Aloha Jason, this handheld looks much like my Baofeng A58s Tri Bander. I bought two that measured at 9.63 watts, so I bought two more of these radios from the same eBay seller but they sent me the 5 watt versions, the BF-A58s on the second order that I don’t notice until after I gave one to Chuck KK6USY for testing when he came out for a visit to Honolulu and activated Kahana State Park here in 2022 for POTA. Apparently, they only made these A58s handhelds for a short time and were only $36 at the time on eBay. Now if this new Feng actually transmits close to 10 watts, I would still buy it but based on today’s video and testing, I would not. Jason, you are providing a valuable service for the Amateur radio community and I thank you for that! 🤙🏻
I've had this radio for a few months i don't talk on it but i listen to air band, it receives air band very clear for the price, and it will identify any signal around you and give you the tone, just put it into Search mode and wait, and i programmed channels fpp easily, Great Video tnx Man!
FWIW, some reviewers have reported that Baofeng has cleaned up the signal in the newest 5RM radios. I bought a couple for myself and I liked them so much that I bought some more for a non-profit i work with. It's a little disappointing that it doesn't generate the rated 10 watts, but in reality there are so many factors affecting signal strength that in a practical sense, 8 vs 10 won't matter to most people. It hasn't mattered to me.
My new Radtel, RT-470x supposidly has spurious emmissions. Although I have never seen anything spewing out of the antenna hole! But it has a great reciever, and clear audio out. Plus the other options I am liking. So, its a keeper for me.
These HT's are too funny. I purchased the Dual Band AR-5RM (last month) which looks identical to your 5RM. Mine tested well below the FCC limits on both 2 meter and 70 cm. But get this, I decided to see if mine would operate on the 220Mhz band. And it does! It receives AND transmits on 220Mhz! It was advertised as a 2m/70cm radio so I feel like I lucked out and got an extra added feature for free! Mine has firmware version V0.11 and hardware is version V01. Now I need a multi-band antenna for 220Mhz. LOL Keep up the good work!
I just got one in the mail it came with 2 antennas a short one and long a Aubree 771 I was very surprised I programmed simplex as my first channel and made contact with someone that was 4 miles away and it sounded like he was right next to me I think we could have talked a lot further but he stopped at his house I can reach a repeater 33 miles away with the longer antenna but I am scratchy I made a 1/4 wave ground plane and use this and have no problem I’ve only had a uv5r hand talkie so I can’t compare but so far I like this one especially the usb charging port.
My man, I really wanted to defend my radio but you were totally right - these are seriously hit or miss with the quality control. At their best, they still only get close to what they advertise.
Nice to see these tested like you are doing. My luck, I would get the poor quality one. A USB-C connector for charging. Whay not also use this for data comm? They are building these in, it is serial, so why not take advantage?
It is interesting to note that though Baofeng calls this radio 10W in promotional literature, there is no stated output power in the user's manual and I didn't see any specifications to calculate output power either. In this and 2 other reviews, power output was measured at 8-8.5W max. This shows good consistency and I can only determine that quality control is good and power output is also OK. I suspect Baofeng does like many manufacturers and plays the white lie game here. Audio speakers are often rated at peak vs RMS output. This device may be rated at input to produce maximum output for example. So Baofeng advertises this at 10W but is careful not to show that in the manual so are they rating it at 10W? I am not going to butcher my new radio to patch the battery to the housing with wire and hook up a multimeter to measure input. Its nice to have these reviews to show what output I can expect.
@@HamRadio2 I think we missed a point on clarifying. Rick(i am guessing thats you name from your id above), the testing that was conducted here lets us know how good the radio is in terms of emitting signal at the right frequencies. Think of this way. Consider a flash light that is designed to be very narrow beam to ensure it lights up stronger at long distances. Now, to test it, the light needs to be reflected properly at the correct angles. If it doesnt, it leaks light at a wider angle and is not as efficient as it needs to be. Same with Radios. If they are leaking signals at frequencies they are not supposed to, then the signal thats emitted at the right frequency might not be as strong. In addition, the signal at improper frequencies might cause interference to ppl on those frequencies. In some cases, those frequencies might be part of a different category of users. When someone says signal is not clean, think of how it works when light leaks from flashlight where it shouldnt. Hope it helps. Being a newbie, this was my understand. Anyone can correct me if I am wrong. Always willing to learn.
