<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">I am a rank novice at this so I'm only guessing and I was in a hurry. The BF-R3 will be a backup to the BF-F8HP for me but it does have 3 bands, UHF, VHF and a 1.5 meter band between them. It even comes with two antennas... one for UHF/VHF and one for the middle band. Not that I understand the antenna scheme. It's max power is 5W compared to 8W for the BF-F8HP but sometimes it pays to have a back-up plus it might be helpful to have the third band, I guess? Oh, and another plus, it comes with the huge battery.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">I, also don't know, if I tried to download a program with repeaters in the other bands if it would work or not. They both have the same first two letters, BF... instead of U* but I doubt that means much. I'm glad that it worked though.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">FWIW... there's more to this story... I actually ordered the BF-R3 first... and in parallel, tried to download the programming software from the AMZN-seller (didn't know about CHIRP yet). When I tried to go the seller's URL, Google came back with a RED BOX warning that the website was dangerous so I started searching for other software and found CHIRP. In parallel with that I decided to order a BF-F8HP too, mainly since it was sold by Baoteng directly and listed on CHIRP's radios. I sorta planned to return the -R3 at some point since I did not have compatible software but now will probably keep it.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Now if CHIRP starts supporting the -R3 in the future, I'm in even better shape.... CHIRP is amazing! I can't imagine trying to stay compatible with so many radio options, frequency options, formats and technology advances.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Gary.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 6:57 PM Jim Unroe <<a href="mailto:rock.unroe@gmail.com">rock.unroe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 8:49 PM Gary or Coleen Ferguson <<a href="mailto:gnc@taosnet.com" target="_blank">gnc@taosnet.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> I'll try it but it will be a while before I get to it. Leaving on a trip soon, so I took a shot using the BF-F8HP settings and it loaded without any problems. I only loaded some 2 Meter repeaters though, neither of the other two bands.<br>
><br>
<br>
If the Baofeng/BF-F8HP selection worked, then the Radioddity/UV-5RX3<br>
won't. I made the mistake that the R3 meant it was a tri-band radio. I<br>
guess it is a tri-power radio, right? In that case, the BF-F8HP would<br>
be correct.<br>
<br>
Jim KC9HI<br>
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