Is the Baofeng UV-5R done? Meet the UV-17R 

You know Baofeng is onto something when they have to worry about people cloning THEM.

Well done Chuck! Thanks for the shout 👍

Ok why does almost everyone think that having a stopwatch on their handheld radio is such a great idea. I have used several Walkie talkies over the years. Not once have I thought, wow if this radio only had a stopwatch I'd buy a few more.

That was a very nice, quick review of a radio. Nice work my friend. 73, de NH7TR

Definately a better screen. I do however like old school lcd screens so you can still read it without turning on the screen. I can never get myself to buy a UV-5R but I could get a new and improved model. :)

Heritage! Hard to not make a better radio than a uv-5r

Speaker behind the keypad is a weird choice! Thanks for the review

Interesting. If it's cheap enough, another one wouldn't hurt.

Nice but I can’t just another ht . I have few UV5Rs and FT5DR

Just received one from Amazon - total fail. On VHF, the second harmonic was nearly 30 dB above the limit. You read that correctly - nearly 30 dB out of compliance. It will be going back asap.

Bought the UV17R and seems to be a nice HT so far. Definitely a design improvement over the UV5R. Extra battery with the USB-C connection is not easy to find however. I saw only one listing on Amazon with delivery ranging from mid-September to early October. Couldn't find any batteries listed on eBay or Baofeng's website. Also hoping the programming capability is eventually integrated with CHIRP as Baofeng's native programming software leaves a bit to be desired.

Humm... I always wonder if they just repackage and send out an old UV5R - Thanks Chuck

Why does my radio manual say BF-17 series rather than UV-17R series? Did I get a different model? I ordered the UV17R.

Another radio I can afford. :) KO4HPC 73

I got an orange one like yours, nothing will program it, including the software from Baofeng that you used on your black one. I'm eager to see what luck you had with that.

Purchased this radio about 2 months ago and overall it is an impressive radio for the price. However one glitch it has is when receiving a transmission from local repeaters and simplex, the first syllable is cut out before the rest of the transmission is heard. I have the battery save mode (menu option 3) set to Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

Did you say Utgrad? I knew this guy, a German foreign exchange student back in college...never mind probably somebody else.

I am new to ham radio. Can you please refer me to a Basic how to work the radio for someone without any knowledge about any of this. I got the new uv17r. Not much out there for new users.

With 2D's for a Double Dose of Baofeng action

there is a GPS symbol on the top. Has anyone dismantled one to see if there is and its not being accessed or used on the 17R?

Can you unlock to get open frequencies?

why is it so cheap is my question. price tag does not make me want to get it.

Can this one do GMRS Frequencies? Thanks

So our 17 Pro GPS’s from AliExpress are fakes or vendor editions that do Air band and have a GPS?

What programing cable did you use?

Just got one and can’t program it. Cable is no good and program not working.

Already ordered it. From what I can tell, mine will be fake. Always wanted a verifiable fake Chinese radio. Thanks for the opportunity to get to the bottom of this 🙂 I do not need to know the CT tome from a radio in my left hand. I need to know 50 miles away.

I used the Google translate camera to find the way to set mine back to English. 😅

Won't work with chirp

As always with any Chinese and especially Baofeng radio, is it really FCC certified? And when that question is asked, in a nutshell the FCC says in parts 90, 95, 97 that a radio that is intended for a particular service shall NOT be capable of being used on another service either by hardware or software, BY THE MANUFACTURER. In other words, out of the box it cannot be used in the Amateur service and say GMRS. For our purposes, if it can be manipulated to transmit outside of the Amateur bands, it cannot be marketed or sold in the U.S. I think all reviews of Chinese radios should always include this determination.

Burp @ 3:28

SERIOUSLY, if you don't even know how to spell upgrade, why would anyone trust anything in the video. If you're going to use the language, at least have the courtesy to use it correctly.