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@n1kkri
Жыл бұрын
Does that mod work for the one on Amazon or does it work for all of them?
@paulmerda1
Жыл бұрын
Hi I’ve been dying to get one of these to use when I go for a 4 to 5 hour drive where there’s no phone reception and for emergency but online it states that they’re all illegal in Australia. Please let me know that if it’s illegal then which is the legal one to own here that rematches up to 75km or more.
@TimonSuricata
Жыл бұрын
@@paulmerda1 In An emergency anything is legal and you can use any freq for help :)
@KefaJonah
Жыл бұрын
Just a quick question if you could, What is the maximum range on these radios? Also is the radio water resistant or waterproof?
@n1kkri
Жыл бұрын
@@KefaJonah The radio is no different than any other radio of the same frequency and power level, antenna and terrain. Line of sight could be be 5 miles or more. They average around 3.5 watts VHF will go further than UHF for the same terrain. If yo where mountain topping probably 10 miles or on the ocean. Don't believe the BS when they say a radio with this power will go 25 miles or more. I doubt it's water proof. Maybe a sprinkle of rain but I would not let it sit out in the rain. However for the price its a good deal for Ham Radio.
@phillipsmiley5930
Жыл бұрын
Hold down the PTT and the button below it, turn on. reveals 4 extra menus of/on Tx 200MHz, Tx 300MHz Tx 500MHz, and FCC, EU, GB or off band limits. Giving 136 to 600MHz Tx and RX no gaps!!!
@kb5elv
Жыл бұрын
Outstanding!
@phillipsmiley5930
Жыл бұрын
@@kb5elv Something that worries me is the emergency alert tone is like a Bao UV-B5 it doesnt respond to receiving a Transmission to stop the alert during its RX breaks, its ideal for jamming
@kb5elv
Жыл бұрын
@@phillipsmiley5930 Yeah...that emergency alarm on all of these things ranges from annoying to useless. Jamming is definitely a concern. I'm curious about spare batteries and larger capacity batteries.
@phillipsmiley5930
Жыл бұрын
@@kb5elv I dont understand why the K5 emergency has 5 secs on TX then 5 secs on RX if its not going to cancel on receiving a signal. thats what Baos do
@phillipsmiley5930
Жыл бұрын
@@kb5elv I wonder too what spare batts are going to cost? At least it has a USB C socket so should be able to run it from a USB power bank when the battery fades.
@egzi
Жыл бұрын
There is a problem with USB charging. Around 8.1-8.2V the internal boost converter goes into "resonance", the charging LED starts blinking quickly and erratically, the converter turns on/off as the led does, checked it with oscilloscope. This causes the battery to charge only up to ~8.15V, so it can't be charged fully this way. At least this is the case with my radio, but I suspect this is how it works for all of these as the manual mentions blinking led at the end of the charge. This is probably why they say in the manual it is for emergency use only. I also looked at the mainboard with thermal camera, it barely warms up while charging.
@kb5elv
Жыл бұрын
Being interested in lower cost rigs and how they might be usable for blind hams, I was excited to get this video across my feed. I started documenting a few of these with the Wouxun KG-kUvd1P in 2010. There's been some interest in this one, so will be passing this review on to the blind hams email reflector. I kind of want to get one of these to see how it stacks up for eyes-free usage as compared to the Baofengs, Wouxuns, and Puxing UV-973 (which has the worst audio but most spoken output short of the Kenwood TH-D74.
@theirishoutdoorcook1207
Жыл бұрын
You never mentioned it also covers satcom frequencies. 250 - 265 MHz
@Chris-lm3nt
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the review of the UV-K5! I did notice that when you were checking receiver sensitivity against the specification in the user manual your measurement was based on when squelch closes on the receiver. However, the specification in the manual is based on 12dB SINAD. This means that you need to connect the receiver audio output to the HP8924 audio input then reduce the signal generator level until the HP8924 SINAD meter reads 12dB. The RF signal generator output level will be your receiver sensitivity measurement. This measurement is usually best done with the squelch set to off or "open" as you don't want the receiver audio to close before reaching the 12 dB SINAD point. Enjoy!
