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Does anyone have either of these and if so how well do they work? I've heard big praise for the BF-F8HP Pro but not much about the UV-28. Both are supposed to have GPS. Any info ya'll can give would be much appreciated.

  • WSAA635 changed the title to Baofeng BF-F8HP Pro vs UV-28 Plus.
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10 hours ago, WSAA635 said:

Does anyone have either of these and if so how well do they work? I've heard big praise for the BF-F8HP Pro but not much about the UV-28. Both are supposed to have GPS. Any info ya'll can give would be much appreciated.

I wrote the CPS for the BF-F8HP Pro and co-manage firmware development, as well as dabbling in manuals and marketing😀. The BF-F8HP Pro has user-upgradable firmware and the upgrade tool is integrated into the CPS. There have been 3 public releases of firmware (V29, V33 and V44) and there will likely be ongoing future releases. The radio you bought on the first day it was available (October 1, 2024), today, and at some indefinite point in the future will all be able to run the latest firmware. Feedback from users here, on Facebook and elsewhere gets evaluated and often results in new features and/or bug fixes.

I don't know anything about the UV-28 Plus - I stopped collecting random Baofeng models once I got involved in the BF-F8HP Pro project.

BTW, you can get 20% off the BF-F8HP Pro (radio only, not accessories or other models) on the https://baofengtech.com web site (not Amazon) by using coupon code "CPS" at checkout.

* It should be obvious that I'm involved with the BF-F8HP Pro project, but here's a disclaimer anyway.

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I did end up getting the BF-F8HP and my first impressions are WOW!, this is THE radio I've been looking for. It just works,no craziness, you just program it(with your software, thank you for that) and it does what you ask of it. 

I'll have to pick another one up with the coupon code when funds allow.

Another HUGE plus for me is that batteries are the same as my 5 AR/UV 5RM radios so I can stock up on them and use them in both radios. 

Anyway, thanks for the reply, I can't wait yo do a review on this radio for my YouTube channel.

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