Baofeng celebrates it's 25 year anniversary with a special edition of the UV-5R. Baofeng drastically lowered the prices of handheld VHF/UHR radios with the UV-5R in 2012 priced at 20 to 30€.

In my opinion, it's the #glock of ham radio. Many people still buy or recommend buying the UV-5R even though there are way better alternatives for the same price. It doesn't have USB-C charging or upgradeable firmware. The UV-5R only has 128 memory channels and the display / ui is very... "basic". Glock owners would say "but it's so reliable", baofeng fans might say "but it' so cheap, don't complain".

Let's talk about the alternatives.
The Quansheng UV-K5 has USB-C charging and custom firmware like the F4HWN firmware that supports 200 memory channels and a spectrum view among other features.
The Tidradio TD-H3 has USB-C charging as well as programming over USB which the UV-K5 cannot. The Quansheng UV-K1 also adds USB programing. The F4HWN firmware supports the UV-K1 as well.

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The new #Baofeng UV-5R Mini arrived today, and ooooh is it TINY?!?! Will have play time later. First brief 2 minutes test I did was : does external PTT work properly with and without squelch (it doesn’t on Quansheng UV-K5(8) ) - yes it does. For eventual low-cost packet node use, this is essential.

One oddity though, will re-test when I have more time. External mic attached, squelch off, turn the volume right up to max - it starts generating RF as though you were keying up randomly.

#HamRadio

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