BTech BF-F8HP Pro Ham Radio Review - Upgraded Baofeng BF-F8HP Unlocked, GPS Enabled Ham Radio

[@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp]

Once he said that he has no Ham Radio license - I started to understand why I totally disliked the way this dude is talking about radios as if they were nothing more than something to make fun of and hoping that with a dose of "sarcasm" and filthy double-tongued crap will appeal to those who are too bored to think on their own. Click-bait at its "best" - for those who fall for it.

[@TheNotaRubicon]

Those can think on their own have already figured out that you do not understand what the term "click bait" actually means. But, thanks for trying!

[@Knifeguy5]

@bernhard: SCUMBAG BOOTLICKER SAD HAM. WIPE YOU TEARS WITH YOUR RAINBOW FLAG

[@sumerianbotfarm]

Why are most of the ham radio boomers so insufferable? The community is so toxic to newcomers for not immediately getting a license, which is why I avoided this hobby for so long. I liked this video. Op is just salty that the video was good and funny.

[@Gruuvin1]

Nobody's making fun of ham radios. It's YOU and other condescending hams that draw the ridicule. And you fell for it. That was kinda dumb of you, don't you think?

[@kcm731k]

I think he's just mad at the TRUMP 2024 start up screen 😂😂😂

[@jimleveritt3028]

I, your favorite viewer, thanks you and Zenu for this most excellent offering of content.

[@TheNotaRubicon]

You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar .. Gracias.

[@paul.9828]

Vengeance for Peanut!

[@mikez104]

RIP Pnut 😑

[@UkrainianPaulie]

Peanut Lives Matter.

[@nobodytoyou4887]

And Fred don't forget Fred the raccoon was also killed by those thugs.

[@logiciskindness]

Raid the raiders….

[@thesilverjedi9323]

Agreed!!

[@dguiley]

I ran across this radio while surfing the Amazon a few days ago. Went back today to give it another look and was ready to buy, but decided to see what Mr Boofwang himself had to say. Given your plenty of words about this, I will now be committing to spend a specified quantity of monies from your link for more listening pleasure. Although the 6.9 page manual is exciting, I am particularly looking forward to the ability to have channel zones for the memory. I do a lot of scanning so being able to scan only selected channel groups is like a gift from zenu himself. Thank you very much! BTW, I currently have a pair of UV-5RM radios and they also appear to use the same battery as the BFF8HP pro and the other ones you showed in your video. Yay!

[@rohawaha]

Sitting here programming the two Baofeng AR-5RM's you recommended " and I confirm they are 10 watt capable " , watching your series on building a GMRS repeater station also . My radio addiction started at Field Communications School at Camp Pendleton Ca a few years back " like 35 years back " I thoroughly assaulted the entire county of Iraq with spurious transmissions . No more reviews until I get this GMRS repeater up .

[@jiminsav]

You are an American Icon of Spurious character.

[@slingshotnerd]

What the fuck you got to chill in beautiful Pendleton while my ass got sent to Satan’s asshole 29Palms!?

[@TheRealRenn]

The AR-5RM radios are excellent. We did a test out here where we live in the high desert and hit a test repeater 40+ miles away without line of sight over a few hills and lava beds. And it is great being unlocked so as to program all manner of scramble mode frequencies….for Justin Case.

[@thejizzle8802]

Long time listener, first time commenter...really enjoy the content and love your sarcasm. Keep up the great work! Subbed

[@andrewrichardson3135]

Just a listener?

[@twistedfingersproject]

Been fondling my BF-F8HP-Pro all day. So far, I like it.

[@ecossearthur]

My BF-F8HP Pro plus lead and a 5RH are out for delivery from Arizona! Thanks to your video! My wife has said I need to stop watching 👀 your videos 😅

[@southernreddog9319]

She's probably right.

[@keithfoco]

I just got mine today. Got it programmed and will be testing thoroughly soon.

