My first radio was the Bao UV-5r 5w, which I received as a B-day gift from parents. It is a really cute little ham radio, and I fell in love with it right when I got it out of the box. The radio has a cool design and is not heavy at all, so I keep it in my everyday bag. One year later I needed one more walkie talkie for my friend, so decided to buy one as the price for them is really reasonable. The only issue I had was that as I live in a city, on some occasions the signal could not reach the repeater (maybe it’s cuz it is almost 5 miles away). So my second purchase was this Bao UV 5R but with 8W power. And I felt the improvement right away. The extra 3 watts really made a difference, and the problem with reaching the receiver was gone! When I got two radios, I wanted to program both of them in the same way to have synchronized channels, so I ordered the programming cable from the same vendor. It was a smart move that saved me about $20!
My main concern was that cable could be counterfeit or come with the software in Chinese, but everything was ok — I received an original cable covered with rubber, and it works well with my MAC. I also asked the seller for the special firmware mentioned in the description, followed all instructions, and it took me about 30 minutes to do my both bao hams. Overall I am very happy with my two Baofeng radios (currently I’m using 8W version, of course). So you really do get what you pay for.
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Baofeng Radio UV-5R MK5 8W MP Max Power - Not QUITE 8 WATTS
All in all an excellent radio, with the exception of not meeting the advertised WATT rating.PROS:-Low Price for a dual band radio-Lightweight and compact size-I like the 'feel' when holding the radio-The 'display' will show a different 'color' (user settable) for Tx and Rx-It has VOICE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT for various functions. When changing preset MEMORY CHANNELS you don't have to look at the display to see what channel as the VOICE will tell you -Display is reasonably large and clear.-Very CONFIGURABLECONS:-It's NOT QUITE 8 WATTS. (see picture) The wattage runs in the 6-7 WATT range.-The USER MANUAL covers a lot of functions but it does not explain very well how to set or clear MEMORY CHANNELS. However you can go online and view videos on how to do this.ADDITIONAL:-I would recommend buying the plugin cable that connects to a PC if you intends to set up or change MEMORY CHANNELS very often.