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
Correct. I didn't have a 2.5mm plug to get the audio out of the radio into my test set for the SINAD meter, thus why I just did it "by ear"
@Chris-lm3nt
Жыл бұрын
@@HamRadioDX Thanks for clarifying! I didn't mean to "nit pick". From your review of the uv-k5 I ended up purchasing one to play with on 220MHz. I have plenty of radio's in my collection but none of them support 220 and when I checked there were quite a few 220 repeaters in my area. I paid $39 on Amazon for the radio plus a suitable 220 antenna. Low risk buy for sure! We'll see what happens! 73...
@elijah3807
9 ай бұрын
@@Chris-lm3nti didn’t mean to, but its exactly what i did anyway. 🫡
@MrRadiouser
Жыл бұрын
Nice rig, but I'd like to see an AA empty cell case for it. Those custom batt packs won't be around forever.
@ntek2709
Жыл бұрын
Hi, I've just been listening to my old Baofeng gt-3tp (probably identical to all the Baofengs) on 2m and 70cm, at the same time as the Quansheng. I found the sensitivity tests you did interesting, because just from my simple observation I thought the Baofeng was far superior on 2m, and noticeably better on 70cm as well, despite the Quansheng having the better antenna (supposedly anyway, an na-771?). But even more annoying was that the Quansheng would not open up fast enough to get the first 1/4 second of the voice, the Baofeng was pretty instant but the Qhansheng noticeably laggy (yep, checked the squelch) The Baofeng is a lot lighter as well, has less hiss/scratchy audio, so I am not sure the Quansheng lives up to the hype. More features maybe, but would love to see a side-by-side comparison in the lab!
@borneofile260
Жыл бұрын
Happy to have the Quansheng UV-K5, and it's unlocked
@Liberty4Ever
Жыл бұрын
In the US, on Amazon this is the UV-K5. $30 is a killer deal for these features, although the UV-K5 seems to maybe have a bit less receive frequency capability? The Wurui K5 is $45 and looks identical to the radio in this video. Love the wide band receiver, including air band with AM. Also love the USB-C charging. Wish the battery had more than 1600 mAHr battery capacity. Waterproof (at a higher price of course) would be awesome. No CHIRP programming yet, but probably soon.
@jensbaath
Жыл бұрын
Can't find it, got a link ?
@nimblehealer199
Жыл бұрын
On my Amazon, it's listed as an Anysecu.
@cristwow3309
Жыл бұрын
And just several days ago, its new version was published, called k 6, there is only a few changes have been made to the exterior, with the screen backlit to orange and a Chinese menu added, but overall there are few upgrades.😊
@arnoldgrubbs2005
Жыл бұрын
I ordered 2 from Amazon, and they showed up after a couple of weeks, but one was missing what ever they use to detect button press under the menu key. The working one feels like there is a bubble switch that snaps when it switches, but the other one does not have any feel at all other than of a rubber button. I sent it back using the printed out return label they e-mailed to me, but after a month, I have not gotten a refund or replacement or even an e-mail about it. So, after all that, I now have one radio I paid about $80 for... I have seen others who have had the same issue post on other channels that have reviewed the rig, so its probably not all that uncommon of an issue.. So if something can get out of the factory with a non-working key (the menu one at that!) I am a little concerned that there could be a wide variance in performance too due to incorrect parts or parts placement....
@KefaJonah
Жыл бұрын
Wurui K5
@Jutulind
Жыл бұрын
Turn the radio off. Then on while holding transmit and side key 1. Should pop into "factory menu" where you can selet TX locking frequencies or even disable them.
@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG
Жыл бұрын
@Jutulind I don't suppose that flexibility includes enabling 6m transmit, does it..? Or RX down to 39MHz (for CHP)?
@RingwayManchester
Жыл бұрын
I need to get mine out of the box!
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
Yes!
@AC9BXEric
Жыл бұрын
Quansheng is my favorite. They're not exactly a new player, they've been at it for quite a number of years. I've used the TG-UV2 and TG-UV2+ for many years, they've been great. No, it's not Yaesu. It's not even Alinco. But it's a demonstration of "you get what you pay for." Their battery life is about as good as it gets. In English it's Chahn shung.
@MotoMike805
Жыл бұрын
I was gonna say, I bought one back in 2012
@user-oi3zi8rr9x
Жыл бұрын
no no no, I am Chinese it called q~u~an sh~eng
@arnoldgrubbs2005
Жыл бұрын
Great Video! It was nice to see the radio tested. It would be nice to see how clean the TX is, and if you get around to testing it, does it meet the standards set by the various regulatory offices. That said, now I wonder how the standards of the FCC compare with the regulations in Australia? I assume they are very close if not the same..?
