Re: Antennas
Donald, It was an antenna available from either eBay or Amazon for $3.79.? It was better than the baseline antenna, but not so good that your front end was wiped out by noise. I doubt it is still
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Bill Storey
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Re: Antennas
Bill . . . <WTStorey@...> wrote: Can you give us a link to the $3.79 special, please? I went to the site and found the UV-5R FAQ but not the $3.79 special. Can you link to that, please?
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Donald Hellen
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Re: Antennas
One thing I have not seen discussed in this thread is the question as to whether having a ¡°better¡± antenna really helps with the Baofeng, at least with the original UV-5R. The radio has the
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Bill Storey
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Re: Antennas
Thanks V700. I'll check their site more focused, now. All clues are helpful. Forgotten things are beginning to bubble to the surface.? I like an organized approach to most anything, but find myself
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billsf9c
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Re: Antennas
I found some longer, frequency trimmed antennas at Battery Junction. Similar to the Nagoya. some cover the MURS, some other sections of VHV/UHF, air band, etc. You can get ground plane adaptors on
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v700jd@...
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Re: Antennas
I found some longer, frequency trimmed antennas at Battery Junction. Similar to the Nagoya. some cover the MURS, some other sections of VHV/UHF, air band, etc. You can get ground plane adaptors on
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v700jd@...
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Re: Antennas
320A Antenna for Baofeng & Btech Thanks Don, Baofeng being for some, an entryway, somewhat implies some new folks and some basics, at times. I'm an example. Below is what an hour or two searching
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billsf9c
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Re: Antennas
Bill . . . <OOWONBS@...> wrote: I can't help with any of these questions but to get the best out of portable, hand-held use, the genuine Nagoya antenna is probably the best. The
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Donald Hellen
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Re: Antennas
If it's about your Baofeng specifically, and not about antennas that would work?on any handheld, then the ham-antennas group would be best. Donald KX8K Well, a catch 22, almost.I.E., It's about my
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billsf9c
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Re: Antennas
Bill . . . <OOWONBS@...> wrote: It depends on whether your focus is going to be on antennas. If antennas, it wouldn't matter which brand or model of handheld radio you have. If it's
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Donald Hellen
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Antennas
I'm in the antenna group, reading Files. I do have the "full kit," which included from stubby to extended tape antennas. I'm interested in vehicle antennas and hand/small pole, holdable, omni and
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billsf9c
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Re: UV-5R vs UV-5R+
That would be best. I'd like to know for sure that the batteries aren't interchangeable. It would be great if they used the same battery for many models. Donald KX8K
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Donald Hellen
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Re: UV-5R vs UV-5R+
Hello Donald, I was hoping that someone in the group might own both radios and so could give the best appraisal. There is nothing like practical experience. Regards, Doug VK2XLJ
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Doug J
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Re: UV-5R vs UV-5R+
It looked to me that the history explained the variants. It appears that paragraph 2 and 3 explain the + is just a cosmetic variant as far as what it does but the battery may not be interchangeable
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Donald Hellen
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Re: UV-5R vs UV-5R+
Yes, sorry about that. ---------------------------------------------------- Some ham radio groups you may be interested in: /g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas
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Donald Hellen
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Re: UV-5R vs UV-5R+
BaofengTech is an American dealer, not the manufacturer. It still didn't answer my question. I wasn't after a general history, I was after a comparison between two specific models. Regards, Doug
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Doug J
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Re: UV-5R vs UV-5R+
From the manufacturer: https://baofengtech.com/product/baofeng-uv-5r-1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BaoFeng UV-5R Radio Background
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Donald Hellen
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UV-5R vs UV-5R+
Hello Group, Can anyone tell me what the difference is between UV-5R vs UV-5R+, apart from minor cosmetic changes to the case. Regards, Doug VK2XLJ
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Doug J
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Re: UV9G
onemorep . . . <onemorep@...> wrote: As Doug mentioned, Baofeng provides their own programming tool, though I used CHIRP to program 3 Baofeng UV-5R's. I think your radio is a FRS/GMRS
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Donald Hellen
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Re: UV9G
Hello ??????, Try using the factory programmer. Links below are from the Baofeng factory site. https://baofeng.s3.amazonaws.com/BAOFENG_UV-9G_Programming_Software_V2.5_20210916.rar
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Doug J
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