The Baofeng K68 is one of a new group of radios that are all very similar looking with a large orange power knob on the top and all using the BC-K626 larger battery, There are some other differences and improvements in the group that we will take a look at as well. It is nice to see some new radios that are not just the same-ole same-ole, maybe a little bigger, maybe a larger battery, maybe just a different badge.
The Arcshell AR-6 is an upgraded version of their AR-5, itself a close of the Baofeng BF-888s. It is also my favorite ultra-cheap two-way radio. Read below to find out why!
A lot of the time when I get new Baofeng, or other Chinese manufacturers, it can be a whole lot of the sames. The firmware, software, and even some of the components are almost identical. In fact, I have had some radios where you could swap out a few stickers and one seems to magically transform into another. Not so with the Baofeng UV-13.
The Baofeng UV-21 comes in three flavors, the standard UV-21, the UV-21R, and the UV-21 Pro. The only difference, I have found so far, is that the Pro comes with the new menu system and GPS. The rest of the radio appears identical, and in fact, sitting on my desk turned off, I can’t tell the difference.
I thought I would pick up the Quansheng UV-K5 because I really don’t hear much about Quanshen. They have been selling ham gear in the United States for over a decade with models like the TG-UV8D and TG-UV2, however it is not a name you see mentioned that often, which is a shame.
The Baofeng UV-K5 Plus is one of a new series of radios that appear to be based on the same chassis which include the RH5, UV-5RM and BF-F8HP Pro among others. Like the UV-5R that spawned a whole series of radios based on that platform, each model has some unique characteristics.
The TidRadio TD-H3 is a dual-band transceiver, being able to transmit and receive on 2m and 70cm like the majority of dual-band handheld radios these days. They call it multi-band because (even though technically two is multi) it can also receive on AM at 108-136MHz as well as FM on 50-76MHz, 76-108MHz, 174-350MHz, 350-400MHz, and 470-600MHz. Tidradio has it listed here:
This BF-F8HP Pro is billed as a better F8HP than the original, but is it? Let’s start with it being from Btech, which has a pretty good reputation for selling upscaled Baofeng radios at a premium. These radios are generally better built, have better accessories, and a better manual. They do, however, cost a little more.
One of my favorite inexpensive radios is the Baofeng UV-9R Plus, is the Baofeng UV-9R Pro basically the same radio? That is what I wanted to find out so let’s take a deep dive into these two radios and see how they compare. Ergonomics I frequently seem to start my reviews with how a radio … Read more