UNLOCK Extended TX for the Quansheng UV-K5 + MORE!

[@HamRadioDX]

Watch the full review of this radio 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3aVlah8ZZx2r7c So many features! 👉kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpKbg6BuaLx5ocU More ham radio reviews 👉kzbin.info/aero/PLSuX83ay4Oui4zutEWh12CUe-9nijKWBS

[@cclayhammer]

This video was a MAJOR help in understanding the hidden menu. I purchased an UV-K5 radio from Amazon for use in the US and discovered that I couldn't transmit above 146 MHz. The manual revealed that the "CE" version of the radio tops out at 146 MHz and I initially thought that I was sent a non-US version of the radio. But the hidden menu revealed an "F-LOCK" option where I can select "FCC"; now I'm able to transmit FM across the two meter band (144.1MHz thru 148MHz)!

[@shammon1]

The entire radio can broadcast on any freq....if you know how in seconds.

[@w.rustylane5650]

I opened up (or a friend did) the Baofeng UV-5RE to 220 (1.25 centimeter). Had to get a tri-band antenna which cost double the price of the radio. Cheers & 73 from K9POW in eastern Tennessee

[@indridcold8433]

I did this for a Baofeng GT-3TP for someone. I got great reports from the owner. She paid me to do 10 more. It is the easiest $100 I ever made. The radios are being shipped straight to me and should arrive in just a few days.

[@realtyrocks1969]

I heard that it will open up to 220mhz but will only transmit at 1mw... Making it good for transmitting to a guy sitting right next to you. Provided you're talking loud enough and he can hear you. As in your voice without a radio will carry further than 1mw.

[@nine7295]

@@indridcold8433 I own this model as well as others. Have you tested the harmonics? there is no proper filters for 220 as it's not designed for this band.

[@indridcold8433]

@@nine7295 It only puts out just under a watt to 1.5 watts for the Baofeng AR-152. I have noticed the black ones seem to put out the higher power measurements over the green and khaki radios. Harmonics would be negligible with that low power. Besides, not being an amateur radio operator, I have not invested in a lot of equipment. I am merely a hobbyist. The Baofeng GT-3TP yielded much better results, 2.5 to 3 watts! The harmonics may be relevant on that radio. These radios are not mine. I do not keep them long enough to even consider testing harmonics. Often, the, "customer," waits for their radio while I do programming, software limit changes, or repairs. If I do not have my own radios. Investing in relevant equipment, besides an SWR meter, a dummy load, an old Bird meter, a small 80 megahertz oscilloscope and multimeter combination, would be considerable. I just can not justify a lot of radio test equipment unless I get licensed. After service and repairs, I have to take the operators word on how clear it sounds for on air testing. I can not transmit, save into a dummy load.

[@nine7295]

Not reverse polarity. It means that the pin is on the other side, while it's supposed to not be, according to the rest of the connector. Normally only WiFi products have RP connectors.

[@johnwest7993]

It's a male chassis connector.

[@Spirit_Of_Prophecy_777]

220 MHz requires a 220 MHz rubber duck/antenna, which everyone seems to fail to mention. The stock rubber duck does not cover the 220 MHz 1.25m ham band. Also, scanning on either A or B memories, or VFO causes the backlight to remain lighted during the entire time scanning is activated. Battery life will be shortened as a result, unless the firmware update addresses this malfunction, or there is some way, which is not obvious, to turn off the backlight while scanning. Sorry for the error, it is the 1.25 Meter band.

[@johnwest7993]

Unless the rig is designed for 220 MHz the filters, (depending on what type they are,) will either allow nasty harmonics out, or will suppress the power output. That's on transmit. On receive that would mean it would either be deaf, or it would likely be more susceptible to out of band interference.

[@Spirit_Of_Prophecy_777]

@@johnwest7993 Also true. The radio does not transmit more than .250 watts on 1.25cm band, 1/4 of 1 watt. The TX range is severely limited unless you use an amplifier, and an external antenna. Even then, radio performance will likely suffer and be degraded. But, it, at the very least, requires a suitable antenna to prevent damage to the radio.

