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as i have had my Baofeng uv5-ra for almost a month now and use it every day thought i would update my thoughts on it. When i first ordered it i was quite leary of it since it was not a brand i ever heard of and well it is made in china, we all remember the chinese dog food issues. when it arrived, and i took it out of the box, I was suprised to see how well it was packaged and the fact that it came with an extra battery. it was a little bit of a bear to program from the keypad but once i figured it out it really isnt too bad. I have found that i can access my local 440 repeater from my basement almost full quieting which is a pleasent surprise since none of my other ht's could. battery life is awesome lasts 18-19 hours a day and still isnt showing low voltage. also i programmed a few repeaters that are about 30 miles from me, but i would use if i am in the area there and found that i can use them in my home area 30 miles away with the stock antenna and have decent signal reports. so since i have had it about a month, i am very impressed with it and would recommend it to just about anyone looking for a quality ht without the "name brand" price tag

<blockquote data-quote="KC9MSG" data-source="post: 415417" data-attributes="member: 29928"><p>as i have had my Baofeng uv5-ra for almost a month now and use it every day thought i would update my thoughts on it. When i first ordered it i was quite leary of it since it was not a brand i ever heard of and well it is made in china, we all remember the chinese dog food issues. when it arrived, and i took it out of the box, I was suprised to see how well it was packaged and the fact that it came with an extra battery. it was a little bit of a bear to program from the keypad but once i figured it out it really isnt too bad. I have found that i can access my local 440 repeater from my basement almost full quieting which is a pleasent surprise since none of my other ht&#039;s could. battery life is awesome lasts 18-19 hours a day and still isnt showing low voltage. also i programmed a few repeaters that are about 30 miles from me, but i would use if i am in the area there and found that i can use them in my home area 30 miles away with the stock antenna and have decent signal reports. so since i have had it about a month, i am very impressed with it and would recommend it to just about anyone looking for a quality ht without the &quot;name brand&quot; price tag</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="KC9MSG, post: 415417, member: 29928"] as i have had my Baofeng uv5-ra for almost a month now and use it every day thought i would update my thoughts on it. When i first ordered it i was quite leary of it since it was not a brand i ever heard of and well it is made in china, we all remember the chinese dog food issues. when it arrived, and i took it out of the box, I was suprised to see how well it was packaged and the fact that it came with an extra battery. it was a little bit of a bear to program from the keypad but once i figured it out it really isnt too bad. I have found that i can access my local 440 repeater from my basement almost full quieting which is a pleasent surprise since none of my other ht's could. battery life is awesome lasts 18-19 hours a day and still isnt showing low voltage. also i programmed a few repeaters that are about 30 miles from me, but i would use if i am in the area there and found that i can use them in my home area 30 miles away with the stock antenna and have decent signal reports. so since i have had it about a month, i am very impressed with it and would recommend it to just about anyone looking for a quality ht without the "name brand" price tag [/QUOTE]

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