5RM arrived today. Works as expected...it's a good radio. PTT button wayyyy too easy to push because it just sticks out there. Aviation freqs are cool but they don't sound as good as my Yaesu aviation radio.
Thanks for testing spurious emissions on 441 (no other reviewers have, which is majorly annoying because we talk on 440)… where I guess it looks good. Curious tho about power and emissions on 220.
I got a UV-5RH, which is the same machine but sells in china, the output wattage is about 8.5 watts, sometimes with battery full charged it will get 9 watt output, factory quality control is rubbish, I bought 3 machines, one of them got only 7 watts on high power, BTW the factory antenna is still rubbish. I'm hopping to get opengd77 support.
All RUclipsr's should start their review's with the spurious emissions tests on these cheap HT's and when they fail, there is no need to talk about them any further and not waste the viewer's time.
Absolutely, I would rather know what to steer clear from. sometimes You do get what you pay for. I'd rather spend the extra money for quality equipment.
@@TrullaCæmentarìí The thing I find funny is Baofeng already proved they could make a clean radio with the GT5R. Yet they went back to being lazy. I guess they can get away with it as long as the preper community continues to buy them.
So lots of wrong info in all of your comments. It isn't a waste of time to talk about these radios because lots of people use them and don't care about spurious emissions. The video isn't made only for you. Also, yes... people do care about spurious emissions. And you should too. It's possible you'll damage something with a dirty radio that keys up next to another electronic appliance. And these dirty radios are much easier to track since they're transmitting on multiple frequencies. So yes, people do care, even if you don't. The video wasn't made only for you. It's worth noting that these videos get lots watch time and comments, whether I show the TinySA test or not. Take that for what it's worth
I REALLY wish Baofeng would build a scanner. I bought the DMR radio they made and it worked well I don't know how much more it takes to get Phase 2 digital simulcast. I think DMR dual slot is similar I would love to see Baofeng make a scanner and demolish Uniden the way they demolished Icom , Yaseu, Kenwood and the other companies that were making Radios for 10 dollars and charging customers 800 dollars. Uniden does this and It is my dream to see a Baofeng SC-2R scanner for 100 dollars that does NXDN, OPEN SKY, PHASE 2 DIGITAL SIMULCAST, DMR AND Standard analog with coverage from 25 MHz to 1.3 Ghz, all mode, AM, NFM, FM, WFM It was such a an eye opener seeing the 5R the first time for 35 dollars and out of the box it was VHF / 222 / UHF I thought that the big guys would cut their prices, but they didn't. I saw a video of a sneaker factory in an Asian country, and they we're making sneakers for four major retailers and they were making them for a big online seller and they were also making them for the just do it company and the price for the big box stores was $20 and the difference in the material was that the just do it was a little bit thicker and the graphics were different and the color was different but I fell off my chair when I saw that the cost of the sneakers was 2,800 dollars Corporate greed they literally will charge anything they can and seeing the videos made by employees from factories where they make the same exact products for huge American companies and they make a generic version for the people in Asia and just like the Baofeng where you can buy one for $20 in the store in Asia, they sell for 800 in America. I saw on auction last year a scanner that was in Japan in 1983, and it was 1000 channels and it was all mode and .5 MHz to 1 Ghz It was way ahead of its time. It is awesome to live in these countries and be able to buy American goods for a fraction of what America pays I remember when I first saw the 700 /800 MHz Yagi antenna and it was 20 dollars from China. I bought 2 and they were awesome and I went back to the company to buy more and they said that their entire inventory had been purchased by an antenna company and sure enough I saw the $20 antenna being sold for $120 on Wilson.
I did use differnent fq than you but my radio did 10w+ i think on all bands... i did use the best fq in the bands that showed the highest watts. Or you got a bunk radio? Anyway i was impressed with mine. Mine also came preprogrammed with the 1.25m and AM air bands just type it in yours it should work. And the green button learns from antother radio. I have the same software as you on both my 5RM and the other one 5R? or whatever so yours should have these features... And i did a custom power on logo :)
I like my quansheng UV-k6(8) version. With the IJV firmware it gives me 2m, 1.25m, and 70cm. The firmware allows for transmission on 33CM and 6m but its way out of spec on transmit. Mainly cause the rf circuitry was centered for the mid vhf/uhf range. All the chinese radios are software driven for the frequency synthesis but the transmit circuits are designed one specific range.
