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.
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
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...
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
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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