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
In Australia, ror frequencies 30MHz and above: The maximum permitted spurious emission is independent of Mean Power and is fixed at 0.05mW (i.e. -13dBm) for all transmissions above 30MHz.
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
So for a 5W handheld, (37dBm) the harmonics must be at least 50dB down.
@TheArtofEngineering
Жыл бұрын
@@HamRadioDX The LCD I have a link to lists (P) as mean power for above 30Mhz ? See 7A of link below? Is this wrong or superseded? When you refer to "spurious" is that intermodulation and associated crud and not harmonics? www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019C00750
@spaceflight1019
Жыл бұрын
I just bought one. For the price you can't say no. I have two UV-5 Plus radios and I use them most often as tools like an easy to use signal generator or a receiver to verify that a transmitter or receiver oscillator is working. Since many receiver oscillators are 10.7 mhz lower this puts the ones for 144 mhz radios in the 134 mhz range. Apparently there are no programming cables for this and CHIRP hasn't added it yet, but get them while they're hot!
@kb5elv
Жыл бұрын
It would surprise me greatly if the programming cable wasn't the same as for any other analog Baofeng/Wouxun/TYT/etc. radio.
@StimulatingPresence
Жыл бұрын
@@kb5elv It is the same one.
@kb5elv
Жыл бұрын
@@StimulatingPresence Figured it must be. I think everybody's been using that for ages.
@googlacco
Жыл бұрын
normal baofeng programming cables work, and theyre about to be added to chirp
@hankfox4170
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Hayden. Nice to see something from "that other country" that is out performing it's marketing claims. Interesting in the States that Amazon US does not sell this under the Quansheng brand name but instead has it as ANYSECU UV-K5 and Wurui K5. There are some interesting KZitem videos on things you can do with the Wurui K5.
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Hank. I couldn't find those two on Amazon either? Only the K5 on eBay
@kb5elv
Жыл бұрын
So what are these...interesting things?
@phillipsmiley5930
Жыл бұрын
and TXQ, there seems to be no limit of badges it uses
@moto-rambler
Жыл бұрын
I am new to this stuff. What is the diff between the Anysecu and Wurui units?
@kb5elv
Жыл бұрын
@@moto-rambler From what people are saying, it sounds like the only difference is the name on the box.
@kb5elv
Жыл бұрын
Further to my last comment on an interest for blind hams, it looks like Quansheng is going to send me units to review. So I guess I'll be adding to the KZitem fun and, of course, referencing this excellent and thorough review. Mine will of course be focusing on usability eyes-free. As I haven't done anything in this line for a little while, I'm looking forward to it.
@kb5elv
Жыл бұрын
@@HarryHamsterChannel It's posted.
@MarkGoffee
Жыл бұрын
I think the Yaesu speaker was the reason that sounded so good.. none of the less that regular looks pretty good
@JennyEverywhere
Жыл бұрын
There's a trick to the NOAA channels. If you turn on the feature and choose your local NOAA channel, you probably won't hear anything. That's because of the squelch. Tap the monitor button (top function button under the PTT) and you'll hear it clearly.
@spaceflight1019
Жыл бұрын
Ok, here's more observations...the issue with distorted air band audio seems to be an AGC issue. I took the radio on a drive to my local airport and the closer I got the worse the audio got. Here at home the signal isn't strong but the audio comes through just fine. The S meter does move so something is there, it's just not reducing the receiver gain. Maybe a design issue, or a fix in the firmware?
@K5YVY
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the review Hayden! I may pick one of these up just for the AirBand RX as I would imagine it sounds better than the sporty brand AirBand transceiver I have now. Good day bloke. 👍
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
Might need a better antenna though! Cheers JoBrett
@phillipsmiley5930
Жыл бұрын
Its Great on Airband also has 8.33k steps as well as 2.5k 5k 6.25k 10k 12.5k 25k and you can switch AM or NBFM RX 108-136, above 136 its FM only TX RX
@Darkwoods77
Жыл бұрын
@@phillipsmiley5930 , I heard the airband receiver isn't that good, is this true. I hope not
@WJ6FRadio
Жыл бұрын
Great video!! Cool radio. I am going to have to look into getting one!