@@kevins4736 Thats the point, that extra 3db makes the difference for me to get into at least two of my further repeaters. that my old UV5R and QS K5 cant
The extra 3db is not worth the extra power consumption in emergency communications. Matter of fact, 3db is just barely noticeable on the receiver end. If any has learned anything from experience in amateur radio. 3db is just noticeable, 6db is a 4 times change or a 1 s unit. 100 watt transceiver to the full legal limit of 1500 watts is just under 2 s units of change. The best way to get any signal on VHF or UHF is good coax and antenna gain.@@phillipsmiley5930
I'd like to see how the mmdvm boards used for dmr/fusion/dstar hotspots do on the SA. They are low power (10mW) but if be interested to see if there were some spurs.
You mentioned the stock antenna. I have a question. And have not been able to get te same answer from various people. What exactly is the stock antenna length. For the Signal Stick, they state their antenna is a full 1/4 wave. If this antenna provides improved performance, what is the stock antenna?
I just got the AR-5RM version and I am getting 5-6w in the 2m band, 6-7w in the 1.25m band, and a whopping 15-16w in the 70cm band as well as 13-14w in the GMRS band. I kind of appreciate that extra power but I don't know if I want that much power next to the old noggin or on the belt making mountain oysters out of my nuts. Oh and also, the power settings in the 1.25m band for high and medium are reversed when measured. But I think it is a good little radio for maybe a backup of the mobile radio I have set up as a base with the power it has in the 1.25m and 70cm bands. I have a hunch I got the 5RM Pro Max version that is supposed to be 15w and they stuck the wrong sticker on the back of the radio. I just wish it was at least 10w in the VHF bands. Receive seems good except for one of my local repeaters that whenever someone who is loud into the machine it causes the signal to drop out at the peaks of the audio. I think it's a problem with the repeater because I see the signal fluctuating on my other radios too just not as drastically as the 5RM. And by local repeater I am talking about 12-18 miles away since I live in the country. The radio has no problem getting into the repeaters around my area even one 440 repeater over 40 miles away. And that's in the house on the AR-771 antenna that came with the radio. I also work repeaters to the north of me over 30 miles away most of the time with the 771 antenna. The short antenna is junk and luckily the one I ordered had the upgraded Abbree AR-771, hence the AR-5RM model designation. I don't really want to know how bad the spurs are because I know it will rain on my parade, LOL. The battery seems to be really good and lasts a long time. It will stop transmitting right at 6v but it was transmitting high power all the way until it stopped keying so I ran the FM radio and the flashlight to totally run it down and did that for 3 cycles from a full charge to dead so it conditioned the battery for the best performance. Yes the red letters suck as well as the small font of the channel names. They should be as big as the frequency numbers and there is no reason why they are not. Still, it's well worth the $26 I paid for it and would love to see the UV-21R get the same bands and power increase. I got the UV-21R along with the AR-5RM and have been testing it for a few days and I really like it. It's tri-band and with consistency in all 3 bands and GMRS of around 5w. It doesn't have air band receive but that is not important to me. But that's a different radio, but I wish it had the power the 5RM has. 73s
Without a repeater in range they are just an expensive walkie talkie, in a different frequency. You need a license to legally use the top channels or the ham bands if your GMRS is ham capable.
A couple of things... These HTs aren't expensive. $30 for an HT is quite cheap. Walkie Talkie doesn't have a frequency, so that part makes no sense. A walkie talkie is just a handheld radio Real GMRS Radios aren't Ham capable. The ones that are, are cheap Chinese HTs that are dirty and poor quality. With a poor quality HT, you aren't going to get nearly as far without a repeater, but it is still possible to communicate.
Does anyone know on this model if there is a way to add or remove a channel that is already programmed into memory -- in and out of the scan list using the keypad (not software with computer). If I am scanning and something comes over that I just don't want to listen to, I just want to "skip" the channel but may not be near the computer... I cant get a concise answer from the online sellers on this question.
@@HamRadio2 then you must've blown it up. It's right there on your video at that time without the transmitter being keyed. W6LG knows how to properly care for and properly use his equipment. Once you have blown up those devices, they accentuate harmonics. His testing shows no real issues with harmonics on this radio.
