Ham Radios For Non-Hams - BTech UV-25X4 Ham Radio SHTF & Survival Radio For World War 3 & WW3 Prep 

Randy, you and all other wannabe preppers are fools to think that you can use a ham radio during an emergency without a ham radio license. As I stated before many times, during an emergency it is not the FCC that will be enforcing the law of the land and handling the emergency - it will be FEMA, ATF, FBI, Local and State Law Enforcement, The National Guard, and many others. Even the Red Cross will be there. The first thing they will do if knock on doors to the registered and known Radio Operators to help assist with Coms, and then they start chase down unlicensed operators and arrest them. NOTE: I did not say the FCC. They have no say in what happens in an emergency, FEMA does and they are the ones that orders the arrest and confiscation of any equipment they see fit, including: Radio, Firearms, Vehicles, Generators, food stash supplies, and so on and so forth. They will even take over your home as they see fit. This happened in every emergency in the past, including most recently Hurricanes Jose and Maria, in Puerto Rico where Ham Radio Operators not willing to cooperate with the government agencies found themselves arrested and their radios taken. This has happened in all other emergencies as well, in nearly every emergency I witnessed or part of in the past 45 years I have been using a radio (CB & FRS) and 35 years as a licensed Ham Radio Operator. And in every time the FCC was never around and it is FEMA that is handling the dogs. I'll give to you that you know most of your radio tech, but do you know your radio science? Getting on the airwaves and talking with non-descript randos? The same can be said of FRS/GMRS, MURs, and CB. But as a licensed ham operator, I only talk to friends and friends of friends within a large community. Once in a while I will try out talking to the IIS or listening on some satellite/moon bounced signal to see what it going on. And we all have call-signs from which we can be easily identified with on an FCC Database search. Half of which are wned by female Ham Radio Operators. Call me a snitch, but I found a couple illegals using my friend's (RIP) call sign, tracked down their locations and reported them to the FCC. The FCC had them arrested. You won't find that on their enforcement database. Also, where do you get off of telling users to use the Business Band? Business Band requires a license like GMRS and Ham. They are allocated to various frequency allotment by the FCC. You key up willy nilly on a business band frequency, you are going to have your local WalMart/Kmart/Mall/Private Organization/Business on your rear end and have you arrested for tampering with their frequency allotment. Also beware, the bands you mentioned: 2M (140MHz) and 1.25M (220MHz) there exist a tiny sliver in the 150MHz - 170MHz which is for Marine Band - Ship to Ship and Ship to Shore communications. Interfere with at, and the Coast Guard will be knocking on your door and arresting you. Just like below 136MHz you have the Airband for planes and airports. Mess with them and you will have the FAA knocking on your door and arresting you. On top of that part of the upper area of 220MHz Band is used by the Military for local rescue communications, As a Ham we know where we can go to talk on and in what mode, and where to stay away from. Wanna-be Preppers and unlicensed mofos transmits anywhere and everywhere they please not caring about the rules because during an emergency they have to tell their best buds to pick up a six pack and report to the house, not caring that their signal is stepping on actual emergency coms because that getting 6-pack is the emergency to them. We Hams do follow a code of ethics and morality, we do not go about showing off who has the biggest antenna tower or who blows how many watts out of the end of their coax cable. We communicate like any other group of people but we use technology on our side, and have a slice of the Internet on the airwaves to have web and email at the end of our radio connected computers. So Hamming it about it a lot more than just flapping your tongue like an Ugly American trying talk to Momojimbo in Zimbabwe about the politics of HIS nation. But don't you have a GRMS Repeater? Connected to Zellos? Why you allowing Unlicensed GMRSer's to transmit willy nilly on your system? Lets not forget that one such "operator" decided to take over your repeater and for the two or three videos you bitched, whines and complained about it like a Sad Ham. The you took action to find this person and had the hammer of the law drop on his head, like a Sad Ham would. Don't he have a right to The Free Airwaves like you said here? But you violated his rights to the free airwaves yourself. You are the Sad Ham here though you are a Licensed GMRSer and not a Licensed Ham. Having the government oversee the licensing of radio operators is a must. If not you will have idiots out there buying equipment and modifying them to broadcast on any frequency they want, including emergency services and TV & Radio broadcast frequencies. By laying down the laws, rules, and guidelines ensure safe operations of public and privately owned radio stations, including repeaters. Having individuals tested is to ensure that they know their basic radio science and radio safety, as radiation from an antenna can give radio burns, and give the operator various illnesses if the equipment is not properly shielded. It gives them the "Smarts" not to grab their antenna while keying up to test their range and SWR. (Doing this with a 10watt radio will insure that you will never go that again unless you one of those freaks that likes being shocked by a taser), but doing just that to a 40 to 100 watt radio on full power will land you in the hospital and anything about 100 watts will put you into your grave. I wonder how many preppers know that? My advice to the preppers out there - you got the radio, then be a Grey Man about it. Anyone asks if you got a rig at home or in the car, pull out a FRS/GMRS radio from your pocket and say that is all you have. Do not transmit on the Ham Bands unless it is absolutely necessary. but use CB and GMRS as needed to check up on friends, neighbors and relatives. You do not want attention brought onto yourself and what you own. Because when the SHTF, People are going to go total ape-shit on everyone else, especially to those who have something to their nothing and they are going to steal it from you. Great video, great review, very educational to those that do not know. But you better remember one thing, The price of freedom is not free, and to have a society that helps itself and helps others, rules, laws and guidelines need to be established and enforced. If not we would have total anarchy and then we will have the true meaning of Democracy in our streets. In Greek, Demos = Mob and Cracy = Rules; thus Democracy becomes "Mob Rules."

