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I think you conflated non-resonant EFRW/EFLR antennas with resonant EFHW antennas. Very confusing.

My grandfather and I have a Th D74 can you do DMR on a Kenwood?

Nn nooooooo 1st midtake. An EFHA DONT USE A BALUN. IT USES AN UNUN!!!!!

What about the Anytone D168 ?

Last year I bought a UV-5R as my first radio, to learn on. It was faulty and was returned, but because of no stock availability, a UV82 was sent to replace it. I actually like the UV82 better.

Chinese radios should be excluded from this list.

I have 2 Baofeng k6 Series Ham Radios. I'm new to Ham Radio, and I don't have my Technician License yet. I'm study your Prep. Course for Technician. My question is when I use my radios for Simplex (Walke-Talke mode) Do I need a license?

I download this app and it's great same as my grandfather who is 72 And I really enjoy it if you want to chat with me put N2FET to chat with me thank you

I have both the FT5DR and FT-70DR and they both came with the USB cable. For the FT5 the cable just makes it more complicated though, just use a micro sd card. It's probably easier to just hand program the FT-70 unless you use RT Systems software. The ADMS software Yaesu offers for free for all their radios is pretty useless as you can't import any info (RepeaterBook/RadioReference and the others) to the software. Basically, when you buy a radio, add $25 for the RT Systems software and another $25 for a Signal Stick antenna if you buy a handheld.

I am really confused. What exactly is the purpose of all this effort and expense? It seems like an awful lot of work and for what?

the worst radio you could ever buy lol nothing but a spectrum noise generator.

But can it make contacts with the ISS with just its regular antenna ( like the previous version)?

When I got my Technician and General FCC Amateur Radio License , I did not know about Ham Radio Prep App. Tim , KB0VQP.

A ham is only responsible for his/her own callsign per FCC. 73 DE KK5R

I ordered the Baofeng BF-F8HP as my 1st radio. Tigrett Outdoors sent me a counterfeit one. It took me a couple of months to figure out it was a counterfeit, and they wouldn't answer my email when I let them know. So now the giftcard company I paid for it with is working on it.

Thanks ❤❤❤❤73❤❤❤❤ Merry Christmas ❤🎉

Buy the radio before the license so you can listen and learn

A beginner can save tons of money and time by starting out with the best: construct a horizontal loop or "loop skywire" buy 575 feet of copper clad steel wire, 50 feet of 450 ohm ladder line 🪜 , some PVC pipe for insulators and some dacron line to suspend the loop. At the station, you need a 4:1 balun, 2 coax jumpers, and an antenna tuner. Be prepared to work lots of DX stations with any radio at any power level, on any band you desire. Be sure to disconnect the antenna from the balun when not in use ( and even ground the antenna) You will be amazed!

You can make it into a hat or a brooch or a pterodactyl.

where is ft818nd

This is really interesting. I know absolutely nothing about these but would love to rebuild one just because it looks like such a fascinating machine.

Baofeng BF-F8HP Pro was designed by B-Tech and built for B-Tech by Baofeng and it is a Tri-band radio it also does 1.25 meter as well. Which means it is the only radio on your list that can also do 220 was well. The Anytone 878UVII Plus is good. But the B-Tech DMR 6X2 Pro (is basically the same radio) but has a few extra features and is about $20 cheaper. Its built by Anytone (so no a real clone) but has a few B-Tech chips in it. It has the same quality, and functionality, but has a couple extra menu option. It will even take an Anytone code plug. That's why I went with the B-Tech instead of the Anytone, it was cheaper ($20 is still $20), and the extra features that the Anytone didn't have, and also U.S. based customer support.

Thank you for your instructive video. I just purchased an Icom IC707. I am studying for my technician exam. I have a small space (40 X 40 feet) for an antenna. What antenna would you recommend that I do not have to make but just install? Thank you for any information that may help me.

23:00 - I searched for this callsign and it seems it belongs to someone else.

RTTY (digital) Great mode for contesting. Daily use posted at HAMSPOTS, contest at WA7BNM Contest Calendar............Ken/WN8Y Also try VARA HF mode.