@@BusDriverRFI you're obviously not familiar with the poor quality control of Baofeng radios. Just because one works well doesn't mean that they all do
Hola en mi país Argentina llega el bf-5rh tiene las 3 bandas no así banda aérea, igualmente me gusta el handy he probado muchos baofeng y este no queda sordo, 73 LW2DNF
The new Baofeng radio is a brick. The color screen is beautiful, but it gets old fast. It also draws too much power. I don't like the blocky design. I'm not going to watch movies on them. I also don't care about harmonics as no one seems to be using the other frequencies. Again, the color screen is beautiful, but fairly useless. Dump it in the nearest lake and use a UV-5R instead.
@@HamRadio2 Just report that you will not be evaluating the device because it emits spurious emissions. Spending time on its features promotes the product. Remember, there are unlicensed people who will not care about the poor quality control that violates FCC regulations.
it has 220 out of box. antenna required. further it has a green button that searches for activity, thats a first and its unlocked for gmrs and it has 10 weather channels3/11/24 not certified
And the clone mode is glossed over by a lot of reviewers…Frequency scanning AND tone scanning at the same time. Very awesome feature. You do have to be CLOSE to the transmit radio.
I have a 5RM with a tri-band Smiley antenna. It's one of my favorites. Thanks for this video.
Aloha Jason, this handheld looks much like my Baofeng A58s Tri Bander.
I bought two that measured at 9.63 watts, so I bought two more of these radios from the same eBay seller but they sent me the 5 watt versions, the BF-A58s on the second order that I don’t notice until after I gave one to Chuck KK6USY for testing when he came out for a visit to Honolulu and activated Kahana State Park here in 2022 for POTA.
Apparently, they only made these A58s handhelds for a short time and were only $36 at the time on eBay.
Now if this new Feng actually transmits close to 10 watts, I would still buy it but based on today’s video and testing, I would not.
Jason, you are providing a valuable service for the Amateur radio community and I thank you for that! 🤙🏻
Thanks
I've had this radio for a few months i don't talk on it but i listen to air band, it receives air band very clear for the price, and it will identify any signal around you and give you the tone, just put it into Search mode and wait, and i programmed channels fpp easily, Great Video tnx Man!
FWIW, some reviewers have reported that Baofeng has cleaned up the signal in the newest 5RM radios. I bought a couple for myself and I liked them so much that I bought some more for a non-profit i work with. It's a little disappointing that it doesn't generate the rated 10 watts, but in reality there are so many factors affecting signal strength that in a practical sense, 8 vs 10 won't matter to most people. It hasn't mattered to me.
My new Radtel, RT-470x supposidly has spurious emmissions. Although I have never seen anything spewing out of the antenna hole! But it has a great reciever, and clear audio out. Plus the other options I am liking. So, its a keeper for me.
Try holding it next to another radio or electronic device
@@HamRadio2 I will try it! Thanks. ☢️
Got one from Amazon during Prime Day for $20. Not mad about it at all.
Just tested here in the U.K. by a guy, the UV25, and a true 10w
I love my 5rm crystal clear trans and receive hitting off a repeater 66 miles away! 👍🏽
These HT's are too funny. I purchased the Dual Band AR-5RM (last month) which looks identical to your 5RM. Mine tested well below the FCC limits on both 2 meter and 70 cm. But get this, I decided to see if mine would operate on the 220Mhz band. And it does! It receives AND transmits on 220Mhz! It was advertised as a 2m/70cm radio so I feel like I lucked out and got an extra added feature for free! Mine has firmware version V0.11 and hardware is version V01. Now I need a multi-band antenna for 220Mhz. LOL
Keep up the good work!
Just fyi try 134.0000 and youll be :)
My ar5rm is firmware 1.14 and receive airband also.
You should do another on the TIDRADIO. They did an update to their radio.
Jason I love the x 6100 qrp radio man I made so many contacts very awesome 💪
Just got my today I can't wait to get off work to program it
I own the gmrs version, UV5GPLUS, I really like the look & feel of the radio as well as the performance on the GMRS bands...may buy the ham version.