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
Yeah seems pretty good Craig!
@amateursandairwaves
Жыл бұрын
Placed an order using your link. Amazon lost my triband baofeng order and this looks nicer
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
I'd be interested to know your thoughts. Did you get through eBay?
@amateursandairwaves
Жыл бұрын
@@HamRadioDX I used eBay yeah. I’ve actually been having some rough experiences with Amazon the last month. Haha. With eBay I almost always get my stuff, not always fast but it shows up. I’ve had 3 lost Amazon orders since February lol
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
Cool let me know how you get on
@amateursandairwaves
Жыл бұрын
@@HamRadioDX will do, thanks for sharing on this one I would have never heard of it otherwise. Hopefully it’s a nice little $30 gem
@adamb6646
Жыл бұрын
Seeing the thumbnail, I was REALLY hoping for 6m transmit... Oh well. Still pretty good RX for such a low price point.
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
I've been searching for a cheap 6M HT too
@YuriSakazaki
Жыл бұрын
Just ordered a couple to play around with, great info!
@koswopond
Жыл бұрын
It's only 15 USD in China with some unofficial dealers, which is a really "killer" price, especially it can pass the official technical inspections to get call sign and radio license in China. I'm preparing for the HAM exam in next month and maybe it will be my first radio. It's not perfect, but it's enough for me to listen the ATC when I take photos of aircraft under the airway near SHA, it's even cheaper for an aircraft frequency receiver or SDR kit🥰
@djisydneyaustralia
Жыл бұрын
Likley able to unlock tx band with key holds, a quansheng I had was software (button combo) unlock. Then key up on your local CNC machines on 868mhz.
@MostElectronics
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the RX test. What is the difference in sensitivity between that and the UV5R?
@dutchbeef8920
Жыл бұрын
I do a lot of airband listening and having both uhf and airband in one cheap device is great for me. The local airport has a really good uhf relay which even my second hand rebadged baofeng (esync anyone?) picks up really well. Unfortunately I am then missing out on ATIS so I have another radio for that. This would combine the whole lot (with the right antenna obvs). Lots of brands are coming out with cheap handhelds featuring airband just left wondering why baofeng hasn’t. Also the way to use these is to forego any scanner function or keep the number of channels you program in very low. Best thing to do is utilise dual watch (if it has that) or just tune in one channel and listen to that. Having physical buttons is great most cheap air band scanners use a rotary dial for selecting Frequencies which is tedious.
@nameberry220
Жыл бұрын
Baofeng has the uv-17progps it has airband rx. I need one with rx and tx. But i cant find any
@dutchbeef8920
Жыл бұрын
@@nameberry220 handhelds that do both rx and tx on air band cost hundreds not 20 bucks.
@Kuglblitz66
Жыл бұрын
I read in the user manual that the new radio has up to 5 khz FM hub on wide and 2.5 khz on narrow. Until now, the Chinese had not managed to come up with a device that had enough fm hub for amateur radio. Have you ever measured that? Manufacturers can write a lot, but the question is whether this is true. A maximum deviation of 2.5 kHz on wide is far too little.. Best regards DO1MH
@mrtonicsvls3624
Жыл бұрын
Is Radtel RT-590 the same radio? The crossband function (menu WX 18) is not a real cross band transponder function, have you tried it?
@presw2pw123
Жыл бұрын
12dB SINAD is APPROXIMATELY where the noise starts being raspy. If the hiss is clean it's better than 12dB.
@VK7DBX
Жыл бұрын
Nice, perhaps I'll buy one as my first ham radio 🤔(for listening purposes, of course)
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
Sounds good!
@spaceflight1019
Жыл бұрын
Until you get the license. Solar Cycle 25 is on the upswing, so now's the time to get going!
@-Mike
Жыл бұрын
Damn, I didn't even pick up on the accent until you mentioned being in Australia.
@pacadet
Жыл бұрын
The fake MDC1200 squawk for a roger beep is hilarious. What I’d like is a cheap Baofeng-esque HT that supports reasonably long memory names. On my AnyTone I’ve got multiple counties worth of Analog and DMR along with NOAA, GMRS, etc organized via Zones. It’s nice because it allows for relatively long names, the 8 character baofeng limit kinda blows when you’re trying to go through dozens and dozens of channels and trying to remember “wait, what was the Skywarn or RACES frequency in this county again?”
