I agree that if a radio is positioned as a premium product, and priced as such, it should 100% meet its spec. NO EXCUSES. Some points: Baofeng are not stating what the power supply spec is when quoting the power levels. Yaesu are making a mistake by specifying @13.8v OR the SBT-24LI battery. I work at a commercial radio dealer, so making tests of this nature are a daily occurance for me. The test proceedure for modern Motorola radios is very well documented, and it specifies that a specific Motorola battery eliminator (they quote a part number for it) must be used. The reason for using an external supply is to prevent weak batteries from influencing the test. With radios commonly only having a 7.2v battery for the supply, they are already sailing close to the wind for supply voltage to the finals. A battery dropping 0.1v during transmit is going to have a significantly different effect to a battery dropping 0.2v. If the radios were run from an external supply, it would take arguments about battery terminal drop out of the equation. Your Baofeng appears to be one of the sought-after GENUINE Baofeng examples. These are known to be excellent handsets that generally meet specs with clean audio, clean output and good RX. The bad reputation that "Baofeng" have is that the radios which fail to meet specs are not Baofeng at all - They are clones. Good video - Good tests - Keep asking questions!
I believe that Yaesu designed the FT70D around a digital platform, and that the FM side of the FT70D was secondary. Especially for the price listed. Maybe next video show digital transmitter RF output? It would have been nice to get the whole enchilada including receive sensitivity. Good video and comparison as well as your summary @14:09
I bought two GT-5R setups, 3800mah Battery, Longer Antenna, and nice Hand Mic, from Radioddity for $65 each. One of the chargers didn't work so they sent me a 3rd Radio just to replace the charger because they had no chargers in stock. I've been a Yaesu fan since I bought my first HF rig, a FT-101E, I have 2 FTM-6000R's and a FT-950, BUT Would Yaesu do that? I doubt it. I like my GT-5R's and they fit better in my hand (with the big BP) than the small Yaesu radios do, and its all the Hand Held radio I need, plus 2 spares! 73 mike
I had a similar experience with radioddity on a missing headphone from my order. I had it in two days with constant email feedback on status and a follow-up to make sure I was happy. Glad they took care of you.
I agree the Yaesu should be better than the Baofeng on transmit. I would think yaesu should give you better than the spec. Makes me wonder if they dropped the power to meet the spurious spec. If they did they need to change their spec.
For me as SOTA activater, the RX front-end plays a vital role, apart of supporting APRS. Could you test these two TRX next to a big commercial antenna tower?
As I said in the video. On the rx side there is no comparison, the Yaesu’s superhet receiver is far ahead. I can see if I can find a good location to do this for you. Watch the follow up video to this one coming tomorrow.
@@LynxElectronicsLab Yes, a superhet is much better in this respect. My Yaesu FT2D is very bad and I guess the more modern version FT5D is about as bad as well. It's still unusable even if the transmitter site is a km or so a away, when using a higher gain antenna, like the 1m long EFHW telescopic one. And a filter is not mechanically sound neither. 73 Stephan
Output makes a difference if you are trying to access a repeater on the edge of the TX range, my FT60 that does do 5w opens GB3CR but my FT70 that just about does over 3w wont open GB3CR at all.
Would you possibly do a comarison with the new Quansheng UV5R Plus? I keep hearing about how its the new kid on the block thay blows baofengs out of the water. Thank you for your great videos.
If I had one, I would be happy to test it. I am retired and my RU-vid channel does not make money so I am limited in the budget on the channel. The Yaesu and baofeng are radios I own. Thanks for the idea.
Wow! Bang for buck on those tests, the Baofeng wins. Poor output on the Yaesu, it should be bang on at 5w, not 4w, especially for a Japanese radio and the higer cost. Yes, the superhet on Yaesu wins on receive, 100%. Thanks for the real-world tests.👍
Glad you liked it. Watch the follow up video this morning. Goes up at 11:45am est. It covers a comment that maybe they meet the spec at another frequency.
The specs of both vendors clearly list the 5 watt rating as output power not input power. The comment about different frequencies is a valid point so based on your input, standby for a follow up video in the next couple of days where we look at this and see if either radio meets the output spec at any point in their operating range.