[@Adamdaj]

Great Video Mr. Rand! I just acquired the New UNIDEN BCD160DN and I should have it by Saturday. I can't wait to take another long distance Train Ride. I'll be ready to listen to the IDAS/NXDN system that Class 1 Railroads and some Short-Lines will be using.

[@markcarney2769]

Randy ! Don't ever change my man, your one in a million !

[@vitogriffin8902]

How many people do you think buy radios with gps functions who have no idea how to use GPS coordinates to locate anything without some other technology that already uses GPS, such as a cellphone running a map app? "Send me your coordinates..."..."bro, we're talking simplex from 400 yards away; I can see you right now.."

[@TheCajunGaijin]

7 years ago I bought a BF8HP for $30. When everyone was buying UV5Rs. Just seemed like a better radio at the time. But this with USB-C, and a third band seems like a nice investment for another HT to add to the party. Might even replace my F8HP that I usually use when outside the vehicle. Assuming its better than the last UV5R I bought, that the clip for the battery broke after changing it once or twice. I have just always liked the way the speaker grill looked on the F8HP more than the usual UV5Rs. So its cool they kept it.

[@oceanseabear]

Thanks for making the Wife & I laugh in a grey UK. We really enjoy your videos & it's always a good day when a new one drops on KZbin. 🥳 Mike & Tracy UK

[@chrismaggs]

Love you Peanut and Fred xx Also, congratulations on the win

[@jtc1947]

Really GOTTA LOVE THIS GUY! I do have to speed his voice up to 1.25 but HE is fantastic!

[@Ricktorricktor321]

Sir, I would like to inform you that the radio is not sold out yet. Thank you making great content, love the videos and the humor. Sincerely a not so sad ham... lol!

[@TheNotaRubicon]

Well.. thank you... HOWEVER... The radio is on 2 to 3 weeks backorder....

[@ecossearthur]

​@@TheNotaRubicon In stock again, mine is out for delivery today 11/18

[@strykeback1]

Love that photo back there! Picked up a pair of H3s based on your review but they shipped with the firmware that keeps them from transmitting, and not owning a PC so that I can upgrade the firmware, probably gonna Amazon them back and try these guys

[@jksmith1962]

Thanks!

[@TheNotaRubicon]

Thank YOU!

[@escomag]

OH MY GOD! I HAD TO WATCH THE VIDEO A SECOND TIME TO GET THE 6.9 REFERENCE! GOOD JOB SIR!!!!!

[@GeorgeStarkes]

That and the vision sauce packs had me rolling lol

[@bruceramos7023]

"Avenge Me!!!" Peanut and Fred were heard to say.

[@randymclaughlin7676]

😂😂

[@dantucker7390]

I was laughing while watching this so much I almost woke up my wife 😂 I will add this to my list of radios I don’t need but will eventually buy because of this channel.

[@WillieJu]

Man ! Another nice radio - I have too many already, but I want this one also.

[@Woor369]

Which one are you talking about, I am lost there is so many… I want the best latest…

[@markp4967]

It is very rare that I laugh out loud while watching a KZbin video. That being said, you never fail to disappoint... 😂😂😂

[@frankmcneice]

wow 30 min and already back order you should get a Sales commission LOL.... Love all your videos thanks for all your hard work

[@StevieB-jj9fz]

Now that sir is a nice radio and good job with the review

[@jakel974]

I got one for Christmas. It's fantastic.

[@StevieB-jj9fz]

Man I love your videos. Keep up the good work. 👍

[@MarketingMerc]

Love that you call it a BoofWang. Thanks for the informative video.

[@robertwynn7686]

I bought this radio and set it up for transmitting and receiving on appropriate channels and yes i love it but my TD-3 is my favorite

[@MGAC1701]

Thank you for reviewing this model. I've had my eye on it.

[@herrent]

Im here for the Election Night art work. You did not disappoint

[@ZStrikeYT]

that newer boofwang charging dock is nice because has the ability to switch the insert to fit different radio models. My AR-5RM came with the dock and an insert for the radio as well.

[@laughingowl2]

if only Peanut had one of these on his run from the law...

