It's good to see proper USB-C to C in radios. At the same time, man, radios in general are just so slow to inovate. Every handy talkie is limited to one set of bands or another. Give me something fun and innovative like a handy talkie with a big bright OLED screen, the ability to be powered by a huge external power bank that can deliver 100W via USB-C and offer transmit and receive coverage from shortwave up to at least UHF.
Good day, Sir. Thank you for the interesting video. I would appreciate it if you could clarify one point for me. I see that the package includes an extended antenna along with the two radios. As I understand it, this extended antenna is suited for the VHF range, in which this radio does not transmit. Or am I mistaken? Is the long antenna somehow adapted for UHF (GMRS) frequencies? Have you already compared the two antennas? Thank you! Merry Christmas.
I have a question I was hoping you could answer... unless I am confusing some videos I watched about the Btech GMRS Pro with this model, some prior reviews I had seen the reviewer said that in order to use the GPS function where you can hit the PTT button on your radio and be provided distance and direction to the other radio, both radios had to be in essentially a mode dedicated to GPS, where you couldn't talk to each other. And vice versa (if in talk mode, you couldn't pull the GPS data from the other radio). I was initially interested in the GPS function for emergency purposes in the event either myself or someone I was with was unresponsive, the other person could find that person with the GPS map. But if you can only talk or do GPS and both radios need to be in the same mode for either of these things to work, it didn't serve the purpose I was looking for - I wanted both functions to be available at the same time. Is my understanding of how this radio works accurate, or no? Based on your video it seems like I was mistaken - if so, I may reconsider purchasing them again. Thanks in advance!
That is correct. In order to send or receive current GPS info, you need to put the radio in GPS mode and hit the PTT. It doesn't actively track the radio. The thing is, GPS is passive, so it only *receives* data. It doesn't transmit. In order to transmit your location, you need to actively do so. The radio is pulling GPS data about its own location when the GPS is active, but it's not sending data to the other radio(s) unless you actively hit the PTT and transmit that data. Hope that helps.
It's good to see proper USB-C to C in radios. At the same time, man, radios in general are just so slow to inovate. Every handy talkie is limited to one set of bands or another.
Give me something fun and innovative like a handy talkie with a big bright OLED screen, the ability to be powered by a huge external power bank that can deliver 100W via USB-C and offer transmit and receive coverage from shortwave up to at least UHF.
Good day, Sir. Thank you for the interesting video. I would appreciate it if you could clarify one point for me. I see that the package includes an extended antenna along with the two radios. As I understand it, this extended antenna is suited for the VHF range, in which this radio does not transmit. Or am I mistaken? Is the long antenna somehow adapted for UHF (GMRS) frequencies? Have you already compared the two antennas?
Thank you!
Merry Christmas.
It works on UHF as well. It's about a 5/8 wave on UHF
I have a question I was hoping you could answer... unless I am confusing some videos I watched about the Btech GMRS Pro with this model, some prior reviews I had seen the reviewer said that in order to use the GPS function where you can hit the PTT button on your radio and be provided distance and direction to the other radio, both radios had to be in essentially a mode dedicated to GPS, where you couldn't talk to each other. And vice versa (if in talk mode, you couldn't pull the GPS data from the other radio). I was initially interested in the GPS function for emergency purposes in the event either myself or someone I was with was unresponsive, the other person could find that person with the GPS map. But if you can only talk or do GPS and both radios need to be in the same mode for either of these things to work, it didn't serve the purpose I was looking for - I wanted both functions to be available at the same time. Is my understanding of how this radio works accurate, or no? Based on your video it seems like I was mistaken - if so, I may reconsider purchasing them again. Thanks in advance!
That is correct. In order to send or receive current GPS info, you need to put the radio in GPS mode and hit the PTT. It doesn't actively track the radio. The thing is, GPS is passive, so it only *receives* data. It doesn't transmit. In order to transmit your location, you need to actively do so. The radio is pulling GPS data about its own location when the GPS is active, but it's not sending data to the other radio(s) unless you actively hit the PTT and transmit that data. Hope that helps.
If you would rather use CHIRP to program it select BAOFENG UV-17 PRO GPS in CHIRP
I didn't know that! I'll have to give it a shot. Thanks for the info!