WSEK643

Didn't think about that but I see no vents anywhere on the unit. I've got the same impedance speaker just 5 watt instead of 2. Maybe I'll rig up a computer cooling fan blowing on the heat sink and see what happens.

I was gonna replace it with a external speaker and wire it straight to the wires from the internal speaker and remove the internal speaker so it would help ventilate the radio, the tiny fan can't pull cool air in if it has no vents to allow that, it has no vent holes anywhere on it. Preventive maintenance .

If a receiver has a 2 watt audio output to the original speaker and it goes bad can it be replaced with a 5 watt speaker without hurting anything in the radio itself? Thanks, WSEK643

Got the voltage regulator on today it's back to normal voltage, now I can get radio back in tomorrow if it doesn't rain. Thanks again, WSEK634

Thanks everyone for the responses the vehicle in question is a 1994 ford f-150 and I could kick myself in the hind end for not thinking about the voltage regulator, I am also a small engine mechanic and should have figured that one out. I reckon my old age is starting show. Again Thanks to everyone for the help, I'll be getting a voltage regulator tomorrow and putting it on. WSEK643

My new Btech UV-50x2 2nd generation radio after less than a week of use fried what I think is a transistor while I was talking to a friend one night sent Btech an e-mail and the new one is coming today. I checked the voltage on my truck battery while it was running and with headlights off and with headlights on I got 15.35 volts in the radio manual it said the tolerance was 15 % which is 2.7 volts is there something I can do to regulate the voltage coming from the battery to the power cable on the radio I don't want this radio to do the same thing. Thanks, WSEK643

I know a couple of people that have them and had no problems I'm hoping I just got a lemon. I've never seen a bad review on the radio I'll find out when the ne radio arrives.

It was in my truck with red wire going to positive terminal on battery and black wire to ground on truck frame which comes straight from battery.

Has anyone had any troubles such as the radio quits transmitting and a burnt smell emitting from it no smoke but still receives ? I had mine a day shy of a week and this happened I contacted support and they are sending me another radio. I haven't seen any negative reviews about the radio and had planned on getting another to use as a base station but now a little skeptical about it. If anyone knows if these radios have constant problems like this please let me know. Thanks,WSEK643

Thanks a lot Steve

Sorry if this ? is in the wrong place. Can you send a private message to another member and if so how would I go about it? Thanks

Thanks I appreciate the info.

which chirp cable are you using for the ar-5rm? can't find much info it.

After I study up on it I plan on building a couple of outside antennas thats the main reason for the meter.

I have a Baofeng AR-5M I want to get a SW-102 swr meter,I will be checking the antennas that screw on to the radio as well as outside antennas,I know I need meter with so-239 connectors, my question is which one some say digital some analog. Is the radio digital or analog? Thanks