@N0SSC
Жыл бұрын
4:10 I’ve never seen a charging port be called out for “emergency charging only” 🤨
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
LOL I noticed that too, I'm gonna have a play with that and see what happens.
@lyfandeth
Жыл бұрын
Probably means it goes straight to the battery, so there is no voltage or power limitation on that port. Typical Japanese radios had the external port current limited to 1/10th C, so there was no way to overcharge the NiCd or NiMH battery. Since this is lithium, charge control will be more expensive, not just CC.
@egzi
Жыл бұрын
@@lyfandeth Actually it does have current limiting. There is another problem with it though. Around 8.1-8.2V the internal boost converter goes into "resonance", the charging LED starts blinking, the converter turns on/off as the led does. This causes the battery to charge only up to ~8.15V, so it can't be charged fully this way. This is probably why they say it is for emergency use only :)
@Rdecker692000
Жыл бұрын
The issue with these Chinese radios is the spectral purity. How does the 2nd and 3rd order harmonics look?
@ChatGPT1111
Жыл бұрын
They are great but it interferes with my TV, Toaster and Microwave 😂😂😂
@Barracuda48082
Жыл бұрын
Ha. Fries pork rice auto cooks in microwave?
@Psykam
Жыл бұрын
I hate to break this to you, but outside of the circle of radio nerds, nobody gives a shit. The average consumer knows two things when they buy this radio, 1 that it covers a wide array of frequencies, and 2 when they push the transmit button, the person on the other side can hear them and vice versa. They don't give a shit about spectral purity, spurious RF emissions, filters, or any of that technical shit, which is irrelevant at the power level of an HT anyhow.
@MrRonsof
Жыл бұрын
Thanks,greetings from Belgium.
@humantruckjack423
5 ай бұрын
We use these on a ranch. Up to 7 plus miles
@92pavelow
Жыл бұрын
$35 is a steal. I‘ll buy one just to have it on the shelf.
@stevefox3763
9 ай бұрын
its not surprising that they did not add a usb to serial internally, over many thousands of radios its a huge cost saving for them, its probably possible to add a small usb to serial board inside and patch it to the usb sockets data pins but with the very infrequent programming we do its not worth the effort vs just plugging in one of our existing usb to serial cables.
@kennymilsom
Жыл бұрын
Great intro video. My question is .. Can one manually put in 485.350 , this is the one I need. Thanks.
@ultramarine7258
Жыл бұрын
Actually,uv-k5 only $10 with some unofficial online retailer of China,but its charger is so inferior that it might boom when you press PTT at charging
@lexnicolai1442
Жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Thnx, bought 2 EU version…
@TheSmokinApe
Жыл бұрын
Nice job with the video 👍
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Ape 👍
@Mocconagames
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Ordered on 3:00 😄
@phillipsmiley5930
Жыл бұрын
RX is great, I can listen to my local 70cm repeater smooth noise, and TX with a Bao BF-8plus in the other hand on 2M and can still RX the 70cm. Other way around of course the BF-8plus RX blocks out
@islandsnow
Жыл бұрын
So a baofeng up-5r cannot receive on say freq 118.100 but this quansheng radio can out of the box?
@lucase6407
Жыл бұрын
I just got a UV-K5 and found the receiver much worse than my UV-5R and GA-510. Even swapping out antennas between them to make sure I was giving them a fair chance, I had to hold the UV-K5 straight up and it would sometimes pick up some repeaters that the UV-5R and GA-510 could receive even on their side. This was with a squelch of 1.
@jamess1787
Жыл бұрын
The yaesu speaker is definitely much superior. Nice little radio. 🎉
@bassangler73
Жыл бұрын
I find that true most of the time..
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
I've had that VX-8DR for years now. It's great, plus it has 6m in it, and receive down low!
@bassangler73
Жыл бұрын
@@HamRadioDX good radio
@Jeeptalkshow
Жыл бұрын
Better than a boafeng is a low bar, lol, and I like the boafengs... More ham radios is always more better! :D First thing to do it turn off the talking. I now understand why Luke didn't like all the talking C3PO was doing... lol
@kb5elv
Жыл бұрын
Turning *on* the talking, if it's off, is my first move. It's very helpful for blind hams, assuming it goes far enough.
