ringostarrpower
Newbie
- Joined
- Aug 3, 2020
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This is my first post. I am delighted to be here, this is my new hobby and I love it. Please excuse me if I am verbose or in the wrong thread. Here is how I got here: I purchased a cheap police scanner on Amazon for 20 buck--the Baofeng UV5RA. What I received was an exact knockoff of the UV-82P, perfectly constructed and labeled 'pofung' where it should have said 'Baofeng.' This thing is far superior to what I had originally ordered. Moments ago I successfully connected it to CHIRP and imported the data from the thing. According to CHIRP, it is a UV-82HP. I have never owned a radio like this so this is all new to me. From what I understand, I need a Ham Radio License to transmit. I just purchased a book about amatuer radio operation. Give me some time to familiarize myself with everything. I plan on joining this wonderful community and cannot wait to take this to the next level. I will be around the forums, nice to meet you all! -Tim