Baofeng UV-17 Pro GPS REVIEW
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- čas přidán 31. 08. 2023
- GREETINGS CRUSADERS!!! Well I just had to do it. I obtained a Baofeng BF-17H Pro GPS to see if it was any good. Take a Look!
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• Baofeng UV-17R Review:...
00:15 Unboxing
05:22 Initial Thoughts and Menu Rundown
07:04 The Return of Barry White
07:30 The Return of Poger Beep
10:08 ALERT! ALERT!
10:53 USB-C Type Charging
11:07 Bank Setting
11:24 GPS Feature
13:52 DTMF Test
14:58 Frequency Ranger
16:55 Side Key 2 (a.k.a. SK2) Programing
17:13 Search (a.k.a. frequency counter)
18:32 Good For Anything?
19:10 NWS Weather Channels?
19:52 RF Output Power test
22:50 Echo Tests of Transmit and Receive Audio
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The built-in NOAA feature is accessed by holding down the key. There is a slight flaw in the radio's NOAA feature. If your VFO is currently in AM mode, it will retain AM mode when you enter into NOAA mode. It's not a fatal flaw. Just make sure to always have the VFO set to FM mode before accessing the built-in NOAA feature via key .
THANK YOU!!!
The frequency scanning range is just entered in with the number keys. Super easy.
You have to be moving laterally (i.e. walking, driving, flying, canoing, shuffling a two step, whatever) for the compass to begin working.
This is because the GPS computer needs to receive at least two different location coordinates from the satellite to determine a compass orientation. This is typical of all GPS units that have a compass display.
The software/firmware could give the side button, a second option. Press, OR, long press. Then I could adjust FM Radio on single press, and SCAN on long press - for example.. These are the two functions I like/need it most. You are a good teacher pal. 73 de PY2UTU
Thank You for the kind words. 73 DE KD5FMU
I ordered one of these units based on your video and man I am blown away to the quality of a $38 radio. I have been testing the TX audio quality over several nodes and nets and the UV17pro GPS is by far the winner over my other radios, ID-5100, TM400, TM7250, Leixen 898, ID-51, and YTY 380. It would really be interesting to see a review comparing a UV17's TX audio with that of a BTech 25x2. I for one am looking for a mobile radio that has the same quality of audio as the UV17 for under $125. 73, Steve WB4IZC
Okie ❤️
interesting indeed
It does get super hot here in Oklahoma
KJ5CWV here.....I'll be listening for ya.
73 DE KD5FMU
Barry should be in every new HT from every manufacturer.😂
Thanks for your review and your wit Freddie.👍😁
You can turn on the ability to hear the DTMF tones in the DTMF menu.
Please elaborate 😁
@@HamRadioCrusader should be menu 20 under radio settings (that's what it is on the BF-18H). DTMF-ST and choose DT-ST.
this radio is neat i definitely would have gotten it if it had APRS
new to radio what is APRS?
So I have two. One is the totally locked sown not going out of the ham band model with black background. Female voice. Two is same female voice with blue screen and it goes out of band FM only. No air band. All of them have the GPS logo on the top but yours is the first I have seen that has a GPS function.
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And to think we could have bought a case of beer instead!
I've been considering the uv17 pro, but now questioning that. 1) the euro plug and adapter. 2) miss spellings in the menus. Its the little things that I dont like like that. Yes, it's a $30 Chinese radio. Your's isnt the first review I've seen with these "mistakes" so i know yours isn't a one-time miss shipment. Thanks for the good review and i am still considering this radio. Just need to do a little more of my own research. Ps. I'm in central Oklahoma also.
HELLO EXCELLENT VIDEO... COULD YOU MAKE A VIDEO SHOWING US HOW WE CAN MODIFY THE (INITIAL SCREEN) WHEN WE TURN ON THE HT, THAT IS, HOW WE CAN ADD (EXCHANGE) THE SCREEN (BAOFENG) WITH A DIFFERENT (LOGO) OR PHOTO? ? THIS POSSIBILITY EXISTS IN THE ORIGINAL SOFTWARE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHICH TYPE OF PHOTO FILE (JPEG, ETC) SHOULD BE USED.....
I will take a look and see what I can come up with. 73
Good video, I was looking for the GPS functions. A couple of things I've noticed 1) in GPS mode the 20 menus other than "my place" says NEVER GET POS, maybe for the chineese satilites? That word in chinese is "MEMBER" For what its worth. 2) I noticed that when your are in the GPS mode, and you key up (PTT) it automatically sends an incoded burst, I'm assuming the GPS information over the air. I can hear it with another radio, I think if I had another GPS model it would decode it, so I'm still looking for some literature on the GPS feature.
