Nice work if you can afford it but I like not being computer dependent with my
radios and can buy eighteen or so bf-f8s for what one of those rigs you've got
costs you.  If its absolutely what you need then go for it but for the average
user where there are repeaters available you can't beat the Baofengs.

Tom


Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html

On Sat, 18 Oct 2014, Alan R. Downing wrote:

> Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 17:32:19 -0700
> From: Alan R. Downing <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Baofeng radios
>
> I will no longer purchase hammy hammie mobiles or HT's.  I will only buy
> Motorolla, commercial Kenwoods, Icoms, or Yaesu's, though the commercial
> Yaesu's are called Vertech or something like that.  All of my VHF and UHF
> HT's are Motorollas, and all of my mobile VHF and UHF's, happen to be
> commercial Kenwoods.  They all cost about a grand each and require
> proprietary software for programming.  But, they are orders of magnitudes
> better than hammies, and worth every penny.
>
> Alan
>
>
>
> Alan R. Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of John Miller
> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 5:13 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Baofeng radios
>
> You are right, just cheap and actually on test equipment, a few of my
> friends say they are within spec but nowhere near as good as the more
> expensive radios. Personally I rather used commercial radios, I'm just more
> comfortable with them especially with all the public service I do I don't
> feel right trusting those radios. In fact for events we do simplex on, where
>
> PL tone isn't needed, I've even been known to bring out an old Icom IC2AT
> which I only paid $10 for and it out performs them transmit and receive
> hands down.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 7:35 PM
> Subject: Baofeng radios
>
>
> >I know zero about Baofeng radios.  If I were to ask the question, why does
> > one buy a Baofeng radio instead of a Kenwood, Icom, or Yaesu, what would
> > the
> > answer be?  When I have read posts about Baofengs, it seems to me that no
> > one claims that Baofengs are superior to the major three in some way,
> > perform better than the big three, or have better quality than the top
> > three
> > brands.  I am left with the impression that Baofengs are nothing more than
> > cheap.  Is my perception correct?  Or am I missing something here?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Alan
> >
> >
> >
> > Alan R. Downing
> >
> > Phoenix, AZ
> >
> >
>