you'll love it when it shows up.
I will suggest a few accessories though that you can ask for with the 
package.
Ask for the 3600MA larger battery...25 bucks or less
ask for an antenna like the J0125A female SMA...4 bucks and many many users 
have said it performs better than the stock duck that comes with the radio.
Ask for a speaker mike if you like those sorts of things...only about 10 to 
15 bucks, but they are kenwood compatible, so if you already have a kenwood 
speaker mike your good to go.
Also, if you want to hook your uv5R up to any existing HT antennas, or 
mobile antennas or whatever, you'll need the adapters to go from the Male 
SMA on the radio to your likely more common male SMA HT antennas or an so239 
for typical mobile or bass antenna connections.
There is also a battery eliminator that terminates in a cigarette lighter 
plug for about 12 bucks on ebay which can be nice because there is no 
charging jack on the radio to hook up an external power source.
this one slides on just like the regular battery and has a regulator built 
in.
don't bother with a programming cable because none of the software out there 
is accessible with JFW or win eyes yet.
however, the programming cable is compatible with both kenwood and wouxun 
radios, as are the speaker mikes.

Buddy's documents are fantastic and are the first thing that is recommended 
to new users by the guys on the UV5R yahoo list.
I've shared it with my local group, 10 of us, who just got the UV5R's and 
everyone finds it very helpful.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Martin" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 9:10 PM
Subject: Baofeng UV-5R


> Hi, Group:
>
> Last night, I spent a whole bunch of time learning about The  Baofeng =
> UV-5R.  What an amazing package for the money.  Going to put the bug in =
> Santa's ear and hope that radio gets here by Christmas or sooner.  Some =
> of the material I reviewed on line came from members of this group and =
> that fact assured me that I won't make a mistake getting one.  The only =
> guilt trip is that I have 2 ADI HTs which work OK and which I can use =
> with sighted assistance programming.  I paid twice the going price of =
> The  Baofeng UV-5R for the 2 meter one and three times the price for the =
> 440.
>
> 73:
> Bob
> KC3FI
> EchoLink Node - 55127
> Please visit http://www.wan-leatonks.net.