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The same goes for any private transaction via Private Message. Making a request such as this is attempting to engage in software piracy and this forum cannot be involved or associated with this activity. All requests will be deleted and a forum infraction issued. Please do not make requests for copies of radio programming software which is sold (or was sold) by the manufacturer for any monetary value. After some initial problems and a busy weekend I finally got around finishing the review of this new radio.To anyone looking to acquire commercial radio programming software: If you hate lengthy reviews: this is mainly a Baofeng UV-5R in disguise. If this is all you wanted to know you can leave now. Still here? Some things changed for the better, some for the worse, but most things (including notorious UV-5R flaws) didn’t change at all. I didn’t make many pictures yet, but will add a few later.
In my experience this is one of the strong points of the radio. The UV-82 feels much more comfortable in your hands, the keys are larger and RX audio sounds slightly better, probably as a result of better acoustics. Instead of one dual-color LED at the front of the radio the UV-82 has two separate LEDs located on top.The flashlight now includes a strobe function.Holding Menu while turning on the radio switches from VFO to memory and vice versa. TX audio is improved when compared to some UV-5R versions (mine never had such problems BTW).The battery is bigger and shaped differently.Longer antenna, supposedly suitable for use up to 520 MHz.
Press the upper one to transmit on VFO A, press the lower one to transmit on VFO B. Higher power output, but harmonic suppression suffered.Improved manual, but content can still be confusing at times.Still no option to add alpha tags without using software.‘Rounding Down’ bug still there when entering frequencies by hand.Sensitivity unchanged (was excellent anyway).Front end quality unchanged (still poor).S-meter still isn’t one (on/off effect, full deflection when Monitor button is pressed on a quiet frequency).Squelch levels don’t mean much, if anything at all. Regardless of what’s printed on the label, the battery capacity is still 1800mAH. On average there’s a gain of 1 Watt when compared to the UV-5R. Contrary to popular belief this won’t translate into a better range. Only antenna quality and antenna height can make a difference, and so does the lack of obstacles (buildings, trees, hills).
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