I'm struggling with the GPS which comes into play with 2 or more Radios.
I've bought 2- a black and an Orange one.
Menu ANI Edit matches the 1-20 GPS options (if you add 100) 101=1, 102=2..........120=20
ANI Edit also shows in Menu 6 Radio Info eg Radio:101
I could number them on the radio itself but could only name them when linked to my computer. Menu-> Window-> DTMF
No.1 Code 101 Name was Contact 1 and I renamed BLACK
No.2 Code 102 Name was Contact 2 and I renamed ORANGE
Now Black radio in GPS mode has My Place GPS Co-ordinates replicated in position (up arrow) 01.Black and appears as 01.Black(Host)
Orange Radio in GPS mode has My Place GPS Co-ordinates replicated in position (up arrow twice) 02.Orange and appears as 02.Orange(Host)
The GPS compass mode will show the relative positions of each radio
But, but but When I press the PTT key Red & Green (Transmit/Receive) LED come on both radios but neither Radio receives & displays the other's GPS co-ordinates
Richard noticed that your PTT press sends a burst. Mine merely a Beep
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Each of those twenty is another radio that it can “track”. Get the radios together as a group and number them as a group and then you can keep track of everyone through those encoded bursts. I haven’t played with it yet(only have one) but that’s what I understand from others.
Yes if you change the ANI-Edit (Menu 3, Radio Setting; sub-menu 19, ANI-Edit) by typing a number from 101-120 and hitting OK(menu button) That number relates to the GPS screens 01= ANI 101, 07=ANI 107, 12 = ANI 112 etc
Menu 6 -Radio Info also shows the Radio ID (ANI number)
This is done above on the Radio itself. It can also be done using computer software by opening the DTMF window and changing the Radio ID at the bottom of the 20 DTMF channels.
On the software for the non GPS UV-17 the DTMF window also lists the 20 channels and the Radio ID is referred to as ANI ID.
Do you know how ANI/Radio ID's are used for non GPS radios? I don't but would like to know
You posted a great set up sequence and now I can not find it
@@paullockyer5079 where is your post on the programing sequence ? Renaming a d channel setting for gps
Thank you for the review, seems like an okay radio for the price. Not sure what one would use the GPS for with no APRS, but I'm sure someone can inform me. 73s Dusty - ZL2TOY
They can share location within their own standard. Maybe for a hiking club or Boy Scout troop?
Does anyone have the same problem as me, in the user manual it says that Power On Display can be a Message, Picture (Logo) or Voltage... Unfortunately, I only have Voltage and Picture but picture cannot be inserted into the device, it starts upload but in the end it fails... How to solve this problem?
And how can the Power On Voltage be displayed a little longer, it turns off too quickly, I can't see how many volts the battery is.....
I have the same little logo that you said meant it was "GPS equipped" between the antenna and the volume knob. And my radio which has the same owners manual as you rec'd is a UV-17M and it most certainly DOES NOT have GPS so that little logo must mean something else...
It’s Baofeng’s way of saving money. They are putting it on Non-GPS models also. What do you think that icon represents?
@@HamRadioCrusader It's recyclable??
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Chief, where did you get that UV-17pro gps?
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Can you listen to aircraft on these?
Hello! I bought one because its Air Band seems to be very good, but mine came with firmware version 1.03. The audio is very bad. Firmware 1.27 is much better.
Looked for this exact model Nothing. Got a link for the "H" model?
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I can’t seem to figure out how to “dual monitor”. What I mean is, if channel A is scanning and channel B is transmitting it will not come through. It’s essentially not receiving in one channel while scanning the other.
This radio is “Dual Watch Receive” not true “dual receive” it can not receive two channels simultaneously.
It can’t receive while transmitting or scanning. It can do a dual watch if you turn that feature on in the menu so it will watch two frequencies as it stands by.
Long hold 0 for weather! Hold 3 buttons then turn on to unlock ! Forgot which 3 lol . Air mode tx about 1 foot !
220 Tx power ??
Can this version be programmed for 462 GMRS frequencies?
Yes
That never got over 1 watt. That should be the headline of this review. You had switched to the 0-5 setting when you said 5 watts.
This has to be a defective radio. Baofeng can build a radio that transmits near its rated power, but quality control isn't great in general with most Chinese consumer goods, and garbage can slip through. One of the risks with buying from China, I think. I'm having one delivered in a couple days and I'll test power. I don't recall if other reviewers have tested it. If it doesn't make >1w then people should know.
Is this a new model? I can’t find it anywhere. Please advise where I can get one.
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The radio have APRS mode integrated?
Nope! But I am doing a follow up video now on some interesting features. Be out in a few weeks.
Can anyone test their uv17 pro gps on node 55553? Trying but will not work??
