BAOFENG AR-152

[WRZE296]

I have purchased a Baofeng AR-152 but I am have no luck programming it for a buddy of mine, I bought it as a gift for him seeing that he has a HAM ticket and I wanted to program it for him and I have not been able to find the software to program it, Chirp doesn't have that particular radio within its system. Does anyone have a software link for this particular radio?

[SteveShannon]

49 minutes ago, WRZE296 said:

I have purchased a Baofeng AR-152 but I am have no luck programming it for a buddy of mine, I bought it as a gift for him seeing that he has a HAM ticket and I wanted to program it for him and I have not been able to find the software to program it, Chirp doesn't have that particular radio within its system. Does anyone have a software link for this particular radio?

Tell chirp it’s a UV5R and see if that works. If not, try F8-HP. 
Read from it first!

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:

Tell chirp it’s a UV5R and see if that works. If not, try F8-HP. 
Read from it first!

AND save the first read to a file. That read is your recovery option should there be some nonsense down the road.

Thank you Steve (I'm out of upvotes for today. Sucks being a positive person : )

[SteveShannon]

Here’s a video from Notarubicon about the AR152. Note that at about the 20 minute mark he discusses using Chirp and which radio the AR152 “self identifies“ as. 
 

And yes, wrkw566 is exactly right. Save the initial and various versions of the data as you program with any software. 
 

 

[ULTRA2]

I'm not understanding why the different rating about this radio some tell me is ok to use and others says differently what do you guys think of this radio?

[SteveShannon]

25 minutes ago, ULTRA2 said:

I'm not understanding why the different rating about this radio some tell me is ok to use and others says differently what do you guys think of this radio?

I have no idea. I don’t have one. The big battery is nice. It has a big battery, larger buttons, and a nice size screen and nearly 10 watts output for some testers. The price today at Amazon is down to $48.  I wouldn’t turn my nose up at it, but besides those features it’s nothing extraordinary. The most negative review of it that I’ve seen didn’t like the $120 price tag and had a sample unit that put out 7.5 watts. I suspect he would feel differently about $48 and 9.5 watts. 

[ULTRA2]

2 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:

I suspect he would feel differently about $48 and 9.5 watts. 

The price and the power output is the reason I may get one however I have seen reviews that power doesn't make the radio

[SteveShannon]

4 minutes ago, ULTRA2 said:

The price and the power output is the reason I may get one however I have seen reviews that power doesn't make the radio

That’s very true. Doubling the power of the radio shortens the battery life by 50% without significantly increasing the range. I would run it at the lowest possible power level anyway. It has three different levels and the lowest at 3-4 watts will usually get you as far as a UHF signal will travel anyway due to topography. 

[ULTRA2]

3 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:

I would run it at the lowest possible power level anyway. It has three different levels and the lowest at 3-4 watts will usually get you as far as a UHF signal will travel anyway due to topography. 

That's the intention here I just wanted to get other members input on this radio before I make the decision to get one. Thanks for your input