Great suggestions, all of them. I generally tell the new folks my top three upgrades are, Antenna, Battery, Speaker Mic. The only one I would add would be another UV-5R to prevent loneliness. It's great to have someone to talk to. Thanks Bro.
I bought one of these radios sometime before Covid. I never really used (kept it with me when Ide go off-roading in the middle of nowhere) It been sitting in my tool box for years. Just turned it on and it still had battery charge. Listened to the FM radio on it for an hour and then found the charger, which it’s now at 100%. Nice little radio, just gotta learn how to use it
Excellent suggestions for the beginner, nice job. Two things I would add, 12v cigarette charger cable and a signal stuff mag mount, and your HT is a mobile rig.
Great Video Mike. I have a couple of these accessories but I'm tempted now to change all my radios over to the BNC type. I'm definitely looking into that J-Pole roll-up. Great concept.
The Baofeng connector is a standard Kenwood style, so there are tons of options for those accessories. I would caution people to stay away from the $15 Retivis antennas, so similar 15-16 inch floppy whip antennas. I've been trying one on a UV5R for the last couple of months against the stock rubber duck and I got to say the performance from the stock antenna actually seems better, and you don't end up with a top-heavy HT that doesn't perform any different. Wait a bit longer and spend twice the money or a bit more on something a little better. My local repeater is up almost, 5000ft at the top of a mountain and the 15" whip doesn't make it from places the stock rubber duck does.
I have a GT5R and UV5R and I can't say enough good things about Chirp. It just keeps getting better and better. And combined with the FTDI-chip programming cable, it makes programming these radios so easy. Some handheld radios are pretty easy to program on the fly but not the UV-5R (I've done it, know how to do it, don't recommend it)!
I would recommend the Commountain shoulder mics. Only 19.99, and worlds better than the cheaper ones. They will last longer than the radio. Even prefer those to the stock Yaesu mics.
Awesome video! Good to know about great accessories for these radios! I was surprised to see the extended antenna that came with my radios is made in Japan. They came with my uv5rm
Just got three of these radios from a buddy who had too many when he came back from Ukraine. Can't wait to get all these fun accessories and use them. I wonder what the max range I could get in the mtns of Colorado with that J pull?
Yup, you pretty much covered all of the bases... I would add one more item, the Btech battery eliminator for extended mobile operation in your car. The one accessory I'd put in the "must/first buy category" is the SMA to BNC adapter. Then you can experiment with antennas to your hearts content, or switch between a dedicated antenna setup, base, mobile mount and HT. I have the SMC/BNC adapter on all of my SMA HT's, that gives me a standard platform for antenna, coax, power/swr meters, etc. that can be used on any of my HT radios. 73
Can anyone tell me what is the advantage of having a SMA to BNC connector? Is it just the quick detachment attachment or is there some signal advantage to be had?
Bought these for my kid some walkie talkies before I realized what they were ...yeah i can see ill be stealing these and going down the rabbit hole lol
It by default does not allow itself to be used over fmrs/gmrs, you can easily unlock it in 30 seconds to bypass this though. However it is illegal to transmit over fmrs/gmrs with it, even though it could (nobody will stop you though) you can manually program in channels without a computer, or just use it in frequency mode
So quick question if anyone can answer i got 2 uv5r’s one a couple months ago and one a couple weeks ago the slightly older one if I put on the shorter antenna with the new one on and listening it looks like it’s transmitting every time I turn it on and the new radio is picking it up I think the first responders reacted to it too I have never pushed the transmission button listening only. Is that normal?
Avoid the $5-10 hand mics. They are rubbish unless you like your listening to a 1970s transistor radio. You audio to others will be terrible. Don't make a cheap radio cheaper. Invest in a better mic if you need.
Great suggestions, all of them. I generally tell the new folks my top three upgrades are, Antenna, Battery, Speaker Mic. The only one I would add would be another UV-5R to prevent loneliness. It's great to have someone to talk to. Thanks Bro.
I have the larger batteries and after 2 years of sitting on the shelf they still had a full charge
It's amazing how little I use my uv5r and how it always still has a charge and my yeasu and Kenwood's are dead. My icoms seem ok also.
I bought one of these radios sometime before Covid. I never really used (kept it with me when Ide go off-roading in the middle of nowhere) It been sitting in my tool box for years. Just turned it on and it still had battery charge. Listened to the FM radio on it for an hour and then found the charger, which it’s now at 100%. Nice little radio, just gotta learn how to use it
Bought a signal stick glowin the dark. ..cant wait for it.
Excellent suggestions for the beginner, nice job. Two things I would add, 12v cigarette charger cable and a signal stuff mag mount, and your HT is a mobile rig.
Some company would make millions if they made a replacement UV5R battery with a USB-C port on it.
They do sell that in my country.
@@izumisagiri link?
They sell extended batteries with USB-C on Amazon.
They just came out with it lol
The UV5RM has them
Great Video Mike. I have a couple of these accessories but I'm tempted now to change all my radios over to the BNC type. I'm definitely looking into that J-Pole roll-up. Great concept.
