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Here’s why the Baofeng is often referred to by hams as a spurious emissions potato: https://youtu.be/8WJQb_zMpxU?feature=shared https://youtu.be/8WJQb_zMpxU?fe
by ianpenney 3y ago
Here’s why the Baofeng is often referred to by hams as a spurious emissions potato:
https://youtu.be/8WJQb_zMpxU?feature=shared https://youtu.be/8WJQb_zMpxU?feature=shared
It’s cheap. It desenses easily. It picks up more noise than signal and makes an unacceptable amount of harmonic interference on transmit.
If you’re really interested in having a handheld radio, get your Amateur licence and buy a Yaesu FT5D. Worth it for so many more reasons.
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