[arm-allstar] Baofeng Products

[Doug Crompton]

OK, I am sorry this discussion got started here. Enough has been said about
Baofeng. This is the very reason this topic has been banned from the
hamradio facebook page. The Baofengs make a very inexpensive and very well
performing small portable node for Allstar. I defy anyone to even determine
it is a properly adjusted Baofeng radio or any other radio when listening.
There are literally hundreds if not thousands of these radios running on
Allstar nodes and it has not been a problem. So your mileage may vary but
if we get into radio complaints on here it will not be an Allstar forum
anymore. Please take your radio complaints elsewhere unless they pertain
directly to Allstar. No one is forcing anyone to use theses radios. I would
say we would have a lot less nodes (hams) on our network without their
existence. Thank you.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

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



On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 4:43 PM, "William Freeman via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Baofeng's issue are notorious and well known. It's why I've pretty much
> banned their usage on my repeater. I caught a lot of flak for it (even
> though these people are nowhere near in-range of my repeater), but am glad
> that I did. I was tired of the terrible sounding audio and DTMF not
> working. There's only so many times I will be kicked in the teeth. I also
> found that Baofengs can sometimes (keyword is SOMETIMES) attract the wrong
> crowd. My advice is steer clear of them, if you're using it on a system
> like AllStar that can be linked up anywhere in the world.
>
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 9:04 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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