I bought one of these dual banders basically just to play with..... I went to put our UHF repeater in and it gets nothing but noise. Does anyone else have problems with that on UHF. The Frequency is 442.000+ / tx audio is fine, no noise but the rx audio is so bad you can't hear people talking at all.
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Baofeng UV-5R UHF Problem
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It is internally generated interference - a "birdie" if you will. I just tried it on mine and I receive a carrier without an antenna. Looks like you are SOL for that particular frequency. Sorry to hear that.
BTW - my Cisco IP phone generates an IF signal that causes interference for me on 442.300 that is not present on other radios. Oh well.
BTW - my Cisco IP phone generates an IF signal that causes interference for me on 442.300 that is not present on other radios. Oh well.
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N5TWB
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Same here on the 442.00 "birdie" -- particularly irritating because that is my closest input to a regional link system.
well crap. thank goodness I have my other gear to fall back on. Oh well I bought it to tinker with and now that other folks have tried it I know its not a bad radio.
Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the info.
K4APR
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That's a shame. I'll have to check my UV-3R for the same birdie. I actually use my 3R 99% for UHF, but our local repeater is 444.880+ and I haven't seen a problem there. In fact, it's one of my best sounding radios on UHF. At least, that is my opinion on this Chicom "junk" radio 
alprice
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UHF Problem
2 possible solutions....
If your using the rubber dummy load that comes w/the radio change it the NA-771 and 701 are prime antenna's.....
If the repeater uses a tone, program the radio to use the tone/squelch option. Not the tone alone but the tone/squelch. Thats utilizing the input and output tone features.
Hope you get it worked out
73
Al/N4GOD
2 possible solutions....
If your using the rubber dummy load that comes w/the radio change it the NA-771 and 701 are prime antenna's.....
If the repeater uses a tone, program the radio to use the tone/squelch option. Not the tone alone but the tone/squelch. Thats utilizing the input and output tone features.
Hope you get it worked out
73
Al/N4GOD
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5B2_BEE00 Czar
birdie on my 5R plus, f/w 293.
even with a rx tone it still sounds bad and you can't hear what the other person is saying. I tried a few different antennas and still the same little birdie
thndr143
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yup, mine and my buddies both have the 'birdie' noise .. mine starts at around 442 and stops at 449 or so..
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