JA.N
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 8 de marzo de 2025
It's decent, it's legal, and I can listen in on old people talk about their back problems.
Dave B
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 1 de enero de 2025
For the price this little radio rocks. Got it on sale for about $18 and get great signal reports. Tired old hams have a certain disdain for Chinese made radios, yet sit all day long on their Chinese made computers while staring at their Chinese made phones. Baofeng hits it out of the park with this little FCC compliant HT. The signal is clean with no spurious emissions, which was a problem with earlier UV-5R models. It's durable and just flat out works. The GT-5R sounds like a radio many times more expensive. If you want a basic radio, don't waste your money on an expensive brand.
WWilson
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 1 de febrero de 2023
I ordered the GT5R (and programming cable) in order to have an easy-to-program dual band radio to carry with me on field activations. My existing HT was simply too hard to manage the memories and was only 1 watts output power. I opted for this GT5R version instead of the UV5R in order to have the cleaner transmit signal. It has been a lot of fun over the first few weeks of ownership, as I’ve used it for amateur VHF/UHF bands, law enforcement channel monitoring, weather stations, and even the VHF/UHF repeater on the International Space Station (ISS). There are a few missing features on these cheaper radios, such as the ability to change which memories you ”scan” or “skip” while scanning frequencies “without” reprogramming all the memories again using the CHIRP programming software. But overall, this is an easy radio to program once you understand the more important settings within their menu system.The one issue I had when opening the box was that the earpiece/mic was missing. I went to the Radiooddity website, let them know about the missing item, and they promptly sent a replacement item. OUTSTANDING SERVICE from Radiooddity. I had heard from other amateurs about their good service, and they earned my support. Thanks, Radiooddity!
George
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 20 de diciembre de 2023
I thought the GT-5R to be an excellent price and you can't beat the price. It passes FCC requirements which is not the case with the UV-5R. I say this only from the convincing testing that others have done. I bought two of the radios at the same time for those reasons. It was received without the earpiece as described as others have mentioned in their reviews. I initially attempted the manufacturer with the link the Amazon provides. However the link that Amazon provides their website is wrong. However, I contacted Radioddity (support@radioddity.com) who are really the vendor and they were very responsive and sent out the earpieces right away. It was one of the best customer support I've received and I would do business with them without hesitation. Other reviews have said that the sound quality is poor. I would disagree. Further the sound quality of the earpieces is fine too. The easiest way to program the radio is to use a programming cable. I believe this a very good radio for new and old hams alike.
scooter
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 22 de octubre de 2023
Returned the original radio because it did not have the indicated earpiece. Amazon sent the second radio and it did not have the earpiece either! Now, to be honest The missing earpiece is an inconvenience, it will get worked out. Now, the radio itself, easy to program with Chirp, the audio is really, really good. The radio would be a great first radio for a new ham. Since I do not use a handheld that much it is good for me just to carry around the house to listen to. I will use it to listen to the weather net when it is up. I have tried one of the repeaters I get on occasionally and it is not really close. It gets in there very easily and that was a surprise, didn't think it would. Easy to use, battery life seems to be good. And if it is someone on a limited budget the price is very good. Looking for a handheld? Get it a try, it won't be for everyone but it is worth a try.