Baofeng UV-5R : Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The UV-5R Ham Radio - The UV5R For Dummies

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In this video I tell you everything you ever wanted to know about the Baofeng UV-5R amateur radio. I explain what the UV-5R is, I explain the FCC rules and laws regarding using a UV5R ham radio, I explain what frequencies this Baofeng can receive, what a "locked UV-5R" is, what unlocking a Baofeng means, and much, much more.
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@davycrockett6701 Месяц назад

I'd never buy another baofeng. Junk is what they are

@TheNotaRubicon Месяц назад

Then why would you go out of your way to watch a video about one?

@dklima Месяц назад

@@TheNotaRubiconI love these pin of shame LMAO

@lacrossed55 Месяц назад

I only use my Space 1999 walkie talkies I got as a kid. I don't need problems with the government, in any universe

@bodazaphfa Месяц назад

Davy cockit went out of his way to watch and comment on a video of a radio that he or SHE would never own again. Brandon voter alert. I bet he sniffs kids too.

@dennydenson9046 Месяц назад

Pure gold 😆@@dklima

@Crushbandicoot-wv8xb 2 месяца назад

This is by far my favorite radio channel

@volvo09 2 месяца назад

He's smart, and isn't obsessed with being a radio dork. Radio guys can be like car guys "bench racing" and fighting over paper stats.

@bendeleted9155 2 месяца назад

It's the #1 HAM channel, if you divide views by the number of years as a channel. It must be so saddening to some. 😢

@mcdonald1743 2 месяца назад

I like the guy and find him entertaining, but it's the same video over and over.

@jonnporter6081 2 месяца назад

It would be more entertaining if he broadcast his stuff on a Baofeng UV-5R

@npa4863 2 месяца назад

New drinking game! Take a shot every time he says Boo-fuang.

@robertbritt6134 Месяц назад

Shit faced 5 minutes in. You nailed it.

@killsplaque 24 дня назад

LMAO!!!!

@SixStringJoy 16 дней назад

I was actually looking forward to an informative video but he only ever talks about sad hams and says baofeng uv5r a thousand times.

@cliffandrews 2 месяца назад

I talk all the time to people on my Baofeng and no one ever ask for a license. I tried to talk to a sheriff yesterday but I don't think he could hear me. My neighbor is mad at me for constantly talking on his baby monitor (the baby likes it). My favorite is talking to people in the drive-through at the Jack in the box across the street from me.

@WaltKO4LFE 2 месяца назад

😂

@barretwitt1987 2 месяца назад

Yeah that's not illegal or anything. . . Keep it up lol

@Delta2-4Gaming 2 месяца назад

@barretwitt1987 throwing tea in the harbor was illegal...

@mcdonald1743 2 месяца назад

@@barretwitt1987dude wasn't being serious

@jimf1964 2 месяца назад

You’re so lucky! Where I am there’s almost no one, except for a restaurant or something.

@minigpracing3068 2 месяца назад

You don't need a Boof Wang to make Boeing aircraft fall out of the sky, they seem to be doing this by themselves. BEE boop.

@Heywoodjablowme2 2 месяца назад

That joke just blew the doors off this..... oh wait....

@mondavou9408 Месяц назад

BEE boop 🤣

@paull3031 2 месяца назад

This video was a master class in mixed and broken metaphors. So many I lost count. Well done, sir. Your humor is near perfection.

@dennydenson9046 Месяц назад

I loved it.

@mattmizell7340 Месяц назад

Hilarious

@BravoBassin 2 месяца назад

At least once a day I get crazy and go all outlaw and push the PTT button on my boofwang uv-5r radio just to see what will happen.

@johnfish1194 2 месяца назад

Felon

@lucasmeijer9111 2 месяца назад

Don’t let the FCCs MQ-9 reaper drone strike you while you sleep

@richardgroves290 2 месяца назад

You will go to jail.

@obsequious_obsolescence Месяц назад

I like to find a local company’s channel and rubber band the ptt button down until the battery runs out.

@Model3GenerativeANdroid Месяц назад

@@obsequious_obsolescence evil only begets more evil

@garykingston1662 2 месяца назад

This channel is so important. Tried getting into this hobby recently and I’m clinging. Went to a meet up with a UV5R, and the guy testing the “clean” ability of my radio with some meter, seemed a little bummed that it was super clean. And then another one bagged on my Nagoya antenna. I’ll just pretend you’re my friend and be happy.

@kjbathe 2 месяца назад

Hams complain their bands are dead but all they talk about is FCCs and spurious emissions. Shocking 🤷‍♂️

@mondavou9408 Месяц назад

Similar experience. I stopped trying. There is hope though, we are here now. Cheers!!