“Making contact with anonymous men from around the world”😂 I swear I love Randy he is the best RU-vidr out there.

I am a licensed ham radio operator, but I have friends... keep up the good work

I freaking love this channel. He uses a broken pencil to make sensitive people (not me) mad, and he disses people that are hating on his content. I also love when he says, "My giggle hertz" 🤣 Great review on this radio, keep up the great content.

KQ4LNZ here and I am 13 years old and a ham operator. I have that radio set up at my grandparents house with LMR400 coax and I love it it sound great on TX and RX. Also simplex on 440MHz I was able to talk 14 miles with a 6db gain antenna. I just love it!!!. And the vids are awesome too. @notarubicon 73's -Landen KQ4LNZ.

We need to fight for our 2A rights and right to use a radio

Got my GMRS license for me and my Dad, showed him this video and he bought the radio. After I helped set it up for him we made our first contact with some kid talking to himself and boyyyyy was he all kinds of confuckulated about how radios worked so I recommended your channel to him.

I do not have a license to operate my boofang, but when it is dark enough, I sit in my closet and listen carefully until I hear chatter, then I will click the Mike briefly and smile knowing I am a true badass outlaw......

I am licensed in both GMRS and HAM communications and dabble in MURS and have two of these radio in the GEN 1 series. Absolutely love the BTECH UV-25x2 units. Thank you for doing the review!

You have inspired me to get my ham ticket. I'm a happy ham now. Love your vids.

You can get the UV-25X4 ham radio from the Brushbeater online store here: brushbeater.store/products/baofeng-tech-25x4-25w-tri-band-mobile Or, from Amazon, here: amzn.to/3R0fFQO You can get the PC04 programming cable needed to program this radio here: amzn.to/466HR8F Get the Duracomm LPX-14 DC power supply here: amzn.to/466Trkg And you can check out the Jackery solar power-stations here: amzn.to/3G2xl7L

That pencil is looking glorious, don't change a thing!

I burst out laughing at work the other day when you said transmitting through house full of fat people. I'm fat, so it's ok for me to laugh.

Keep up the good work man. I love watching your videos.

Loved your conversation on Radio Contra with NC Scout. Great podcast. Keep up the good work @NotaRubicon.

I had the 1st gen of this radio and liked it a lot. It was my first mobile radio

Rumor has it, if you are Not a Certified Ham Radio Operator, and pull the trigger on that radio, a small nuclear ☢️ missle will suddenly descend from a Zenu satelite, to your location! 😮

Great review as always!

Im already Liking Brushbeater!!! nice....

Recently acquired my technicians license last year, and will probably install this brick on my truck.

The title alone should get the sad hams all wound up and pinched. Since we are nearing the Christmas season, "It's A Wonderful Life" comes to mind. The difference is every time you trigger the transmit button on a ham radio, an angel gets its wings, and a sad ham gets zapped.

I really like mine. Got it from Brushbeater. Great little radio.

Thank you!!

I have the first gen of this radio and this radio. I did have some screen issues but B tech has been great making it right. I also have the 50 watt but i dont really get more fars with the 50. Both are great.

Thanks for this review. I took a look at the specs and I am impressed at the advertised output for 220 on this multi-band radio. Most mobile multi-band radios that have 220 capability advertise only 5 watts for output on that band and this one advertises 20 watts peak and 15 watts average. I am definitely going to put this radio on my wish list. It might not replace my current 50 watt 2m/70cm radio, but would make a nice compliment for my two way radio communication needs. The price isn't too bad either considering most single band 220 radios are more expensive than this radio. Taking bets on how long it takes before my truck starts looking like a porcupine.

I love the Killdozer reference. Another great video.

