Baofeng UV-5R Radios Illegal? The Real Story

“The Baofeng UV-5R Radio, just about every ham active on VHF/UHF has one. With a purchase price of around $30, you get a lot for your money. But on August 1, 2018 the FCC isued a Citation and Order for the ‘Illegal Marketing of Unauthorized Radio Frequency Devices” against Amcrest Industries, the company that imports Baofeng radios in to the US. So what does that mean? Are these radio now illegal to use? Are they contraband? . . .”

Equipment

PandwaRF Bare

March 25, 2017 No comments

PandwaRF is a RF analysis tool with a sub-1 GHz wireless transceiver controlled by a smartphone or a PC. Its purpose is to capture, display & tran... Read more

MFJ Antenna Switches [ Video ]

November 21, 2016 No comments

MFJ Antenna Swiches MFJ-1702C MFJ-2702 MFJ-2703 MFJ-2704 MFJ-1701 MFJ-1703 MFJ-1700C Read more

Ailunce HS2 HF VHF UHF SDR Transceiver

May 05, 2020 No comments

HS2 is an ultra-portable full-frequency full-mode SDR radio. Receive frequency coverage 300K~1.6GHZ. The built-in network port can realize remote oper... Read more

CONDAN SENTRY-H 6110-MP

March 01, 2020 No comments

CODAN’S SENTRY-H 6110-MP DELIVERS A POWERFUL 30W RF POWER OUTPUT AND UP TO 55 HOURS OF BATTERY LIFE IN LESS THAN 5 KG OF WEIGHT. The 6110-MP forms an... Read more

The Icom IC-9700 manual is now available [ ENGLISH ]

January 13, 2019 No comments

IC-9700 manual “The Icom IC-9700 manual is now available in Japanese on the Icom website. Here is a link to a “rough” English... Read more

News

WiMo takes over the manufacture and distribution of the well-known products of InnovAntennas Europe worldwide

May 07, 2021 No comments

“InnovAntennas Ltd. and WiMo Antennas and Elektronik GmbH, Herxheim / Germany, enter into closer cooperationIn 2018, UK production of all short... Read more

Andromeda SDR -Apache Labs

May 07, 2021 No comments

Andromeda SDR -Apache Labs Read more

Ultimate Motorcycling’s Ham on a Hog 3 Review of the Icom IC-705 Amateur Radio Transceiver and more

May 07, 2021 No comments

“We take Icom’s IC-705 transceiver on a ride with the Harley-Davidson Road King Limited and review it along with Icom’s AL-705 Magne... Read more

IEEE Committee Webinar “RF Exposure in the Time of Conspiracies” Set for May 12

May 07, 2021 No comments

The IEEE Committee on Man and Radiation (COMAR) has issued an invitation to its webinar, “RF Exposure in the Time of Conspiracies.” The 1-hour event i... Read more

First-Time Exam Applicants Must Obtain FCC Registration Number before Taking Exam

May 07, 2021 No comments

Beginning May 20, 2021, all amateur examination applicants will be required to provide an FCC Registration Number (FRN) to the Volunteer Examiners (VE... Read more

Review

Baofeng UV-9R Model Comparison and Power Testing

May 07, 2021 No comments

Today I compare and test 3 different models of the Baofeng UV9R. Read more

Metal Ham Shack – Issues and Improvements

May 06, 2021 No comments

Art, W9SOL, wants to know if his steel building will cause issues with his radio’s performance or improve its performance? Read more

Grounding and Bonding, Band Pass Filter and Field Day

May 05, 2021 No comments

On todays episode of Tuesdays with Tim, K3LR and Jeff, KB8ZWT we will discuss bonding and grounding and Band Pass Filters for Field Day! Read more

Unboxing the lab599 Discovery TX-500 QRP transceiver!

May 02, 2021 No comments

Unboxing the lab599 Discovery TX-500 QRP transceiver! Read more

RF Explorer EMF Licence Demo

April 30, 2021 No comments

This week Gary gives us an overview of the new RF Explorer Field Strength EMF Licence Add-On. We also demonstrate the RF Explorer WSUB1G+ Spectrum Ana... Read more

Antenna

Chameleon CHA-RXL Stealth Receive Loop Antenna

May 05, 2021 No comments

Chameleon is releasing a new receive only loop, the CHA-RXL. Lets get it on the roof, test it out and talk about why receive loops can be pretty aweso... Read more

Antennas Vs Trees

May 04, 2021 No comments

Jeff, KD8KPT, asks about the logistics of putting antennas up in his trees. Read more

Review of Bilal Isotron 20m Single Band Antenna

May 03, 2021 No comments

More than one Oggie has suggested I review the Bilal Isotron 20m Single Band Antenna Solve Virtually Any Restricted Space Problem – 40 Meter Iso... Read more