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Review on πŸ“» Baofeng UV-5R Two Way Radio - Enhanced with 3800mAh Battery, Programming Cable, ZT-48 Antenna, and Radio Case by Peter Tennant

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Like everything except chirp cable

Read the full review it's worth it. That would be 5 stars minus the twitter cable. The radio works great. I had some programming problems initially, but it was operator error. Thanks to YouTube and Google I was able to find out everything. Everything that says in the description was in the box, the only reason it got 4 stars is the chirp cable. I'm not sure if I have a bad cable or if it's a cheap fake. I can't connect it to any computer and have tried 4 different ones. All 4 say it has a driver issue which I looked into and found a few possible fixes but that didn't work at all. I've been trying for a total of 6 hours and no luck. 4 stars for having to order another cable and wait for it to arrive. I love everything else apart from cable, radio was all I wanted. The other thing that was weird was that it has an FCC ID and I know this type of radio is not regulated by the FCC and when I checked there were no attachments in the file that matched that ID . Cable issues aside I would give this radio a try, you might get lucky and get a good cable which makes setup a bit easier.

Pros
  • Everything you need in one box!
Cons
  • Clarity