@bendeleted9155 2 месяца назад

Congrats on the #1 HAM Channel 👍

@lakesnake2005 2 месяца назад

As a retired long haul truck I loath "roger beeps". Late at night you could hear bull haulers miles away on their "big radios", first just by the roger beep and then talking nonsense 90 miles an hour in all their echoing glory until they blew your doors off....and faded back into roger beeps again. And then there was always "The Channel Master" sitting at home walking all over everybody and blowing out your speaker. Those "big radios" weren't legal either, but it was rare that anyone was fined or radios confiscated. You could get your CB "tuned up " at any large truck stop and some Cobras and Unidens will put out a strong signal by themselves. Still have a couple of mine and the antennas for them. And I do enjoy my Baofeng UV-5R....LMAO

@brandonm6052 2 месяца назад

Those freaking tuned CBs sounded like echo end of a culvert bullcrap

@Marty48034 2 месяца назад

I’m pretty sure he was being sarcastic about the beep. I know NO hams that like the beep. Ugga.

@waynehendrix4806 2 месяца назад

I fired up some old cobras, and unidens etc, this last year. I was floored by the amount of baseline noise on the CB band. It's almost unusable at this point.

@RabbiJesus 2 месяца назад

Stryker and Ranger are the powerhouse 10meter imports.

@matthewjaco1485 2 месяца назад

Beep beep beep

@RandellReeder 2 месяца назад

Congratulations on 200k, this only gets better. You sir is a superstar influencer for GMRS and the mighty UV5R.

@joshua511 2 месяца назад

And the most-watched channel of Sad Hams!

@Rusted_Link 2 месяца назад

2021 when I wasn't dieing from COVID I watched your video on the BooFwang, learned how to use it, got my GMRS license then amateur tech and then my amateur general license. Now, today, because of 🫵🏻 I am an angry (because of the sad hams) HAM but am happy as well. I own two GMRS repeaters that cover two cities and can talk to many strange men all around the world on HF and CB, which is HF. Thank you Randy

@bendeleted9155 2 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing your story. I am reminded of a poignant life lesson I learned from a great book many decades ago. TO THIS DAY, I remember thinking I didn't like them, but turns out I do. I DO like green eggs and ham, though sad hams try my patience. 73

@waynehendrix4806 2 месяца назад

That's a great uplifting story.

@fredhinck9685 2 месяца назад

Bought a pair off Amazon with the larger batteries. Programmed with Chirp for the FRS and GMRS channels for use on the farm. Get about three miles. Plenty good for here. No skip like CB.

@joshua511 2 месяца назад

The FCCs will take you straight to jail, right away...

@IM1deadMONEY 2 месяца назад

What you said at 8:35 is so on point! There really is a lot of sad hams who will pay $600 for an icom handheld radio, and not acknowledge that the Bofweeng is a bargain for 20 bucks. I respect CB radios too! I got my ham just because I wanted to nerd out with more frequencies, but I have no judgment for anyone who respects a bargain when they see one!!

@waynehendrix4806 2 месяца назад

Some of us buy radios just for their rejection. It's a love hate thing. This might explain why Randy never gets flowers.

@Codyjrt 2 месяца назад

Ham operator here. I own 4 UV5Rs. Actually I own 6 but two are lost in the house, garage or truck. They’re awesome radios.

@kzerobkobrian8937 2 месяца назад

Am I the only one hypmotized by the blinking wall o' radios behind Randy? It's reason enough to watch.

@rolfrobertson6404 2 месяца назад

I started to build my own wall, thanks to this man.

@tenncutt 2 месяца назад

Hyp-mo-tized

@cliffandrews 2 месяца назад

Did you notice that one radio wasn't on?

@waynehendrix4806 2 месяца назад

homotized?

@RSole9999 2 месяца назад

That's the only blinking you'll see on his videos.

@baconsledge 2 месяца назад

Thanks, Randy...always enjoy your thoughts! My UV5R acts as a remote for my paper shredder and funny thing is, it has no remote.

@stevenmackenzie59 2 месяца назад

It is because of you I found a new hobby. I have always been the blacksheep anyway and sarcasm is my second language. so I highly enjoy the content you provide. thank you!

@jeffmccleskey 2 месяца назад

The best background photos of any channel by a mile!

@jimf1964 2 месяца назад

Usually I’d agree, but this one just annoyed the hell out of me so much, I couldn’t watch half the time…..which I guess was the point .

@dbphillips1978 2 месяца назад

Putting up political stuff on a RU-vid channel that's not political is a good way to limit your subscribers.