I just got one in the mail it came with 2 antennas a short one and long a Aubree 771 I was very surprised I programmed simplex as my first channel and made contact with someone that was 4 miles away and it sounded like he was right next to me I think we could have talked a lot further but he stopped at his house I can reach a repeater 33 miles away with the longer antenna but I am scratchy I made a 1/4 wave ground plane and use this and have no problem I’ve only had a uv5r hand talkie so I can’t compare but so far I like this one especially the usb charging port.
My man, I really wanted to defend my radio but you were totally right - these are seriously hit or miss with the quality control. At their best, they still only get close to what they advertise.
Feng is the gateway drug.
Nice to see these tested like you are doing. My luck, I would get the poor quality one. A USB-C connector for charging. Whay not also use this for data comm? They are building these in, it is serial, so why not take advantage?
It is interesting to note that though Baofeng calls this radio 10W in promotional literature, there is no stated output power in the user's manual and I didn't see any specifications to calculate output power either. In this and 2 other reviews, power output was measured at 8-8.5W max. This shows good consistency and I can only determine that quality control is good and power output is also OK. I suspect Baofeng does like many manufacturers and plays the white lie game here. Audio speakers are often rated at peak vs RMS output. This device may be rated at input to produce maximum output for example. So Baofeng advertises this at 10W but is careful not to show that in the manual so are they rating it at 10W? I am not going to butcher my new radio to patch the battery to the housing with wire and hook up a multimeter to measure input. Its nice to have these reviews to show what output I can expect.
So I’m guessing it can to 70cm 33cm and 1.5-2.5m?
I bought it before you and Lord Mike K8MRD tested it. It will look great in the pile of crap I bought, all I can say is WHY WHY WHY!!! 73!!!
Can you explain what all this actually means? Thanks so much for all your videos!
It shows how clean the signal is or isn't
@@HamRadio2 I think we missed a point on clarifying. Rick(i am guessing thats you name from your id above), the testing that was conducted here lets us know how good the radio is in terms of emitting signal at the right frequencies. Think of this way. Consider a flash light that is designed to be very narrow beam to ensure it lights up stronger at long distances. Now, to test it, the light needs to be reflected properly at the correct angles. If it doesnt, it leaks light at a wider angle and is not as efficient as it needs to be. Same with Radios. If they are leaking signals at frequencies they are not supposed to, then the signal thats emitted at the right frequency might not be as strong. In addition, the signal at improper frequencies might cause interference to ppl on those frequencies. In some cases, those frequencies might be part of a different category of users. When someone says signal is not clean, think of how it works when light leaks from flashlight where it shouldnt. Hope it helps. Being a newbie, this was my understand. Anyone can correct me if I am wrong. Always willing to learn.
5RM arrived today.
Works as expected...it's a good radio.
PTT button wayyyy too easy to push because it just sticks out there.
Aviation freqs are cool but they don't sound as good as my Yaesu aviation radio.
Many Chinese manufacturers need to be aware that they need to obey the rules..
My kids keep trying to call the truckers but can't find channel 19. People keep askin for a sign but we can't see none except K FC where we at.
Thanks for testing spurious emissions on 441 (no other reviewers have, which is majorly annoying because we talk on 440)… where I guess it looks good. Curious tho about power and emissions on 220.
Tested myself as well. VHF was bad, just 35db lower which needs to be 40. 220 and UHF were clean
I got a UV-5RH, which is the same machine but sells in china, the output wattage is about 8.5 watts, sometimes with battery full charged it will get 9 watt output, factory quality control is rubbish, I bought 3 machines, one of them got only 7 watts on high power, BTW the factory antenna is still rubbish. I'm hopping to get opengd77 support.
Do Feng and Boeing use the same QA experts.
That comment is the highest quality among everything here. 😉
The latest UV-5RH is the RM rebadged and cheaper
All RUclipsr's should start their review's with the spurious emissions tests on these cheap HT's and when they fail, there is no need to talk about them any further and not waste the viewer's time.
No one really cares about spurious emissions.....
Absolutely, I would rather know what to steer clear from. sometimes You do get what you pay for. I'd rather spend the extra money for quality equipment.
@@TrullaCæmentarìí The thing I find funny is Baofeng already proved they could make a clean radio with the GT5R. Yet they went back to being lazy. I guess they can get away with it as long as the preper community continues to buy them.
So lots of wrong info in all of your comments.
It isn't a waste of time to talk about these radios because lots of people use them and don't care about spurious emissions. The video isn't made only for you.
