"for over a decade, Baofeng has been the name in Chinese handhelds." well, its certainly A name...as an amateur extra and a VEC, i tried...i really tried to lo

"for over a decade, Baofeng has been the name in Chinese handhelds." well, its certainly A name...as an amateur extra and a VEC, i tried...i really tried to love these radios. - my first baofeng couldnt hit the repeater across the street from me. - my second baofeng arrived with a flashlight i couldnt turn off, and died an hour later. - my final baofeng (a gift) died during a contest and couldnt even hit a reference repeater. thankfully i was only really using it for a flashlight in a camping tent. ...but i cant. these things are hot garbage for preppers and gun nuts.