@joshua511 2 месяца назад

@@dbphillips1978Meh, the Sad Hams seem to be the same as "Fudds" in the gun community. Folks who *should* know better, but still support Team Blue no matter what.

@jeffmccleskey 2 месяца назад

@@joshua511nailed it!

@bill72pa 2 месяца назад

MAGA

@ArthurHerronW6HER 2 месяца назад

Congrats on 200K Randy👍🏻

@vdacevedvdaceved6460 2 месяца назад

Thank you for all your videos really helped me out past few days learning about HAM and GMRS radios

@twoshadows2665 Месяц назад

Been thinking about purchasing a couple of these. The host is a trip. Great info without me falling asleep. Like the humor.

@billleblanc819 2 месяца назад

200k, congratulations!!!

@karmaotsutsuki771 2 месяца назад

I find it hilarious that you say the whole name and lift it up everytime 😂 Im new to radios and have skimmed your channel, very informative, Thanks

@TheNotaRubicon 2 месяца назад

You are very clearly a man of wealth and taste.

@rolfrobertson6404 2 месяца назад

Yeah, thanks to this channel, I own a few of these magical devices. My number 1 channel for radio.

@mikeperry2814 2 месяца назад

Congrats on 200K!

@goober7127 2 месяца назад

Now that is a sense of humour that I like! You just made me subscribe. Good work.

@JohnQDoe-ut3jj 2 месяца назад

Hopefully the FCCs won’t be coming to your home in the same manner as the ATF did in Arkansas busting your door down and dispatching you with their phasers and proton torpedos. Please keep your light saber close by and remember to use the force Luke! And please for the love of Zena - keep these videos coming! I consider them therapy to lift my spirits.

@redlion3d 2 месяца назад

Greatly appreciate the knowledge in an attempt to deconfuculate myself.

@SolarGeneral 2 месяца назад

Thank Xenu I grabbed a couple unlockable UV5r’s. My AR-152 is also unlocked and I guess I’ll be grabbing a few more of those.

@bsdavidson0360 2 месяца назад

You are correct. My Japanese neighbor confirmed it is pronounced boofwang. Anyone telling you otherwise is wrong.

@silverismoney 2 месяца назад

Love this guys videos. The opposite of the sad HAM gatekeepers. Congrats on 200K. Have you used the Quansheng UV-K5?

@witchdoc5075 2 месяца назад

Love my baofengs! Love how you say it. I was actually saying it with you. Thanks!

@Wreckeem 2 месяца назад

I am buying one just because I love your content. IM COMING BACK EVERY UPLOAD THATS ON GOD.

@NightHiker72 2 месяца назад

You Rock Brother! Keep The Videos Coming!!

@andersjankov7178 2 месяца назад

Love your vids. Keep em comming

@latergator3367 2 месяца назад

I am not a “normal” person, therefore I understand everything you say. Thank you Randy for all your uncommon knowledge. Godspeed. Zenu.

@Yugo-CA 2 месяца назад

I come here for the lulz and you never disappoint randy!

@thegreener196 14 дней назад

gawd I f****ing love this guy. great content! subscribed sir.

@JLeezy864 Месяц назад

Just because of you I am now a new subscribed follower and am absolutely purchasing this radio because ofnsad hams.

@LikeOnATree 2 месяца назад

I raced to the comment section to say that I both laugh a lot and learn a lot from your videos! I especially like learning how “fars” these radios will transmit! Thank you! 😊

@John-cj3ve 2 месяца назад

Love the changing background pix over your right shoulder!

@sauletto1 2 месяца назад

Congrats on 200k ! :)

@Sonicgott Месяц назад

I am now the proud owner of two Boof-Wang UV-5R Pro radios. They work reasonably well.

@alexfetterhoff2147 2 месяца назад

Getting mine tomorrow..i cant wait.!!🎉🎉

@trulylynn9941 2 месяца назад

I am glad I found the best so there is no need to watch the rest!

@AdamEisan 2 месяца назад

“Undocumented” 😂😂😂 So good.

@user-qq9tf1tr7x 2 месяца назад

Thanks for the informative video's, I appreciate it!

@richardcorwin1828 2 месяца назад

Thank you!!

@buckeyeblaster 2 месяца назад

I love my UV-5R! Ended up buying many more for the family and some spares for... "Some people" when Shtf. *Roger Beep*

@YoungFanguiZhe 29 дней назад

Just received the Baofeng (pardon me, "Booofwang") 5RX the other day. I was very impressed with the build quality. I appreciate your videos as they have helped me in programming the unit as i was able to learn prior to receiving the unit manual. The 5RX is capable of receiving AM -"airband", which was of interest to me. Would be cool if you were to review one of the AM capable variants

@marcspaz 2 месяца назад

I miss my UV5R, but I do love my BF-F8HP. Both awesome radios.