[@Petertronic]

Chuck the stock antenna - it's one of the poorest I have tried (and I have 8 Baofengs!)

[@Spirit_Of_Prophecy_777]

@@Petertronic After watching all of these videos I am starting to obtain a collection of these HT's just to tinker around. Good stuff.

[@timdixon1166]

As stated elsewhere, it is not a reverse SMA!! I ordered one from Aliexpress last week and it turned up today...fast delivery. I have started tests on the spec an. Only tested UHF and it is just marginal on the third harmonic but fine on the second. As the third is up in the 23 cm band I don't think it is a big issue. Will test the 2m band when I have finished setting up the radio. VK5ZT

[@JamesHannibalKH2SR]

Very cool that it can be modded to TX on the 1.25m band! It would be awesome if someone could hack the firmware to open up AM RX/TX on all frequencies! 73!

[@thetravi1348]

If you have a tidradio Bluetooth programmer you can now use it with the uv-k5 and uv-k6. Just came out.

[@joostluyten_ON2OT]

Just ordered one, you can't beat that price 🙂. While waiting I installed the CPS and noticed that the config file is actually in XML format, yesss.

[@HamRadioDX]

Nice!

[@joostluyten_ON2OT]

@andyf104 Weird, the RAR file contains 4 files and I intalled QSPortableStationCPS_Setup_EN.exe

[@祖宗-e5o]

in China here ,it cost 10$dollars

[@samloo8529]

The CPS seems to be more comprehensive relative to CHIRP.

[@RisingTidesAC]

WARNING.......ABBREE and NAGOYA printed in blue is fake. ABBREE and NAGOYA must be printed in white to be an authentic OEM antenna.

[@mikesey1]

Better still, make sure that the plastic packaging it comes in has "Made In Taiwan" printed on it. No Chinese faker would put "Taiwan" on anything for fear of arrest. Taiwan is not the flavour of the month with the Chinese Government!

[@richarde735]

what’s the difference, other than the text color? they have so many knockoffs and something’s are as good and even better.

[@RisingTidesAC]

@@richarde735 If I post the website the link will be deleted. Just google "how to identify a fake Nagoya antenna". Click the link of the company, Reuex Industrial Co., Ltd.

[@bricomage]

And for raddtel ?

[@RisingTidesAC]

@@bricomage Yes.

[@andrewmaynard6693]

I'm pumped!! Mine should be here in 14 days. Ordered before I saw this video. Glad I did

[@almascp2113]

How's it?? im in your position 😂😂

[@ronfazer2423]

THanks Hayden, I have been looking to expand my listening to Air Band. I also like the capability to use the radio in an emergency when boating (VHF Marine) Thanks Ron from USA

[@okcrum]

NO, the antenna connector is NOT a reverse SMA. The antenna connector is a male SMA.

[@dougy2457]

Software program link does not work, what to I need to programme the radio

[@etzow]

Great FAQ! 👍 Do you have the possibility to measure the spurs when transmitting on 1.5m and 70cm? I guess that the radio might comply with the regulations on 70cm.

[@Dusty_Ham]

Looks like a good 'Feng replacement, thank you for the videos Hayden!

[@HamRadioDX]

Thanks Dusty!

[@n1kkri]

any of the new 18-1300MHz firmware also have something to keep the display light on longer than 5 seconds?

[@josephb6652]

Hi, i received mine this morning, and while messing around i discovered (think) that when in VFO if you press F and then SCAN, the radio scans for CTSS tones on that frequency......many thanks for the vids..

[@AECRADIO1]

The connector is a normal polarity SMA, The radio connector is the natural orientation, not the WiFi connection, which is reversed.

[@damiengirvan5020]

At the bottom of my secret menu there is a 350EN option and a SCREN option.... Both can be turned on and off.... What are these for?

[@Reshtarc]

I ordered two of these three days ago. One for me and one as a gift for my brother. Waiting on Speed Pak from Chi-Na.

[@xintong-i6p]

That’s CHINA

[@awksedgreep]

Great little lightweight backpacking radio. Wish my Yaesu was easier to charge on trail. Love the usb c. Perhaps others will follow suit.

