If i buy one of these do i really need an Eton 750 or a high end Grundig receiver just to listen to shortwave? or does this radio do all the shortwave frequencies already out of the box?

I never tried the destroyer pellets

357 sig all day

Best radio I've ever had, qrp - qro, home or mobile even bicycle/ p here, with filters great rx. 73 zl3xdj

Would like to know what kind of tweaks you recommend for the radio?

I am a licensed ham operator and have several of the uv5r and just recently got a uv5rm and on high it’s 8 watts I programmed the first channel as simplex and was surprised when I was able to talk to someone that was 7 miles away with no trouble at all and I am not on a mountain anyway there good if you want to be able to talk to someone out on your farm or in a car close to you.

Thank you. I own one. I love it. Even though they did not have waterfall at that time.

For an extra six bucks i got the fan, the digital interface, and a hard shell case, less than what i was expecting for shipping, thank you Radiotity!

Preppers learn HF and build a portable pack out and go make some POTA activations!!!!

U gotta set the level and the width of thr supression filter .. i set to 5 and 7

Frs is now 2 watts. The comment about the sub audible tones is incorrect the survival tone is so you don't hear others on the frequency you're using it does not prevent them from hearing you if they're not running a sub audible tone they can hear you. The comment about the radios with more than 16 channel, those are the same frequencies repackaged with different tones. The original half watt FRS radios 1 through 7 was gmrs and FRS, 8314 were half watt FRS only, and the remaining 15 through 22 are the remaining channels of gmrs. There are only 16 gmrs frequencies.

Not sure how this video has been out but, now FRS is 2 watts no license required, Gmrs requires an FCC license. Amateur radio also requires an fcc license and to get that you have take a test basically to show you actually know what you are doing.

Put a Super-elastic Signal Stick on your ht.

Hey man not everyone is loaded like you are, if you're going to buy me an expensive handheld with your own money then be my guest otherwise you have no right to complain, it's a cheap and a reliable device less fortunate people can afford and enjoy and you're getting all grumpy about it ?

Love my CB, on it all the time in my Civic. Do get some funny looks with a 6ft tall antenna on my car. Usually on CH36LSB

The UV-5R is now obsolete. The Quansheng UV-5K has replaced it, as its firmware is upgradable to 3rd party, and it's USB-C rechargeable. Similar price point to the UV-5R. It does still need special programming software, only available to Win10 or newer, as Chirp doesn't yet support it. I'll also say your wrong that there is no way an HT can hit 100 miles, but it would require a repeater at ~50miles, and both HT's(and the repeater) to be at a significantly higher altitude than surrounding terrain.

Then with ham there are satellites you can talk on.

Why are these copper coated pellets for PCP rifles only? Is that just a manufacturers recommendation because of their heavier weight? Or perhaps their harder surface or factory lube makes them less suitable for springers? There didn't appear to be a problem.

Keep walkie talkies in groups you do not need to talk 100 miles plus keep your limited talking distance anywhere from five to eight miles that way you won't be detected as much keep your guard up and keep your frequencies at a minimum always keep the group informed what frequencies going to use tack one tack 2 et cetera and always keep your group informed of the area that they should be only in that is a preppers inspective way we see it there are the halved and have nots and the have nots are grown becoming after the haves so keep your power dry and keep the beans hot

No way you will find it's just like a good wife 😊

Made my own!

My IC718 is 20 years old and still going strong. I have made3800 FT8 contacts and worked 102 countries on FT8 with this rig. Great audio quality and great receiver sensitivity. She is a Keeper.

We are both hams..... when we are out shopping we use the FRS 1/2 watt radios to keep the foot print SMALL. I do scan with the ham HT to hear what is going on in the area.....

Ok, I watched your video. Can I buy some walkie talkies now?

I think the real issue is that most preppers haven't really thought about what their ultimate goal is (for using a HT). If simple (simplex) comms are what is needed, then the fengs are cheap and easy to use, but GMRS/FRS will do the same ( within most preppers scope of knowledge anyways). Repeaters will most likely be a lost cause as most won't understand the offset portion, or how to set it up. Now saying that.... preppers should have a feng or equivalent, in fact, they should have many of them, so they can hand them out to neighbours so a net can be set up locally. Maybe, if they are smart, they'll set up an amp and a proper antenna for C&C to local people. You are right, most preppers are daft on comms, but i would rather have a person be looking at a feng, than having them trying to source one should things go south.

