Not to put on my radio salesman's cap, but the GT-5R radio is promoted as having a cleaner signal and proper limits on TX for amateur use. Dave Casler did a video exploring this radio when it first came out:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1JyM8oNtoaE Just a little more info on this particular radio, Ken, N2VIP > On Oct 6, 2021, at 08:01, Jim Unroe <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 12:40 AM Jefrey Johnson <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I have a UV-5R and I am not able to transmit any vhf freq above 147.975. I >> can program in 148.000 but all I get when I try to transmit is "Beep". >> >> I am using CHIRP ver daily-20210930 >> >> 1st time user, don't know if I am doing this correctly. Please advise. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jef > > You have one of several new models that only transmits within the USA > ham bands: 144-148 MHz and 420-460 MHz. Any frequency outside of those > ranges is RX only. The one sold by Radioddity is called the GT-5R. > > https://www.radioddity.com/products/baofeng-gt-5r > > As you can see from the Radioddity page, they tend to cost less > ($24.99) than the radios that can TX across the whole 130-179 MHz and > 400-520 MHz ranges, so many owners mistakenly purchased them to get > the "lowest price". > > Jim KC9HI > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Ken Hansen at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected]
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