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BaoFeng UV-82HP High Power Dual Band Radio: 136-174mhz (VHF) 400-520mhz (UHF) Amateur (Ham) Portable Two-Way

Color:Standard Black The Most Powerful BaoFeng UV-82: BaoFeng UV-82HP (High Power). Versatile Radio for Amateur and Use.

Reviews by Features

Value

(40 reviews)
Reception

(27 reviews)
Build

(18 reviews)
Product

(58 reviews)
Price

(40 reviews)
Range

(38 reviews)
Feature

(38 reviews)
Battery life

(28 reviews)
Work

(22 reviews)
Cable

(27 reviews)
Unit

(26 reviews)
Quality

(57 reviews)
Audio

(27 reviews)
Weather

(9 reviews)
Bite

(7 reviews)
Issue

(4 reviews)
Screw

(3 reviews)

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Reviews around value (4.84 of 5)

  • Good value, works well as HT or when connected to external antenna with adapter cable
  • You will need a programming cable and the Baofeng cable for the UV5R is an excellent value and works just well:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CP0I474?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpageI also purchased a spare battery for this radio, so I could have one on the radio and the other in the charger.
  • Good value, works well as HT or when connected to external antenna with adapter cable
  • Nevertheless, I feel the UV-82HP is a good radio and a great value.
  • This is a terrible cheaply made product with poor QA.
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Reviews around reception (4.77 of 5)

  • Reception is great, works flawlessly with our repeater, and no transmission problems
  • Reception is great, works flawlessly with our repeater, and no transmission problems
  • The reception and range on this one though is so much better.
  • This radio has really good reception range and broadcasting range
  • Reception of a signal on your active channel will interrupt broadcast FM radio and put you on the active channel
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Reviews around build (4.66 of 5)

  • Solid build, clear transmission, plenty loud.
  • They seem really well built and should you be curious as to sound quality, reception, etc., just tune into YouTube for a plethora of real world and scientific tests
  • The radio itself is well built and works well for what it is
  • They are well built and have a very well written manual
  • They are well built and they can be customized to almost any need
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Reviews around product (4.58 of 5)

  • Great product I purchased this radio to use in place of the company issued radios we use at work
  • Another cheap, low quality chinese product that has frauded yet another american consumer.. me.
  • At this time I thank you for a great product, the BaoFeng UV-82HP radio and what BaoFeng Tech represents!
  • You could either transmit or receive but could not do both as the voice was garbled - really really crappy company policy to sell a defective product.
  • Quansheng TV-UG2.Yet another otherwise great product ruined by cheap potentiometers....
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Reviews around price (4.56 of 5)

  • The price is incredible!As a ham radio this has been wonderful
  • The price is great and they are easy to set up and use.
  • Returned the radio through Amazon and Baofeng Tech would not honor original purchase price for a replacement
  • the radio works great ! and with dual band its well worth the price
  • A great, rugged radio at an unbelievable price
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Reviews around range (4.53 of 5)

  • it has worked well for me has good range and receives and transmit
  • Excellent radio, programmed easily with computer, very good range.
  • Great range and clarity, it just has a pretty short battery life at high power.
  • Everyone has been extremely impressed with its performance compared to the more expensive radios as far as range, clarity and ease of use
  • This is a terrible cheaply made product with poor QA.
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Reviews around feature (4.37 of 5)

  • Great features on the radio, bands allow for weather stations, 2m, and 440.
  • After finding out why they did it that way, it was apparent this radio is designed for those who want to monitor and talk on two different channels at once, not a bad feature if it could be turned off easily when it wasn't needed.
  • There are some great features and in my opinion some warts
  • Trade off in operation compared to uv5r, easier to lock down certain features on this radio but changing between frequency and channel mode more cumbersome plus inserting and removing battery more cumbersome
  • ham radio... nice features, seems well manufactured, and well worth the price...
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Reviews around battery life (4.30 of 5)

