HAM HT Baofeng UV-5R - Revision history

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
			===Performance===
			====MCM2013====
			* Receive sensitivity is pretty severely lacking. UV5R had issues at WaterPoint 4 on nets C/H/G. No received signal at all. All other HTs at the same location had perfectly fine Rx.

	===Recommended Accessories===		===Recommended Accessories===
	* A wide based flush fit BNC (or similarly durable connector) adapter (sometimes called an antenna saver) given the short mating cycle "SMA connectors are rated for up to 500 mating cycles" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMA_connector citation via Wikipedia]		* A wide based flush fit BNC (or similarly durable connector) adapter (sometimes called an antenna saver) given the short mating cycle "SMA connectors are rated for up to 500 mating cycles" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMA_connector citation via Wikipedia]

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	** Also you can replace the adapter much more easily than the SMA connection in the radio.		** Also you can replace the adapter much more easily than the SMA connection in the radio.
	** You can even apply some threadlock (the light duty stuff) to the threaded part and still keep the groundplane continuity because of the wide base on the adapter touching the rim of the SMA socket.		** You can even apply some threadlock (the light duty stuff) to the threaded part and still keep the groundplane continuity because of the wide base on the adapter touching the rim of the SMA socket.
	* Get a dedicated antenna for ~~the~~ VHF and UHF (or whichever you will use the most). The dedicated antennas will do wonders for performance as the stock antenna is really pretty horrible and multiband antennas in general can only be so good on any given band they are tuned for before the others suffer, so they end up being okay at best on all of them. If you followed the above then get a BNC terminated antenna and don't worry about adapters for the antennas.		* Get a dedicated antenna for VHF and UHF (or whichever you will use the most). The dedicated antennas will do wonders for performance as the stock antenna is really pretty horrible and multiband antennas in general can only be so good on any given band they are tuned for before the others suffer, so they end up being okay at best on all of them. If you followed the above then get a BNC terminated antenna and don't worry about adapters for the antennas.

	==Hardware Versions==		==Hardware Versions==

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	===Recommended Accessories===		===Recommended Accessories===
	~~# Get~~ an antenna-saver~~-like BNC adapter~~ [https://~~www~~.~~dropbox~~.com/s/~~svpqganeuhontc1~~/~~34334%20Go%20Board%20%28low%20quality%29~~.jpg ~~like this~~]~~. with a nice wide base. the connection lifecycle of BNC is way way way more than SMA and~~ you can replace the adapter much more easily than the SMA connection in the radio. You can even apply some threadlock(the light duty stuff) to the threaded part and still keep the groundplane continuity because of the wide base on the adapter touching the rim of the SMA socket.		* A wide based flush fit BNC (or similarly durable connector) adapter (sometimes called an antenna saver) given the short mating cycle "SMA connectors are rated for up to 500 mating cycles" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMA_connector citation via Wikipedia]
	# Get a dedicated antenna for the VHF and UHF (or whichever you will use the most). The dedicated antennas will do wonders for performance as the stock antenna is really pretty horrible. If you followed the above then get a BNC terminated antenna and don't worry about adapters for the antennas.		** example: [http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/mUgb7YRjFqInb9GoQZVkQMw/140.jpg SMA Male to BNC Female Connector]
			** Also you can replace the adapter much more easily than the SMA connection in the radio.
			** You can even apply some threadlock (the light duty stuff) to the threaded part and still keep the groundplane continuity because of the wide base on the adapter touching the rim of the SMA socket.
			* Get a dedicated antenna for the VHF and UHF (or whichever you will use the most). The dedicated antennas will do wonders for performance as the stock antenna is really pretty horrible and multiband antennas in general can only be so good on any given band they are tuned for before the others suffer, so they end up being okay at best on all of them. If you followed the above then get a BNC terminated antenna and don't worry about adapters for the antennas.

	==Hardware Versions==		==Hardware Versions==

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
			===Recommended Accessories===
			# Get an antenna-saver-like BNC adapter [https://www.dropbox.com/s/svpqganeuhontc1/34334%20Go%20Board%20%28low%20quality%29.jpg like this]. with a nice wide base. the connection lifecycle of BNC is way way way more than SMA and you can replace the adapter much more easily than the SMA connection in the radio. You can even apply some threadlock(the light duty stuff) to the threaded part and still keep the groundplane continuity because of the wide base on the adapter touching the rim of the SMA socket.
			# Get a dedicated antenna for the VHF and UHF (or whichever you will use the most). The dedicated antennas will do wonders for performance as the stock antenna is really pretty horrible. If you followed the above then get a BNC terminated antenna and don't worry about adapters for the antennas.

