And I have to be culling them, back together again. And everything is still like virtually brand-new. He died without ever getting a chance to use much of anything. He was a Ham Operator for less than one year. I'm terribly sad. He never got a chance to pursue his new Ham Hobby. And I keep crying my eyes out. I don't know life, without my younger brother. He didn't take proper care of his health. He let himself go, badly. His marriage never really worked after 25 years. All he needed was a little love from her. He never got it. And that's another reason why I don't have my younger brother anymore. I've got at least 3 mobile base station, devices. And 3 of these handheld units. Not certain of any of them are Bo Fang? I think one is a Radio oddity or Radio idiot? One an, Icon. One is a Yaesu or something? Nothing is RadioShack, thankfully. And I don't have anybody to talk to!. And who am I going to talk to on, 2 meter? Somebody at the 7-11 6 blocks away? What kind of Skip can you get on, 2 meter? At least down to Charlie's Bar, 6 blocks away. It was all a lot more fun when I was much much younger and personal computers didn't exist. Neither did the Internet. And it's hard for me to comprehend. How I lived in such prehistoric times? Only 10 years ago.. Before a smart phone got reasonably intelligent. And ended up controlling our electric cars and flying vehicles. Who knew? There is but one thing to remember. And soon as I can I'll let you know. RemyRAD