[@3butalcomp3]

@laughingowl2 - if only I knew, I'd personally visit Peanut & his Peanut Family & deliver not only Peanut's, Snack's, & dependable Radio's. 🐿️🥜🥜🥨🍪🍿

[@grutoshi]

Best radio dork channel, hands down.

[@jameswilkinson6678]

This dude’s no dork. He’s a normie who’s mad at the radio dorks.

[@jayflood5035]

U r the best ham radio reviewer ever my guy thanks for ur hard work and hilarious content im new to the radio world I recently got the tdh3 and a uv5r 8w based on ur videos of course just for listening purposes wouldn’t want to make any sad ham operators upset about spurious admissions 😂

[@sekibulja-fu3bv]

You are true LEGEND! Thanks for the great video😊

[@TheNotaRubicon]

I know.

[@sekibulja-fu3bv]

@TheNotaRubicon 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RickActual]

Thank you. Two purchased with your affiliate link.

[@GeorgeAvendt]

I like your channel, keep it up, thanks. I would like to say that I have a pair of these radios (Baofeng BF-F8HP handhelds) and think highly of them, except for one rather important operating characteristic: that is the commonly reported on youtube issue dubbed "the very annoying geiger counter sound" on receive while moving down the road, which basically renders them useless when traveling! Both of my HT's do this consistently. But honestly, I have not done extensive testing with alternate antennas or radio setting to try to minimize this. BTW, the Midland GXT 1000's do not exhibit this phenomenon AT ALL! Whatever Midland does, it works perfectly, thou I loose the whole reason I bought the Baofeng's for.

[@christurner1226]

Just ordered 2

[@bhi7165]

I'm going to actually watch the entire video this time!

[@tunerrestorations]

Just bought mine took forever to get them in stock lol. Well worth the wait. Will be used with my off road truck and for when I'm in the old beater sailboat boat isn't worth a proper radio system so if it sinks and this gets ruined I'm only out total of 100 bucks. Boat and equipment combined lol

[@ScorpioSin777]

Don’t transmit on camera…they will come kill your pet squirrel!🤯🤬

[@frodev728]

Rober will intercept that

[@frankgeis6064]

It sure would be nice if you could do a video on how to program the zones on the BF-FHP- PRO

[@glenda316]

i love all the videos!!! Im really just here to read your shirts!! love em lol

[@ecossearthur]

Thanks for helping to spend my ill earned monies! ;-)

[@TheNotaRubicon]

Thank YOU!

[@ecossearthur]

@TheNotaRubicon Your most welcome... Charging batteries as I type Still no FCC email with my code! 😉

[@juanmoscoso6782]

very grateful for your help

[@MikeK8LH]

I enjoy your videos. Thank you. May I ask if you've had an opportunity to look at the "5RH Pro", please? I'm curious how this 10w radio might compare to the "BF-F8HP Pro".

[@mariarogers9964]

I really love your channel MrNota

[@AZREDFERN]

I have so many Chinesium radios already, I’m waiting for one that does APRS around this price range. I feel like they’re pretty close to that since they already have all the hardware. They might just need a little more processing power for the firmware side. But this one really did catch my interest. I thought about getting this with the extended battery and the Nagoya tri-band antenna.

[@michaelmichael8406]

Yeah, this radio does seem like a solid upgrade in some ways, but the GPS seems of limited utility. I'll take a APRS-K1 PRO with a phone and a non-GPS radio in the mean time.

[@AlfaNovember305]

Love the videos! Will they make this radio IP67 ? New to all this but was wondering how this radio compares to: BTECH UV-PRO IP67…?

[@frankgeis6064]

Hey Randy, if you can find it in your heart of hearts and show us how to program different zones on this radio would be awesome thank you

[@ApesBrain]

I just got a pair of these and am doing some research- this dude is fucking hilarious…. VERY GOOD BRO. Funny and enlightening

[@sirocco6155]

Excellent review 👍

[@RaymondJones-d8z]

These are great radios for the price and they work so well and they are well made l have had these radios the older models and have had water gone in to the radios and they still work OK as l said these radios are great value for money anyway great video as always cheers from raymond

[@TheEarthMaster]

One thing I can’t figure out what this radio is how to scan channel memory, I’ve looked all over the Internet, cannot find any solution.