[@nickaxe771]

Would like to have seen TX from a stronger airband station....to see how the audio is. But in you test it sounds ok. Would you know my friend....if a set of airband freq are entered in the radios memories....with these radio scan them like a normal scanner. Can I manually enter a freq with out a PC....as I can in my Boafang

[@HamRadioDX]

Yes you can enter a frequency and save without a PC. I'll have to go for a drive to the airport :)

[@paulstimpson830]

That isn't a reverse-polarity SMA. It is a normal polarity SMA but the plug side is on the radio.

[@stratocasterblue]

He meant its a male instead of female to get an adapter, The signal coming out of the antenna is rf constantly changing polarity it is ac and has no polarity designation he misspoke polarity is used in dc not rf

[@bstarkey54]

When unlocking the radio I saw your fingers pushing the menu button and others to get to and set the frequency range with no explanation of what the buttons you were pushing were doing. I'm new to this radio so any explanations will be greatly appreciated.

[@HamRadioDX]

Here is a playlist of all my videos on this radio that will hopefully answer your question. kzbin.info/aero/PLSuX83ay4Ouh_qMAC79F92DNVaOtywmC5

[@19TC504]

you can set AM for any frequentie.but only with new firmware

[@jaspen8181]

While it will transmit on other frequencies you may be sending more harmonics than desired frequencies. You may also find the stock antenna useless on other bands.

[@noimnotarobotcanubeleiveit7024]

air copy is the interesting feature if it can be hacked into a data mode

[@n1kkri]

Just picked up a Anysecu UV-K5. I have a menu selection called 350EN Any idea what that would mean? I also have the 200TX, 350TX as well.

[@damiengirvan5020]

I han 350EN also and a SCREN option.... Did you ever find out what it means?

[@kenroberts9943]

Will it RX the 225 to 400 MHz airband in AM mode?

[@alanwallis2796]

Hi Hayden, thanks for showing the radio on Air band, I ordered on in the UK yesterday so I will test it when it arrives and compare it with my other scanners , will let you know the result regards Alan G4LDC

[@mrelectronicsdude]

Hi, i’m also in the UK, where did you order yours? I see Amazon are selling, although it’s a Chinese seller. I also see Aliexpress are selling them. Thanks Matt

[@alanwallis2796]

@@mrelectronicsdude Mirfield electronics

[@nbookie]

MURS? I can't receive or even program this model to the MURS freqs. Don't know how to expand. Stops at 151.800

[@johnwest7993]

I bought 2 of them and was lucky. Both of mine met spec on both ends and in the middle of both bands, (tested on high-end gear.) Since your radio comes close to meeting spec I'd guess that the problem is with component tolerances, and some of their HT's will pass, and some won't.

[@AndrewBoughenroadrunner]

Hello I am trying to use my Radio QUANSHENG UV-K6 on UK CB channels but it keeps saying it is disabled when I press ptt so I can't talk to anybody

[@Nomad397]

Can this radio be programmed with chirp ?

[@Lukewarm109]

I would like to know too chirp has no settings for this radio I know of so far.

[@tomdis8637]

No.

[@tgrossner]

That was my question as well. Until CHiRP can program it, I'll stick with my UV-5R.

[@flyingpass4923]

@@tgrossner RT Systems posted a note saying they will not support it because it has a very non-standard data interchange format, and they can't figure it out. My guess is that Chirp will not support it either, as they have previously indicated that "non-standard data streams" are not worth their time/effort. So, you're stuck with QS software. It's not great, but it's not horrible either. It's usable.

[@howardgipps7351]

Their proprietary software does not work for me. I have 2 win11 computers and 3 Baofeng cables, all of which work brilliantly with a UV5R, but spit the dummy with Quanshengs programming software. So I am reduced to manual programming on what is otherwise a great competitor to Baofeng. A disaster for Quansheng when the truth about their software sinks in.

[@crazyham]

Great Video. Just wondering can it be unlocked for TX on the Aircraft Band ? I hope not lol.

