offroadkid Posted June 15 Report Share Posted June 15 I just got my license not too long ago and my UV-5G PLUS, and then this morning I got an email there’s a new UV-5G PRO!! Oh man!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
back4more70 Posted June 15 Report Share Posted June 15 It looks the same as every other UV-5G variant, I doubt you missed anything. Baofengs are like cockroaches WRXR255 and Raybestos 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRXR255 Posted June 15 Report Share Posted June 15 4 minutes ago, back4more70 said: It looks the same as every other UV-5G variant, I doubt you missed anything. Baofengs are like cockroaches it is the exact same case as the UV-5R, so if you like that size / form factor, your good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosw Posted June 15 Report Share Posted June 15 What's 'pro' about this one versus the UV-5G? Just curious. It looks exactly the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRUE951 Posted June 15 Report Share Posted June 15 2 hours ago, back4more70 said: It looks the same as every other UV-5G variant, I doubt you missed anything. Baofengs are like cockroaches And we've all owned a few 'coakroaches'... Damn things are so tough, the're hard to get rid of Raybestos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRQC527 Posted June 15 Report Share Posted June 15 Apparently "pros" need to receive air band, 1.25 Mhz and 1 Mhz to be considered pros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSDN891 Posted July 3 Report Share Posted July 3 On 6/15/2024 at 11:29 AM, WRQC527 said: Apparently "pros" need to receive air band, 1.25 Mhz and 1 Mhz to be considered pros. Yeah, the 5G Pro supposedly does Air Band, but is it useful? the 5Gs are all FM, while Air Band is all AM (or am I wrong about that?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRXR255 Posted July 3 Report Share Posted July 3 4 minutes ago, WSDN891 said: Yeah, the 5G Pro supposedly does Air Band, but is it useful? the 5Gs are all FM, while Air Band is all AM (or am I wrong about that?) FM for TX/RX, but depending on the way the SOC and other components are set up, no reason it cant receive AM. My AR-5RM does Airband RX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRQC527 Posted July 3 Report Share Posted July 3 1 hour ago, WSDN891 said: Yeah, the 5G Pro supposedly does Air Band, but is it useful? the 5Gs are all FM, while Air Band is all AM (or am I wrong about that?) *Disclaimer: My view of air band is strictly my own and does not reflect the opinions of other contributors. I think air band receive on a GMRS or amateur radio is a gimmick with little or no real-world use. I'd be telling tall tales if I said air band is exclusively AM, because I don't know. I do use it occasionally to listen to air traffic, but only because the radios receive it. Air band would not influence my buying decision one way or another in the least. AdmiralCochrane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRQI663 Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 Air band is AM because the FM capture effect will prevent a weaker signal from being heard, when using AM two signals can be heard at the same time with one causing a hetrodyne (remember all the noise on AM CB?) ATC can hear them AdmiralCochrane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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