delamason Posted February 9, 2023 Report Share Posted February 9, 2023 Looking at the Shopping area of MY GMRS and saw two types of BTECH GMRS 50W radios shown. Anyone know of any changes? BTECH GMRS-50V2 50W GMRS Radio VS BTECH GMRS-50X1 50W GMRS Radio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayoverthere Posted February 9, 2023 Report Share Posted February 9, 2023 18 minutes ago, delamason said: Looking at the Shopping area of MY GMRS and saw two types of BTECH GMRS 50W radios shown. Anyone know of any changes? BTECH GMRS-50V2 50W GMRS Radio VS BTECH GMRS-50X1 50W GMRS Radio From what I saw in the FCC information, the v2 looks like it may allow adding some additional transmit channels (mostly for when you have multiple repeaters in range on the same frequency). With the 50x1, the preprogrammed 30 is it. Anything else you add is Rx only (coming from owning one). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delamason Posted February 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2023 Thanks for info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayoverthere Posted February 9, 2023 Report Share Posted February 9, 2023 23 minutes ago, delamason said: Thanks for info Glad to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRPL700 Posted February 10, 2023 Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 13 hours ago, wayoverthere said: From what I saw in the FCC information, the v2 looks like it may allow adding some additional transmit channels (mostly for when you have multiple repeaters in range on the same frequency). With the 50x1, the preprogrammed 30 is it. Anything else you add is Rx only (coming from owning one). Any other issues with the Btech 50x1? I greatly desire the Wouxun KG-1000G+ but the Btech 50x1 (or 50v2) fits the imposed budget.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayoverthere Posted February 10, 2023 Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, WRPL700 said: Any other issues with the Btech 50x1? I greatly desire the Wouxun KG-1000G+ but the Btech 50x1 (or 50v2) fits the imposed budget.... Operation wise, that's the only one that comes to mind. Function...I have maybe 2 hours at most across the time I've owned it, and it's not actually holding 50 watts (or close)...it starts close and drops off, and doesn't stabilize till 25 watts. I'll see if can find a related post on another member's even worse luck with both the 50x1 and it's ham cousin (uv50x2). I would save for the wouxun and it's actual dual receivers. Edit: https://forums.mygmrs.com/topic/5077-btech-gmrs-50x1-50w/?do=findComment&comment=50477&_rid=2738 Edited February 10, 2023 by wayoverthere marcspaz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRPL700 Posted February 10, 2023 Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 2 hours ago, wayoverthere said: Operation wise, that's the only one that comes to mind. Function...I have maybe 2 hours at most across the time I've owned it, and it's not actually holding 50 watts (or close)...it starts close and drops off, and doesn't stabilize till 25 watts. I'll see if can find a related post on another member's even worse luck with both the 50x1 and it's ham cousin (uv50x2). I would save for the wouxun and it's actual dual receivers. Edit: https://forums.mygmrs.com/topic/5077-btech-gmrs-50x1-50w/?do=findComment&comment=50477&_rid=2738 Thank you for the info and link. I think I will try to wait for the Wouxun. wayoverthere 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdunajewski Posted February 10, 2023 Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 The GMRS-50X1 is being discontinued by BTECH in favor of the GMRS-50V2 which succeeds it. The new "V2" lineup of BTECH radios has additional features like the multiple repeater channel ability mentioned above that the original series lack. We just sold out of our remaining GMRS-50X1 stock, so we will only carry the GMRS-50V2 from now on. Sshannon, WRUU653 and wayoverthere 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRPL700 Posted February 10, 2023 Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 2 hours ago, rdunajewski said: The GMRS-50X1 is being discontinued by BTECH in favor of the GMRS-50V2 which succeeds it. The new "V2" lineup of BTECH radios has additional features like the multiple repeater channel ability mentioned above that the original series lack. We just sold out of our remaining GMRS-50X1 stock, so we will only carry the GMRS-50V2 from now on. Do you actually have them in stock? BTECH does not have them on their website.... that I can find anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRUE915 Posted February 16, 2023 Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 On Btech's website now... and Amazonhttps://baofengtech.com/product/gmrs-50v2/https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BNLT88FD/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&m=AA3MGRC7F9EI2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0BNLT88FD&linkCode=as2&tag=btek-20 wayoverthere 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRUU653 Posted February 16, 2023 Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 Or you could get it right here at MyGmrs.com. Affiliate link below https://shop.mygmrs.com/products/btech-gmrs-50v2-50w-gmrs-radio WRUE915 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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