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For now I have it set to GMRS mode. I have a local repeater on the A band and a local HAM on the B band to listen. When I press the middle PTT button, I noticed that the red light comes on and the screen indicates that I am transmitting. Now I don't have any of the tones setup for that frequency, but I was surprised that the radio acted like it was transmitting. I expected a tone or nothing to indicate that transmitting on HAM was not possible. Just curious.

I just got this radio. Which mode do you guys run in? I have a GMRS license, but no HAM license yet. Is there any advantage to running in Normal mode versus GMRS mode?

Update: I reached out to Radioddity through Amazon, and they said the manufacturer's feedback was misprinted labels. They confirmed the actual capacity is 2500mah.

Maybe they misprinted some battery labels and just decided to use them anyway. It just bothers me a little that I might not have a legit battery. I don't have any real way to test the battery, and I don't have another uv-5g plus to run a comparison.

WRXB215, Understood, I'm more concerned that the 308 casings have not been properly labeled and may cause damage to my rifle.

WRKX686, Can you let me know how you got that info? All the product pages say 2500mah, and I have watched several video reviews where the reviewers say it's 2500mah.

The battery doesn't appear to be physically larger. I'm suspicious.

I recently purchased a Baofeng UV-5G Plus from Amazon (1 Pack, sold by Radioddity). The listed battery capacity is 2500mah, but my battery label says 3500mah. Can anyone else confirm which battery they have? Any reason for concern?

I have two of these radios and so far I like them. One thing I have found to be annoying is that they don't seem to charge if I'm using a fast charging brick. I'm guessing this is some kind of limitation with the type c port on the batteries. Most of my chargers these days are some form of fast charging, so I have to search for an older brick to make sure I'm not using a fast charger. Sorry if this has been covered already.

Thanks blastco2. I have a follow up question. I have one of the side buttons on the radio programmed to Scan with a long press. Which type of scan does that initiate? Is it a memory scan of only channels that I have toggled to Allow Scan?

Does anyone with this radio know if their is a difference between the Scan button on the mobile app next to Dual CH and the Scan found in Device Settings on the mobile app? Are they scanning in different ways? Is there a way to Scan only the channels/frequencies that you have toggled to Allow scan?

Does anyone know if you can setup/program multiple radios using the same mobile phone with the app? Do you have to use a separate mobile device for each radio?

Ok for anyone that has this radio (Btech gmrs pro), I was able to figure out how to save Ham channels for monitoring. From the mobile app, you go to Device Settings, and then Channel & Groups. The FRS and GMRS channels are all saved in Group 1, so I put my local Ham frequencies in Group 2. I believe there are 6 groups and 30 channels in each group. I found it more challenging to program the Ham frequencies from the radio. You have to use the two function keys just below the screen to enter into the right screen to be able to edit channels. My next question I am trying to figure out is whether I can Dual Watch from different groups, meaning can I monitor a GMRS repeater channel from Group 1 while also monitoring a Ham channel from Group 2? I may have to program my local gmrs repeater into the same group as the Ham channels that I would want to monitor.

Yeah, I haven't figured out yet how to simply input or program a Ham frequency on the Btech GMRS Pro and start listening. Can't figure it out on the radio or on the mobile app.

kerstuff, can you describe how you know it has frozen up? Mine may be doing the same thing. And other than that does your radio work fine receiving both Ham and GMRS and transmitting on GMRS?