<div dir="auto">Hi<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks alot for all the help.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 5, 2021, 16:55 Jim Unroe <<a href="mailto:rock.unroe@gmail.com">rock.unroe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 6:46 AM Bennie Potgieter<br>
<<a href="mailto:potgieterbarends4@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">potgieterbarends4@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Gooday<br>
><br>
> Can any please assist, the UV 5 R, 5 watt or 8 watt?<br>
><br>
> Wich one is te best?<br>
><br>
> Thank you<br>
<br>
The 5 watt models have 2 transmit power levels (High, Low)<br>
The 8 watt models have 3 transmit power levels (High, Mid, Low)<br>
<br>
See menu option 2 (TXP)<br>
<br>
The 5 watt models usually have model names like UV-5R, BF-F8, GT-3,<br>
etc. Until recently most 8 watt models added a suffix to indicate the<br>
addition of the third TX power level.<br>
<br>
UV-5RTP, GT-3TP, GT-5TP (tri-power)<br>
UV-5R7W (7 watts)<br>
BF-F8HP, UV-82HP (high power)<br>
<br>
The Supported Radio Models list on the CHIRP home page generally<br>
indicates which models have 3 TX power levels (8 watts) by adding<br>
"(use BF-F8HP)" or "(use UV-82HP)" to the right of the model name in<br>
the listing.<br>
<br>
Many of the 5 watt models come with Baofeng A-5R logo antenna (about<br>
4.8" long and very stiff) which is considered to be a poor performer.<br>
The Baofeng V85 antenna (about 6.6" long and flexible), which comes<br>
stock on the Baofeng UV-82 series and a few of the UV-5R style 8 watt<br>
radios such as the BF-F8HP, is considered a decent performer for a<br>
stock antenna. This doesn't matter if you plan to replace the antenna<br>
with a better performing 3rd party antenna.<br>
<br>
Jim KC9HI<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
chirp_users mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br>
<a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><br>
This message was sent to <a href="mailto:potgieterbarends4@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">potgieterbarends4@gmail.com</a> at <a href="mailto:potgieterbarends4@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">potgieterbarends4@gmail.com</a><br>
To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br>
</blockquote></div>