nd5y
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Baofeng Tech now has a grantee code (2AGND) and some recently issued FCC IDs
2AGNDUV50X3
2AGND-GMRS-V1
2AGNDUV-5001
2AGNDUV-2501-220
2AGNDUV50X3
2AGND-GMRS-V1
2AGNDUV-5001
2AGNDUV-2501-220
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BTECH (BaoFeng Tech) FCC IDs
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I'll have to remember to look up those and look at the manuals.
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The latst daily build of Chirp added a new radio, BTech GMRS-UV1.
I haven't seen this announced anyplace yet.
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I'm surprised nobody has posted anything about this yet.
GMRS-V1 Review - Miklor
https://baofengtech.com/gmrs-v1
Miklor says: "Note: all UV82 accessories are compatible"
so it seems that this is a UV82 radio, tweaked to 5 watts, with 23 frequency slots hard coded into it, and then run through the Part95A approval process. Making legal GMRS use of the UV-82 exclusive to them. (i.e., not a new radio at all, just a sole-source licensee.)
Also seems odd that they would pre-program the radio to low power on the FRS shared channels. I thought GMRS licensees could use their normal power on those channels, so leaving it KISS on full power would seem reasonable?
so it seems that this is a UV82 radio, tweaked to 5 watts, with 23 frequency slots hard coded into it, and then run through the Part95A approval process. Making legal GMRS use of the UV-82 exclusive to them. (i.e., not a new radio at all, just a sole-source licensee.)
Also seems odd that they would pre-program the radio to low power on the FRS shared channels. I thought GMRS licensees could use their normal power on those channels, so leaving it KISS on full power would seem reasonable?
Then FRS shared channels are limited to 5W for GMRS licensees. The other channels can use up to 50W. So ah 5W handheld could run full power on any channel, but a mobile with output >5W cannot.
Sorry, John, when I said "normal" I was meaning normal, as in, the context here is handhelds and those won't be 50W in any case, they'll be 5 watts.
Since BaoFeng Tech, (aka Miklor ?) are also the FCC grantee and sole source of the UV-82C, it seems odd that they wouldn't just re-submit the UV-82C, and get it dual certified for use in both Parts. There are a number of radios out there that have dual certification, apparently that's not an issue for the FCC. And since the "new" model is field programmable anyway, at least for the other hundred+ channels...
Too much hokus, not enough pokus.
Since BaoFeng Tech, (aka Miklor ?) are also the FCC grantee and sole source of the UV-82C, it seems odd that they wouldn't just re-submit the UV-82C, and get it dual certified for use in both Parts. There are a number of radios out there that have dual certification, apparently that's not an issue for the FCC. And since the "new" model is field programmable anyway, at least for the other hundred+ channels...
Too much hokus, not enough pokus.
John Miklor is just one individual with a website. He has absolutely nothing whatever to do with BaoFeng China or BaoFengTech (U.S. Distributor).
The blank channels are indeed "receive only". While it may be possible to enable transmit frequencies, I doubt it would be easy to do.
The blank channels are indeed "receive only". While it may be possible to enable transmit frequencies, I doubt it would be easy to do.
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So, just a coincidental fanboy? (No offense meant.)
The phrase "whatever" comes to mind. The whole "Bao/Po" sales/import thing is crazy. I'm still puzzled that the FCC doesn't just hire some cheap temps to send out the NOVs to all the merchants online selling them as ham radios (illegal when they aren't certified, even if the USE is allowed) and rack in a couple of dozen fast payments. I'm sure someone has a good reason, but really? No enforcement of pretty much everything that causes interference? The NYPD can do a better job than the FCC?
