Thoughts about Baofeng radios?
Never used them, so I have no thoughts.
I want it now. been eyeing these and want to get into HAM stuff regardless of boomers gatekeeping it
It's Chinese.
Which model would you recommend?
>>64681022get yourself an uv-5r. No the picrel gt-5r, its castrated for us market and can't listen to for example marine radio frequencies
>>64680976>>64680998What's the draw of these, the price tag?
>>64681058it's for larpers
>>64681042No. He needs to get a UV-32. Better radio generally with better features. Of he wants digital modes DM-32UV.
>>64680998>>64681058it's easily the price tag. actual ham here, these little hand helds cost a fifth of the next model up and maybe one twentieth of a decent rig. However, they still work.While every ham will tell you that you need something better than a baofeng, Every last one of them will have at least three.It's best feature is that it is cheap enough to be disposable. If you're going to be out doing something that might risk your radio, you don't want to be doing it with a $700-$1000 dollar hand held.with that stated, you aren't reaching jack with one of those. Group activities, couple of miles in range, they're great. Contacting the international space station? try something better made. and yes, the frequency group baofengs are made for will reach the ISS.
>>64680976they're fine for what they arebut anyone who pretends online to carry one outdoors or in a plate carrier or in some other made up fantasy scenario is an idiot and probably doesn't own one to begin with. Anyone who claims to "run" one and that it's worked perfectly fine and remained intact and functional is lying
Buy a UV-9R for beter water resistance. DM-32UV for better QoL. If you want massive power the 45W VHF UV-25D is a good deal but it has parasitic battery drain.
>>64680976>Thoughts about Baofeng radios?Yes. But not often. I mean, wtf is your deliberation here? These are cheap ass radios, they have more range than yelling and are more covert than yelling. Not much else.
People that buy uv5rs are people who watch kpop demon hunters there i said it
>>64681187>Buy a UV-9R for beter water resistance.Agreed.
There's nothing in there but basic-bitch transistors, which is exactly what you want in a radio.
>>64681199>kpop demon huntersIs kpop demon hunters good for you?
If you want to be real hard men, buy an Anytone 878 or Ailunce HD2. Embrace AES-256 with your comrades, load the codes, rescue a man from the river in lego city, and have private conversations. Is it legal under the FCC? Hell no.
>>64681206no it's autotuned I don't care what anyone says you can hear the computer on gokd headphones when the purple haired yoyo screams like a jet turbine about her golden showers or whatever. It plays at the gas station every damn day
>>64681199I'm not sure I'm ready for the future autism levels if my 5 year old starts expressing an interest in the regulation and use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
>>64681203>basic-bitch transistors, which is exactly what you want in a radio.>3-penny radioYeah, sure. But it takes ac t ual engineering and meeting ac t ual rf specs to make a GOOD radio. But yeah, a 3-penny radio is a thing.
>>64681213problem child who got too wild bht that' shos iz gdt oaid keushshshhsgae
>>64681237...are you having a stroke?
Moved to SE asia. What are the chances some angry dude will try to cane me if I get a baofeng and do shenanigans on the air. Is it worth spending an hour of my time to learn ham?
>>64681319>shenanigans on the airAre you going to say pooh pooh head? You are, aren't you? Maybe you should start with CB. I notice a very low IQ there.
>>64681312tried to pray both sides live two rives ahaskaiahhsyyyaeee
>>64681319Very low unless you get involved with the Black Lagoon Company and assault dial the chairman of an elite Japanese technology firm
>>64681324Yeah I might if I drink enough shitty liquor. But will a place without the equivalent of an FCC even monitor? Then again they do have a military, don't want those fuckers jumping out the jungle hitting me with a bamboo club because I fucked around
>>64681353SEA is one of the last few places a man can get fake papers and leave an old life behind. Don't blow up military frequencies and nobody will care. You'll want better than a baofeng to avoid spurious transmissions into unwanted bandwidth.
My cousin giuseppe uses uv5rs to coordinate pizza delivery in miami
Brainlet here. How do people know who you are if you start emitting in channels where you're not supposed to. Can they triangulate your position if you say nigger on those frequencies?
