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Baofeng Got a UV-25R, some thoughts

Falcon9h

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Just a few thoughts: it's a heavy brick, finally, a real radio (in the ccr world) for my large hands. Very hefty and not toylike like most CCR's. I really like it.

Recieve audio could be nicer, it's shrill like most Baofengs, you wouldn't know it wasn't a UV5R just by listening if you were blindfolded. I would've liked a mellower hi-fi Speaker for Real Men 🙄. It is loud enough though.

Performance on a par with other 'fengs and Chirp UV-17R pro will program it.

Aliexpress is coming around... I ordered it on the 15th and got it today (23rd.) (U.S.) I was shocked!

It's hard to visualize the size from pictures. It's on a par with HT's from the 80's-90's. (HT-600/MT1000 size)

Nice tight rattle free screwed in battery contributes to the solid feel. Good for <50 bucks. 👍 Nice alternative for us proles for whom APX's are a pipe dream.

Sad hams and bao-haters will be ignored 😴
 
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So...what does it do that other low rent system on chip radios of late don't? Asking for a friend. The UV-17R at least has good transmit audio (on the one I tried) and IMO, is much more professional looking and feels solid. This one looks f'ugly.
 
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All that front panel real estate and they couldn't put the "0" key in the correct location. (Pet peeve of mine with many handheld radios.)

MTS2000des said:
This one looks f'ugly.
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It will appeal to that segment of the market who thinks that all the stuff hanging on their belt or plate carrier has to be "tacti-cool".
 
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MTS2000des said:
So...what does it do that other low rent system on chip radios of late don't? Asking for a friend. The UV-17R at least has good transmit audio (on the one I tried) and IMO, is much more professional looking and feels solid. This one looks f'ugly.
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I think it's one of those that you either love
or hate, no middle ground. It's like any other Baofeng but I like the heft and size. Finally something that fits my hand nicely, and it *is* hefty and solid. I like the looks but don't care about wackerism or tacticool. Had to try one out for shts and giggles. 😜
Different strokes I guess; I'm not enamored with the looks of the UV-17.
 
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Falcon9h said:
Just a few thoughts: it's a heavy brick, finally, a real radio (in the ccr world) for my large hands. Very hefty and not toylike like most CCR's. I really like it.

Recieve audio could be nicer, it's shrill like most Baofengs, you wouldn't know it wasn't a UV5R just by listening if you were blindfolded. I would've liked a mellower hi-fi Speaker for Real Men 🙄. It is loud enough though.

Performance on a par with other 'fengs and Chirp UV-17R pro will program it.

Aliexpress is coming around... I ordered it on the 15th and got it today (23rd.) (U.S.) I was shocked!

It's hard to visualize the size from pictures. It's on a par with HT's from the 80's-90's. (HT-600/MT1000 size)

Nice tight rattle free screwed in battery contributes to the solid feel. Good for <50 bucks. 👍 Nice alternative for us proles for whom APX's are a pipe dream.

Sad hams and bao-haters will be ignored 😴
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Hamradio2.0 recently did a You-Tube on the UV-25R. Enjoy...
 
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As much as I like big affordable radios like this, several people have tested the output on SDR and spectrum analyzers. It's really bad as this guy wouldn't transmit to a repeater with it.
 
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