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Very low cost 70cm UHF handhelds
7 October 2014 | by See http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2014/october/price_of_70cm_handhelds_falls.htm#.VDP48MnTCSo .
This is incredible: a 5W handheld for less than £8.
Looking on eBay, just £6.99 ($11) will buy a 70cms unit with charger from Singapore. Tell me, how can ANYONE make money on these?
Thanks to G1KQH, a link to a review:
http://hamgear.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/review-baofeng-bf-666s-bf-777s-bf-888s-and-look-alikes/
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This is indeed a crazy price. My review linked to here is quite old, and it might be good to give some updates:
1. Phase noise is extensive, which is the cause of intermod problems.
2. Harmonic suppression is excellent; 2nd below noise floor of analyzer
3. Battery life is amazing.
4. We developed a mod to fix the raw RX audio.
Additional links:
Phase noise: http://goo.gl/BrBqtE
Modification: http://goo.gl/Ln8nyw
Hans