From Australia (where they sent the intelligent people) I understand how much time you spent helping people putting this excellent and informative video together THANK YOU. Graeme
Audio tip: Any chance you can grab a lapel mic like a RODE wireless or DJI? Your room reverberates and make for a hollow sound. Check out Ham Radio Tube where Mike explains how he does his mic.
I bumped a fairly expensive mic that ended up catching some reflected sound off the table in front of me. Have you checked out any recent videos? They're much better.
The Charger is universal..110 v to 240 v 50/60 Hz ..the Main plugs are only different. In the RU-vid you say it was till 120 v...😏 I have UV-K6...with F5HWM V 2.7 firmware based on Egzumer 0.22..excellent 👍😄 Nice review...73 Gerben PA0GDW Netherlands 14:41
it is a beautiful radio but it has a problem in the Netherlands hot air balloons use 8.33 KhZ and now there is a problem example 122.255 / 122.250 - 8.33 is a problem. when the frequency is entered on grid 8.33 it indicates a problem that already indicates that the correct bandwidth is not correct that means that this walkie-talkie is not the right one which will work well and the modulation will not work correctly because it is next to modulate the frequency and the speech will not be good, but other than that it is a nice cheap walkie-talkie.
"FCC ID : XBPUV-K5 Model Number: UV-K5, UV-K5(2), UV-K5(6), UV-K5(8), UV-K5(9), UV-K5(11), UV-K5(22), UV-K5(66), UV-K5(88), UV-K5(99), UV-5R, UV-5R PLUS, UV-82 To Whom It May Concern: We, The QUANSHENG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. hereby declare that the models are identical except the model names & cover designs. Except for the different above, no other modification is performed." fcc.report/FCC-ID/XBPUV-K5/6401581.pdf
Why do HAMS talk about nonsense things on repeaters? Like airfryers, the weather. They got the license and spent a lot of money on radio gear just to talk about airfryers.
Onnce a while there are good conversations about politics and current events , main thing is hobby and making long distance contacts , and perhaps new ham friends world wide .and yes, sometimes there chat for hours about antennas, i tune out ,lol
I've got one of each, and they are not the same. I can't flash the uv-k5(8) like I can the older one. I also can't use the cps or chirpp to read and write to the new one. The memory map must not be the same. Though, I was able to clone what I have programmed into the old one to the new one using the over the air copy mode. It didn't work quite how I expected, but all my data and settings moved over, including my custom boot message (my callsign).
Great review video Jim! I didn't even know you had one of my hamshack reference mats. Glad to see you like it. Just a heads up, I've dropped the pricing quite a bit on all the different versions of it. Looking forward to watching more of your informative videos. 73! James - KH2SR
Good question. Amateur radio is a hobby that many enjoy. As with most hobbies, the object of the hobby isn't something you need, its something you enjoy. My spouse just got herself a new sewing machine even though there are lots of stores that sell clothes.
You can do just about everything in the menu system that you can do on the computer. It just takes a lot longer. Sorry you're having trouble connecting. I have not had that trouble.
