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Hey all. Looking to order some BaoFangs or similar. What's the recommended store these days for the radio, big antenna, and shoulder mic? Looking for about 7 of each.
 

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Hey all. Looking to order some BaoFangs or similar. What's the recommended store these days for the radio, big antenna, and shoulder mic? Looking for about 7 of each.
Several guys on here sell a package.

Boafeng tech or radio oddity would be my choice.

Ebay/amazon if you wanna try a zaztone.
 

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Hey all. Looking to order some BaoFangs or similar. What's the recommended store these days for the radio, big antenna, and shoulder mic? Looking for about 7 of each.

If you are ordering 7 you might want to look on amazon
 

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I recently programmed a bunch of 82HP radios that my buddies in the US bought with chirp. When I do there is a pop up stating the firmware is out of date and programming could cause an issue. The programming took fine. Anyone know how to update firmware on a 82 or 82HP model radio? Trying to figure this out and Google is not being my friend.
 

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I recently programmed a bunch of 82HP radios that my buddies in the US bought with chirp. When I do there is a pop up stating the firmware is out of date and programming could cause an issue. The programming took fine. Anyone know how to update firmware on a 82 or 82HP model radio? Trying to figure this out and Google is not being my friend.

What you saw was an update for chirp not the 82HP. None of of the Baofeng have updatable firmware. The chirp updates when there are new radios added . If your radio is already in chirp like the 82HP you don't need to update.
 

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What you saw was an update for chirp not the 82HP. None of of the Baofeng have updatable firmware. The chirp updates when there are new radios added . If your radio is already in chirp like the 82HP you don't need to update.

So basically just ignore the warning. It just scares me when it pops up.
 

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amazon.ca is always a good place to start looking, they've got a good selection of all the Chinese electronics.
 

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Re: Everything BaoFeng & VHF Radios

Jazuz, joined a ham facebook page. They definitely are not jazzed about all the improper use of unlicensed chinese radios.


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Re: Everything BaoFeng & VHF Radios

I got the boot on an amateur radio forum for even asking technical questions about these LOL
 

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I dont know whats the big deal. They dont put out that much power. Now my Galaxy 88 I had im my truck made power, tied to a 100w linear, that radio would get out.
 
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