@rapache1 2 месяца назад

Thanks for making this 🎉

@domlecompte2415 2 месяца назад

Your video's got me to purchase the Amateur Radio License Canadian Basic Qualifications Study Guide, 9th Edition also with 2x UV-5R. Great info and I am getting involved with the local club VE2CWQ.

@RonanKeane 2 месяца назад

Entertaining as much as educational.

@vvogt4252 2 месяца назад

Great Video Brother R. 👍🇺🇸

@jamescarter431 15 дней назад

Dude, you’re the best. This video had me cracking up

@user-yj9jl2ss6u 2 месяца назад

I learned a couple things, had a few laughs and left a 'Like'. Take care...

@RedMurkal 2 месяца назад

I'm really starting to understand the term "Sad Ham". From my living room I can access at least half a dozen repeaters. These repeaters are quiet alot of the time. However, a radio check without a call sign will get you a lesson in "the rules" from any of the "sad hams" that are listening. If they aren't going to use these repeaters then why do they care so much about "qualified operators"? Also this channel is by far the one true channel for two way radio content. Rando rocks!

@killsplaque 24 дня назад

I played a staring contest with you multiple times. You won every time. :)

@richardmillican7733 2 месяца назад

200k Randy! Congratulations. Ive 3 baofeng UV-5r... i had 4 but i dropped one into the sea!😢

@user-oi4fg3os7t 2 месяца назад

Randy is "qualified" to talk about the UV-5R. Unfortunatley, SOME PEOPLE are not "qualified" to shut up and listen.

@stevenemert837 2 месяца назад

A couple of years ago I even saw a park ranger at Yellowstone using a Boofwang UV-5R.

@craigmelchiano72 Месяц назад

I love your channel and delivery. Thank you. 🙏🏼PLEASE help me with these questions about the UV-5R; Are there only 5 channels, of 5 frequencies? Or am I doing something wrong? Is that why I only get about 1 mile distance? I’m using the tall antenna, should I not be? It’s on high power, is that automatically 8W?

@farmerwayne1404 2 месяца назад

I see you have posted your "favorite" judgenot behide you. Jolly good!

@Timberlinetown 2 месяца назад

I am brand new to GMRS and found your channel and now I can't get enough!! The dry humor is to die for and top notch!! I do have a question though that I have been confused on. When it comes to your radios like the UV-5R, TD-H8, etc. when not in use, is it okay to keep them on the charging dock for extended periods of time? Or is it best not to simply "store" them on an active charging dock when not in use? Trying to do what is best for those little batteries, extended life, avoiding possible overheating, etc. Thank you for any advice.

@TheNotaRubicon 2 месяца назад

I would never leave mine on the charging dock unless it's charging due to the potential fire-hazard.

@Timberlinetown 2 месяца назад

@@TheNotaRubicon Enough said! Thank you very much for your time.

@guillaumeboutet5964 2 месяца назад

Tanks for your vidéo ❤

@archstanton9206 2 месяца назад

If you are not already a highly successful fisherman, I think you would be were you to take up the sport. You have a gift.

@waynehendrix4806 2 месяца назад

He could be a master, baiter.

@johnpauljueroberts4759 2 месяца назад

Always enjoy this guy's content. Watched hours of his videos, still don't know his name. Stay true, notarubicon. More than a boofwang i feel most inspired to get a Jeep.

@CentralVirginiaEAS 2 месяца назад

I own a boofwang UV5R++. Great radio.

@erikbetancourt7194 2 месяца назад

I use my baofeng more than my yeasu hand held. They are so fun to use.

@user-eo7cf2cd7k 2 месяца назад

Thanks for not letting the sad HAMs lie to use, bub!

@codypal55 15 дней назад

Ear holes and ocular sacs were educated and entertained. Thanks.

@MourningConstitution 2 месяца назад

Thanks!

@6tim7 2 месяца назад

I have no idea how to use my boofwang, but it's fun to scan and listen to. Living in las vegas, there's plenty of chatter at times

@Barracuda48082 2 месяца назад

Only my uv5r pro oscillates that high, my uv6r will tune up but struggles to oscillate above 4.48 gigglehertz. The double double set of Tidradio gm5r ( your recommended choice) have channel lock issues. Phzz, phzz, phzz. Like yours behind you on your bench..flicker, flash, phzz

@DiggerX 2 месяца назад

I have 4 Boafeng's and 2 Quansheng HT's that are Wonderful, the Quansheng has a really Awesome roger beep. I'm Not a Ham, I'm more of what you would call a "Free Bander", but I do hold a GMRS license.

