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People mostly complain about Baofengs because they leak a bunch of RF interference everywhere. Not obvious to the Baofeng user, but obvious to radio operators o
by i_am_proteus 6y ago
People mostly complain about Baofengs because they leak a bunch of RF interference everywhere. Not obvious to the Baofeng user, but obvious to radio operators on other frequencies.
- sitzkrieg 6y agoi have measured several models and not witnessed this
- Johnythree 6y agoDepends which band they are being used on. Their filtering is barely adequate on ham bands, but very poor when programmed on other frequencies.
- SaberTail 6y agoMost Baofengs emit an illegal amount of spurious emissions[1]. Maybe you got lucky. [1] https://observer.wunderwood.org/2020/02/07/baofeng-hts-and-spurious-emissons/ https://observer.wunderwood.org/2020/02/07/baofeng-hts-and-s...
- sitzkrieg 6y agohuh, I checked and they are all manufactured after this was published, maybe they got better. but probably not
- morganvachon 6y agoIt's hit or miss in my experience. My first Baofeng was well behaved as far as RF interference, but it was so shoddily built that it literally fell apart on me a couple of years into ownership (the battery latch, belt clip, and TX button all broke within a week of each other). My second Baofeng was more physically sound but had issues with RF harmonics on UHF so it was useless on the band I wanted it for. I've since gotten a Radioddity DMR handheld and it's both physically and functionally sound. It cost the same as four Baofengs but it's worth it, not to mention the ability to talk on DMR groups.