Baofeng Tech is having a one-day Halloween sale:
Baofeng Tech UV-2501+220 (Gen. 3) Mobile: $113.13
Baofeng Tech UV-5X3 5 Watt Tri-Band HT: $54.89
A jack of many hobbies and a master of none - spending lots of time on amateur/ham radio, running, and technology.
Baofeng Tech UV-2501+220 (Gen. 3) Mobile: $113.13
Baofeng Tech UV-5X3 5 Watt Tri-Band HT: $54.89
The BTECH UV-50X3 became the very first radio to be exclusively supported by CHIRP programming software. CHIRP is a volunteer based effort to cohesively program radios from all vendors on Windows, Linux and OSX. BaoFengTech.com fully supports CHIRP and the efforts that CHIRP volunteers make to provide you the easiest programming solution between your radios. Download, support, and learn more about CHIRP at:http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Download
The 50X3 has the power, functions and quality you would expect in an upper end tri-band transceiver. It is based on a proven design, and I have found no issues with the radio over the past few weeks. A bit more power on 220 would have been a plus, but it still gets me into the local repeaters fine. This is definitely one of the nicest mobile transceivers I've used; and yes, I've owned the "big 3".