On Wed, 3 Feb 2021 23:12:15 +0000, "John Stewart"
<johnstewart1999@...> wrote:
I can see why you'd say that. Really, I was asking if anyone knew what kind of radios these were. I'm guessing they're Baofeng units.
Without seeing the actual article instead of the one it linked to, I
don't know enough about it, but my guess it would be one of the
several Chinese made HTs like Wouxun, Baofeng, and some of the other
cheapies. Baofeng isn't the only inexpensive hand held, but the
Chinese ones in general are the low cost leaders. That doesn't mean
quality, of course, nor ease of programming.
Baofeng, at least, is supported by Chirp for many of their models.
I won a cheap Chinese HT (not supported by CHIRP) at our local hamfest
and sold it at the next one a year later for $5, including the $10
programming cable and software that I bought from AliExpress. Yes, I
lost money on a free radio! A fellow club member bought it so I felt
it might be put to good use. I was going to give it to a new ham but
as bad as it was to work with, I didn't want to give him a problem. He
bought a UV-5R.
I find my UV-5R difficult to program from the keyboard but easy with
CHIRP. If I didn't mind spending a lot more, I would have bought an
Icom, Kenwood, or Yaesu HT. I'm thinking about an Anytone radio that
has DMR built in. That would give me DMR with it and DStar with my
Icom 5100 mobile radio. I'm afraid of buying a Baofeng DMR radio for
fear that they didn't make it easy to use.
I mentioned the post being off topic so that it didn't lead to a long
off topic discussion about the coup. But since it's been quiet here I
certainly wouldn't lock this thread if it didn't get into political
matters or go on and on ad infinitum.
Donald -- AD8DY
Formerly KJ3I
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