Quansheng UV K5 Walkie Talkie Sold by Cutesliving Store

Really good video, enjoyed watching it. Many thanks ✌️

Yes any standard 2 pin Kenwood accessory should work, same pin connections as the baofengs so most accessories sold on Ali for the Baofeng (Mics, antennas, speaker mics, programming cables) should work. Every thing Baofeng I have tried has worked anyway.

K5 V8 is a bit nicer looking than this and I think the speaker is supposed to be a little better. These are usually on offer from between £10-15 + VAT
I am using EGZUMER V0.22 firmware on mine and it is very good.

These can be used with an OFCOM Simple UK Light License which is £75 for 5 years. This will give you access to a range of frequencies on UHF and VHF Bands.

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If you attach it to a decent antenna in a high place you can listen to a lot of stuff. Don't expect much off the built in antenna. Decent antenna setups are not cheap, 5 metres of decent 50 ohm coax cable would cost more than the handset in this deal.

If you get a basic amateur radio licence you could become part of your local amateur radio scene, maybe you are close enough to access one of their repeaters. You could then talk to them about boring stuff, it's called rag-chewing. It would be a very limited beginners radio that would soon be outgrown if you got into the hobby.

I have a full licence and I'm not interested in "rag-chewing" with bored OAPs or local repeater "nets". I do a lot of home-brew building stuff and experimental antenna setups and stuff and use the OAPs to send me signal reports to test them. (edited)

Only 1 left means you can only order 1, not that there is only 1 left in stock, it's how AliExpress displays it.

UV K5 will receive on Airband from 108-130 Mhz , for Marine you can Transmit and Receive between 156 and 174 MHz, you will require a Marine Radio License to transmit on the Marine Band, OFCOM have the details.

Have a look for Nagoya NA-771 copies on ebay, you can get these for about £3-4 from China. They are copies but they seem to work well.

I also have NA774 which is a telescopic metal antenna which is easier to transport. £5

My friend has the Foldable Antenna for Baofeng UV-5R (it is tape measure inside a plastic cover) and that works okay for about £8 from ebay etc.

no it means it works well in floods!

Where to?

If the battery is in the device would the EMP fry this? it says usb charging, presumably the battery is in the device already with a partial charge even when boxed new.

This wasn't something I gave serious thought to until easter when i was in another country and my phones screen failed. it was so phenomenally difficult to do anything without being able to complete 2FA (check-in to my airline, order shopping, order a taxi, check my emails, log onto my bank, log onto amazon, use a travelcard etc).

I'm now concerned about what'll happen to the world if an EMP happened in an important area, or more realistic a solar flare permanently damages land based electronics. It has happened before, most recently in 1859 .... but even 5 years ago we wouldn't have been so tied to our devices as a form of ID as we are today.

Me neither....but I've ordered one, yay!

You can oder it at someone else's address etc

It is a step up UV5R

1) The modified Firmware is very good and easy to apply with a Baofeng Cable
2) With firmware you have FM, WFM, USB &AM (inc Airband)
3) Signal/battery meter is useful
4) Charge Via USB C
5) RX range with Modified Firmware 18-1300 MHZ with a few small gaps)

How skillful?

I think because if you bought one you might end up talking to yourself? Just a hunch

Program in the 16 licence free PMR channels and you can talk to people in your area just like the good old CB radio days.

Worth it for extra functionality and that mellow amber display. (edited)

It says it covers 108-138 MHz AM so it should receive aviation communications.

Unless you are quite close to an airport you will only hear one side of the messages from pilots that are overhead. You need to be near airports to hear the ATC side from ground level. If the pilots happen to be transmitting they do status reports and instruction read backs, very quick and short messages and they are not very interesting. (edited)

I would avoid making such jokes

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Did you charge the battery and turn the big knurled knob at the top?