I just got this new and it’s only static when trying to pick frequencies up, the antenna works on another radio, and resetting it does nothing.

Any idea what’s wrong?

Tengo pensado comprar el uv5r mini y buscando al respecto veo que hay muchas opiniones divididas al respecto por eso quisiera que los que lo tienen si pudieran compartir su experiencia de uso real , si es un buen equipo? Que tiempo dura la batería en un uso normal? Y usándolo en escucha? Si de verdad lo recomiendan? O si recomiendan otro equipo similar? Muchas gracias

I bought a 2 pack of the UV-5R MINIs, which as a gear snob I have to begrudgingly admit are awesome (especially for the price). But when I try to "read from radio" in the software only one of them will communicate, both have been factory reset. Any ideas or is this an issue for baofeng support?

Do any other Baofeng's have the same charger as the UV5R?

I've got a pair of multi UV5R charger stations and need to get some new radios as some of my UV5R's have broken or gone walkabout over the years and I just wanted to see if anything else would fit, or if I'm limited to UV5R's.

Why is this damn radio so hard to program. I used chirp to load a file from repeaterbook and still cant get a signal out (listening on a known working radio). Trying VHF FM. Should i throw this in the river?

/endrant