@kb5elv
Жыл бұрын
@@HarryHamsterChannel Ummmmmmmm ... No, but I also don't drive, for probably obvious reasons.
@natep121
Жыл бұрын
Do both VFO's receive AM airband? Can you set both onto AM airband simultaneously?
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
Yes it appears you can!
@greyshadow9498
Жыл бұрын
This is another one that seems to be based on the RT-830/UV88D mainboard (or at least the soc) Not that THAT is the issue, they seem to work well, I had an RT-830 for a while. No my only complaint with this, and similar radios is the fact that you cannot alpha tag channels. That's probably OK for amateurs that only have a few frequencies they use. But for professional use it can be annoying when you need to flip through a couple dozen channels and hope you remember the freq for that little used channel you suddenly need to find quickly. This makes it hard for me to like these radios, and it's a shame because they are pretty well built and better equipped than the standard 'feng
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
You can alpha tag channels using the programming software. Check out my video here - kzitem.info/news/bejne/jpyin4qAfKVeqWU
@n1kkri
Жыл бұрын
are you aware of any groups supporting this radio for mods, hacks? I would like AM mode to work in the 200-380MHz area for aircraft reception. I think this radio would be great to hack.
@beachedbum8682
Жыл бұрын
Nice review! I am interested in the set of connection adapters you have in the blue case showing in the video. Did you buy that as a set or put it together yourself? Do you have a link where I could buy one? Thanks, Tom from USA!😁
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Tom! Yes, they are awesome adapters. Every shack should have one! Link below for you. geni.us/goeu (affiliate)
@MikeG-js1jt
Жыл бұрын
those look like quality connectors, I can tell by the finish of the metal... that dull silvery color...
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
Silver plated!
@MikeG-js1jt
Жыл бұрын
@@HamRadioDX Well, there ya go!
@rexcameron414
Жыл бұрын
Neither the radio or software will allow RX from 76-77MHz where the Baofeng does which is a pain. Air band is ok, I am impressed, at 45km away from the airport it sounds fine. The radio can default to FM when turned off then next time it sounds distorted, caught me out.
@rodrigofroes5597
Жыл бұрын
Goodnight Radio had a problem with the menu keys, then none worked again. Suggestion. Thanks.
@rusytravis9092
Жыл бұрын
I examined all the information on the Amazon site, but can't find the location of the microphone port.
@Northstar-Media
Жыл бұрын
For the past few days, I have been receiving Police comms chatter from Australia Hobart Tasmaia Ch1 . Think someone has set a repeater up on a Crossband ?? UK
@LevyCarneiro
Жыл бұрын
Would be interesting if someone finds a way to TX on 6 meters!
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
I tried, said "lockout".... promising maybe, but I reckon it lacks the RF parts :D
@LevyCarneiro
Жыл бұрын
@@HamRadioDX that would be an interesting experiment :)
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
@@LevyCarneiro I just actually had a message from someone about this radio saying there is a way to unlock it, and potentially more frequencies... watch this space!
@LevyCarneiro
Жыл бұрын
@@HamRadioDX awesome! 6 meters as a handheld sounds very interesting. BTW, suggestion for a video: 10-meter band handhelds with SSB!
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
@@LevyCarneiro Those are rare! Would be great to do a video on that... good idea!
@PaulRReyesActor
Жыл бұрын
Is there a work around to program from an Apple product, like a MacBook Air? Thanks!
@JohnSmith-uy7sv
Жыл бұрын
My Baofeng looks nothing like yours and its about 5 years old. BF-F9V2+ Oh, your to high tech for me. Your a rocket scientist. thanks. 😁😁
@sparcnz
Жыл бұрын
Hayden, would be grateful if you could confirm RX on 76Mhz please. This is the frequency for my brigade's system, I like to listen when at home if not on the call. Thanks Kevin.
@digitalchaos1980
Жыл бұрын
I found a weird bug in my radio. Wonder if anyone else's does it..? Plug in the USB charger and have it on, go to a known working weather channel, does the audio from NOAA come thru? Any channel with audio will do. Mine will simply have white noise with the squelch open on a known channel with a carrier only while USB charging is going. Unplug the charging cable and the receive audio comes back. Weird, no???
@malechite138
Жыл бұрын
My biggest complaint with any Baofeng is that after awhile they all have knobs that don't seem to work worth a crap. You end up having to play with them to get it to work or have sound more than anything else. I don't know if this is a result of cheap "pots" or if it is something else. So any radio that has a on/off/sound that works long term is a step up over any Baofeng.
