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Re:Be Vewy Vewy Quiet, We’re Hunting Baofengs by Aloha on Monday March 04, 2019 @12:55PM (#19303423)
They're just (more often than not) lousy radios, buy a used Motorola, or a Yaesu FT-60.
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Re:Be Vewy Vewy Quiet, We’re Hunting Baofengs by setquk on Monday March 04, 2019 @01:02PM (#19303523)
They're not that bad really. The programming interface sucks but what HT doesn't it suck on?

I've got an FT-60 and FT-818 as well for ref.

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Re:Be Vewy Vewy Quiet, We’re Hunting Baofengs by Aloha on Monday March 04, 2019 @01:38PM (#19303909)
They're disposable radios - you cant fix them, align them, or otherwise do much to them, every single one I've seen has poor selectivity and sensitivity. They do usually transmit on frequency and are decently stable, but thats about it.
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Re:Be Vewy Vewy Quiet, We’re Hunting Baofengs by setquk on Monday March 04, 2019 @01:48PM (#19304031)
You’re correct but that doesn’t stop them being useful.
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