I bought a Baofeng and never opened the box. I'm good for SHTF, right? 😂

Its a solid vhf and uhf radio for handhelds

People have a tendency to gather the stuff they think will help them, but not know how to use the stuff they're collecting. It's the same way with guns, medical gear, water filtration/purification, fire and shelter making gear... An ounce of training/working knowledge is worth more than 10lbs of gear you don't know how to use and concepts you don't understand.

I love how people who can't pass a basic license exam are telling on themselves in the comments LMAO 🤣🤣🤣 Watch out everyone... The fans of the William shatner GayMRS channel are here calling us "sad hams" LMAO

Legit ham operators support ham shops as well as brands like Kenwood, Icon, Yaesu, Alinco, etc. They know not to purchase $20 Chinese Fisher price toy radios like the embarrassing barfFeng garbage. You definitely make a valid point though. I also hate it when wannabe Preppers can't seem to handle spending money on a 1rst tech license book, study, and pass a simple test but rather figure that in an emergency they can just jump on the bands and transmit bookleg!

I almost didn’t watch. Good short vid

Dang it where have you been

Walkie-Talkies don't save lives. It's meant for communicating. Your title is misleading.

Comms are highly situation dependent. The premise of this video is completely false.

Has someone that has been on a shtf situation (chilean fires) ham radios where super useful, the only thing that could communicate you with emergency services on the zones that where getting burned was radio, celltowers where colapses. Also battery wise, radios rend to last way longer than cellphones. But yeah, you gotta know how to use them before hand

Ok, so repeat everything you said, only this time, try to remove the pretentious tone in your voice. You're one of those insufferable Radio operators that Notarubicon talks about.

What ferite should i use for 10 meters and 11 meters vertical wire antenna?

Predator polymags

I agree with most everything you said in the video but I don't agree with the premise that your baofeng wont save you. I have 12 baofeng uv9r radios. Those are basically a uv5r but have some water resistance. I guess it depends on your definition of SHTF and your communitys location. Im in a very mountainous rural community called west point CA. We went through a huge fire two julys ago called the electra fire. I had about 15 frs radios that I handed out to all my neighbors to stay in contact and help each other trailoring horses and assisting the elderly. I found out real quick that frs sucks in mountain forests. I could only talk to my two closest neighbors and couldn't hear anyone else. All my neighbors were leas than a mile away but through thick foliage. I ended up giving my farthest neighbor a uv5r and carried around two radios all week. The vhf at 5W was Crystal clear and the frs I think was 2W or less and uhf. I agree it wont go 100 miles and you definitely need to use them to know them but I just programmed a channel in it and locked the screen and my neighbor was able to contact me when she had an asthma attack and we got her an ambulance. Granted thats not a WW3 senario but it might have saved her life. Maybe she would have got help without it but who knows. Anyway I like the fengs because I can afford to buy 12 of them and have them ready to do local simplex in case of emergency. They aren't bad radios at all really. Theres definitely better ones out there but they definitely have a place in my emergency pace plans. Have a good one. Not really arguing here just adding my 2¢

That's pretty cool! How far does the signal reach?

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Got my Digirig recently. Have t set it Up yet. Also got the cord for UV5R & FT65

Nice. I have the same two radios. Except my KW has the orange screen. Probably a little older

Great video! Subscribed. Would love to see JSB Ultra Shock, Hades and H&N Terminators. All favorites of mine for smacking rats. 👍

Awesome video and testing , you should definitely try some lighter weight .22 airgun slugs and compare them to pellets at a distance (if they maintain accuracy)

Also keep in mind that if the other person listening doesn't have a tone in at all they can hear you and tones are also easily scanned for.

Is it ok to use Rs.100 pellets on extremely powerful rifle like aarmr 350, i mean will it weaken the spring, since it hits hard at a light pellet

Cheat sheet: Pellet velocity/energy data at 4:29 Pellet expansion/penetration test starts at 7:20

Try JSB Hades, H&N Terminator, H&N hunter extreme, and predator metalmag if you do this testing again!

Great testing.