Does this only recieve/transmit up to 144mhz/430mhz? If so why is this so good? The stock baofeng one I have goes up to 174mhz/520mhz
367964
This is good because this antenna is optimized for use on the Amateur Radio 2 meter and 70 cm bands, which begin at 144 and 430 MHz. The Baofeng is essentially certified as a business band radio which also includes the ham frequencies as well. You probably want to look at an antenna that is designed to be more efficient on the commercial business frequencies if you have a license to operate on one of those frequencies.
787628
For one thing, it has 5 watt output vs. 4. Menu/programming is much easier, manual much clearer. Baofeng allows broader frequency receive and will transmit on freqs that are not amateur (may be/probably is illegal in US for you). Yaesu is super-solid, reliable, high-quality Japanese-made radio. Baofeng is not. You get what you pay for most of the time.
1705494
The company does not state what frequency this thing transmits on. At least not that I could find anywhere. In actual practice, it's operating frequency is: Every time I've used it
2265001
Any devise that can get fm reseption would get the transmit from this transmitter.Hope I helped you
1301053
I don't think so. I can't! Maybe some people can change the freq's so it will pick up shortwave but, I don't think so.I've been in radio since 1957 and I can't do it. I've got a good shortwave and I think the two should stay the way both are made. This Baofeng is only $30 something bucks and it will do a lot of things but, the freq is different from shortwave freq's.
723221
Starts at 25 MHz. and goes to 2 GHz. There is a transverter available for it by the same company. I have not used the transverter so can not speak to it, although the Yahoo groups give it good reviews.
287985
The Product Description on the site clearly shows that this radio does not cover any frequency below 520 kHz. I don't know anything about RTTY, and I don't see anything on the radio to lead me to believe it will support this type of communication.
1646353
As far as I know, the unit only has 2.4 GHz radio frequency. I have not had problems with it.
1209064
I don't think but go to baofengs website hard to navigate but might find a answer
1062814
The antenna is very good . It does best at 150- 460 mhz . You will do well for 800 mhz digital. But a yaji directioal antenna is better. I have transmitted over 100 miles on 2 letter ham . This is a real plus for a scanner antenna. Good antenna. Overall gain is good. I would buy it again.. good luck Edward James.Pop
2138867
As far as I can tell, it works on all the Baofeng models. At least, it works well on all three of mine... much better than stock, that's for sure!
1225541
Hi, Yes, frequency range 340.00-354.00Mhz is for USA market and this item uses this range.
636950
It is very good quality for Chi Com - probably better than Baofeng. I have several and would highly recommend then. They come in other colors also.
725371
Yes, however, I have found this receiver severely lacking in FM sensitivity. I don't know if it has a problem locking in the signal or if it is just a poor tuner design. All other features work pretty well though.
1457380
Hey i just ordered "Baofeng UV5RA Ham Two Way..."wvery one got this one..not bad
1192253
I had three of the BF-F8+ radios; each had their own problem. One had the issue you asked about, sometimes you can cut away excess plastic around the base of the male part of plug to make it make a better connect. All of these Baofengs have quality control problems or issues that are written up on WWW .I now have the UV82L and it has CPU chip problems.
198037
Max,I got a new HT via A,azion.com and it came from Radio mart in KY. Just way to many of you are worried about the newest version. My newest version is a 5RA and it has the 2nd to the last firmware.But that means nothing at all. All you need to know is here. http://www.miklor.com/ Please join the list but those guys will just tell you to read up in the files.I like mine,it has a siren,the case is beautiful but it has it's quirks. Guys are downloading software but I did mine manually. Some need WIN XP and others using VISTA need to download an updated driver. PLEASE DO NOT WORRY ABOUT LATEST FIRMWARE as i may only be a restriction on what you can or can't do out of the ham bands. I called this pure junk because it is hard to manually program it and at timed I'm in FREQ mode and it jumps into memory mode. Keep in mind that the mailing list is very,very large and many still do not have a TECH license. Use it as it was intended for and don't try making a queen mary from a canoe. Many are still using the very first unit and have no problems http://www.409shop.com/shop_displaynews.php?id=608&userid=100556 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baofeng_uv5r/ These links will help BOB AF2Q