[@TheNotaRubicon]

Did you try reading page 26 of the user manual, which explains how the scanner-mode operates?

[@Falcon-ug5sk]

Interesting 🧐 👍 Great video as always!

[@albertshilton5336]

You are hilarious! Really enjoy your videos. What’s the best Nagoya type antenna for the F-F8HP?

[@Private290]

Thank you for another great video.

[@idahoron]

Another great video Radio Deadpool

[@spy8464BB]

Zenu smile kindly upon you. He told me that the other day while we were doing shots together.

[@drunit8122]

I have NO idea how the heck i landed here but you my friend, have a new subscriber.

[@ColoRadio6996]

RIP Peanut...

[@baller-qw9bb]

Huh

[@johnroberts6695]

The radio looks great, and the manufacturers aren't shy about singing its praise. Sing then, O muse of homodyne radios: _“Every BTech radio is built with enhanced quality control, following strict manufacturing protocols to deliver unmatched performance far surpassing the similar bug-ridden, low quality rebrands on the market!”_

[@W5KJD]

I’ve got to get one of these. Now on my AR-5RM I do have a custom image.

[@wildcatcomms]

This can't be a serious video when the Quansheng UVK5 is on the market. But I like your parody channel! 😂

[@Woor369]

Hello, Thank you for all you do. Is there anything cheap like the BF-F8HP “unlocked” that could transmit in the VHF (AM) aircraft band?

[@corykroeger2231]

Got mine today

[@ronn1751]

Hey buddy , mine is still in the packaging. Did your radio arrive “ unlocked” ? Some folks on line have said their radio arrived already unlocked ? Thanks my friend!

[@cheddardan8154]

Thank you for yet another, great review. Have you had the chance to check the new Baofeng UV-5RH PRO with GPS, yet? Thanks from Canada!

[@jimcoulter5877]

Love that Picture to his Rigfht, the Fighting Acorn Cruncher!

[@AtomBomb-]

It sounds like it's an AR-5RM UI facelift + GPS. I guess we'll see where the upgradable firmware goes. Maybe it'll be a good candidate for OpenRTX or Open GD77? I hope it doesn't have any spurious emissions. I don't think my ankles can take anymore RF burns from unwanted harmonics emerging from the noise floor. Can't wait to see what you have to say about the UV-17 Pro GPS.

[@Time_Traveler_Karen]

Connecticut here. Thankyou. 🍂😊

[@brichard9485]

Really didn't even have the time to watch this right about now, I had to pop in thumb up and comment for the poster in the background!

[@kimivy7234]

You dang long haired boof whang hippie radio thingy dude.... still trying to program my boof whang cuz I are a dunce. ❤❤ (seriously, I be studying fer my ham ticket. Love yer videos!)

[@thegreener196]

decisions decisions, the bf-f8hp pro or ar-5rm

[@TridentMissileTech]

Uvk5 plus is open for ham and gmrs and it costs around 30 dollars. It tx on 1.25m, 2m, 70cm and on GMRS. Not sure but Baofengs renamed as BTECH, seemed to be much more expensive. Reminds me when b&d made dewalt and professional power tools. The only difference was the color but one was much more expensive even though made on same assembly line, same people, same parts and same quality standards.

[@livenight1733]

The way he says Booff Whag gets me all excited.

[@pspadotto]

Interesting note: Amazon wasn't "sold out" of this radio but they were giving a very strange lead time on the radio. So, I ordered one on Friday expecting it the last week of the month...and then I got a notification that it's coming TOMORROW. 🤷‍♂️

[@trentholman2871]

Long time viewer, recent subscriber. One thing the manual doesn’t make clear, I can not scan through memory channels, only frequencies. Any suggestions?

[@casadematteisduran3208]

Hands down the period joke,,,,for those who get it

[@mgas1237]

I had to pause I laughed so hard :)

[@escomag]

I feel stupid. I missed it this morning. We love you, Randdolpho.