Also, yes... people do care about spurious emissions. And you should too. It's possible you'll damage something with a dirty radio that keys up next to another electronic appliance. And these dirty radios are much easier to track since they're transmitting on multiple frequencies. So yes, people do care, even if you don't. The video wasn't made only for you.
It's worth noting that these videos get lots watch time and comments, whether I show the TinySA test or not. Take that for what it's worth
Thanks for the reply Jason. I now have a better understanding of these reviews. chow
I REALLY wish Baofeng would build a scanner. I bought the DMR radio they made and it worked well
I don't know how much more it takes to get Phase 2 digital simulcast. I think DMR dual slot is similar
I would love to see Baofeng make a scanner and demolish Uniden the way they demolished Icom , Yaseu, Kenwood and the other companies that were making Radios for 10 dollars and charging customers 800 dollars.
Uniden does this and It is my dream to see a Baofeng SC-2R scanner for 100 dollars that does NXDN, OPEN SKY, PHASE 2 DIGITAL SIMULCAST, DMR AND Standard analog with coverage from 25 MHz to 1.3 Ghz, all mode, AM, NFM, FM, WFM
It was such a an eye opener seeing the 5R the first time for 35 dollars and out of the box it was VHF / 222 / UHF
I thought that the big guys would cut their prices, but they didn't.
I saw a video of a sneaker factory in an Asian country, and they we're making sneakers for four major retailers and they were making them for a big online seller and they were also making them for the just do it company and the price for the big box stores was $20 and the difference in the material was that the just do it was a little bit thicker and the graphics were different and the color was different but I fell off my chair when I saw that the cost of the sneakers was 2,800 dollars
Corporate greed they literally will charge anything they can and seeing the videos made by employees from factories where they make the same exact products for huge American companies and they make a generic version for the people in Asia and just like the Baofeng where you can buy one for $20 in the store in Asia, they sell for 800 in America.
I saw on auction last year a scanner that was in Japan in 1983, and it was 1000 channels and it was all mode and .5 MHz to 1 Ghz
It was way ahead of its time.
It is awesome to live in these countries and be able to buy American goods for a fraction of what America pays
I remember when I first saw the 700 /800 MHz Yagi antenna and it was 20 dollars from China.
I bought 2 and they were awesome and I went back to the company to buy more and they said that their entire inventory had been purchased by an antenna company and sure enough I saw the $20 antenna being sold for $120 on Wilson.
Would like to know when the last time your test equipment was calibrated
A while. I test it against a Bird meter and it's spot on, so I see no need
Mine does 1.25 meters right out of the box.
I'm sure there's a few different versions
Yours probably should do AM 134.0000 :)
I did use differnent fq than you but my radio did 10w+ i think on all bands... i did use the best fq in the bands that showed the highest watts. Or you got a bunk radio? Anyway i was impressed with mine. Mine also came preprogrammed with the 1.25m and AM air bands just type it in yours it should work. And the green button learns from antother radio. I have the same software as you on both my 5RM and the other one 5R? or whatever so yours should have these features... And i did a custom power on logo :)
I like my quansheng UV-k6(8) version. With the IJV firmware it gives me 2m, 1.25m, and 70cm. The firmware allows for transmission on 33CM and 6m but its way out of spec on transmit. Mainly cause the rf circuitry was centered for the mid vhf/uhf range. All the chinese radios are software driven for the frequency synthesis but the transmit circuits are designed one specific range.
But it wont give you 8 watts plus, which the RM and latest UV-5RH does
@@phillipsmiley5930 I measured the output into a 50ohm load and it 4.59 full charge. But that ok 8 watts is just 3db change.
@@kevins4736 Thats the point, that extra 3db makes the difference for me to get into at least two of my further repeaters. that my old UV5R and QS K5 cant
The extra 3db is not worth the extra power consumption in emergency communications. Matter of fact, 3db is just barely noticeable on the receiver end. If any has learned anything from experience in amateur radio. 3db is just noticeable, 6db is a 4 times change or a 1 s unit. 100 watt transceiver to the full legal limit of 1500 watts is just under 2 s units of change. The best way to get any signal on VHF or UHF is good coax and antenna gain.@@phillipsmiley5930
I'd like to see how the mmdvm boards used for dmr/fusion/dstar hotspots do on the SA. They are low power (10mW) but if be interested to see if there were some spurs.
