Friday, January 3, 2014

Baofeng GT-3: Names

So the story goes like this...

Hans and I found the Baofeng A52 and B-580T a while back.

Rob pointed out the GT-3.

Then Nate found the BF-E500S that appears to be a GT-3.


Applying the transitive property, that would mean A52=B-580T=GT-3=BF-E500S, so I e-mailed Baofeng and asked if the radios were the same and they replied:
"I am sorry that I do not know the radio in 409 shop is same or not with our GT-3. I think you should confirm this with them."
I've tweeted and e-mailed 409Shop with no reply on the BF-E500S yet. Back to the Baofeng reply:
"B580T is same with A52, same internally but different shell with GT-3. "
If they are the same, where did the "BAND" button go?


3 comments:

  1. Well, the band button isn't necessary, but i'm sure they are the same radio. They have the same profile. I'm sure this will be confirmed once we receive a unit and check out the FM and radio chip inside the unit - they will be the same as the GT-3 which is supposed to give an improvement over the UV-5R series

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    1. I believe it was firmware version BFB293 that allowed the Band Button to be optional.

      What is the firmware release of your GT-3 ?

      John K3NXU

      http://www.miklor.com

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  2. BaoFengTech.com/compare - They share the 2nd Gen Board - which is a minimal upgrade from the original UV-5R board

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