  • I listen a LOT more than talk, the battery life has been good
  • Battery life is pretty good, I get a whole day on one charge with moderate use
  • Battery life is weak, hard to put in the charge cradle.
  • This is a terrible cheaply made product with poor QA.
  • Works well, long battery life, and perfect for my applications
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Reviews around work (4.19 of 5)

  • works well, easy to program (with cable), and a cool button that lets you listen to FM radio at the same time!
  • This cheap junk worked for literally five minutes and it has not charged since then
  • While the radio works "when it works", it's extremely unreliable
  • the radio works great ! and with dual band its well worth the price
  • Work emergency services and have to monitor 2mm and 70Cm band
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Reviews around cable (3.95 of 5)

  • PC03 FTDI Genuine USB Programming Cable and CHIRP its even easier
  • Programming with the (sold-separately, overpriced) cable and free Chirp software is a breeze
  • Whip VHF/UHF (144/430Mhz) Antenna, and PC03 FTDI Authentic Genuine USB Programming Cable
  • Programming reasonably easy using good cable and CHIRP.The battery fit is not good, have to use a small tool to help get it started when removing it.
  • You need to spring for the $20 cable on Amazon with the FTDI chip and avoid the cheap Prolific chip cables!)
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Reviews around unit (3.90 of 5)

  • This unit is a little hard to field program but with the right book you can do it.
  • The unit programs nice and easy with CHIRP using the almost mandatory programming cable
  • If you are not a HAM and have worked with similar units and your like me you are probably going need to spend a cozy evening reading the operations manual to tutor yourself on all the stuff this unit is capable of.
  • with your ham license this is a nice handheld ham unit.
  • ** 4/22/16 - Today I received the replacement radio I ordered after returning the defective unit and receiving a refund
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Reviews around quality (3.89 of 5)

  • The radios came quickly, work well and re good quality.
  • This model replicates a more professional design however lacks the quality of build for every day use
  • Hard to program, potato quality even with the longer antenna added.
  • Antennae are not the best quality and can break sometimes
  • The build quality is better than I thought it would be at the
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Reviews around audio (3.75 of 5)

  • Works great receives excellent transmit could be stronger good sounding audio.
  • The audio is great but noise when your driving around in a car
  • The audio is reported as very good and the power isprobably as rated
  • I use this in my work Truck to listen and the audio is plenty loud and clarity is great
  • The audio is great but noise when your driving around in a car
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Reviews around weather (2.33 of 5)

  • Only a wall adapter, battery free with 12V car plug and a strange AAA battery case exists.
  • Able to monitor local channels and participate in the emergency weather notifications 2M band is awesome
  • Works awesome like the idea of the fm radio and flashlight it case of bad weather or power outage
  • Have used them on Ham bands as well as to monitor fire and police and they work great
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Reviews around bite (1.80 of 5)

  • Get a programming cable with the FTDI drivers, they cost a bit more but work with built-in drivers on Windows
  • Conclusion: Good budget transceiver, but keep in mind that quality may suffer a bit.
  • So, this review is probably biased a little bit towards what I've seen in commercial and industrial applications
  • Was a little dificult to program but after figuring out how it works I like it.
  • Programming manually is a bit tricky at first, but instruction book really helps.
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Reviews around issue (1.69 of 5)

  • The issues with the UV-5 were not corrected in this variant, but it is cheap enough and is an effective rig in amateur service once you are familiar with most aspects and issues common to the Chinese radios
  • They blamed the issue on low mic gain
  • Was a little dificult to program but after figuring out how it works I like it.
  • I've been a Ham radio operator for 20 years now, so I have to overlook some issues, such as receiver sensitivity, but every model I've owned has held a charge extremely well

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Reviews around screw (1.00 of 5)

  • The issue is that these are very cheap screws and fall apart with a single use and some times less
  • They use some very cheap screws on the back of the radio to retain the clip
  • One screws fell apart on me while I was installing the clip and is now completely stripped

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  • Color:Standard Black The Most Powerful BaoFeng UV-82: BaoFeng UV-82HP (High Power)
  • Versatile Radio for Amateur and Use.