13 February 2012, 21:21
I found this review of the excelent little UV-3R radios that I mentioned in the Survival Radio article on the main site.
It fails to mention that the receiver on these radios uses latest digital technology and is extremely sensitive. Just using one of these to listen on the PMR 446 band you'll hear more distant stations tnan standard handhelds costing the same price can pick up.
Fo 30 quid it has to be the best value hand held radio currently available.
see: http://www.essexham.co.uk/news/baofeng-u...eview.html
They can even be simply programmed to meet the current UK legal requirements, but simply re-converted back to enable transmission on Ham, Marine emergency and military bands. A "how-to" article is being prepared for the main site, explaining how to do this.
It fails to mention that the receiver on these radios uses latest digital technology and is extremely sensitive. Just using one of these to listen on the PMR 446 band you'll hear more distant stations tnan standard handhelds costing the same price can pick up.
Fo 30 quid it has to be the best value hand held radio currently available.
see: http://www.essexham.co.uk/news/baofeng-u...eview.html
They can even be simply programmed to meet the current UK legal requirements, but simply re-converted back to enable transmission on Ham, Marine emergency and military bands. A "how-to" article is being prepared for the main site, explaining how to do this.