WRQC527 Posted December 14, 2023 Report Share Posted December 14, 2023 I pulled this out of an article I read today about a Russian soldier captured this week by Ukraine. "The captured soldier revealed that the personnel on duty at the positions were armed only with rifles and hand grenades, with a cheap radio station of Chinese manufacture for communications." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OffRoaderX Posted December 14, 2023 Report Share Posted December 14, 2023 Many, many photos and video clips of soldiers over there using Baofeng UV-5R radios. Sshannon, WRQC527 and WRZK593 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRQC527 Posted December 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2023 6 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said: Many, many photos and video clips of soldiers over there using Baofeng UV-5R radios. Battle-tested. Can't say that about my collection of Yaesus. The first video I saw with one was of a Ukrainian soldier discussing how they took out the Moskva. WRZK593 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkInTampa Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 3 hours ago, WRQC527 said: I pulled this out of an article I read today about a Russian soldier captured this week by Ukraine. "The captured soldier revealed that the personnel on duty at the positions were armed only with rifles and hand grenades, with a cheap radio station of Chinese manufacture for communications." Were they delivered by Amazon? WRQC527, StogieVol and WRUU653 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sshannon Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 3 hours ago, WRQC527 said: Battle-tested. Can't say that about my collection of Yaesus. The first video I saw with one was of a Ukrainian soldier discussing how they took out the Moskva. And at the Olympics, used by the Chinese ski team. WRQC527 and WRUU653 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRUU653 Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 11 hours ago, markskjerve said: Were they delivered by Amazon? Last contact with his unit… Boris you go over there and we’ll call you on channel 15 if the area is invaded and there is a risk of capture. Some time later… Boris says to no one “I don’t think channel 15 is working” AdmiralCochrane, Lscott, Sshannon and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRXB215 Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 @WRUU653 That's a great punch line! I'll do a reaction when I get replenished. WRUU653 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 Saw many of them in use in Iraq and Afghanistan as well. Seems they work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcp2525 Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 20 hours ago, WRQC527 said: Battle-tested. Can't say that about my collection of Yaesus. The first video I saw with one was of a Ukrainian soldier discussing how they took out the Moskva. Tell me about it! I have three FTM-400s that were made in Japan and have Chinese mic cords. All be damned, one of them frayed at the mic end and lost audio. Piss poor design putting a very stiff strain relief on the cord. So what did I do to resolve this? I ordered three more Chinese cords from Mr.Chung. After all, we live in a disposable society so what else can one do? WRXB215 and WRQC527 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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