Yeah that's a good idea
I accidentally locked myself out of the radio with the password function Does anybody know how to
Reset,
You mentioned the stock antenna. I have a question. And have not been able to get te same answer from various people. What exactly is the stock antenna length. For the Signal Stick, they state their antenna is a full 1/4 wave. If this antenna provides improved performance, what is the stock antenna?
I just got the AR-5RM version and I am getting 5-6w in the 2m band, 6-7w in the 1.25m band, and a whopping 15-16w in the 70cm band as well as 13-14w in the GMRS band. I kind of appreciate that extra power but I don't know if I want that much power next to the old noggin or on the belt making mountain oysters out of my nuts. Oh and also, the power settings in the 1.25m band for high and medium are reversed when measured. But I think it is a good little radio for maybe a backup of the mobile radio I have set up as a base with the power it has in the 1.25m and 70cm bands. I have a hunch I got the 5RM Pro Max version that is supposed to be 15w and they stuck the wrong sticker on the back of the radio. I just wish it was at least 10w in the VHF bands.
Receive seems good except for one of my local repeaters that whenever someone who is loud into the machine it causes the signal to drop out at the peaks of the audio. I think it's a problem with the repeater because I see the signal fluctuating on my other radios too just not as drastically as the 5RM. And by local repeater I am talking about 12-18 miles away since I live in the country.
The radio has no problem getting into the repeaters around my area even one 440 repeater over 40 miles away. And that's in the house on the AR-771 antenna that came with the radio. I also work repeaters to the north of me over 30 miles away most of the time with the 771 antenna. The short antenna is junk and luckily the one I ordered had the upgraded Abbree AR-771, hence the AR-5RM model designation.
I don't really want to know how bad the spurs are because I know it will rain on my parade, LOL.
The battery seems to be really good and lasts a long time. It will stop transmitting right at 6v but it was transmitting high power all the way until it stopped keying so I ran the FM radio and the flashlight to totally run it down and did that for 3 cycles from a full charge to dead so it conditioned the battery for the best performance.
Yes the red letters suck as well as the small font of the channel names. They should be as big as the frequency numbers and there is no reason why they are not. Still, it's well worth the $26 I paid for it and would love to see the UV-21R get the same bands and power increase. I got the UV-21R along with the AR-5RM and have been testing it for a few days and I really like it. It's tri-band and with consistency in all 3 bands and GMRS of around 5w. It doesn't have air band receive but that is not important to me. But that's a different radio, but I wish it had the power the 5RM has. 73s
i didnt like that the LETTERS are small when setting is on name. should be same size numbers i thought......
Without a repeater in range they are just an expensive walkie talkie, in a different frequency. You need a license to legally use the top channels or the ham bands if your GMRS is ham capable.
A couple of things...
These HTs aren't expensive. $30 for an HT is quite cheap.
Walkie Talkie doesn't have a frequency, so that part makes no sense. A walkie talkie is just a handheld radio
Real GMRS Radios aren't Ham capable. The ones that are, are cheap Chinese HTs that are dirty and poor quality. With a poor quality HT, you aren't going to get nearly as far without a repeater, but it is still possible to communicate.
I would like to see how a real radio like the Yaesu compares on the TinySA. Also the link to your favorite antennas I'm not seeing.
I did a test with the Yaesu FT5D on a Livestream one time. I'll fix the link
You should review the baofeng uv-25l It may be bigger than this one.
How’s the first one in the lineup.? Yasue. I’m looking for something small but also want to make the right decision
It's great
Every one I've seen was advertised as 8W
Probably multiple versions
Wait Wait Wait, did you just say that you do not have a UV-5R right there? How can that be?
The only UV5R I ever owned were ones I made a video for, then gave away
Jason, have you tested the Abree antennas for the Baofeng radios
A long time ago
spurious
Yes
Find it interesting using a cheap Chinese analyzer on a cheap Chinese HT!
Chinese analyzer that works great!
How do you really know, which one is working good?
Jason, just wondering if you'll be doing a review on the new Ailunce HD2?
