I just got my Quansheng TK-11 in the mail today. Initial thoughts that aren’t covered in any unboxing videos:

There was a power adapter taped to the inner box. The charging dock has an Asian power plug. Fortunately, I can charge it via USB-C.

This isn’t as heavy as my Motorola XTS 1500, but this has enough heft to be used as a bludgeoning weapon.

I love the circular lanyard connector!

I hate how fragile the rubber port covers are.

The T-shaped antenna is meant for the LF/MF/HF bands, but it has “0.153-18 MHz” stamped on it, so you won’t need it for anything about 17 meters. Set it aside. The rubber duck is very long.

On that note, you do know this can only transmit FM, right? You read the website before clicking Buy, didn’t you? That limits you to 10 meters and up.

It can receive CW on 2200 meters. Fat lot of good that does when you can’t transmit that low.

If you had told me this is my UV-K5 with the Ezgumer firmware, I would have believed you. It’s virtually identical, down to the fonts and screen layout. The blue backlight is your only clue.

Dear lord, the CPS is awful. It’s perfectly cromulent, but it’s missing simple things like copy and paste. That means if you want to insert a channel, you need to edit every single one below that.

The radio can receive on 33 cm and maybe 23 cm, but the CPS won’t let you program frequencies above 600 MHz.

Someone opened a ticket with CHIRP to support this model. They’re working on it. GOOD!

No programming cable is included, but your Baofeng one works fine.

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #Quansheng #Baofeng #HT #HF #VHF #CHIRP #TaikoKong #QuanshengTK11 #TK11 #unboxing

Monitoring maritime radio with a Baofeng on a boat on Lake Ontario 2025-05-26 #baofeng #kayak #2meter #70cm #hamradio

@Dave_Goldsmith thanks! ^_^

the baofeng comes with a belt clip, of course, but it's bigger and also more mobile so if I just used that one, it'd rattle around, and might even find a way to fling itself off. With this basic little slab clip, it should be held tight.

To the strength of the material, of course. But print in the obvious orientation and there's no really vulnerable layer lines, so it should be okay.

(or so I hope xD )

#3dPrinting #radio #baofeng

Today I made a joke commercial for my newly designed & printed EXTREME Ham Radio desktop accessory for the Ultimate Net Commander. The "UV-Commander", a #baofeng radio holder for all those extreme social nets discussing ham radio and antennas and bodily functions! #3dprinting #hamradio #uv5r #prepping #extremeweather Also fits #vx6r #yaesu and #ft5 #radio

Youpie, ça fonctionne

Appels émis mais pas de retour actuellement

Par contre il y a du "gain" en réception, car le #baofeng posé à côté n'a pas déclenché en réception alors que le #hiroyasu oui

Mais bon, faut lire que l'aérien n'est pas le même non plus 😅

#446mhz #pmr

Does anyone have a view on what is the best external speaker/mic with a Kenwood K1 for a #Baofeng or #Quansheng radio? A relatively inexpensive one - I know there’s a Kenwood KMC-45D but it’s a tad pricey (although probably very good). #HamRadio

#hamradio #baofeng question: is it possible to configure a Baofeng #uv5rplus to only listen on UHF but only transmit on VHF?

Or is dial watch enough to work a satellite with a mode U/V transceiver?

While I’ve enjoyed my Baofeng UV-5RH for getting into radio, I can already tell I’ll want to upgrade soon—even before my first call. I’ll have some content up soon on why Baofengs are great for beginners, and what I plan to move to next. I already learned A LOT! #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #Baofeng

15% OFF Baofeng UV-5RM Plus GPS! 🎉

I'm working on a video for my channel and got a 15% discount code: SY1EBE (valid until April 23).

🔗 https://www.baofengradio.com/products/uv-5rm-plus-gps?ref=sy1ebe

Grab it while it lasts! 📡 #HamRadio #Baofeng #UV5RM #Discount

Did a roadtrip with my mobile #aprs digipeter ( #ftm500 #yaesu) today with my #uvpro monitoring with #aprsfi To my phone. Was about a 4.5 hour drive. Pretty interesting to see all the stations! It was also cool I could monitor on my FTM-500 and the UV-Pro at the same time. #photo #photography #amateurradio #hamradio #packetradio #baofeng #btech

This is Marry had a little lamb played on DTMF tones. Who remembers doing musical DTMF? I transmitted on #GMRS channel 22 with the #Baofeng, and I had the Midland talker walkie-talkie recording on my PC.

I bought a Baofeng K6 tri-band handheld radio for about $30. The challenge is learning how to use it.

https://www.baofengradio.com/products/k6

#Baofeng #K6 #radio

The two popular and affordable handheld radios for amateurs are the Baofeng UV-5R dual band (VHF/UHF) and the Baofeng K6 Tri-Band (VHF/UHF/FM).

#Baofeng #handheld #radio #amateur #VHF #UHF #FM

baofeng uv5r con el paso del tiempo.
3 antenas
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#uv5r #baofeng #vhf #uhf #antena

A bonus with activating #CTCSS *and* #tonesquelch (beware, its also possible to also set just CTCSS on TX and leave RX with no tone which may or may not be what you want) is the direct conversion RX on the #Baofeng with near 0 selectivity (these flaws are all "covered up" with DSP) no longer makes a racket when my car key fob is transmitting, as there is no CTCSS tone present to open squelch (maybe this is why #Retevis always activate it on their similarly priced radios?) #PMR446 #UHF #radio

#CTCSS and #tonesquelch coded on these #Baofeng #PMR446 using #CHIRP so they work with #Retevis sets which all have preset CTCSS and DCS activated out of the box.

Baofengs have to have this activated, or else you can transmit on the channel but the Retevis won't open squelch #radio #UHF

On top of everything else, I’m a licensed ham radio bug.

My call sign is K2OOI (I’m a huge Stanley Kubrick fan) but it’s actually not what it looks like.

FCC regulations dictate that the last three characters in this format have to be exactly that – characters, not numbers.

So while it *looks* like 2001, it’s actually 2ooi. Or as they say in NATO phonetics:

Kilo Two Oscar Oscar India.

But if you set it in Futura …

https://k2ooi.com

#hamradio #arrl #baofeng #BTECH #amateurradio

equipment for radio workshop tomorrow
#sdr #fm #baofeng #radio #∏node #dab #pirate #minifm #pibox

@do8pgg #BAOFENG ist dieser Chinaschrott?

The only thing so far that I don't like about the #Baofeng BF-F8HP (the newest seventh generation model) is that it does not read any of the menus. Aside from me finding out myself I was doing more research on YouTube about it. The voice guidance will read everything else, except for the menus. This means you won't be able to hear about the GPS setting, the CTCSS settings, and other stuff on the radio. Hopefully btech will release a firmware update to fix this. Because it seems like all the other models do so, like the UV5R and the UV5G plus radios. #Accessibility