You can get a hardware board mod for this radio and unlock ALL BANDS! This is probably the most fun to use budget radio on the market, you just need to explore it a little more. Remember that listening is legal, transmitting on some frequencies is illegal. Use it with responsibility, so you dont transmit Sinatra on a band that is used for emergiencies.

Does anyone know how to get a numerical reading of battery voltage on the UV-17R? Pressing "0" like on other Baofengs doesn't work. Thanks!

I am using an antenna tuned for Airband frequencies! In the comparison test I used a homemade outdoor j antenna, which was only used to have the same signal available for all the units. Although NOT Airband tuned, it worked fine.

What’s the antena that you have for the airand?

ba-oh fung.... not bay o fang

I just got the H3. Looking at getting the H8, because more radios. Question about using both ham and gmrs. On my h3. I can only set itbup for one or the other even in "normal" mode. On my Baofengs, i can transmit and monitor both ham and gmrs at the same time without re uploading one or the other profiles. Is that the case on the H8 or does it have to be reuploaded to switch for ham or gmrs use? Inlike my Baofengs for one radio to monitor AND use at the same time.

Quansheng UV-K5 8 ans Firmware Egzumer 0.20 for Air band it's very good + antenne 771 .

As I mentioned in the video, YES, most are actually NOT GPS radios! There are so many variants to this model, each vendor tries to get more sales by reducing features when they order, (a few pennies at best) and they sell them like crazy! It has to say 17Pro GPS otherwise it is not!

Is there a 17 pro that doesn’t have gps? The one I’m looking at online says uv-17 pro (sometimes pro max) but doesn’t mention gps at all, otherwise looks the same. I just want it to be legal.

hi just wondering do I need an airband specific antenna for that. I have just got one for airband specifically and I am completely beginning for that

I subscribe to your channel cuz I think you're a decent guy I hope you realize my criticism no harm intended you made a great video and I really thank you for it and hope to stay friends with you you're all right with me thank you again😊😊😊😊😊😊

Yeah who wants to spend 300.00 for a radio come on a handheld that could break if I break one of these radios I could just pull another one out of my pack you got to think outside the box you're right you're absolutely right I'm not going to spend $300 for a radio and worried about it getting broke and I'll have it mostly in my backpack and not out using it I'll just buy one just for show just to sit on my charging desk but my Baofang it's fine you're absolutely right for $25 30 it's well worth it😮

Hey my friend just tell me where I can get the batteries I want to buy a couple extra batteries for it❤

Please don't pay attention to some of your viewers that may complain they don't understand some of the people are french fries short of a Happy meal you know that I know that let's just get on and talk about how beautiful the radio is I fell in love with Baofang 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

The urbanomics of the radio look really sharp is beautiful lines like looking at a Corvette or a Chevrolet Nova just look at the lines in the radio 📻 it's beautiful ❤️

And it's a good-looking radio look at it look at the urban atomics look how cool it looks😮

Don't complain about it it's great for camping for the terrain for hiking that has three bands 220m and 440 and the 2-meter band it's great and has USB c charging man I hate when everybody gets on here about a radio and complains sound like a bunch of whining babies it's a great radio you want to spend $300 on the radio and get it broke not me I'll buy two or three of them just to have around they're great radio Baofeng does it again and they keep getting better and better every production every time they come out with a new radio it's always good who cares if the knob looks like the quad Sheen whatever the hell it's called I like the knob I think it's cool it's more up-to-date it's sporty and I loved it and you love it too so don't complain that's why you bought one because you're going to use it on 220

It has the 220 band don't you tell the viewers that

bom dia. Pode informar se tem alguma bateria compatível do radtel rt890 para substituição porque no Aliexpress nao enviam a bateria. Tem alguma outra compatível?

The giant uv5rm are the same internal radio. If I had known that. I would have got the 17pro. GPS I'm not so big on. I will offer to trade you 2 uv5rm for 2 of the 17. Or 1 for 1.

