UV-E5/UV-E5 MK2: Vero Global Communicationįor detailed explanations of error messages seen with these radios, see the BaofengUV5R page.
After buying the AARL Ham Radio License Manual and conducting a crash course in ham radio, you got your license, and then promptly went out to buy the very popular Baofeng UV-5R radio. There is, in most cases, almost no actual difference between the variants, which is very confusing for customers.Įxcept for the F-11, all of these variants use 'UV-5R' as the Model selection in CHIRP. Baofeng UV-5R Instruction Manual for Dummies. Any vendor that purchases a large quantity of radios can have a private label (and in some cases, firmware version) applied to the radio. I purchased a GT3-TP, Baofeng UV-5 by a different name, with charging stand, DC cord, programming cable, and hand microphone, for 35 dollars. While the low price makes them a great deal, these radios are not easy to program. The Baofeng UV-5R is the basis for many other models. In October 2018, Amazon sold Baofeng/Radioddity UV-5R handheld ham radios at an extreme discount.
