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Carlos
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2025
Excelentes productos
Rick Scholl
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2025
Sharkoo was the seller of this Baofeng radio. The radio works great. Initially I had a problem with a defective antenna. Echo at Sharkoo was extremely helpful and sent a replacement even though it had been a couple months since the order was placed. initially I had only used it to receive and when a couple months later I decided to transmit found that it couldn't hit the local repeaters even though it seemed to hear just fine. I tried an antenna from a different Baofeng radio and it worked perfectly. So Echo expedited the shipment of a replacement antenna. So great customer service.Now lets talk about the radio. Its actually a very nicely made radio that actually has some weight to it. Some of the handhelds these days are so light that they can feel cheap. This radio feels like a good solid radio like an icom or a motorola. And i love that it can capture a nearby radio and tell you the radio frequency and PL tone that are in use. I would buy this again and frankly I probably will. Its easy to program and easy to use and it has 999 channels of memory so you can store in ranges. On mine everything in the 0-100 range is 2 meters, everything in 101 to 200 is 440. If you have different cities you visit you could program 200's to be one city and 300's to be another. If you cheat(and I have no opinion on this one way or the other and use it for GMRS you could put those from 900-999. The programming software chirp is free. If you don't have a baofeng programming cable get one from baofeng for very little money. I program it from my mac. But Chirp runs on almost any platform. Its inexpensive but feels like a solid quality radio. Thanks for helping me with the antenna Echo at Sharkoo.
BOOSTPOWER USA MARINE
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2025
No recharge battery included Works good
Carlos
Reviewed in Mexico on February 2, 2025
Excelente buen alcance
Nathan Edwards
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2025
Bought these for the kids to use and they love them. They use them when they go down the street fishing and I keep one at the house with no problems of communication. Haven't had them go far enough to lose communication and they've been almost everywhere near home. Would buy again.
George P
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2025
It is very easy to operate, using CHIRP to program it. It is strictly an amateur radio, and will not transmit on GMRS frequencies, which have been locked out.The SWR on the provided rubber ducky is 1.06 at 147 MHz. The 70 CM measurement is in the 2+ range, but that will improve on the actual HT.Have not yet evaluated spectral purity.For the price, it is a convenient portable, that I have no qualms of losing or getting broken.
Alejandro Fuentes
Reviewed in Mexico on January 29, 2025
En mi opinión es un radio muy bueno . Tiene demasiadas funciones que si o si te pueden ayudar en cualquier situación .lo recomiendo al 100% . Nota ver videos de como programarlo . En conclusión es excelente
JORGE SERRANO
Reviewed in Mexico on January 16, 2025
llego con los accesorios mencionados lo puse a cargar pero no prendió
Mark0
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2025
The Good, the Bad and downright Ugly:Coming in at less than $20 a copy on Amazon this is a very inexpensive dual band Amateur Radio. It can kinda-sorta be programmed by the keypad (very klunky) or with an additional cable (no included) via “CHIRP” a free HT programming APP that runs on WIN/MAC systems.There are plenty of memory's to store ones favorite frequencies and the radio sports many or most of the popular options Amateur Radio operators look for. There is also quite a few accessories that this radio can share with other Baofeng & other OEM's.Out of the box the first issue I found was there was no DC charging option included or available stock. There are accessory battery packs that have USBC charging (that also have Green+Red charge indicator LEDS) but is an extra. The 2nd thing I noticed is that without the backlight on, you can't read or see the LCD screen. Other models/OEM's radios don't require a back light as this one does. Of note while the Squelch is not on a knob but rather on a menu, if the squelch is triggered the back light will come on, even if Tone-Squelch is not satisfied. (back light and 'Green' receive indicator will light up but no sound if the Tone-Squelch is not triggered)As mentioned a programming cable which may be compatible with a fair number of other OEM's/Models does not come with it and is also extra.While looking for further programming information I came across a number of reviews on the UV17R, some of which were rather alarming or very least disturbing. Upon attaching my copy of the UV17R to a Spectrum Analyzer I was able to duplicate the results of others that actually looked at the UV17R's transmission quality.The UV17R is what we'd call a “dirty radio” where in its harmonics are FAR ABOVE (IE: FAILING!) the FCC Part 97.307 spurious emissions standards! Frankly this radio ought NOT be sold for Transmissions in the USA WITHOUT further filtering of its output!!Since this radio was purchased on a “whim” during the Holiday season I have no issues with tossing it in the trash for what it is however I sadly invested in: program cable, batteries & antenna. At least the program cable might be used with other radios.Interestingly enough I purchased a Pair of another OEM's radios for less than 2x what I paid for this one and ran them though the same testing and THEY PASSED. So it IS possible to meet FCC Part 97.307 spurious emissions standards at this price point. IDK why Baofeng is not.There are better radios out there that cost the same or less.(edit: added test results images)
PETRA
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2025
Love the size and color screen. Works well for HAM only. This is programmable via CHIRP or the T6UV Boafeng programming software. My real issue with the radio is that, while I understand blocking FRS and GMRS now any frequency within the range is also blocked for transmit. Makes this radio useless for my licensed office frequency as well as our off road groups licensed frequencies.
Alejandro P.
Reviewed in Mexico on April 6, 2025
Recibí hace un par de días mi radio con la caja un poco maltratada pero el radio estaba en buen estado. Hasta el momento ya copié frecuencia de otro radio baofen y recibe sin problemas la cuestión es que no puede transmitir no sé a qué se deba
WireNut
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2024
First off, I want to say that I DO NOT use this as a ham radio (I only have a GMRS license). I bought this solely as a portable weather radio. I have a stationary weather radio in our 2nd floor bedroom of our house to alert us of severe weather while we are sleeping. But, it is a little pricey for what it is. These radios are inexpensive and I bought 3 for roughly the same price as the stationary weather radio. I keep one on the main floor of the house, one in the garage, and one at work in my toolbox. The one button press for the preprogrammed NOAA channels is what really sold me on these. Sound quality is excellent. I have had no issues with the battery life or reception of the weather channels with the supplied antenna. Color screen is easy to see, but I have not tried it in direct sunlight.
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