[@HamRadioDX]

No cannot TX on air band

[@crazyham]

@@HamRadioDX Great to hear that mate 🙏

[@markkeane4094]

It can't be unlocked? What is a good option then for local airfield or back up onboard GA plane?

[@dutchbeef8920]

A handheld that does rx and tx on airband costs hundreds not 20 bucks 😁 at this price point though I do really like this radio for what it does.

[@crazyham]

@@dutchbeef8920 Yeah, it does seem to be a nice little radio for sure 👌

[@legallimitoutdoors9917]

Is this a tri band

[@KartikSinghLive]

The backlight on this radio stays on while scanning and there seems to be no way to turn that off. This irks me so much.....Such an oversight. I tweeted Quansheng about it. They said the demand is low so they won't be providing firmware updates for now but will let us know later.

[@drtonyburns7321]

Fantastic. Channels 1 to 80 now work!

[@HamRadioDX]

Excellent!

[@newby2224]

great vid very impressed by this radio....so for mainly VHF is the standard antenna fine?

[@bernardwesterbaan4673]

Hi, zl1wt here. I've got a small issue.... I cannot transmit on uhf cb band 476mhz. Any idea? It shows disabled... Tnx. Zl1wt

[@tabbertmj]

Another good video. I just found your channel. Are you able to test the power output on 1.25M?

[@HamRadioDX]

Yes, I will try to do that in the next few days!

[@kenroberts4767]

No TX on 6 meter band, but will it RX on 6 meter band?

[@enforcer-e1s]

Will the modified unit TX on 49Mhz?

[@romulominduin]

Is it possible to broadcast (TX) in aviation in AM?

[@HamRadioDX]

No, not possible

[@racingsportster1200]

how do you change the "disable" to "enable" to transmit anything. most of my freq have disable even with firmware and software updates.

[@steelgtr]

Any way to keep the backlight on for more than the 5s max?

[@HamRadioDX]

The latest egzumer firmware allows a longer backlight time

[@misamisatv]

Is the Nagoya NA-320A a better antenna for this radio?

[@presw2pw123]

The phrase "reverse polarity SMA" is incorrect. The Chinese antenna has what's typically referred to as a socket and the radio has a plug, but that doesn't make it reverse polarity. Typically the Japanese manufacturers have the socket on the radio ("outie") and the plug (what you would normally find on the end of the cable) on the antenna ("innie"). The Chinese radios have the plug on the radio ("innie") and the socket on the antenna. I feel this is more sensible as if the antenna were to be forced off the socket/antenna would be ruined, but the recessed plug in the radio chassis survives. I have seen the Japanese approach rip the connector off the chassis of the radio- quite a mess. If you took a Yeasu/iCom/Kenwood antenna and a Chinese antenna you would see they mate (uselessly) but it shows the difference. The closest concept to "reverse polarity" would be "reverse pin" which is done on routers. In that case the pin is received into the antenna which has a plug, and the socket on the router has the pin.

[@oldrango883]

🤔 correcting one persons terminology while also using incorrect terminology. 😂 it’s male or female, not innie and outie or plug and socket.

[@trev8932]

Please get your terminology correct before correcting another person's terminology when both are clearly wrong. The correct terminology is male and female.

[@DeejayManii]

are these chinese radios a good replacement to a handheld UHF like a GME etc? i need a new radio for when out bush, and im considering one of these as my new handheld UHF

[@sigint99]

They are complete shit. Get a real radio like a Uniden if you value your life.

[@wimwautier2266]

Just watched your video and very good. Just a question, if you need 40 dBm lower for the first harmonic, wouldn't that be -6dbm with a tx power of 36dbm? I might be wrong, but then it would pass. Nice videos from Belgium 73

[@HamRadioDX]

For +36dBm that would be -4dBm... however there is a further requirement for transmitters under 25W to be that plus less than 25uW, which is -16dbm. Cheers

[@AscanioOrlandini]

Hi! On my unit charging with the provided USB-C cable works, but any other USB-C - USB-C cable I have does not. Any clue?

