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Pros & Cons
Pros
Though the sound is a little tinny, it carries and us easy to understand. The radio is rather flexible in its capabilities. I recommend this radio to anyone who needs an inexpensive software programmable radio.
Cons
My biggest gripe is that the battery charger was defective. Reached out to the seller through amazon several months ago and, to date, have not received any response. Would not by from this seller again.
The company claims that the fm radio works out of the box. This was marketed as the long range model and even pictured with an 8 inch whip antenna.
Highlights
Quality
Easy to 34unlock34 with the threefinger procedure for access to gmrs freqs which will also work fine with the factory ducky antenna
Packaging/appearance
Right out of the box the supplied battery did not fit
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
radio, same, great, easy and good. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 2,199 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 6 2023.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
For aftermarket antennas id recommend a signal stick although they tend to be a bit heavy and as a result tipsy or a thin nagoya na24j to reach out to those repeaters
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The one thing i didnt like is that on this version the lcd display kind of lags so when youre scanning the numbers all tend to run together
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Thinking that was a oneoff problem as none of my other baofengs one uv5r and four uv82hp did that i did an amazon return which i have to give super props to amazon as to how easy this procedure is to exchange it for another one
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The replacement radio exhibited the same lcd display lag so i just loaded the factory chirp file back into it and sent it back
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I wouldve kept the higher powered unit but they both were identical so besides them all having the lcd display lag at least theres some consistency there
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
That is as long as you dont mind the weird lcd display lag
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If youre not scanning and trying to look at the display you may never notice it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Also be advised radioddity doesnt sell individual batteries in your color so if you want a spare battery it will have to be black
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