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Just buy a Baofeng UV-5R, find a local repeater, and start yakking on the radio. You should have a local repeater which holds semi-regular "nets" (meetings). Yo
by fapjacks 9y ago
Just buy a Baofeng UV-5R, find a local repeater, and start yakking on the radio. You should have a local repeater which holds semi-regular "nets" (meetings). You can start checking in on those nets if you don't want to start talking right away socially.
- antihero 9y agoBF-F8+ is basically compatible with all the UV-5R accessories but has a newer chipset, so you may as well get one of those. £25 on eBay.
- fapjacks 9y agoActually, don't believe that. There is some kind of distributor war happening, and you should not trust any claims about which Baofeng distributor model is "upgraded" or has "the latest" chipset, because it seems they all share the same guts, one of the distributors is shipping a marginally newer version of the chipset which makes no substantial difference, and one model which has an extra button or two. Since it's all the same guts, and pretty much the same chipset, the most inexpensive and basic model you can find will be the best choice. There is no point in spending an extra ten dollars for something which offers no actual improvement over another.