<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Not to put on my radio salesman's cap, but the GT-5R radio is promoted as having a cleaner signal and proper limits on TX for amateur use. Dave Casler did a video exploring this radio when it first came out:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1JyM8oNtoaE">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1JyM8oNtoaE</a></div><div><br></div><div>Just a little more info on this particular radio,<br><br><div dir="ltr">Ken, N2VIP</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 6, 2021, at 08:01, Jim Unroe <rock.unroe@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 12:40 AM Jefrey Johnson <jefjohnson5091@gmail.com> wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hello,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I have a UV-5R and I am not able to transmit any vhf freq above 147.975. I can program in 148.000 but all I get when I try to transmit is "Beep".</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I am using CHIRP ver daily-20210930</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>1st time user, don't know if I am doing this correctly. Please advise.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Thanks,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Jef</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>You have one of several new models that only transmits within the USA</span><br><span>ham bands: 144-148 MHz and 420-460 MHz. Any frequency outside of those</span><br><span>ranges is RX only. The one sold by Radioddity is called the GT-5R.</span><br><span></span><br><span>https://www.radioddity.com/products/baofeng-gt-5r</span><br><span></span><br><span>As you can see from the Radioddity page, they tend to cost less</span><br><span>($24.99) than the radios that can TX across the whole 130-179 MHz and</span><br><span>400-520 MHz ranges, so many owners mistakenly purchased them to get</span><br><span>the "lowest price".</span><br><span></span><br><span>Jim KC9HI</span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>chirp_users mailing list</span><br><span>chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</span><br><span>http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</span><br><span>This message was sent to Ken Hansen at ken@n2vip.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>