[@beachedbum8682]

Could you elaborate on the "SCRAMBLER" function? Thanks, Tom from USA.😀

[@HamRadioDX]

The scrambler has varying levels to it 1-10 I think. I suspect it's just shifting the phase of the signal a little, you can still understand what's going on, i.e. it doesn't scramble all "that" well at lower levels. On 10 I guess it does do a relatively good job.

[@00Widget]

I’m so getting one of these .. that am don’t sound bad to me ! I’m so impressed with this little guy .. thanks for the video

[@HamRadioDX]

Thanks Josh. Yeah like, AM is difficult at the best of times on a HT. My VX-8DR sounds similar, if not the same to my ear as this.

[@jptucsonaz8503]

@@HamRadioDX Hi Hayden,. Actually, considering you're 5 miles away AND INDOORS... I'd say that little radio is receiving pretty well. Next time you're out see if you pick up airports further and much further away. 73

[@ntek2709]

What is the scan speed like on these for both band scanning and also preprogrammed channel scanning ? Pedestrian like the Baofengs ?

[@misamisatv]

It’s slow

[@ntek2709]

@@misamisatv mine wont even scan channels. It will scan in VFO, but trying scanning in channel mode will cause it to go into a weird mode where keypresses enters characters onto a line, with no escape - I have to turn the radio off and on to get out of it (uv-k5-8)

[@misamisatv]

@@ntek2709 I had that, but i discovered holding the Scan button for 3 seconds will get it to scan in channel mode. Yours might take 5 seconds

[@giossico]

ordered the radio and it should arrive in a couple of weeks, interesting reception on 6 meters!

[@andreastolaros3240]

Hello my friend from Athens Greece I v purchased and Quanshenk uv5r plus and I can't put FRS/GMRS frequencies in like 462.6625 - 462.7125 .... I need your knowledge pls.Thank you! Andreas

[@ΝίκοςΒ-κ8λ]

I ordered this unit yesterday and I have a spare Retevis RHD-771 and a Nagoya NA-771, that appears to be original. Would these antennas be any upgrade (RX only) outside ham bands? Thanks in advance and keep up the good work.

[@milcommguy5927]

When in scan mode backlight stays on any way to turn it off ?

[@LoftechUK]

Brilliant video. Are you going to patch it or update it and come back with an update

[@HamRadioDX]

There are several other updates on firmwares on my channel, check them out here - kzbin.info/aero/PLSuX83ay4Ouh_qMAC79F92DNVaOtywmC5

[@zer0bytes2000]

What is Menu 57 - SCREN ?

[@zer0bytes2000]

I found it, hidden menu 57 - SCREN = Scrambler Enable

[@davidgaines8607]

Is there no way to unlock all rx without a pc and firmware ? Like manually

[@DonzLockz]

Good stuff Hayden, you've been a busy little bee!🐝 You got your US license so you can key up on 220.😊

[@xintong-i6p]

Unless you are in the USA

[@bradg4150]

Not a great idea. That frequency allocation is used for DAB radio broadcasting in Australia.

[@javve03]

Could you explain why you wouldn't just subtract 40 dbm from the 36.64 reading you got from the transmitted frequency when you were on the 2nd harmonic? If it was just based on that calculation under -3.36db would have been fine, and -10 is well below -3. Thanks.

[@HamRadioDX]

The harmonic needs to be 40dB down from the fundamental and less than 0.25uW (-16dBm). As -16dBm is the greater if those two measurements that is what needs to be measured.

[@javve03]

@@HamRadioDX any spurious emission supplied to the antenna transmission line must not exceed 25 µW. What is the power at that harmonic in µW? To me the way it reads is the power of that harmonic can not exceed 25 µW and it must be at least 40 dB below the mean power of the fundamental emission, but need not be reduced below the power of 10 µW. I think where I am getting lost is it is not broken down. That last sentance seems like it would change things up a bit?

[@chriscomms.2399]

Is there a way to TX on 50 MHz ? These Chinese radios usually have ways of doing things.