I'll admit I got click-baited by the road-guard vest

A week is not gonna be enough time for most to study and pass, even just the ham radio technician exam. There are 400 questions worth of quizzes not just to learn and complete, but to memorize. I'm on track to take my exam 3 months after starting the course. I am also loving this course, despite the amount of time and effort.

With your corse I got my license in 7 days. Ham Radio Prep is the best 👍

Great video. Thank you.

110 baud and AFSK...been there , done that...that was long ago, I can't remember the two audio frequencies. Then the was FSK where the Mark and Space shifted the output of the VFO.

Somehow I had never associated "Carriage Return" and "Line Feed" with a typewriter. Thank you for helping me to never forget the difference between the two again.

So no numbers, wasn't aware of that

I remember when some radio stations would use the sound of the teletype to announce news bulletins

I wish the buddi one was cheaper. Idk why a metal stick would be so expensive. : (

Oh the memories of my past life … Model 28, Model 37, & Kleinschmidt. Throw in some ASCII and ITA2 as well! Great stuff 🤓

Epic education.. ❤

I just want something better than my baofeng uv5r but usually talk myself out of it. Seems to still get the job done, I don't have to worry about damaging it knocking around the yard.

The Kenwood is the first radio that would be cut from my list. It’s ridiculously overpriced and you can get the same features and a better built cheaper radio.

The Ham Radio Prep folks are exceptional - always informative and helpful

Thank you for the video! I’m VERY new to all this & just order the BF-F8HP Pro! 🤓

Great video, thanks for the info. Almost thru with my studying on ham radio prep. Hope to take my test soon. Really thinking about the Anytone, as it can be used analog, and like the DMR function. As I think this would be good while traveling the US to keep in touch with my wife, may need a hotspot but that is fine. My wife is also going to get her license as well. Thanks again.

The Chinese radios are a compelling value, but they usually lack FCC certification. They should be tested for emissions outside the authorized spectrum allocated to amateur operators prior to using one. There must be a thousand videos on youtube where people have found illegal emissions from Baofeng and others. I vaguely remember the ARRL doing some testing as well. This could have changed, but last I knew the Baofeng GT-5R was the only FCC certified amateur radio in the Baofeng line-up. Maybe the BF-F8HP is better, but the transceiver in my GT-5R is awful compared to my Yaesu radios. Of course the latter costs 10x - 20x more, depending on the model. Regarding the FT-70DR, the transceiver is second to none, but I suggest prospective buyers try the volume control at a retail outlet before buying one. Simultaneously holding down a button and rotating the multifunction knob to adjust the volume has to be the single biggest UI failure of all time. Try doing that with one hand. Yaesu has been manufacturing HTs for time immemorial so this almost had to be a Machiavellian move by them to force buyers into the more expensive FT5DR while still having a $200 dollar ICOM competitor in their line-up. Even if Yaesu offered a firmware update to allow switching the multifunction knob between volume control and menu selection, they could redeem themselves. I had no problem buying Yaesu sight unseen until this move. Now I feel like I better go to a retailer to look over any prospective Yaesu purchase to see if they crippled the product.

Tidradio TD-H3 is probably the best first radio. For the price and features. I have the TD-H8 and it’s now my daily carry.

My Kenwood D74 from 2017 had awful battery life. I sold it for $300.00 in 2018 at Orlando Hamcation. W2CH.😊

A couple pronunciation notes: "Baofeng" can be most faithfully rendered in English phonetics as "bow" (as in "take a bow") + "fung" (rhyming with "young"). "Quansheng" is a bit difficult, but the best way is "ch-when" (that is, the word "when" but with a "ch" sound at the beginning) + "shung" (also rhymes with "young"). It's true that Chinese pinyin is unintuitive if you aren't familiar with it-but that means you should rely LESS on your intuitions, not MORE.

Is this USA or Canadian

I bet in shtf he really takes the baofeng because it's unlocked and contacting government entities has way more advantage than dstar or yaesu fusion that likely won't work anyway not to mention nobody else is going to have one for parts. Its like saying your taking your colt python over your AR.

While you get decent value with the Baofengs, the Japanese radios are far superior. You get what you pay for. Also BTech is the American version of the Baofeng, with much better specs like much less spurious emissions on unwanted bands.

Thanks Jim

I've been to several ham fests and I've seen this on display. Amazing