As to defeating the receive-only being easy or not...Remember, freebanding a ham radio and many commercial rigs is also supposed to be difficult. If you ever hear Bruce Willis saying "No No Cut the GREEN wire..." we'll know it is an inside joke. Although apparently surface mounted diodes are the new version of "the green wire". (G)
The phrase "whatever" comes to mind. The whole "Bao/Po" sales/import thing is crazy. I'm still puzzled that the FCC doesn't just hire some cheap temps to send out the NOVs to all the merchants online selling them as ham radios (illegal when they aren't certified, even if the USE is allowed) and rack in a couple of dozen fast payments. I'm sure someone has a good reason, but really? No enforcement of pretty much everything that causes interference? The NYPD can do a better job than the FCC?
As to defeating the receive-only being easy or not...Remember, freebanding a ham radio and many commercial rigs is also supposed to be difficult. If you ever hear Bruce Willis saying "No No Cut the GREEN wire..." we'll know it is an inside joke. Although apparently surface mounted diodes are the new version of "the green wire". (G)
None taken. I'm no fan of these radios at all; just the opposite in fact. If they came totally unprogrammed it would be one thing, but having a half-dozen illegal frequencies pre-programmed just makes them dangerous since it is most likely that most folks will just use whatever the hell frequencies are present, and not even know that they are potentially interfering with legitimate licensed radios/systems. :twisted:
I am also interested in accuracy in reporting.
Accuracy in reporting...Good luck. The standard of illiteracy in the US, even among alleged professional journalists and scientists, seems to be that "coincidental" and "causal" are the same thing. By that common standard, I can prove that tap water is a deadly toxin, everyone who has drunk it, dies. So it must be the cause of death, right? (sigh)
OTOH, the ARRL does have a nice test lab, and with enough input they could possibly be convinced to do some extensive lab tests on the cheap radios. Or, possibly Consumer Reports. Not that either would od much good, without enforcement.
OTOH, the ARRL does have a nice test lab, and with enough input they could possibly be convinced to do some extensive lab tests on the cheap radios. Or, possibly Consumer Reports. Not that either would od much good, without enforcement.
You are absolutely correct! Dihydrogen monoxide is deadly...
...see Lumberton, NC to see just how deadly it is! :lol:
...see Lumberton, NC to see just how deadly it is! :lol:
One of the ancient Greeks, Aeschylus, was killed when a passing eagle mistook his bald head for a rock and dropped a tortoise on it, trying to crack open the tortoise. Now, I can understand that people who are rich enough to buy property might not want to buy insurance against that (you really can) but when they buy land without considering normal things like flood hazards...I don't think the water killed them, I think they went out and played in traffic.
Eisenhower would be rolling in his grave to hear that I95 was submerged YET AGAIN and no one was putting the Corps of Engineers out to permanently fix that.
I know, weather patterns are changing, places that never had massive flooding from rains are having it. Tides are higher....Hey, folks have been ignoring all that stuff for fifty years and then they wonder why the rose food has definitely hit the fan?
Which in a way is the "Chinese radio problem". Same thing. People don't understand the technology around them that they are using every day. They don't grasp technical issues, and refuse to make their servants (like the FCC) do their appointed jobs of dealing with these things. If the FCC were your local fire department, and they kept saying "Yeah, that's just a small fire, it isn't worth sending the truck out" then sooner or later, the villagers might have a torchlight-and-pitchfork parade. Yathink?
And I'm still shocked, I've been through I95, I never thought it looked like a flood plain through there.
Eisenhower would be rolling in his grave to hear that I95 was submerged YET AGAIN and no one was putting the Corps of Engineers out to permanently fix that.
I know, weather patterns are changing, places that never had massive flooding from rains are having it. Tides are higher....Hey, folks have been ignoring all that stuff for fifty years and then they wonder why the rose food has definitely hit the fan?
Which in a way is the "Chinese radio problem". Same thing. People don't understand the technology around them that they are using every day. They don't grasp technical issues, and refuse to make their servants (like the FCC) do their appointed jobs of dealing with these things. If the FCC were your local fire department, and they kept saying "Yeah, that's just a small fire, it isn't worth sending the truck out" then sooner or later, the villagers might have a torchlight-and-pitchfork parade. Yathink?
And I'm still shocked, I've been through I95, I never thought it looked like a flood plain through there.
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