@BennyHubba 2 месяца назад

Love it

@gregsmith1116 2 месяца назад

True. So true. I love my cheap Chinese radios and keep them close at hand and along side the more expensive HTs as well. Fun and glee with friends and strangers and many cannot discern that I am using a cheap Chinese radio to talk on the repeater or on simplex. Ha, they are great!

@Adamdaj 2 месяца назад

There are Amateur Radio Operators out there like me who don't always follow protocol. I have owned several radios that were unlock or jail break as some call it. Radios like the YAESU FT-60R will only work on two of the five channels on the MURS band even though it still violates FCC R&Rs.

@mickqld3003 2 месяца назад

My UV-5RA receives all local services and can transmit/receive the CB frequencies. I'm ham licensed and consider it a very practical & useful radio. I forget the differences, maybe it's the A model that allows all this, but also I recall 2 different versions of the radios having different band coverage capabilities. One going to 520 MHz, one only 470 or something.

@TheNotaRubicon 2 месяца назад

You must not be in these United States because no UV-5R could ever transmit on 'Merican CB radio due to the low frequencies that 'Merican CB radios use..

@mickqld3003 2 месяца назад

Australia. UHF CB is 477 MHz. Some radios could not do it. Pending which version we order here. I found the Wouxun radios to be good too. Dropped one in water in a flood. It fogged up etc, but recovered in a few days of drying. Still works 10 years later. Hard to criticise that durability. I have a few, so I can hand them to friends if SHTF in some way.

@zmaint 2 месяца назад

Do you have a video showing how to easily program a Baofeng GMRS UV-9R?

@KinseiSensei 2 месяца назад

Oh my garsh he said “irregardless” and “intensive purposes” 😂. I love it

@gregorysloat4258 2 месяца назад

Both of my radios (UV-5R and UV-5R Plus) came unlocked from Amazon (and I’m assuming the factory).

@tonyp4092 2 месяца назад

Quansheng UV-K5 and its variants are $15 shipped...

@X-OR_ 2 месяца назад

I Love the Sound of a Roger Beep In the Morning...... It Sounds like Freedom :

@enigma51ted 2 месяца назад

FM only, good to know :)

@micwell2247 2 месяца назад

Got 2 UV 5 R + rad's and love em I don't care to trans on them. Going to resorts I look up local trunk lines and freqs and run them in scan hear all the goings on ...in the unlocked condition of course

@gary1559 2 месяца назад

This is a great resource for ham radio operators who want to learn more about radios.

@ClintonBowden-jo4yy Месяц назад

I mainly use mine to let the Walmart stores know I'm at their store to deliver. I've been having an issue with my battery lately. What extended life battery pack would you recommend?

@halfabapandmusket 2 месяца назад

Fantastic 😂

@andrewbird9938 2 месяца назад

Love the tee-shirt

@rowanlawson3844 2 месяца назад

Can you comment on the Baofeng AR-5RM ham radio - I believe it ships unlocked, and I’m wondering if it is essentially a UV-5R with a better display and longer life battery. Thanks!

@rogerthomas5940 2 месяца назад

Will those spurious RF emissions ever interfere with my spurious nocturnal emissions?

@jadonschreck1237 2 месяца назад

What’s the best radio for a comms down situation

@SuperDubmonster Месяц назад

I was talking with my dad about radios a few weeks ago and his first name drop was NotaRubicon. Didn’t understand why until I watched this video. This man and my dad are the same person lol. So much so my wife walks out of the kitchen like “is that your uncle?” lol.

@Jeff97405 День назад

Liking the haircut...keep up the good work on this radio.....10-4

@edporter9355 2 месяца назад

The thumbnail title to lead us to this episode is rather suggestive and -----I Love it ( use me hard ) I can hear the radio calling out ---Oh, HURT ME !!😵

@nimblehealer199 2 месяца назад

I'm not NotaRubicon, but I approve this video

@davidyummus6259 2 месяца назад

Question (for anyone) Setting aside "Regulations" and on performance & options only, Boofwang UV-5R 8watt unlocked & GMRS Frequencies loaded or Boofwang GM-15 Pro GMRS Radio ?

@MrCquijano Месяц назад

I just tried to buy one on Amazon and it won’t ship to Florida nor Costa Rica. I got a general error explaining that the reason could be one of many. Any ideas?