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Oct 01, 2018
A very decent beginner radio
3 of 3 found this helpful If you want to get an inexpensive start in ham radio, you can't do better than the UV-5R. Inexpensive, lightweight, easy to use, and with plenty of accessories and options, it's a great way to get started in the hobby. Combine it with a better antenna than the stock, like a Nagoya 771, it will serve you well. While it's not as rugged or well made as the brand names like Yeasu, ICOM or Kenwood, it's much easier to own. Be forewarned though, because their so inexpensive, it's easy to start a collection! I have four, as of today.
Oct 25, 2021
Basic cam, worth the modest price.
Plug-and-play set-up. Image quality is...OK. Certainly better than the 640x480 cam we used to have, but as good as a common cel phone cam. Good enough for current work needs. Works seamlessly with the usual apps- Zoom, FaceTime, etc. No bells and whistles (zoom, exposure, color correction) but a solid, basic camera.
Oct 29, 2018
An OK radio if you have the patience to program it
4 of 8 found this helpful I got this to supplement my Baofeng HTs. The Baofengs are known for their desense issues, wherein if there is too much ambient RF signals, they go deaf and you can't hear anything. I got the FT-4 so I would be sure to hear something if it was there to be heard, even if the Baofeng HTs couldn't hear it.
A knowledgable friend tested this, as well as some Baofengs and other HTs, in our RF-rich environment. He found that the FT-4 is only slightly better than the Baofengs, probably because they both use the same single chip technology.
Also, the FT-4 is so new that CHIRP doesn't support it yet, and the Yaesu software is terrible. It is rudimentary, bare-bones software with no way to import or even cut-and-paste frequencies. I had to manually type every one of the almost 200 channels from our local ARES template into a file! On the plus side, the third-party FTDI cable worked with only minor fiddling on Windows 7.
That said, it's a solid, well-built little radio. It's well made and uses the same SMA-F antenna connection as the Baofeng, so you can use the same antennas. But accessories like the speaker mikes are not compatible, and cost half the price of the radio!
Would I recommend it? Probably not yet. It is a solid radio at a good price, but It seems to be only marginally better than my Baofengs, and CHIRP doesn't support it yet. If you have Yaesus and need a backup HT, you could do worse.