Love your back shot from Australia 👍

5:39 Nothing runs like a Komatsu through a municipal building 😉

You know, everybody's on here talking about sad hams and all that, which I love, but I haven't seen one single person congratulate you for being the Worlds #4 Dad. So let me be the first to say congratulations! That's a hell of an achievement and one I'm sure took a lot of effort on your part. For that I say 69 good sir. Mike WRQD567 (or k8mrd I guess)

I have been in search of the perfecto radio for my Killdozer THANK YOU RANDY!!!!!!

Owned copy of that radio for several years and it works well enough to be the only mobile radio I own. Had my fill of paying many multiples the price for Icom, Yaesu or Alinco mobile. This radio has been more durable than any of them and if it ever did break, I would not ponder where I had gone so wrong again with radio equipment. But it works. For power, there are cheaper options. I use a replacement power supply intended for an arcade game. These are cheap, fully shielded, and can handle the amps needed.

Just got my GMRS license and call sign today! So excited to actually talk on some nets :)

Everythung about these videos is awesome... The pencil, coffee cup, shirt, down to explanations and information. 😂😅😂😂

I have a 25x2 gen 1 in my jeep and love it. I have not tested the antenna for 220 band but the comet cs2x4sr is a search and rescue antenna that will tune 2m, 70cm, gmrs, murs and so on. I run it on my truck and highly recommend it. Like I said not sure if it will tune 220 band though.

I have a b-tech kt8900. It's a good little radio. Lots of possibilities! This one looks good too.

“Plan accordingly”? Cody will be proud 🤙🏼

Cheers Fren! Stay strapped or get clapped! I'll keep ny spurious emissions in check.

An hour after upload, and no pinned sad ham comment. Disappointing and awesome at the same time!

I've been using a clone of this for a bit as a home base station. Excellent cheapo radio. With my roof antenna, it gets all the fars.

I put a radio very similar to this in my wifes truck. Good stuff. I did end up getting licensed for amateur, but mostly because I'm a friggin nerd.

You are a hoot! Subscribed

Love the shirt

What an absolutely perfect pencil!

Thanks for the review. As a newbie, what antenna would be recommended? Any links to a general antenna that would cover all the bases? You mentioned tri or quad band. Thanks!

In AvE talk, the electrons coming out of the wall socket or car battery are called "Magic Pixies".

I have this radio really like it. It’s plugged into a power supply and has a mobile antenna. I mainly have it for ham and GMRS. I had no luck with MURS. I really want another for my car.

Thumbs up for the Killdozer reference!

You got me beat. I’m the #5 Dad.

I have ham and GMRS licenses, I have this radio, and I like it. It has a few small issues. Sometimes when it powers up, the screen does not work. If you unplug and replug, it fixes itself. The knobs are molded rubber and just press onto the shafts. They fall off very easily. I just 3D printed replacements with set screws.

Ps , I love your tutorials from Australia

My favorite feature too is the adjustable mic gain. Finally the person I'm talking to doesn't have to endure hearing my wife's fat mouth constantly gabbing in the background.

Your killin me....Fun to watch...tooooo funny...

I have a different brand of this same radio. I have it attached to a home made 1/4 wave ground plane tuned for GMRS... but it works a treat for 70cm too... 1:1 GMRS and 1.1:1 on 70.

Randy, assuming gmrs use and with a decent base station antenna, do you recommend this one over the btech gmrs-v2? Seems like this model has the advantage of tx frequencies. However lower wattage. Thanks for the awesome content!

This one is a bit more excellent than usual...

QUESTION- what quad band antenna would you recommend for both Home and car? Thanks in advance.

I’ve got the QYT KT7900D and it’s been good. It’s a re-brand of this. Needs a good antenna though

I watch a LOT of your videos. What HT, mobile (in car), and home radio are you currently using?

I love my QRP radio (KX3 made in the USA)

As a licensed amateur radio operator allow me to express our collective butthurt for this video.

Wish it would fit in my operator 115 that was meant for the midland 115 you reviewed.

Thanks Randy. Just got mine. Disappointed there isn't any roger beep though. ☹

Randy, does it have the roger beeper option?

BLAH,BLAH, BLAH. Great review. Like the (almost) insert parts of the video. Already have 2 BTech 50 watt radios. GMRS & HAM. BETECH works! "Some People" like your channel.

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Great review. Is there a repeater cable available so I can make a repeater out of two of these?

With this new microphone adapter cable, I wonder if the 2nd Gen. Radio will do APRS, using that fancy K1 connector wire thinga-majig, and a cellular phone or PC? I would sure be swell if it did!

Hmmm That RJ45 to K1 cable is a cool idea. I'd rather have a military style handset. I did a good search and could find the Y cable separately from the radio bundle

iIm just here to watch a Sad Ham get shredded. C'mon hams!! I wanna see ya REEEEE!!!

Could you please recommend your favorite tri-band antenna for this radio as well?