[@johndextersantos9541]

Wideband probably means it is similar to the harris military radio which can be used in almost all frequency but are not efficient. The alarm button is not so stupid if it is used to encode CW.

[@1diotwithideas]

No I didn't go through all the comments but I had a question. Is there a way to get it to transmit an FRS gmrs in channel mode?

[@1diotwithideas]

I use chirp stock frequencies and it came like that till I fixed it of course

[@VideosOffRoad]

Hi Randy. Can you please provide a link to getting an extra battery for this radio? I want to make sure I get the right one. Thank you so much. 🙂

[@nivid01]

Why are you holding the box upside down?

[@TheMicrofox]

I have several of those Chinese radios. The best so far has been the Tidradio TD-H3. Is this BF-F8HP any better?

[@plutonium76]

Can you use this radio to counter-jam Ramone and his crew who've been jamming the 700 repeaters here in the land of the black socks and sandals?

[@donl5158]

Ha to all those saying they're out of stock, where do I get it. Here's my answer Should have been quicker. I got mine. Now as a newbie I get to explore it before you do

[@bigjack428]

Thanks for another fine review. Did you happen to have an independent test of the power output of the 1.25 m HAMs band? Asking for a friend...

[@JohnMackay-kn3rl]

We need hand helds for HF bands especially 10 and 20 meters always with SSB

[@ericstilwell9054]

As a subscriber to you I am sorry to say that I got my ham radio license 3 day ago. Is it ok to still be here?

[@morrigansraven61]

The ear piece sacrificed my ear three time this past weekend to save the radio when the pockety clip failed to keep it in my coat pocket. Saved the radio from a 15ft drop to it's death from a deer stand

[@mypeeps1965]

Im new to this and wanted something to monitor police and emergencies in my very rural area. How would this work for something like that?

[@TheNotaRubicon]

If the police and emergency agencies in your area are transmitting an FM analog signal within the frequency ranges that the radio can pick up, it would work great.

[@mypeeps1965]

@@TheNotaRubicon They are listed as RM and BM?

[@mypeeps1965]

@@TheNotaRubicon thank you. I was confused about the rm and bm stuff.

[@billhuffman8237]

Thank you for your helpful videos. Can you please help me. I purchased this radio. I can not get it to scan any of the zones I have set up...the only zone it scans is the frequency that comes with.

[@zach240]

I submit to you my holy leader of the radio waves a question. Would you firstly choose this or the BTech UV-Pro to permanently fondle for the rest of your days?

[@TheNotaRubicon]

Watch this radio which explains which one your should buy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKi2kJimfcigpZIsi=28p8FJFOG1bU6eJj

[@jima4656]

Please check if it will transmit on air band. I suspect that it will not, as air band is am & I suspect that the hardware will not support that type of transmission. ...but I haven't tested one of those, so I don't know.

[@TheNotaRubicon]

it doesn't

[@wallacewillard7131]

Have you tried the radtel rt730? 10 watt 6 band. I have the 470x and happy with it...

[@ROBBSRACINGENGINES]

If you already own the previous non pro version is it worth buying this one?

[@robertburdoff1789]

what is that on the left side of your wall of feng? kinda looks like a astronomical telescope mount.

[@TheXanthoman]

As far as the cradle goes , i prefer usb c , but i am all for a hard wired cradle . Ive probably got a dozen cradles that i have lost or misplaced the bricks for and each time i want to use one i have to search through a massive box of bricks ( where you need a magnifying glass to check the output voltages ) and then verify that it has the corresponding proper plug , much less hassel to just use usb c and be done with it . (Although i suspect spme of the cradles offer faster charge times due to higher output voltages ) Jmo Ps now looking at a rather large pile of lesser baofengs wishing i had never bought them , will probably sell them all as a bundle on craigslist to cover the purchase of a second bf f8hp pro , just sayin

[@drunit8122]

you sold me on something i had no idea i needed.....i dont know what else to say