	==Hardware Versions==		==Hardware Versions==

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General Info

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	* [http://www.brickolore.com/search/label/UV-5R bricklore UV-5R tagged]		* [http://www.brickolore.com/search/label/UV-5R bricklore UV-5R tagged]
	* [http://UV5R.net Baofeng UV-5R Info]		* [http://UV5R.net Baofeng UV-5R Info]
	* [uv5r.net/baofeng-uv-5r-programming/ Baofeng UV-5R Programming Guide]		* [http://uv5r.net/baofeng-uv-5r-programming/ Baofeng UV-5R Programming Guide]
	* [http://kc9hi.dyndns.org/uv5r/programming/UV-5R%20Menus.html menu cheatsheet]		* [http://kc9hi.dyndns.org/uv5r/programming/UV-5R%20Menus.html menu cheatsheet]
	* [http://kc9hi.dyndns.org/uv5r/programming/ info and software for programming (careful the software is unveted)]		* [http://kc9hi.dyndns.org/uv5r/programming/ info and software for programming (careful the software is unveted)]

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	===General Info===		===General Info===
	* [http://www.brickolore.com/search/label/UV-5R bricklore UV-5R tagged]		* [http://www.brickolore.com/search/label/UV-5R bricklore UV-5R tagged]
			* [http://UV5R.net Baofeng UV-5R Info]
			* [uv5r.net/baofeng-uv-5r-programming/ Baofeng UV-5R Programming Guide]
	* [http://kc9hi.dyndns.org/uv5r/programming/UV-5R%20Menus.html menu cheatsheet]		* [http://kc9hi.dyndns.org/uv5r/programming/UV-5R%20Menus.html menu cheatsheet]
	* [http://kc9hi.dyndns.org/uv5r/programming/ info and software for programming (careful the software is unveted)]		* [http://kc9hi.dyndns.org/uv5r/programming/ info and software for programming (careful the software is unveted)]

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	====Software====		====Software====
	* [http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home CHIRP] - a free, open-source tool for programming your amateur radio. (appears to support the UV-3R)		* [http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home CHIRP] - a free, open-source tool for programming your amateur radio. (appears to support the UV-5R)
	* [http://www.radioaficion.com/HamNews/articles/9289-baofeng-uv-3r-220-mhz-soft-mod.html firmware modification tool]
	* [http://www.brickolore.com/2011/12/baofeng-uv-3r-software-version-110-uv.html manufacturer's software tool]
	* [http://hamradio.selfip.com/i6ibe/baofeng/frequenze.htm "Out of range"]

	====Firmware====		====Firmware====

Haxwithaxe at 05:04, 26 April 2013

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			==Overview==
			The UV-5R family of radios are cheap 4W micro handheld transceivers with reasonably good stock features especially given the price. They can be modified to bypass the on board MCU, which is a write once chip that cannot be modified.
			The UV-5Rs are software controlled radios (not SDRs) they have hardware filters that prevent the same kinds of band expansion as the UV-3Rs.

			==Links==
			===General Info===
			* [http://www.brickolore.com/search/label/UV-5R bricklore UV-5R tagged]
			* [http://kc9hi.dyndns.org/uv5r/programming/UV-5R%20Menus.html menu cheatsheet]
			* [http://kc9hi.dyndns.org/uv5r/programming/ info and software for programming (careful the software is unveted)]

			===Modifications===

			====Software====
			* [http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home CHIRP] - a free, open-source tool for programming your amateur radio. (appears to support the UV-3R)
			* [http://www.radioaficion.com/HamNews/articles/9289-baofeng-uv-3r-220-mhz-soft-mod.html firmware modification tool]
			* [http://www.brickolore.com/2011/12/baofeng-uv-3r-software-version-110-uv.html manufacturer's software tool]
			* [http://hamradio.selfip.com/i6ibe/baofeng/frequenze.htm "Out of range"]

			====Firmware====

			====Hardware====


			====Recommended Modifications====

			==Notes==

			==Hardware Versions==
			There are a large number of internally identical radios with very nonstandardized names in the UV-3R and UV-5R family.
			* [[HAM_HT_Baofeng_UV-3R\|UV-3R]]

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