Is this a better unit than uv5r plus?
2056073
Sorry this is late.. I do like the UV-5RA better than the 5+. The Baofeng models change fast. I do like my older UV-5R useing a 3600 battery
2056074
The underlying firmware is essentially the same. I like the uv5a better than the others, but it is six of one, half a dozen of the other. People have gotten defective ones in any of them. You just have to be lucky because when you get a good one, it is an awesome value.
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these uvb5 & uvb6 radios are absolute crap.....I have had to throw away at least 3 of them. Total garbage..... if you are going to get a baofeng get the uv-82 or the original uv5r. As for antennas spend the extra money and get a comet or diamond from a RADIO retailer not here or ebay you will be wasting your money with all the no name knock off antennas here especially since most of them are for the business band not the ham band. FIY the stock antenna on the uv82 actually does pretty descent for a stock one.anyway good luck, mark KC9ZHR 73!
1906609
It depends on what you want to listen and transmit on. UV82x is great for local law enforcement. UV82 is for the upper band of military and FEMA channels. Other than that the antennas are different. That is the difference.
1052762
No, the UV-82X (2-meter / 1.25-meter) will not but the UV-82 (2-meter / 70cm) will operate on 511.1125MHz TX & RX. There is a drop in R.F. Output power, the receiver still works great, and it cost about $10 less than the 82X.
1270162
As far as I know - yes. I have Uverse and have not found anything it won't record, in contrast to before I put the Grex in the system. Remember to record for personal use only!
672865
Part 90 radio will be the UV6 or UV8. I much prefer the new UV8, true dual band and nice color display. Got two of themand giving away the UV6. There are slight differences in the UV6, more coverage on some, confusing yes!
721262
Knocks here. I have this antenna on all my barf ends and are the stock antenna for the uv82. They work the others only marginally on the 70cm.440 freqs. But not as good as theThese. I have 6 of them and compare with a diamond rho which is twice as long. Buy it. It is a good buy. Kc4cqs. Extra class license. THE FI IS SUPPLIED WITH THE SAME ANT. AS THE USA SERIES. TRY A UV8. U WOULD LIKE IT
279677
I purchased one of those systems, but I returned it. I found the UHF signal to be a lot better. I do not sell them either.
2127283
I have a UV-5R and it didn't work. Case would not fit into body of radio. I had several e-mails back and forth with the seller. Solution they gave me didn't make sense, had the feeling English was a second lanuage for them.
787631
From what i have heard it is easier to program but have no experiencewith the Baofeng 5r plus.
1585426
Not sure, but most are just minor stuff. The Plus model has a silver grill on the front. So far between it and the UV-5R that is the only thing I can find. Some early models I have hear that the sq. and vol could not be turned all the way down, I can't confirm this. From what I have found with the 2 models I have and the ones that friends have if it is new I would go with which ever model has the best price. The plus model does seem to have more metal in it.
2003501
Hi Marc,Unfortunately I was scammed with this product as many others have, and although I made multiple comments on the subject, Amazon continues to permit these sellers to sell a product that will not work with the UV5R at all since it is not compatible. So, do not purchase this item, it will not work with your radio. Thanks.
771905
Alfredo, the UV3R+ has the same antenna jack as the 5R, so this antenna will work for you.
520884
I dont think there is much of a differance except that the frequency coverage is extended on the gt-3---many people have complained that the earlier units (uv5ra), audio quality was lacking and that the transmit audio was low...I own both the gt-3 and the uv5ra and have had good audio reports with both units...joe
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I have a UV5R+. I was under the impression that BaoFeng BF-112 would work. The microphone does not work. It may be just a defective unit. I am not going to send it back because I already paid the shipping once. I am not going to spend anymore money on this. I have ordered the other one with the transmit light on it. I have that one on the other UV5R+.
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I use Chirp, in my opinion, it is better than the software from Baofeng. The radio is not listed, but use the UV-5R as the radio type. since they are basically the same radio. http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home
1676649
I have no personal experience with either of those models, but Baofeng hasn't changed this since the UV-2, so I would guess it would be fine. In any case, it's not a big investment...