@trentbob
The Baofeng battery << Amazon Link >> shows their 3800mAh battery, it has a lot of plastic on it, and does not look like it would be cheaper to manufacture than the Uniden battery << Amazon Link >> but they are both made in China.
$14.99 $58.03
If you add another $1.93 to that $58.04 you would be able to buy FOUR Baofeng batteries, but even three batteries with change left over is why I questioned whether they are overcharging. Even if one factors for a lower scale of production, the price disparity seems rather high.
Both valid points but we know that Uniden is what it is, when the bulging battery issues came up they addressed it but the batteries remained the same from the same manufacturer, they have a business model, their own specifications and these batteries are what they come up with.
The East Coast Port strike was only postponed till January for reasons I will not go into.. only destiny will tell what will happen, but if these batteries are actually in stock at whatever price they are, it would be some pretty Sage advice to pick up a couple......... tomorrow.
I'm going to guess it's because of something that's happening a week from Tuesday that would have been bad optics for the port union and their endorsed candidate.. but that's just a wild guess 🤐
I was more responding to the below statement from your original post. If you want your SDS to work you'll have to pay up. Batteries made/sold by brand name manufacturers typically cost more than no name CCP stuff. Iphone does/did the same stuff with their $40 charging cables where $5 knockoffs would be detected and stop charging. Worked fine on Android though. I hate Apple. I also hate proprietary battery packs. On a side note, it's hilarious to me that my work (which is in the RRDB) hasn't broadcast a single transmission in over a year..why? All but one radio stopped taking a charge and Moneyrola charges an obscene amount for new batteries. The last ones lasted 2-3 years and we didn't even use them much, a handful of times a week? There's other users still on the system but we're dead air, largely replaced by cell use at least for now.
That, sir, is more than enough justification to buy a Baofeng!Well, I just recently bought one, now two because my honey thought the first one was "cute" and wanted it for her purse. So, if something FINALLY got her to bite on a radio, that really is something!
A better choice than a UV-5R would be a Quansheng UV-K5 and install (easy) new free alternate firmware (I prefer egzumer) which adds a spectrum analyzer and a frequency counter. If Uniden had those, they would charge you a high price for it. Yes I have and SDS200 but prefer an Airpspy R2 with DSD+ for home use but the SDS100 is still the best choice for mobile when you cannot bring a PC. But for analog handheld, the UV-K5 with a better added antenna is real nice (and you can charge is with a cell phone Type-C cable).
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