Just got mine in, Poger beep still going strong.
POGER beep is awesome!
Has anyone actually run one of these across a bench? I have two and found them to be inferior performers to an original UV-5R. The receivers aren't as sensitive on VHF. Power output is about the same. But the big difference is on UHF. The radios only put out a little over two watts compared to the UV-5R's 4 watts. The sensitivity is also considerably down from the older radios and even the VHF on the same radio. I tested both of the radios I have and they perform Identical. I first found this trying different antennas. The 3 UV-5Rs I have all were picking up a repeater about 15 miles away inside my home. The UV-17 Pro GPS radios would not. Not with the exact same antenna the UV-5R was using and sitting in the exact location. At first it appeared the squelch levels were set differently. But it ended up being sensitivity. The radios added features but is a step backwards in performance. Oh, the performance in the GRMS/FRS frequency ranges on the bench are even worse. I don't see them as serviceable on FRS/GMRS with the reduced sensitivity and the reduced power. Just use a UV-5r if in a pinch. There is a noticeable performance difference.
Can it be unlocked or modded to work on gmrs as well?
From what I understand the GPS model is “unlocked” right out of the box.
Thanks for the tag, but that is not my video
Oops!
@@HamRadioCrusader all good
Well I show it going to this Video of yours, But I just realized it's not the same Model of Baofeng I am reviewing, But they look identical.
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What video are you showing it going to?
Except for the Display of Course
@@HamRadioCrusader Weird, the link goes to KS6DAY for me.
I have the GPS logo on mine, too, but it has no GPS. Where did you buy yours?
AliExpress I belive.
All of the 17 models have the logo. But only a few actually have GPS.
Where can you buy this radio at?
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did I miss the link to this radio?
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where did order it from
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Hi what is Poger? I'm new to the radio world ...
It’s a mis-spelling of Roger beep
@@HamRadioCrusader I see, hahaha i thought there is a meaning for Poger hahaha is actually Roger ...
Thanks 👍
Turned mine on amd no "my place" GPS and no way to add
I have a video coming out next week that will help you with that
Which antenna are you using on it?
That is the signal stick dual band antenna. It’s AWESOME!! It’s made by signalstuff.com/
Thank you! Love the blue as well @@HamRadioCrusader
You will not be able to see the radio display outside and there is no setting for it.
Yes I discovered that. And it’s very unfortunate! 73
So the GPS isn't going to work away from cellphone transmitters. I was hoping it would work when I was out at sea on my little boat, but it needs cellphone transmitters. Not such a great facility then, though I certainly would like it on my 17, when I finally manage to find one that a) isn't a fake, and b) has the various bands, c-charging etc that I want.
The GPS works on the US Navy GPS, and the Chinese Beido satellites. It needs no Wifi or Cell signal to work, just like any other satellite receiver.
You didn't show us what a Poger beep sounds like!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Just image a weird BLLEEEEP-BOOOOP!!
@@HamRadioCrusader With a bit of smoke coming out for good measure!
Both radios seem to be out of stock.😢
Good Grief!!
Can anyone tell me, what do most users buy their Baofengs for?
Cheap/inexpensive radio to purchase for newly licensed hams. Most of them are also conveniently able to run Ham, GMRS/FRS and MURS so there is that(legalities aside).
For the reason of RX and TX of anything that's in the air? That's a good starting point for less than $50.......
Hunting, hiking, camping, fishing. Especially when there is no cell service. Range 3-5 miles
Lol it's "user's" as in singular, belonging to ;)
The chinese actually call it "poger" - they can´t pronounce R...
😂😂😂
Skinny UV18H lol
That is exactly right! Ha Ha Ha!!
Got it censorship flag channel deleted
Paid full price top dollar for the Radio, waited for it to arrive, The Charger was not included, even though it was supposed to be included as specifically indicated, a real low level Rip Off! Baofeng Owes Me! I won't purchase another one because of their error.
Ayaaa hide your location on screen. No one needs to know where you live.
There was a time when they had these things called phone books. They had people's names, addresses and phone numbers in them and everyone had access to this information.
@@ChrisRJ Yes when the world was a smaller place with no internet. We are in bizzaro world now where we have to hide everything.
Your address is public record just by looking up your call sign.
@@n7kme well you are brave in that case.
@@Randomknob just the way life is. There is a major difference between paranoid and cautious.
RIght wing Trumpers be wanting to start a war with China.
HAMs be like um no thank you, all our neat toys come from China.
Do we have to insert politics into everything?
I bought the very same radio...arrived yesterday......I only wanted it for its aircraft band coverage......
Folks if you want to listen to aircraft.....dont buy this radio.......the AM Airband is useless.
Nick 2E0LPL.