Baofeng UV-5R as a 2 way radio

[La Douche]

Im looking at these as a replacement to some cheap motorola 2 way radios for my airsoft team.

Im wondering how well they function as 2 way radios, preferable with a speaker mic or the cia style earpiece/ throat mic setups

They will mostly be used in indoor areas under 60,000 sq ft but on occasion may be used in 20+ acre wooded outdoor areas

ANy and all help is appreciated and thanks for looking

 

[RatsoW8]

Im looking at these as a replacement to some cheap motorola 2 way radios for my airsoft team.

Im wondering how well they function as 2 way radios, preferable with a speaker mic or the cia style earpiece/ throat mic setups

They will mostly be used in indoor areas under 60,000 sq ft but on occasion may be used in 20+ acre wooded outdoor areas

ANy and all help is appreciated and thanks for looking

Hey Douche....what frequencies do you plan on using for you team? There are a lot of licensed amateur Radio operators here that are probably not to keen on encouraging illegal operation on an HT. If you're all licensed hams then it's another story.

 

[La Douche]

Well i didnt know until i started reading after posting about the different bands but now that i know we plan to use frs channels until we can all afford to get our licenses

 

[nobody]

Well i didnt know until i started reading after posting about the different bands but now that i know we plan to use frs channels until we can all afford to get our licenses

I would suggest using the MURS frequencies. It's a another license free service.
If you use the MURS frequencies remember to program the radio to do narrow band on the two 154 MHZ frequencies and wide band on the three, 151 MHZ frequencies. Or you can set them all to narrow band.

 

[st1ngr4y]

Keep this in mind with MURS

"No MURS unit, under any condition of modulation, shall exceed 2 Watts transmitter power output."

I would also recommend not using FRS.

 

[Mudfoot]

Keep this in mind with MURS

"No MURS unit, under any condition of modulation, shall exceed 2 Watts transmitter power output."

I would also recommend not using FRS.

All of mine do.

 

[Beetle]

"One receives that for which one tenders remuneration." Or...

Ya get what ya pay for.

 

[Mudfoot]

I really enjoy mine.

 

[mrgumby]

Im looking at these as a replacement to some cheap motorola 2 way radios for my airsoft team.

Im wondering how well they function as 2 way radios, preferable with a speaker mic or the cia style earpiece/ throat mic setups

They will mostly be used in indoor areas under 60,000 sq ft but on occasion may be used in 20+ acre wooded outdoor areas

ANy and all help is appreciated and thanks for looking

I was looking at these for the same idea thinkiong about using them on a race team for the price they are a lot cheaper then the race radios they sell and the race radios are on frs or mrs


I asked a seller on ebay and he said they do transmit on frs and mrs I wnder if they can be progrmed just for those freqs only..I was gonna try one for 2 mters any ways since the price is so cheap

 

[Mudfoot]

Go for it, you'll like it. The ear bud speaker mic that comes with some units are junk.

 

[Kelley]

Great radio. Go get one or two...


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[dksac2]

Yea, go for it, who cares if it's illegal to use a Part 50 radio on Part 55 GMRS radio frequencies.
Go to Powerworx.com, they sell legal GMRS 4 watt HT's that will work great in a race car.

73's John KF7VXA

 

[w9cll]

They are $32 on Amazon