[arm-allstar] Baofeng Products

[Doug Crompton]

Justin,

 That was an unnecessary smart-ass comment. I never said the Baofeng's had
bad audio. In fact their audio quality is quite good. It isa the overall
quality of workmanship that is a problem. The majority of the radios work
just fine. The problem is you never know what you are getting. They are
also not always on frequency but a simple ajustment can fix that.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*



On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 3:03 PM, "Justin Reed via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

>
> I’ve bought several 888’s for walkie-talkies for my children, just to have
> a pair that work. They are that bad. And my kids would still rather play
> with a real radio.
>
> And I’m kind of confused when the self-appointed gatekeeper of Allstar’s
> superior audio quality even mentions using these as hotspots.  Ugh.
>
> Justin
> NV8Q
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jan 10, 2018, at 11:04 AM, Chris Souleles via arm-allstar <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >
> > I have recently had quality problems with new Baofeng products purchased
> from Main Trading Company.  I am wondering if anyone else has experienced
> problems with Baofeng.  On two BF888 radios, one arrived stuck on VOX no
> matter what (tried turning it off with CHIRP, Baofeng SW and manual), and
> the other is ok.  On three UV-82HP radios the DTMF buttons for A,B,C are in
> the wrong order on the keypad.  On all the radios the keypad instead of
> A,B,C order the buttons are C,A,B.  Once I figured this out I can work with
> it since I now know what buttons do what.  One of the UV-82HP charging
> cradles didn't work and I had to have a new one sent.  The dual PTT speaker
> mic arrived stuck on transmit even when no are buttons pushed and I am
> having to have it replaced.   Is it just my bad luck or is anyone else
> experiencing this type of thing with Baofeng.  I realize the stuff is
> inexpensive but for me the minimum threshold is that it actually works.
> Chris - W6CS
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