>>64681373they don't know. Also you would need to transmit this constantly for them to be able to triangulate your position.
>>64681378The government can triangulate you instantly using palantir frying pans
>>64681373The unspoken rule is CB frequencies are the wild west and no ham polices it.Everything else you're running risk of some local area having guys with $8000 setups that always actively record and they'll communicate with each other over a person with bad manners, check their data logs and can know where you are.
>>64680976Apparently Baofengs are trash. It's not complex technology but the chips in it are shit. They're not good for listening any radio traffic but they're good for broadcasting. Source: I have one. I live in a suburb near the city center and I've never heard anyone on the call frequencies. I've only heard local construction workers and morse code. And that was after I bought new chinese miracle antennas.I've been in contact with radio autists over the internet and they say I should get a Yaesu with J-pole antenna.I bought this for SHTF. I listened in on their chats through online radios and I got bored in 30 minutes listening on some old dudes talking about using engine oil as lubricant for jacking off. Unless you're really into this kind of thing then it might not be worth the investment.>>64681319I'd say medium depending on your understanding of the subject. Triangulation tracking is a thing amongst the hobbyists and authorities. Probably not everywhere but still. It takes a special kind of autist to get involved in ham radios. With trolling being a repeated offense it's only matter of time until they find you and whip you with their antennas.>>64681357I'll keep that in mind.
>>64681411The chips in them are fine, it's just the chinese won't (or are incapable of) put proper RFI and filtering design into them.Other radios from the big 3 manufacs that use the exact same baseband chip work as well as they're supposed to.Christ you people just don't know anything at all.
>>64681012Umm... You're Chinese.
>>64681373> Can they triangulate your position if you say nigger on those frequencies?If you do it once, probably not.If you make a habit of it, most definitely. In fact, ham boomers fucking LOVE tracking down people doing dumb shit. They call it “Fox hunting” and they do it for free.
>>64681411>I've never heard anyone on the call frequencies.If you want to listen to random people you want a scanner, not a radio.
>>64681417...and the conclusion of that set of sentences is that the end product is shit, though I'm glad you know why even though it doesn't change anything. Baofengs are not great radios for any serious radio stuff. But with the broadcasted content being just a version of 4chan it's not for everyone anyway. Somehow listening on a 60 year old chain smoker explaining his dick in detail is more real and repulsive than reading the same message as text on /b/.
You guys think ham radio will die out once the boomers are gone?
>>64681501Yeah. The average age of a ham is mid-60s and they are making a quarter assed effort at recruiting new blood.
Garbage. Get an XTS5000
>>64681534Ailunce HD2 my bro
>>64681085I second the DM-32UV. It's a bit better than the UV-32, and the airband reception isn't fucked.You can switch between analog/digital with a single button (programmable). 8W~ max. output on high, good battery life. Battery can be charged via dock or directly via USB-C cable. The port is built-into the battery, so if you destroy it you can replace it.Supports crypto on digital, you can set your own AES256 key when programming channels. GPS is built-in, but you need a second device (or buddy) to reference coordinates.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnp597Xv8Yc
>>64681525>quarter assed effort at recruiting new blood.Gen X make a negative effort at everything.
I guess this is a thread to askI don't really know anything about radios, but am toying with the idea of getting a couple of cheap handsets for short-range comms in the family business: at a glance the low end ones seem cheaper in the long term than using our cellphone plans, and we don't usually carry our cellphones on the job anyway (whereas we could keep a dedicated radio at home and in each work vehicle)>maximum distance would only be about 500m>security isn't really a concern because we won't have anything sensitive to discuss on them anywayare there any particular models that would be ideal for this, or are these kinds of radios overkill for my use case?
>>64682164Not overkill. If you want to stay legal get a family GMRS license (no test, cheap) and stick to GMRS-cert radios. If you're not miffed then stay on GMRS bands to avoid angry hams. Buy a GMRS license anyway so you have a callsign in case you're challenged. UV-9Rs are good. They're hardier than UV-5Rs. Use aftermarket antennas like Nagoya NA-771 to increase your gain and therefore your range.
>>64681432Sounds both gay and fun. Depends on if they're being a bunch of hall monitors or bullying a lolcow on the airwaves
