Ultimate Ham Radio Handheld Starter Kit Mirkit Baofeng Radio UV-5R MK4, 8 Watt Max Power with 3800 mAh - Handheld Mic, Programming Cable, Software and Extra Pack Included Review

I love radio. They're affordable, but if you don't know much about ham radios or walkie-talkies in general. Maybe you can send them back. Because of programming. It would be nice if Mirkit could pre-program these radios on request based on the customer's location. Or develop a program that specifically programs the radio. I'm familiar with Chirp and other software, but the other intricacies of programming elude me! So I'm not sure I'll keep them. I just don't know the technical jargon. And yes,

I bought this radio as a communications source in search and rescue operations. I chose this kit because of the price and the extra options. I needed a radio that I could program multiple channels into because we use different repeaters for different areas of the county. Our search and rescue team also does volunteer work in our city and county. Emergency Management Department. Depending on the requirement, I needed a reliable radio link to communicate with city and county law enforcement…

I have been a radio amateur for many years and use various portable and mobile radios - Yaesu, Kenwood, Motorola, etc. I decided to finally try BaoFeng because I thought it would at least be a good HT backup. Really good kit and while I wasn't expecting the quality of the Yaesu I have to say I'm really impressed with this portable unit - at a fraction of the cost! Manually programmed several 2m simplex and relay channels and everything works great. The 3800mAh battery is very welcome. I have a…

. Radio works perfectly. A few points that are a bit annoying: if you are in scan mode and lock the keyboard, the scan will stop and you will not be able to turn the scan function back on. The programming cable that came with the radio only works if I put a rubber band around the radio to hold it in place, although that seems to get better, maybe something at the connector. The microphone and headphone jack work perfectly. When programming a radio using CHIRP, you must use a BF-F8HP radio if…

I am only writing this as a listener while working towards getting my radio license. This rating is based solely on non-carrying use. This UV-5R kit was bought in a lightning deal for around $50. Even at a regular price of around $70, this seems like a good deal. When it arrived it was a bundle of individually shrink-wrapped boxes with a sticker saying it was sold as a set. I'm going to take this moment to say that we need to limit (or eliminate) plastic packaging as much as possible because…