@riceytc1
Жыл бұрын
How do you turn off backlight on scan..??
@temporarilyoffline
Жыл бұрын
Electrifying! 🌩
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
Truly!
@randywatson9450
Жыл бұрын
Quansheng UV K5 I bought one Quansheng UV K5 Can you please point me to a video or instructions on how to program and use voice encryption feature? Don't see it in the short short manual. Thank you Randy
@kb5elv
Жыл бұрын
Likely illegal on amateur frequencies.
@randywatson9450
Жыл бұрын
@Buddy Brannan thank you but that was not the question
@germanjohn5626
Жыл бұрын
@@kb5elv the whole radio is illegal. It is time the FCC cracks down on this crap and the idiots using those radios not being licensed.
@randywatson9450
Жыл бұрын
Surely it doesn't mean the technology should not be looked at and studied... as seems being insinuated
@kb5elv
Жыл бұрын
@@germanjohn5626 No, it has Part 15 certification, which is all that is neeed for amateur service.
@robbiln7770
Жыл бұрын
Hey I have f8 vhf blue radio with 9v power input on the side orange lcd 5w easy-to-use no fm band members of rcmp hear from audio tyt are great for testing purposes.
@alexjh47
Жыл бұрын
I'd definitely buy one if it had 1.25m TX.
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
The non FCC version would do that.
@phillipsmiley5930
Жыл бұрын
It does Hold down the PTT and the button below it, turn on. reveals 4 extra menus of/on Tx 200MHz, Tx 300MHz Tx 500MHz, and FCC, EU, GB or off band limits
@kensejkora4424
Жыл бұрын
Great video, Hayden. Can you elaborate on what type of antenna connector is on the radio. Is it a 'reverse polarity'' SMA as is used in the Baofeng UV5R, or is it a standard SMA connector? Thanks and 73. Ken -- WBØOCV
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
Hey mate, yes reverse polarity SMA like most handhelds
@kb5elv
Жыл бұрын
Whoa...wait aa sec. Reverse polarity SMA isn't that. RP-SMA is different. I think what Ken meant to ask is whether the male SMA is on the radio (as in Baofeng, Puxing, some Wouxun like KG-UVD1P, and what they tell me is commercial standard), or whether female SMA is on the radio as with most amateur stuff.
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
@@kb5elv Apologies I wrote that in haste. RP-SMA like most "chinese" handhelds. Female SMA is on the antenna and male on the radio
@BarefootBeekeeper
Жыл бұрын
If only it had 70MHx TX it would be a winner in the UK.
@appross6994
9 ай бұрын
Programming appears to be incompatible with Windows11 64bit computer. Is this true? if not, do you know where to find a driver installation procedure?
@alunroberts1439
Жыл бұрын
I think am buying one just a other toy to play with. The RX sides sounds good.
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
Yeah not too bad. Outside of the 136-174 and 400-470 bands, you'll need a better antenna. Listening to 53 MHz repeaters requires a better antenna (probably external)
@alunroberts1439
Жыл бұрын
@@HamRadioDX Got 2 FT 897s one is a D just selling old junk and buying some toys icom706Mk2 am looking at to leave in work to play on Sundays as the roof is open to me. looking at a DX comando as well toys toys toys. 2E1GZQ UK am re newing my licence soon
@spaceflight1019
Жыл бұрын
Still waiting for the Chinese replacement for my Azden AZ-11 and AZ-6 handhelds.
@PhilGood6
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for that nice review ! I noticed you have an interesing set of adapters, do you have any link for this ?
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
Hey mate, yes! I got these years and they are absolutely amazing! Best investment in connectors I've made. Here's a link: geni.us/goeu (affiliate)
@briantheminer
Жыл бұрын
Excellent bench review, now get outside and tell us how it performs 😂 At £25 here delivered, it’s a no brainer addition Cheers 🍻
@stevetaylor2955
Жыл бұрын
Hi, where are they available for £25?
@briantheminer
Жыл бұрын
@@stevetaylor2955 several places here Steve, I’d put a link but seems it’s been removed
@mwethereld
Жыл бұрын
and RXs Airband AM aswell,,, sweet!