Thanks for the good review. I am a new subscriber to your channel. Do you have a video on how to name the channels on the H3? I assume this is in the Tidradio progarm or Chirp thank you again

TD H3 comes in two models, GMRS and HAM. Being on the GMRS version we can boot to HAM, why two versions? Everything I have read and watched on KZbin I do not see any difference between both versions. Am I missing something? Overall, I am pleased with my GMRS version. Also, as with you their support is excellent.

Thanks!

The uv 17 pro gps is not the same as the uv 13 pro...the latter has a much better receiver

What about the spacing? Are some compatible with 8.33 kHz?

Any chance you tried the Tidradio TD-H3 in the same conditions?

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when i press the vfo button it just beeps and doesnt switch between channel and freq. mode

Love the review can you please tell me if you know will this radio work in Australia as we use UHF thanks

I got my now, and the airband sounds like xxxx, if you want quality on airband the Quangshen is the way to go (modded)

Can the radio be used while being charged by the USB-C plug? Also, since this video has been out for a while, do you know if there have been any firmware updates that would be considered improvements?

Hi I just bought my first pair of radios, totally ignorant, my radio looks like the UV-17 , but my manual says ( BF - 17 P.M Series ) I was wondering if you could tell me if it’s a UV-17 ? I subscribed hoping to learn a lot from you !!!! Thanks Patrick 💥💥💥

My TD-H3 keyboard is lit, so they must have changed it.

I find the uv5h airband picks up better than the 5rm

Thanks for the demonstration! That took some putting together. What kind of antenna are you using, and how far are you from O'Hare?

Got my 17 pro GPS yesterday. For $20, its a steal.

I get 8.6 watts outta' mine. Incredible battery life. Programmed fine as the Tidradio. Poor man's 70cm mobile with an old Tram mobile mount. Other radio I've got is an Alinco DR-130TQ I picked up NOS for 40 bux.

They are worth the wait! You’ll love them!

The 2 uv17r's i just bought have the USB (c charger) on the battery

I just bought the two pack for $89.95. also the optional wireless programmer. I have been tracking the shipment. So far it has not left china yet. But it usually takes over a week to come here through customs and normal shipping routes. I cant wait.

When you switched to ham, did the wattage changed from 5 watts to 10 watts? If not , then It’s better to get the ham version and then switch to gmrs? Is there any difference between the ham and gmrs version?

Hello......if I see 2 radios next to each other, how will I know which is the 2nd generation...?

How is the Airband moulation? - on my 17BK it is quite bad, muffled and distorted, i have heard the updated Quangshen and may get it, 73, Levi in Sweden

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Hi, do you know how to get into self mode in this device with keypad ? Which buttons should I pushed? And do you know is it possible to expand the limit frequency?

It actually finds and lists the repeaters in your area and then you can save them into the radio! Works well actually!

Does the program using blue tooth allow you to set your location to program repeaters? Thinking of getting for my dad he lives out of state and I would like to set up for him in his location.

So many of the CCRs have terrible airband reception, due to not having proper am receive ability. The result is that they either sound like they are off frequency or really distorted. I have just ordered the new Retevis A1/A61, so will wait to see if it is any better, being brand new. To truly enjoy clear audio, you need to use one of the big four Japanese manufacturers; albeit at greater cost.

I got the Abree 320a antenna, the Tri band one. Get great reception (for an HT) on all bands: FM, Air, NOAA, 2m, 1.25m, 70cm, GMRS. This is the HT I keep on my side table.

This is always so hilarious. Ham nerds, this just in. Fentanyl comes from chyna ..it’s illegal mmkay. Radios come from chyna ..they are illegal mmkay. who actually cares anything about the radios? No one ..mmkay. What I’ve done here is stated the complexities of illegal activities and just how abso/ridic the thought process is. Anyways. I like my baofeng and I also like my spectrum analyzer. Catch me if you can.