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Pretty good review and info on Baofeng UV5R
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I'll buy one of these soon. My UV-3R finally "died"; buttons don't function reliably any longer.
For the price, I'm willing to give the UV-5R a shot.
For the price, I'm willing to give the UV-5R a shot.
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Been dissecting radios since I was a kid (1968). I still marvel at the quality of the older 50s, 60s & 70s electronics. I rarely get excited when popping the hood on new stuff. Disposable unserviceable junk for the most part, with cost rather than quality being the main focus. I was pleasantly surprised when opening a UV-5R. So much so I went out and purchased the latest version, a UV-5 RA+. Have not been inside yet, but I will say it's a very sturdy fun radio for any price.
Transmitter output test were conducted at 146 MHz on 2-meters and 445 MHz on 70 Cm. The Baofeng UV-5RA+ radio had a fully charged OEM battery run into a Bird 4311 wattmeter and Bird Termaline 50 ohm load. The test equipment calibration is both recent and accurate.
Using a Bird 5C (5 watt 100-250 MHz) slug the meter showed a better than expected 5.2-watts on 2-meters hi-power, and 1-watt on low-power.
Using a Bird 5E (5 watt 400-1000 MHz) slug the meter showed 3.9 watts on 70 Cm hi-power. Low-power test were conducted using a Bird 250-2 (2.5 watt 250-450 MHz) slug showing 950 milliwatt's output.
Been dissecting radios since I was a kid (1968). I still marvel at the quality of the older 50s, 60s & 70s electronics. I rarely get excited when popping the hood on new stuff. Disposable unserviceable junk for the most part, with cost rather than quality being the main focus. I was pleasantly surprised when opening a UV-5R. So much so I went out and purchased the latest version, a UV-5 RA+. Have not been inside yet, but I will say it's a very sturdy fun radio for any price.
Transmitter output test were conducted at 146 MHz on 2-meters and 445 MHz on 70 Cm. The Baofeng UV-5RA+ radio had a fully charged OEM battery run into a Bird 4311 wattmeter and Bird Termaline 50 ohm load. The test equipment calibration is both recent and accurate.
Using a Bird 5C (5 watt 100-250 MHz) slug the meter showed a better than expected 5.2-watts on 2-meters hi-power, and 1-watt on low-power.
Using a Bird 5E (5 watt 400-1000 MHz) slug the meter showed 3.9 watts on 70 Cm hi-power. Low-power test were conducted using a Bird 250-2 (2.5 watt 250-450 MHz) slug showing 950 milliwatt's output.
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There's a good one in the review section of THIS site as well...http://www.worldwidedx.com/product-reviews/135716-baofeng-uv-5r-vhf-uhf-ht-review.html
In fact, the radio pictured was "tested" by me, then the world famous KF6GK (rip). Remember the Baofeng GK tried that the battery kept going out on? That was the one... We all assumed that it had a bad battery. It went from Tim's possession, to KAO's, who gave it to FIB who put a new battery on it, had the same issue, then had IUJ open it up. IUJ found an internal issue, fixed it, and that same radio can be heard on 449.500 all the time. I'm not even sure that FIB knows it's whole history. That radio was one of the first units ever shipped into So Cal and on a warm day, GK's Rolling Rock flavored breath can still be detected radiating from the mic element.
In fact, the radio pictured was "tested" by me, then the world famous KF6GK (rip). Remember the Baofeng GK tried that the battery kept going out on? That was the one... We all assumed that it had a bad battery. It went from Tim's possession, to KAO's, who gave it to FIB who put a new battery on it, had the same issue, then had IUJ open it up. IUJ found an internal issue, fixed it, and that same radio can be heard on 449.500 all the time. I'm not even sure that FIB knows it's whole history. That radio was one of the first units ever shipped into So Cal and on a warm day, GK's Rolling Rock flavored breath can still be detected radiating from the mic element.
