UV5R fleet :D

[Binnie]

Its been a while but a quick update coming

now have 15+uv5r's floating about, with another 8 or so still boxed.

the only issues i've had so far are ..........

droppages........... the battery securing lug isn't all that strong, as is prone to snapping if dropped, not the end of the world as you can hold or tape the battery into position

Chargers........... i've had 3x chargers fail, not the end of the world, but its deffo advisable to have a car charger or battery eliminator as a backup!

Aerial..... probably the worst thing to happen is the aerial to fail, so far i've had 3x rigid aerials and 1 x flexi aerials fail, symptoms are obviously extremely poor RX and TX (and also little or no FM reception) for some reason the UV5r seems to ship with either flexi or rigid , in a shipment of 10 i got 4 flexi and 6 rigid. failure may be due to rough handling, IE radios in coat pockets and flexing the aerial, its hard to tell.


on aerials, i purchased this not expecting much http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nagoya-NA-701-...393wt_1086

My radio now has the best RX and TX by far, and it's the oldest one (its my personal one, not the works!) and my battery still goes for 2 days after 6x months of daily use 6 days a week