[Scan-DC] For GMRS repeater folks

[John Wilson]

*  I have two of the radios.  They are 8 watts input and the audio is 
good.  The range is pretty good and handy if mobile accessing a local 
repeater.  Although they do have some good points, but to me they are 
similar to the bad old days of having to deal with MSDOS....the 
documentation sucks and was a primitive process for me updating the 
radio.  It was a hit or miss situation. There are different variations 
of a supporting operating systems to select from the internet. "Cricket" 
was an earlier one. **
**
** I still don't know what I did wrong with one of my radios. I was 
trying to update a UHF frequency. Somehow I managed instead to delete 
only the UHF section for transmitting.  I can receive the UHF 
transmissions fine, I just can't transmit.  When I bought this on radio 
on EBAY a few years there were 8-10 active users in my area.  Now the 
average is one maybe every two months.  Given the choice, I would prefer 
having my monies back.**
**
**John**
**W4UVV**
*


Greg Danes wrote:
> With all the FCC talk about Baofeng being stopped from US import., this
> looks like they got past the US FCC issues. for this model. Not sure of the
> output power but still the price is right for comms and NOAA wx with alert.
> Might be a run against Motorola T series FRS/GMRS handhelds  they sell at a
> bit more money. We complain all the time about competition in the
> marketplace then when an outside country one-ups us we complain again...
>
> Competition started with cable TV in the 1970's remember that? and the
> Chinese were not even involved, go figure.
>
> https://www.radioddity.com/collections/new-arrivals/products/uv-5x?utm_campaign=Baofeng%20UV-5X%20Launch%20%28Purchased%29%20%28YpkXbu%29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=All%20Subscribers%20-%20Purchased&_ke=eyJrbF9jb21wYW55X2lkIjogIkhZdG43QyIsICJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJkYW5lc2dzd29sZkBnbWFpbC5jb20ifQ%3D%3D
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