This is the best DMR ham radio handheld transceiver (HT) on the market. It’s also the only HT I’ve come across that implements Bluetooth correctly. It’s not compact, but it’s also not overly bulky for what it does. Here’s my review of the AnyTone AT-D878UVII Plus by Bridgecom Systems. This is the latest model (released … Read more
I’ve been very happy with the BaoFeng UV-5RA, but BaoFeng has released some newer models on the market so I thought it was time to take a look at the current offerings: of the new models it looked like the best new models were the UV-B5 (or nearly identical UV-B6), and UV-82, so here they are: … Read more
Model UV-3R+ UV-5RA VX-7R VX-6R Brand BaoFeng BaoFeng Yaesu Yaesu TX 6 M no no 30-59MHz no TX 2 M 136-174MHz 136-174MHz 137-174MHz 137-174MHz TX 1.25 M no no 222-225MHz 222-225MHz TX 70 CM 400-470MHz 400-480MHz 430-470MHz 430-470MHz Wideband Receive No No 0.5-999MHz 0.5-999MHz Channels 99 127 900 900 TX Power 2 Watts … Read more
Got my $44 UV-5RA Chinese built ham radio. For the price I couldn’t pass it up just to see how good a ham radio this cheap could be. Update 2014-05-11 It has been a little over a year since I first wrote this and BaoFeng has released several versions of this radio, UV-5RE, UV-82, FB-F8+, UV-B5, GT3, … Read more