Yes I just received that radio
@HamRadio2 awesome man. I'm really hoping that they fixed the promiscuous mode to work just like the Anytone radios.
ugly or not what do you really expect for a 26.00$ radio, most buy these to listen to police fire and airports,
Police and Fire aren't usually on these frequencies
Does anyone know on this model if there is a way to add or remove a channel that is already programmed into memory -- in and out of the scan list using the keypad (not software with computer). If I am scanning and something comes over that I just don't want to listen to, I just want to "skip" the channel but may not be near the computer... I cant get a concise answer from the online sellers on this question.
Newbie question here. Why would anyone run on low power? Thanks
If you are talking into a close hotspot or repeater, it would extend the battery life to run lower power
Your Tiny SA has a noise floor issue up in the GHz region. You shouldn't blame the Baofeng for that. The 5RM isn't doing 2.954 GHz.
Then why doesn't it show that harmonic on every radio that I test?
@@HamRadio2Dood. That particular spur was there B4 you keyed the transmitter. Rewatch your own video.
@@BusDriverRFI Dude... rewatch ALL the videos I use this TinySA on and see that it isn't there hardly at all. #logic
@@HamRadio2 then you must've blown it up. It's right there on your video at that time without the transmitter being keyed. W6LG knows how to properly care for and properly use his equipment. Once you have blown up those devices, they accentuate harmonics. His testing shows no real issues with harmonics on this radio.
@@BusDriverRFI you're obviously not familiar with the poor quality control of Baofeng radios. Just because one works well doesn't mean that they all do
Hi, would you recommend it over Quansheng UV-K5 (8)/K6 for air band? Thanks
😂😂😂
"QC" & "Baofeng" - Two words rarely together in same sentence.
Is anyone surprised that a Chinese company has poor quality control/lying about their products specifications?
People who are new to the hobby or this channel might be
Has anyone taken a look at the feng uv-25 ??
Nope. I'll look it up, not familiar
Does this radio have Airband in it?????
No
@@HamRadio2 do u know what Baofeng does have Airband in it??
This is the same UV-5RH ?
I don't think so but unsure
What dummy load are you using?
It's an MFJ
I vote screenshot next time. We all press like and move on. Do a video when Baofeng does something different. 😁
This one has different looks, feels and menus
I can talk to Jack at Jack In the Box on mine 👍
Lol
Beofeng QC lottory
Hola en mi país Argentina llega el bf-5rh tiene las 3 bandas no así banda aérea, igualmente me gusta el handy he probado muchos baofeng y este no queda sordo, 73 LW2DNF
Gracias por comentar
Tri band
Mine is over 10 with the same test 10.12 on high 😮works awsome on all three bands. I dont get it people bitch about a 27 dollar radio really people!!
Get off my lawn glorified UV-5R version 😂😂
31.7dBm=1.47 watts on the fundamental. The rest of 5 watts is splatter. What a pos.
The new Baofeng radio is a brick. The color screen is beautiful, but it gets old fast. It also draws too much power. I don't like the blocky design. I'm not going to watch movies on them. I also don't care about harmonics as no one seems to be using the other frequencies.
Again, the color screen is beautiful, but fairly useless. Dump it in the nearest lake and use a UV-5R instead.
7+2+1=10...
Yeah but that isn't a 10w radio, then is it?
@@HamRadio2It is the same thing when you buy a hard drive, A "false truth" it is a ten watt radio just not all at once.
That's why i don't like buying these radios. They don't do what there advertized for. It should be a crime.
Baofeng will never make a good radio. Why should they? People keep buying their bad radios.
True
There is absolutely no reason to waste time by demonstrating radios that emit spurious emissions. WHY???
So... without the demonstration, how do you know if their clean or spurious emissions?
@@HamRadio2 Just report that you will not be evaluating the device because it emits spurious emissions. Spending time on its features promotes the product. Remember, there are unlicensed people who will not care about the poor quality control that violates FCC regulations.
Reporting it and showing it are 2 different things. Just because I say it doesn't make true. So I proved it
it has 220 out of box. antenna required. further it has a green button that searches for activity, thats a first and its unlocked for gmrs and it has 10 weather channels3/11/24 not certified
And again, there are multiple versions
@@HamRadio2 no sir. mine is also v01 0.14.
220 band works on my 5RM firmware V0.14 Hatdware V01
And the clone mode is glossed over by a lot of reviewers…Frequency scanning AND tone scanning at the same time. Very awesome feature. You do have to be CLOSE to the transmit radio.