How can your friend who works at Wal-Mart use his Baofeng in place of his 
store provided Motorola radio?  Most radios can receive on extended coverage 
bands, but they can't transmit on any bands other than the ham ones.
Harvey
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zach Shifflett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2013 11:10 PM
Subject: Re: question concerning the Yaesu FT-60R , dual band hand held , 2m 
and 440 MHz


> Hi RJ.
> I have a Baofeng and love it.
> I know a lot of people who have them, both on this list and off, who
> have it as well.
> It's really a great little radio, and I think you'll like it a lot
> once you get it.
> I was talking to a guy on my local repeater the other day who works at
> a Wall-Mart store near here.
> He had gotten a baofeng for ham use, and loved it so much that he got
> another one to take to work and replace his store walky talky.
> He said it was more reliable than his company provided Motorola.
> I know it seems like it's cheap at only 40 bucks, but really it is a
> sweet little radio with all the capability you need for a starter ht.
> With the Nagoya Antenna I bought for it, I can sit on my back porch
> and make it into a repeater that's 16 miles away with full quiet, so
> it's not just a peace of junk.
> It's a really neat radio, and the best deal you can get for the price.
> As for accessibility, I've not played with many other ht's, but
> according to the active elements reviews, it seems like just about the
> most accessible handheld radio out there.
> You might get something moderately accessible if you spring for a
> really expensive Kenwood, but the Baofeng will do just fine.
> You'll have to remember a couple menu options if you wanna program
> repeaters on the fly, but it's just a matter of getting to know the
> radio.
> If you can operate a microwave oven, alarm clock, car stereo, etc.,
> you can operate this little rig.
> I heard this old guy today on a 2 meter repeater who had just come
> back from a hamfest say that the baofeng was the most incredible radio
> he'd seen for it's price.
> He said it outshined a bunch of ht's he himself had bought for 3 times
> its price.
> Anyway, I'm not trying to sell it to you or anything, but I really do
> love the radio.
> Just recently having gotten my own license, I was really skeptical at 
> first.
> Check out Buddy's eyes free guide at active elements.  There's a lot
> of good stuff on the site about radios of all makes and models.
> 73,
> Zach, KK4RUZ