[@HamRadioDX]

Nah not that I've found thus far

[@NIGHTOWL-jf9zt]

We'll just have to wait for that one guy who comes up with enough money to corrupt a factory worker and buy the work arounds. LOL.

[@BrianMcDanielKC4LMD]

American Ham here; so I have a license for 220 MHz. I followed you, step-by-step, but the radio remains disabled for that band. Am I missing a step, or might the base firmware have an issue?

[@HamRadioDX]

Have you got any modified firmware loaded on your radio or is it out of the box?

[@BrianMcDanielKC4LMD]

@@HamRadioDX Out of the box. No mods yet.

[@HamRadioDX]

@@BrianMcDanielKC4LMDUse the firmware from egzumer - it has a few other fixes and improvements - github.com/egzumer/uv-k5-firmware-custom/releases The wiki details how to open up 220. github.com/egzumer/uv-k5-firmware-custom/wiki/Radio-operation#how-to-unlock-tx-on-all-bands

[@BrianMcDanielKC4LMD]

@@HamRadioDX Thank you. My BF cable doesn't work with it, so I am waiting for a new one. I'll give it a try. VY 73

[@stratocasterblue]

So did it work?@@BrianMcDanielKC4LMD

[@ekorinaldo6968]

Apakah ini mendukung dvbt2 TV digital ?

[@wonbychrist]

How do you set the memory name?

[@russellwilson5246]

hi thanks..can i ask will it transmit on air band after the unlock?

[@danielgrafflin9689]

No, they won't TX on airband, and for very good reason.

[@rickymcdaniel6708]

ITS VERY FRUSTRATING... i didi this and all are turned on, but still cant transmit on 462.5750 GMRS here in America . it still says disable when im trying to transmit

[@danielgrafflin9689]

Odd, my UV-5K(8) oob does very well on US GMRS frequencies, Next up is a toybox full of mods.

[@alphalunamare]

Have you the link to their support page?

[@HamRadioDX]

qsfj.com/products/3002

[@andreonifvieira]

Hello, first of all thank you for the video, it helped me a lot! I would like to know if this NA-771 antenna works for aviation frequencies? 118-137mhz? If it doesn't work, could you point me to one that works for this radio? thanks

[@HamRadioDX]

A Nagoya will work probably not as good as a tuned antenna for that band - or there are some RX only telescopic whips you can pickup to experiment with the right length to receive airband.

[@Czasy_Końca_2028]

How to unlock broadcasting mod IJV 2.9R5?

[@falcon02012]

What is the power output at 462-457Mhz?

[@mikearmstrong9899]

Where is the software link?

[@HamRadioDX]

Thanks! I forgot to add link, it's in description now. qsfj.com/products/3002

[@TerrySmith-p6p]

Is it possible to make this handheld transmit 0n the 6 meter band? I am from the USA and this would be a great thing s all three licenses can transmit on 50khz(6 meters).

[@HamRadioDX]

I answered this in the video. I suspect the radio lacks the RF capability to do this

[@spaceflight1019]

That feature will be available the week after you buy the original. The model is the UV-K5+. This model will feature 4 and 6 meters as well.

[@anthonypope8429]

hi good video i have one of these radio when you are in AM mode what step do you have it like 5.00khz my audio sounds out of tune cheers

[@HamRadioDX]

You can select 8.33k steps from the menu

[@anthonypope8429]

OK THANKS CHEERS FOR THAT INFO

[@itrstt66]

what is a fundamental?

[@kb9liq]

Any version we can order that is coming from the US

[@kb9liq]

@iowahank Did not see it there but I probably missed it. Will look again

[@edyasia]

A question. Mdc1200 is programable or just is a fake Roger beep?

[@HamRadioDX]

Just a fake roger beep as far as I know

[@stevep756]

I wonder if the software can unlock 50 Mhz transmit? I am in south central Kentucky and never hear anybody on 6 meter FM. For some reason the north American market does not have 6 meter FM in any of there handhelds or mobile transceivers. AC9IM

[@nine7295]

Many brands had models that cover 6m. Currently the Wouxun brand has HT that covers 6m. The TYT TH-9800D covers 6m, not to mention many HF/VHF/UHF all band all mode mobile models that are current.

