The BaoFeng UV-5RH is a compact hand held transceiver providing 5 watts in the frequency range of 136-174 MHz and 400-480 MHz. It is a compact, economical HT that includes a special VHF receive band from 65 – 108 MHz which includes the regular FM broadcast band. Dual watch and dual reception is supported. You get up to 128 memories. Other features include: selectable wide/narrow, battery save function, VOX, DCS/CTCSS encode, key lock and built in flashlight. Selectable frequency steps include: 2.5, 5, 6.25, 10, 12.5 and 25 kHz. RF power may be selected at 4 or 1 watts.
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long distance with good reception I’m work outdoors.and i need a good transceiver with long distance.this radio is wonderful,it can be recepted well.
Best to program it with the free CHIRP software available … This little jewel is packed with open radio spectrum – transmit and receive. Best to program it with the free CHIRP software available on the web. It can be programmed with the on-board keypad, but there is a bit of a learning curve. This is the cheapest 8 watt HT I know of. Battery life is surprisingly long. Charge time is a little lengthy. Speaker quality isn’t the best which is my reason for giving it 4 stars instead of 5. The model UV-6R is only 5 watts, but is much better quality on…
Pretty neat little radio for 35 bucks especially being able … Pretty neat little radio for 35 bucks especially being able to use both 2 Meter Band and 440. I’ve been a ham radio operator and shortwave enthusiast for about 25 years now and I was impressed with this number in that it really sounds good for the price and I’ve even captured the audio from the radio. Came well packaged and easy to figure out as well. Only downfall I’ve found so far is that you have to sometimes change outputs between 2m and 440 or your PL Tone which can be a bit of a hassle…