@krtz23
Жыл бұрын
What is the most sensitive receiver you ever benched and have you ever benched the ICOM V86 to see how sensitive it is on the 2M band?
@dazzp2
8 ай бұрын
I've done the mod on the UV5 , same ish radio ,, I've flashed it , custom ROM, np ,, 1-- 1300 ,MHz on RX , better steps , AM fix , but when I'm monitoring say 10 MTRS Triple 5 [ 27.555 / 33 High Band SSB calling Freq) I'm getting nothing , now it's not resonant if it was T"xable but RX wise anyone knows a long wire , even this stock antenna would receive something , I went on Jodrell Bank SDR to check conditions and it was constant with The usual culprits with Zetagi liners and power mikes , ( spag bol )but its deaf as a post , I opened the spectrum and it spikes with activity ?// Anyone help with this , is it a menu I'm missing
@silverismoney
Жыл бұрын
Just bought this radio, looks impressive for the price. Any antenna suggestions? Looking at the Nagoya NA-771 right now.
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
That's a pretty good choice. Or a SignalStick - signalstuff.com/product/super-elastic-signal-stick-sma-female/
@steelgtr
8 ай бұрын
When I try to scan, memory channels, it doesn't scan?
@areaone3813
Жыл бұрын
I purchased a few Baofeng RD-5rs in 2020. Can someone tell me why I find little if no info on them anywhere now.
@michaelsiracusa5117
10 ай бұрын
Do these radios only have one receiver inside like the rest of the Chinese radios?
@maddogshamradio3407
Жыл бұрын
Great video Hayden. Once this radio is unlocked will it transmit FM narrow on the Aussie UHF CB freqs? Thx Marty VK4KC.
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
Ehh.. yes it will. Don't ask me how I know ;) You can change between WIDE and Narrow in the menus. I haven't tested the actual deviation or if that's just on RX.
@NihilisticHatred
Жыл бұрын
How is the rx on these? How about the TX? I'm talking across the spectrum advertised.
@Chandra378
Жыл бұрын
Hello everyone. Is this better then Baofeng uv17 pro. I need rx air aviation
@Chandra378
Жыл бұрын
Sir. Quansheng UV K5 compare with baofeng uv17 pro which one is better RX sensitivity? Thanks i just subscribed you.
@azlka2140
Жыл бұрын
Hi,nice video. I wonder some models they sey that it has crossband repeater function ? Have you checked?
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
I have and it’s not really a true “crossband” function as we know it. It’s more of a dual watch thing
@G7VFY
Жыл бұрын
Quansheng! eWaste you can buy.
@DonzLockz
Жыл бұрын
Pretty good, awesome extra receive frequencies. Definitely a Boofwang Killer! ;)
@HamRadioDX
Жыл бұрын
The wideband receiver makes it very appealing. Antenna upgrade will need to be made though, the stock antenna is crap for receiving outside their bands - and even inside their bands
@DonzLockz
Жыл бұрын
@@HamRadioDX haha, you'll need to recommend one.
@BaofengAdmin2011
Жыл бұрын
Any Quansheng is better than any Baofeng - Except the Baofeng DMR 1701 :) .... Been Selling Baofengs Since 2010 so yeah I should know better LOL
@365gingadam3
11 ай бұрын
It was very helpful.
@lucase6407
Жыл бұрын
Ive had issues where the receiver either doesn't open or has much more static than my UV-5Rs and GA-510s. My UV-5R can sit on its side with the rubber duck and still receive a nearby repeater and the UV-K5 cannot even straight up. Perhaps it suffers more from interference with its wide-band receive?
@canalcomentario
Жыл бұрын
Have you noticed any deficiencies in reception sensitivity or airband audio?
@_google_user_
Жыл бұрын
Does the airband improve with different antenna? Say a Diamond RH77CA or equivalent, currently trying to get yaesu ft3dr without the price.
@duaneshuster6366
Жыл бұрын
I'm going on Amazon isa after this and getting one hopefully it'll be there. I would be interested in 6m 2.25 m recive on me ch
@duaneshuster6366
Жыл бұрын
And so I did no such radio on there USA . I'm sorry no more UK radio videos on new china hts .
@pmiki75
Жыл бұрын
Which PC program can i upload my database?
@KefaJonah
Жыл бұрын
Just a quick question if you could, What is the maximum range on these radios? Also is the radio water resistant or waterproof?
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