UV-5R and UV-18 Pro Max Dual Receive?

[WSIC904]

Hello Group.  Is the UV-5R and UV-18 Pro Max capable of dual receive?  Thank you!

WSIC904/KB9VVT

[WRTC928]

On 7/2/2025 at 10:08 AM, WSIC904 said:

Hello Group.  Is the UV-5R and UV-18 Pro Max capable of dual receive?  Thank you!

WSIC904/KB9VVT

By "dual receive" do you mean capable of listening to two frequencies at the same time? What Baofeng calls "dual monitoring"? If so, then yes, the UV-5r can do it and according to its advertising the UV-18 can too. If we're splitting hairs, the Baofengs don't actually listen to two channels at the same time; they flip rapidly back and forth between them, but for most people's purposes, it's close enough.

[OffRoaderX]

On 7/2/2025 at 8:08 AM, WSIC904 said:

Is the UV-5R and UV-18 Pro Max capable of dual receive?

Yes.

[WSIC904]

3 hours ago, WRTC928 said:

By "dual receive" do you mean capable of listening to two frequencies at the same time? What Baofeng calls "dual monitoring"? If so, then yes, the UV-5r can do it and according to its advertising the UV-18 can too. If we're splitting hairs, the Baofengs don't actually listen to two channels at the same time; they flip rapidly back and forth between them, but for most people's purposes, it's close enough.

Yes, dual monitoring on both bands, A and B.

[WSIC904]

2 hours ago, OffRoaderX said:

Yes.

Thank you!

[UncleYoda]

2 hours ago, WSIC904 said:

Yes, dual monitoring on both bands, A and B.

Sounds like you're misunderstanding.  There is no "dual monitoring on both bands".  It alternates automatically between checking Display A and Display B.  It only receives on one or the other at one time.  And the dual watch setting is called TDR on the UV5R function menu.

[OffRoaderX]

4 minutes ago, UncleYoda said:

Sounds like you're misunderstanding.  There is no "dual monitoring on both bands".  It alternates automatically between checking Display A and Display B.  It only receives on one or the other at one time.  And the dual watch setting is called TDR on the UV5R function menu.

Which to a normal person, using normal ears, appears to be "listening to two channels at the same time"... Next you going to explain to us how "movies don't really move"?   

Geezusphuckingkrist "some people" are insufferable..

[UncleYoda]

Calm down Queenie.  I was trying to get him to understand it's not "dual on both".  Sounded like by both bands he may also be thinking of bands A and B as the two frequency bands in VFO mode, rather than Line A and B.