Actually, I have a friend, who does repeater work, and he hooked up the BF up to his Monitor… And didn't see any of that…
73 Dustin KF5VXR
> On Nov 9, 2015, at 11:13 PM, John Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Actually from my various friends who check them on test equipment, the
> radios get worse as you get to the newer ones, not better.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Fowle
> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2015 10:21 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Handheld Recommendation Needed
>
> Did you all see the qst results of field tests of various handhelds arrl did
> at conventions?
>
> Many of the Baofang radios failed the spurious radiation tests
> disasterously.
> However the tests happened over several years, hopefully they've got there
> act straightened out.
>
> I know there is contraversy about who is responsible for transmitting with a
> rig that doesn't meet FCC specs, but I wouldn't want to be an R.F. poluter.
>
> Tom Fowle WA6IVG
>
>> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 10:50:45AM +1300, Dave Allen wrote:
>> Hi Dave!
>>
>> I'm definitely happy with my Baofeng UV5R. It is a dual bander and there's
>> plenty of support for it on the handi hams site.
>>
>> Price is US$32.99 from 409shop.com
>>
>> Paypal seems to be the best way to pay them. I've had better results
>> organising orders with them via Email. Use the address [log in to unmask]
>>
>> The non-standard keyboard takes a little getting used to, but as long as
>> you
>> don't forget that, everything works great.
>>
>> Have just set up a new one for a friend across town. XYL even likes the
>> feel
>> of this radio, but says the use process is too much like a phone to
>> convince
>> her to consider getting a license. Oh well, you can't win them all, but
>> keep
>> trying.
>>
>> 73,
>> Dave
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Dave Basden
>> Sent: Tuesday, 10 November 2015 5:32 a.m.
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Handheld Recommendation Needed
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have a friend, W6RGH, who isn't on the list, but needs a handheld
>> recommendation. His old one has gone south. One of the talking Chinese
>> radios would do well for him. I think he would like a dual bander. There
>> were so many new models coming out that I have lost track. What current
>> model do you all like and who supplies it here in the U.S.?
>>
>> Thanks and 73,
>>
>> Dave, W7OQ
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