The Baofeng connector is a standard Kenwood style, so there are tons of options for those accessories. I would caution people to stay away from the $15 Retivis antennas, so similar 15-16 inch floppy whip antennas. I've been trying one on a UV5R for the last couple of months against the stock rubber duck and I got to say the performance from the stock antenna actually seems better, and you don't end up with a top-heavy HT that doesn't perform any different. Wait a bit longer and spend twice the money or a bit more on something a little better. My local repeater is up almost, 5000ft at the top of a mountain and the 15" whip doesn't make it from places the stock rubber duck does.
I have a GT5R and UV5R and I can't say enough good things about Chirp. It just keeps getting better and better. And combined with the FTDI-chip programming cable, it makes programming these radios so easy. Some handheld radios are pretty easy to program on the fly but not the UV-5R (I've done it, know how to do it, don't recommend it)!
I would recommend the Commountain shoulder mics. Only 19.99, and worlds better than the cheaper ones. They will last longer than the radio. Even prefer those to the stock Yaesu mics.
This radios are awesome! Always have one in my car
Buenisima explicacion, sobre todo del apartado de ANTENAS...MUCHAS GRACIAS...THANK!!!!!!
Hi Mike, a very interesting video. Thank you for taking the time to make such a great video.
Awesome video! Good to know about great accessories for these radios! I was surprised to see the extended antenna that came with my radios is made in Japan. They came with my uv5rm
Just got three of these radios from a buddy who had too many when he came back from Ukraine. Can't wait to get all these fun accessories and use them. I wonder what the max range I could get in the mtns of Colorado with that J pull?
Awesome info for a newb like me. Thanks for the info
Same!
5:37 its the personality that matters 😭
lol... that's what she said...
The Miguel Action Shots are classic.
What brand is the stubby antenna?
Yup, you pretty much covered all of the bases... I would add one more item, the Btech battery eliminator for extended mobile operation in your car.
The one accessory I'd put in the "must/first buy category" is the SMA to BNC adapter. Then you can experiment with antennas to your hearts content, or switch between a dedicated antenna setup, base, mobile mount and HT.
I have the SMC/BNC adapter on all of my SMA HT's, that gives me a standard platform for antenna, coax, power/swr meters, etc. that can be used on any of my HT radios. 73
For whatever reason, it's apparently pronounced *_Boof-whang_*
😂😂😂😂
Baofeng claims the UV-i black pro is their top selling model,what's the fascination with the UV 5R?
Great video, thank you for sharing :)
Where the APRS setup for the Baofeng? Hi Hi 73
if you didn't cover it , then I don't what you missed. 👍👍
When I connect the speaker mic simply the work and talking doesn't functions right and I get no sound or communication out of them, so do help 😁
Don’t you have direct links for the antennas ? Thank you
Can anyone tell me what is the advantage of having a SMA to BNC connector? Is it just the quick detachment attachment or is there some signal advantage to be had?
Antennas are not dual band?
Bought these for my kid some walkie talkies before I realized what they were ...yeah i can see ill be stealing these and going down the rabbit hole lol
Lol welcome to the club!
What, no band pass filters to improve spectral purity? (Say "hi" to the cat.)
How far can you reach with that giant antenna?
@K8MRD , new shirt idea:
Everything is a Doingie!
haha!
I got one about a year ago I got to find someone to show me how this works..
Can you program my radios... Let me know
Do you have to program to use it? Or can you use as an frs walkie-talkie?
It by default does not allow itself to be used over fmrs/gmrs, you can easily unlock it in 30 seconds to bypass this though. However it is illegal to transmit over fmrs/gmrs with it, even though it could (nobody will stop you though)
you can manually program in channels without a computer, or just use it in frequency mode
It's not little it's a normal size it's even pretty respectable
Can you use any VHF/UHF antenna for this radio? I want to get one that covers at least 70 miles
Lol you aren't getting 70 miles with 8watt max uv5r😊
What is the name of the programmer that programs using your phone I wasn't clear on it's name
CHIRP software is all I know; I'll google the cable
So quick question if anyone can answer i got 2 uv5r’s one a couple months ago and one a couple weeks ago the slightly older one if I put on the shorter antenna with the new one on and listening it looks like it’s transmitting every time I turn it on and the new radio is picking it up I think the first responders reacted to it too I have never pushed the transmission button listening only. Is that normal?
Same when I was listening to the police
@@BreadyMan-d9s I just chucked it and got a couple new ones. Thanks for confirming it wasn’t only me that had this happen lol
@@4514roosterthe cop that noticed me just told me that it wasn't the main frequency 😂
@@BreadyMan-d9s I wonder if they tamper with them before delivery for some people
@@4514rooster I don't know but I'm wondering if the small round hole between vfo/mr and the A/B button is a camera I didn't even notice it until today
Hm?
Avoid the $5-10 hand mics. They are rubbish unless you like your listening to a 1970s transistor radio. You audio to others will be terrible. Don't make a cheap radio cheaper. Invest in a better mic if you need.
You should of sang the whole video, that would of been interesting 🤔 😂!!!
Battery long..
Another Ham who uses a toy Mac computer. What is it about a Ham that makes so many of them go to the darkside and buy dumpster fire Mac computers?
Really? Dumpster fire? Grow up
Bo FANG...really? Remember Feng Shui (Fung Schway)? Same Feng. Baofeng = Bofung. I know 'Fang' is a fairly common mispronunciation. Just sayin'.
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Dude no one cares
Thanks for sharing this :)