Budget Friendly Ham Gear: Baojie BJ 218 Dual Band Radio!

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  • Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
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Комментарии • 38

  • @richardmillican7733
    @richardmillican7733 3 года назад +3

    The menu features seem very much like the old boy UV5R!
    Great review, I've found this on ebay in UK for similar price.

  • @Bueromensch1
    @Bueromensch1 Год назад +1

    I have one and it works so well. I use it to monitor the Home Repeater on 440Mhz.⁷

  • @lowrangeoverland9013
    @lowrangeoverland9013 3 года назад +1

    outstanding review 💯👍

  • @richardmillican7733
    @richardmillican7733 2 года назад

    I watched this when it was first published. I finally got around to getting one but I plumbed for the 318 version. It's exactly the same in operation and set up but it has a far superior display, and wierdly the same price as the 218 you reviewed!
    I use it generally when out fishing to comm with uv5rs. And I have to say the reception is great too. Almost as though there's a pre amp. Monitor a Freq with the uv5r next to it and you'll see what I mean!

  • @markpinther9296
    @markpinther9296 3 года назад +3

    Thanks a lot! Bought one and I blame you fully. ha!

  • @jhill4874
    @jhill4874 3 года назад +1

    Having the 12vdc plug is a good idea. I try to have commonality with all my 12vdc plugs. "Try" being the operative word here. This radio looks applicable for a backpack mobile rig.

  • @WaynesWorld69
    @WaynesWorld69 2 года назад +4

    Thanks. Once my wife finds out I've just ordered this could well be my last comment ever on RUclips ROFL. I'll let her know it's all your fault 🤣

  • @francismcclaughry3794
    @francismcclaughry3794 3 года назад +1

    I have a ham ticket, but i don't get on the air often and I sure haven't been on to meter in eons. I moved from up north and I just didn't want to go three hassle to get to know the two meter hams around here.

  • @billyblastoff7027
    @billyblastoff7027 3 года назад +1

    Nice radio I have 5 different GMRS radios wrfr929

  • @morrisshipman4801
    @morrisshipman4801 2 года назад +1

    I just bought this same radio and I can get it to skin frequencies by holding down the up or down button. But what can I mash to get it to scan manually number two show scan or I think it's scan but I want to be able to just to scan random frequencies without holding down the button

  • @AliReza-zx8km
    @AliReza-zx8km 3 года назад +1

    Nice............

  • @1John5-12
    @1John5-12 2 года назад

    Hi - I have a bj-218 but it is only 10 watts. On CHIRP I can see the 25 watt option there. Does anyone know how to bypass a resistor or get a firmware upgrade or somehow release the full wattage? Thanks.

  • @ErAritraDas
    @ErAritraDas 3 года назад

    Please let me know the power bank setup

  • @jhill4874
    @jhill4874 3 года назад +1

    Most higher end dual band radios have automatic standard offsets for repeater use. But then there's that price difference. 😊

    • @Iridium242
      @Iridium242  3 года назад +1

      Its pretty handy actually, for odd offset repeaters and you will run into them from time to time

  • @francismcclaughry3794
    @francismcclaughry3794 3 года назад +1

    I have to radio shack. the minke the mikes are probably bad and I probably not work since you are talking about the radios.

  • @flipflopping
    @flipflopping 3 года назад

    Iridium, I am kinda new to ham and radios in general. I have a pair of BaoFeng BF8 HP with extended antennas. I do have Chirp on Linux installed on a separate PC...so, exactly where do I get training on how to use it? For me, it is all a bit overwhelming to me, trying to comprehend it all. Where do I start?
    Oh, and yes, I will purchase this radio you reviewed...because I want it.

    • @1John5-12
      @1John5-12 3 года назад +1

      You Tube 😃

    • @1John5-12
      @1John5-12 3 года назад +1

      Oh, and join your local ham club and get yourself an Elmore. Seriously, I wouldn't still be in the game otherwise. All the best 👍

  • @georgespeck8761
    @georgespeck8761 3 года назад +1

    you should make a mobile portable power station for that radio.

    • @Iridium242
      @Iridium242  3 года назад +1

      I was thinking about a manpack portable with that huge dual band folding antenna, would be a cool project, just need some kind of enclosure

  • @randy1862
    @randy1862 3 года назад +1

    I think you give me the exact thing I need I don't understand much about these radios I live in Florida I just want to monitor weather and disaster such as hurricanes the only thing I would upgrade to a better outdoor antenna one that you have had on your channel before tell me what you think about this if it's a good idea let me know please

    • @Iridium242
      @Iridium242  3 года назад

      Yeah this is a good price for a radio just to monitor and its better than a scanner because if you get the bug to become a ham you can get your license and you are already set!

    • @randy1862
      @randy1862 3 года назад +1

      Thanks for the update

  • @stevederjones7340
    @stevederjones7340 3 года назад +1

    I have never ordered from Bangood before. So how is the service? Also are they a secure place to order from, as for as your payment information?

    • @Iridium242
      @Iridium242  3 года назад +1

      Yeah I have been ordering gadgets (not survival stuff) for years from them, never had an issue.

    • @Bueromensch1
      @Bueromensch1 Год назад

      buy it from Aliexpress..always good service

  • @johneckert1690
    @johneckert1690 3 года назад +1

    What ever happened to the 220 MHz ham band? Is it still around or did the FCC take it away like they tried to do in the late 1970s, early 1980,s

    • @ericbrees
      @ericbrees 3 года назад

      It's still around, just not very popular.

    • @Iridium242
      @Iridium242  3 года назад

      I used to use the Condor system out here in Nevada, it was a large linked 220 system but then it went away so I never bothered to get another 220 radio. I do like the band, and its also a bit more private because not everyone has a 220 rig

  • @I.Sam35
    @I.Sam35 Год назад +1

    Nice Review! Can you tell me the type of connector that is has because i want to buy an antenna! Thank you

    • @Iridium242
      @Iridium242  Год назад +1

      Just a standard pL259 connector for the antenna

    • @I.Sam35
      @I.Sam35 Год назад

      @@Iridium242 Thank you!

  • @savpun817
    @savpun817 2 года назад +1

    Haha, Radio Shack

  • @FarmersSON55
    @FarmersSON55 3 года назад +1

    I bet it doesn't cross band repeat

    • @Iridium242
      @Iridium242  3 года назад +1

      lol not for 70 bucks :)

    • @1John5-12
      @1John5-12 3 года назад

      Could you "cross band" WITHOUT the "cross" i.e. UHF HT to UHF bj-218 and then UHF bj-218 to UHF HT - by using the manual offset? 🤔