Subj : Re: packet radio
To   : Vk3jed
From : Phigan
Date : Mon Aug 29 2022 04:07 pm

  Re: Re: packet radio
  By: Vk3jed to Irish_Monk on Sat Aug 27 2022 10:49:00

 > Also a good "sacrificial radio" - if you accidentally kill it hacking or
 > dropping it in water, etc, you haven't lost too much money. :)

I'm in no way against buying cheap radios.. There was a UV-6R on Amazon for $28
which at the time was even cheaper than the UV-5R could be found for. They were
EXCELLENT cheap radios. Much better receiver than the 5R, much louder speaker,
everything. Not sure what happened, but you can't get those anymore.

My point was that there are better things than the 5R for same/similar price.
UV-82(hp) is definitely worth a couple bucks more.
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