Baofeng UV82HP Problems

[Jigstick]

We recently purchased some of these units, four in total, to use on our farm. And we are having nothing but problems with them.

Two of the units worked right out of the box, transmitting and receiving over more than a mile on our farm. But for no apparent reason at all, two of the units would lose all transmitting power, and were unable to transmit more than 15ft. The odd thing is they would still receive from over a mile away. We sent those two radios back for repair.

I just received these radios back, and attempted to program them via the CHIRP software that I had been using. Now one of these units will not connect to the chirp software regardless of what I do. Im using the appropriate USB drivers and a genuine Baofeng cable.

Has anybody else had problems with these units? I losing all confidence in them. My neighbors UV5Rs work flawlessly. But I think these UV82HPs are junk.

 

[gonefishn1]

The 2 UV82HP Baofeng radios I have work perfectly. Never had a problem.

You do realize that you have to down load from the specific radio into chirp each time you program it?

 

[Jigstick]

Thank you for responding. I have tried plugging this radio into Chirp, and "downloading from radio"
and when i do with this particular radio I get a message "radio did not respond". I just can't figure this out. I have no problems with my other 3

 

[gonefishn1]

Be sure the connector is pushed all the way into the radio.

 

[Jigstick]

It is all the way in. Two clicks. I even tried dampening the pins. No go.

 

[SteveSimpkin]

The overall reviews for this model portable on Amazon and eHam have been very good. I would send that last one back (again...) and see how its replacement works out.