<div dir="ltr"><div>I can vouch for the Baofeng UV-82HP. I also recently got my license and spent a good deal of time checking out HT's. The price plus features and quality made the BF my choice. I also got the programing cable, a battery case for standard AA batteries and a battery eliminator that plugs into a cigarette lighter. I would suggest buying from Baofeng Tech (Amazon) because they will handle any problems here in the USA. It was easy to program with CHIRP on the first try. I haven't tested it for range yet as I live 1.5 miles from a tower with several repeaters (K9PC & N9IAA). </div><div><br></div><div>Kent K9AEE</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Brent Wells <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:n4bdw73@gmail.com" target="_blank">n4bdw73@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dave, I completely agree with a Baofeng for a starter radio, my my recommendation is that although the 5R is only $25 (give or take)....I would ahead and pay $63 and get the much stronger 8 watt F8HP so that if he wants to stick with the 'starter' radio for a while, he'll at least have a better chance of hitting repeaters.<br>
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> On Nov 29, 2016, at 8:02 PM, Dave Hartman via chirp_users <<a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.<wbr>danplanet.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> A recent addition to our radio club is looking for something to get him<br>
> on the local repeaters. Woxun and Baofeng come to my mind as good<br>
> starter radios that don't cost much and work reasonably well. Which HTs<br>
> would you recommend based on ease of programming, with Chirp of course,<br>
> reliability, and low cost? Thanks!<br>
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