Subj : Baofeng UV-5R
To   : All
From : MeaTLoTioN
Date : Sun May 12 2019 07:20 pm

Hey y'all,

I just wanted to mention that I just bought myself a Baofeng UV-5R on Amazon
for œ24.99 GBP. I haven't had any radio gear for over a decade and I thought
about getting back into it after being out for so long.

I did my foundation amateur radio license I think back in 2004/2005, and soon
after purchased some great radio gear (which I no longer have); a Yaesu
FT-840 and a Yaesu VX-7R. I used to use these daily, however after my first
divorce all my radio gear became "lost" and I haven't since re-acquired any
hardware... that is until now.

I am excited to be getting my new radio, apparently it will arrive on
Thursday, so fingers crossed I will be able to return to the air waves then.

I will likely be using it to primarily connect to my local repeater, GB3EK
located in Margate, Kent UK, and if it still has connectivity, is connected
via EchoLink to other repeaters throughout the world.

I really wanted to get myself a Yaesu VX-7R again, or something equally as
good, but I figured even if it's quality is sub par and only gets a little use,
it's no big loss because of how little I paid for it.

I know that others on here are amateur radio enthusiasts, and wonder if
anyone has any experience with this and whether there's software that I can
run in Linux or Mac to set it up as apparently it comes with software that is
ONLY compatible with Windoze.

Thanks for your thoughts, maybe I can reach out to you via voice on it soon =)

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