Ham Radio Baofeng Radio Long Range AR-5RM 10W Handheld NOAA Weather Receiver 999CH Rechargeable Walkie Talkies with Programming Cable,USB-C Charging for Camping Hunting Survival Gear,2 Pack

Warning, if you do not have a HAM radio license, be very careful!I wanted to get a walkie-talkie set that can also tune into different CB radio channels, like the NOAA channel, incase an emergency came up.The product comes everything you need to get set up, and more. Between different antenna lengths, to belt clips, handsets, charging bases, etc. This comes with everything. Not just physically, but the features themselves. It has basically everything you can think of. They even support CHIRP, which allows you to program in your settings using your PC.This thing has so many features, it'll take a long time to know everything that it does. Example, holding the number 0, will quick tune you to to the NOAA signal. I do wish setting up a FRS (Family Radio Service) channel was easier. I don't have a HAM license, so I can't talk on any non-public channels, despite the device basically not giving you any guardrails for it. If they listed what channels were FRS ready, or you could scan to an open FRS channel, that would be awesome. But going through that process manually has helped me learn a lot about this.In terms of range, I haven't hit the limit, but it's definitely in the "miles" category. Signal is clear (and can be made more clear with the extremely long antennae provided). This is also built extremely dense and solid. I have no concerns about it breaking if I were to drop it. It's standby battery life is also great, but is enhanced by it's ability to be fast charged via your phone's USB-C charger.I'm glad I discovered this brand / product. They did not disappoint.

Take this handheld radio with me every time I go hunting or out on the water. Great to have for emergency or just to communicate with other hunters or boaters

Love these. Work great and have good reception. So far no issues. Many tutorials online that help with learning how to use them. Looking to take a class to get my hamm radio license. Glad I purchased them. Also get many accessories.

A few notes about this radio: I have other Baofeng radios, and the 5RM does not receive as well as my UV-82HP, even when using an identical antenna. They are about the same as my UV-5R. Transmit power seems about the same as the UV-82HP. Note that I didn't do any scientific tests -- I just tried to receive and transmit to my local repeater. I had to hold the 5RM in my hand to receive clearly, while the 82HP received everything just standing on the table.Also, while you can use this radio while it is being charged via USB-C, the connected cable seems to act like an incorrectly-tuned antenna. Therefore your ability to transmit or receive while charging is greatly limited.To use this radio with the programming cable, I did need to install the provided driver from the CD. The previous driver for my other radios did not work for this one. It must have a different serial chip. I don't know what you're supposed to do if you don't have an optical drive -- perhaps get it from the Baofeng website? Anyway, it works fine with CHIRP once you have the driver installed, even if the CHIRP driver is in beta.

This is my 3rd sset of Baofeng radios and these are the best so far. No complaints at all

I love the radios now I’m working on my Ham license. It’s a great starter radio.

WOW! WOW! WOW! Even better than expected! It was utilized at my son's next air soft event and they loved it! Thanks so much!

I've been an electrical engineer for 41 years and in the communication field for 38. I have never seen new transmitters this dirty and in violation of federal law!To begin with here are the max power levels (using a calibrated, Bird 4304A) for each band:VHF: Maxim power- 6.8 Watts.220: Maximum power - 3.7 Watts.UHF: Maximum power - 7.6 Watts.Transmitter purity: Measurements were made using a calibrated spectrum analyzer(Agilent N9010A)2nd harmonic was only down 13 db (by FCC Rules it must be down at least 60DB).Third harmonic: down 30 DB.4th harmonic was down 22 DB!!Being some 140% higher than FCC rules is beyond unacceptable. Not to mention that of the 6.8 watts (VHF) shown on the meter, they are transmitting less than 3 watts on the actual frequency being used; the rest is out of band junk.Thinking that I may have received a pair from a bad production run, I contacted my friend who "has one for several months and loves it". We put his on the spectrum analyzer with nearly identical results.I searched the Internet and even YouTube and found that this seems to be the rule, not the exception.If you want to violate federal law, transmit on the telemetry, airband, and government frequencies unintentionally (But still in violation) this is the radio for you.