[@drsysop]

What sucks is it can not be unlocked to transmit on 6 meter & 4 meter bands for the UK. It seems to work decent on the FRS/GMRS band.

[@asystole_]

It can be modded to TX on any frequency using the modded firmware BUT there's really no point to it - it'll put out milliwatts or even microwatts on 4/6m.

[@drsysop]

@@asystole_ Explains why it transmits crappy on 220 MHz

[@samloo8529]

It is made by Quansheng, which oem for Radtel and other brands.

[@revadan]

Dual simultaneous RX?

[@EA1IJS]

would it be possible to open the 80mhz for rx?

[@RFTHENETHERLANDS]

Yesss look on google: quansheng uv k5 firmware

[@jensbaath]

The links doesn't take you to the radio.

[@jphdg]

Great info and some thorough testing. Thanks for sharing this info.

[@HamRadioDX]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jacobaccurso]

The radio is unavailable, but at least it popped up and said it was unavailable when I clicked your link. When I went directly to Amazon, it’s nowhere to be found. Completely gone. April 3, 2023.

[@HamRadioDX]

Try again, updated the link

[@qmagic5864]

I'm looking for two radios that should only be used with each other and should work about 2 km in the city! Are these devices suitable for this?

[@drakeblackk]

Hey guys! It is better than the UV5R? based on a community i joined, only the "air channels" are trashy, so if i would listen to airports etc, it will be so crappy that i cant even hear what they say, and watching a test on youtube (which was not as close to the airport as you did, but actually we have 1 or 2 airport close to us ;) ), its really a negative thing. But other than that, can someone explain to me, which one is better and why? Pro/con? Im planning to gather a bit of money so i can buy both, but it will be a big help to know more information :)

[@Liam2E0LDQ]

Just picked one up for £13 on Ali express looks great

[@ismzaxxon]

I nearly got this radio as the advertising information said it was an airband transceiver. I have a license to transmit in airband frequencies, however, the price seems to jump to 500AU dollars. Does anyone know of a transceiver that will operate around 110.00 to 120.00 range. 121.9/124.4 for example

[@michaela.6381]

I have a FTA550L. It’s a bit more, but look to see if you can get a decent deal on just a FTA250L. They are very basic Airband transceivers. I take mine to the DZ weekends that I skydive, just to monitor the aircraft and know status of loads.

[@bertmolendijk4722]

No transmit on 6 meters what about 4 meters? And interesting video by the way on this Quansheng radio. Thanks.

[@HamRadioDX]

Hey mate, will only TX from 136 MHz and above. Cheers thanks for watching

[@anikahaase9637]

Can you unlock TX on freenet (149,0250 bis 149,1125 MHz)

[@W-733_KWX]

This would not be allowed to transmit on freenet as the max power allowed there is 0.5W, likewise on pmr.

[@daytona1212]

You could have used a dummyload on the 200TX. 😉

[@HamRadioDX]

I could've... I should do an output power test at least hey!

[@daytona1212]

@@HamRadioDX Hope to see the result. 😁

[@mareksupier3876]

after pressing the ptt button on the frequency of 466,000 the radio displays disable

[@davidgardiner3439]

Great video. Will it transmit on 4m? Thanks EI3IXB

[@HamRadioDX]

Not 4m no sorry

[@legallimitoutdoors9917]

Get the NAGOYA TIR BAND ANTENNA VHF-220-UHF It so bad ass on that K5 it's ridiculous sweet must have I highly recommend it though I run is Nagoya number one antennas in my book I have one for every radio on my own

[@W6EL]

That's just a standard SMA male (like the Baofeng), not an SMA-RP, correct? Nothing "reverse" here really, right, just a male connector on a chassis.

[@Desertphile]

I bought "Baofeng UV-5R 8W Ham Radio Handheld Long Range UV5R Two Way Radio with Double Battery Extra Programming Cable Speaker Mic Rechargeable Walkie Talkies (Black-8W 1Pack Full Kits) "

[@stratocasterblue]

How do you like it you find out any mods for it