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k1agh

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Ok so I have this radio but the manual that comes with it is short and sweet. Anyone have Baofeng's correct website? Any online resources for it that people here have found?
 

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Miklor.com is the best site with all info on the chinese radios. Baofeng isn't a real company with a real website, it is merely a brand name put on radios manufactured in various factories and sold in bulk by 3rd parties online.
 

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Great site thanks. I had to order the programming cable as I hate using the key pad lol. It looks like using Chirp is the way to go for programming it.
 

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Baofeng isn't a real company in the traditional retail sense. They are a manufacturer that will put any name on the sample radios shown on that factory website from China. If you want a UV-5 to say UV-15XLA-2 with a purple and green case they will make it in a bulk order. It will still be the same radio inside as all their others, and you can put any brand name name on it you want and sell it.

That factory website does not have any customer support or information for the consumer, much less a way to successfully contact them unless you want to place a bulk factory order for resale.

If you need a repair it costs around 31.99 plus any ship[ping. AKA, throw the old one oput and buy a new one.
 

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I'm going to get a 2m radio as most of the repeaters around here are 2m. I'll use this Baofeng when Im out and about.
 

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I bought my baofeng from there ONLY u.s. location in texas the site is baofeng.us +only they give a 1year manufacturers warranty because they are the real deal not a second party resale. Hope this helps!!
 

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I bought my baofeng from there ONLY u.s. location in texas the site is baofeng.us +only they give a 1year manufacturers warranty because they are the real deal not a second party resale. Hope this helps!!

If you meant baofengradio.us they are in fact just another "second party reseller". You're getting the exact same radios from the same factories in China, they just buy them in bulk in different colors and resell them for more than Amazon sellers to cover their overhead. They aren't the manufacturer, so how can they offer a manufacturer warranty? They just agree to replace it if it goes DOA in 30 days, and charge a restocking fee if returned as new (Amazon doesn't charge).
 
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