Sold out everywhere… for a while … I would like to get one

Gonna get one of these for my killdozer

I''m new to the ham/gmrs radio scene, used CB back in the 70's and 80's. I am curious since you did this video could you/would you perhaps do one on how to "tune an antenna" ie quad band for this particular radio???

It looks very similar/almost identical to the Radioddity QB25 Pro Quad Band.

Does it make sense to put this radio into an ammo box type container with its own power supply to make it handheld/mobile?🇺🇸 I was thinking you’d get more fars out of this than a HT.

Dang Randy you have kicked an ant bed here. Even HRCC is talking about this tonight. LOL

❤ it...

That's me 😁

wow

Thank you for another great upload! I love your ability to both make ham radio sound weird as fuck and awesome as shit at the same time.

KILLDOZER!!! I have not heard the name of that 1974 movie in a very long time. The full length movie seems to be available for free right here on youtube. Bazinga!

I was given a UV25x2 as a gift. will the 25x2 unlock, too, so it can also transmit from 430mhz to 520mhz?

I was thinking while watching of all the sad hams watching this and just shaking at their keyboards. Then I read that pinned comment and thought, "Randy got another one!" 😆

Are the UV-50x2 and x3 second generation radios unlocked as well?

Here's my entry for your stupid highlighted comment of the month: I have really enjoyed your channel, and I appreciate the in-depth help you gave me with my Boo Fwang UV-5R. I also get that you come at radio from the prepper/paranoia side and that's fine too. The irony is that as such a smart and well organized guy, if you put half the effort that you put into one of those UV-5R reviews into prepping for the technicians and general tests, you would easily breeze through them. And then you would see what the HF bands really have to offer and I dare say you would probably enjoy them. There are even parts of the 40 m and 80 m bands where I hear pepper's communing, apparently completely undisturbed by the evil, overbearing FCC.

Randy, So Damn good, I LMAO when you say " Shituation" 😂😂👍👍👍👍👍👍

Hi Randy!!! I have this radio among others. This happens to be my newest purchase. I also have been playing around with one of my six uv-9g's. Somehow, I managed to unlock it. I am now able to talk on ham, murs, gmrs, weather and off bands. I dunno how I did that. It was locked down tight as dicks hat band when I bought them. Matter of fact the other five are still locked down to gmrs only (talking about transmitting). I'm hoping that when I copy the programing from the one to the other five it will unlock them as well. I'll keep you informed if it does. I would send you a copy of the frequency list that it will transmit on but I'm not sure that will show you how I unlocked the radio. Has to be in the settings somewhere I'm guessing. BTW I used chirp to program it BUT I copied the programing from another radio that is NOT a uv-9g. I think I copied it from an AR-152 and as you know that radio is unlocked. Anyway, if you have any guesses as to how I did that I'd love to hear from you about it. Thanks saltwater61

Is there a particular antenna that you would recommend for mounting on an offroad vehicle for gmrs channels? One that will work for gmrs ,listing only, and gmrs ?

Does this radio have the ability to scan through, say, programmed gmrs channels?

I just binge watched you for about 10 hours. I was wanting your input. I was originally wanting walkie talkie for going on a cruise from Temu and since finding you on you tube have decided to go GMRS. I would like 2 units that can be used with one another on a cruise but I’m interested in GMRS. One unit for someone who has no interest in programming just basic use but access to repeaters and mine. I am interested in programming to achieve repeaters GMRS and ham. The brand on Temu is baofeng. ANY SUGGESTIONS. Chirp compatatable desired on second unit. Mine

Well, I am probably one of the stupid ones that's a non licensed novice, but.... I am about to get one for my vehicle and I really want to mount it on my dash. However, someone mentioned the radio can fry out due to the sun baking it during the day. Is this true? I thought they would be built to handle being on the dash like vehicles I had in the service and other jobs. Will it be okay or should I just find a new spot to mount it? I wanted to ask here because I love the blunt honesty you give. I have thick skin 😌 I just want to learn and grow from knowledge when I can.

Now that he’s got your attention, it’s time that we petition the FCC for 5 watts and 10 more channels on the MURS frequencies, and an additional channel on GMRS dedicated to APRS.

1:40 I was once told by a femboy vtuber who 3d prints guns... "Free men don't ask permission, but smart men don't post on twitter"... Pretty standard pillow talk and... words of wisdom.

Anyone have suggestions for a tri-band antenna that matches this radio?

Looks like a radioddity db25g to me.

Thinking about making a bootleg version of Tech Preppers manpack radio out of something like this.

I guess that I am an idiot. I can't even program this radio with the chirp software. I downloaded the GMRS, NOAA, and MURS frequencies but can't figure out how to get them to show on the display 🤔

Want that t shirt

Will you come to Dayton Hamvention if I can get you enough security?

Oops. I must be getting old. I missed the previous comments about the call sign KMG365. A reference to the old TV show "Emergency". Fits right into the theme of this video.