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That particular seller on ebay uses DHL to ship so they never get caught in customs
Basically still a baofeng in terms of functionality, but uses real Harris batteries, and legit military accessories
Here's a Facebook group dedicated to the clone market...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1687000848242078/?ref=share
So what is the practical advantage of it over a $30 UV-5R, besides not being made in China?
It's still made in China.
The advantages are great... it's waterproof, billet aluminum shell, takes all real military accessories, doesn't need amplified PTT for peltors, is 10 watts, much better reception, better antenna options.
Oh, also takes real Harris batteries or an 18650 pack, so it will last for days on end with actual use
I found this to be pretty helpful
Nice
Sweet, guess I need to get back to practicing the tests
Oohhh I love that.
Anyone have a book they can recommend that teaches me everything about HAM? Preferably an eBook.
Got a 40 min ride, gonna be in voice if anyone wants to talk
I'd chat with ya, but I'm working.
@Bogs_Bunny - here is a website to start: https://theprepared.com/survival-skills/guides/beginners-guide-amateur-ham-radio-preppers
Murs worth fucking with?
Stick to ham has the longest range if you change your mind you can always convert your radio to work on any band. It’s illegal but who’s gonna know
FRS is way more common anyway
Yeah, exactly
Im fairly familiar with comms on the 10 and 11 meter band. However for simplex base to movile am transmissions in my area of southeast ky it takes 500+ watts to talk more than 5 or 6 milea because of the terrain. Im mostly looking for something that can do this without so much power
The lower the frequency the better the simplex propagation, but by nature the more power you'll need... physics is a bitch sometimes.
But, with a few cheap baofeng radios, a Tupperware container and a decent solar panel you can make yourself a nice cheap repeater to drop on a high peak and rock out.
What did I just listen to?
(Not mine)
I don’t even know
@Phill - MURS is good to have loaded into your radio if it is VHF capable. Just think of it similarly to FRS in the UHF spectrum.
Anybody in here owns UV 3R plus? Can this radio charge from the uv5r deck?
Howdy
Anyone got common freqs for cenCal?
Just started getting into radios, got a Baofeng UV-5R
Been listening to fire dispatch and scanning through FRS, but not really picking up anything besides static, random beeps, and the very rare Morse code
You're probably gonna need a trunking scanner, they are most likely on the P25 system from the sounds of it
Oh I see
Honestly didn't know the UV-5R was analog only, whoops.
To be clear, I DO receive signal from EMS and Fire dispatch, it was only the FRS frequencies that seemed dead
FRS is not what you think it is... those are the cheap walkie talkies you get from Walmart
What you are probably getting is UHF rebroadcasts of fire and EMS, they do that around me, but the main channels are up in the 700 and 800Mhz range and digital.
Use that website and look at your area and you'll see what frequencies you need to tune into for everything and if they are encrypted or not, which most likely they are out there.
Sure thing, I'll take a look, thanks
And yeah, I realise that FRS was the walkie-talkie freqs. I'll look through GMRS next time I can.
I guess I was just hoping to just catch non-professional chatter on those freqs
GMRS is the same thing, you're not gonna find any government agencies using those channels.
And any of the "side channels" formally known as talk channels are typically encrypted for the very fact that they don't want us plebs hearing their chatter.