TD-UV5R Ham Radio: 5W Transceiver for Amateur Radio Communication

Cody Torgerud: Great radio for emergency use or for everyday communication. Easy to use with great distance and quality.

United States on Sep 25, 2023

Slow Gravy: My other UV5R has 3 power level menu choices. This one only has high and low. I think my other radio is the anomaly.

It’s missing features that I like that other radios have that are very helpful. But at the price point I can’t be that upset about it. My other radios are more complicated to use because of the added features they have.

Once you read the manual, the keypad and menu options make it easy to program the UV5R easily. Sure, you can use chirp, which is a fantastic piece of software for programming, but I always find it helpful to know how to use the radio menu system.

If you need a beater radio for a daily driver for simplex use, this is a good choice for the price.

United States on Jan 26, 2023

Colin McCoy: This TIDRADIO (BAOFENG) UV-5R works great! I have heard about many problems with Baofeng radios of all models BUT it was on sale for such a great price I couldn't say no! I This pack comes with a great assortment of attachments such as an extra battery, ear piece, and a car charger. It provides the user interface is not the best to work but it isn't difficult to work. Once you learn it makes using it pretty easy. I have only used it as a Ham radio 1-2 times. I mostly use it on GRMS (UHF/VHF) frequencies and it works great. I bought a Nagoya NA-771 15.6-Inch Whip antenna and it improved the range a little from the stock antenna. Some key features for me:

1. The battery life works well. I've used it for 18 hours continuously with moderate use and it lasted with more to go.
2. The clip mounts to the radio not battery so you can replace the battery on the go.
3. CHIRP programing software is super easy to use.
4. Can easily enter the frequency on the go and save it from the interface, no need for computer.
5. Not a bad design and feels a little funny in your hand but works well.
6. Has been lightly rained on and did not stop working or malfunction.

Overall...

United States on Oct 12, 2022

Uzi: First off the radio works fine on Amateur bands and mine arrived fully 'open' so can be used
on GMRS, FRS, and if one is stupid enough to do so most anywhere else on VHF, UHF. SO is a great
SHTF radio for zombie apocalypses ,etc. RF Power advertised agreed with my metering, close enough anyway.
Audio is strong out the speaker .
Antenna TID added to the kit is far superiors to the duck that comes with the kit, I suggest using
the freebee TID included.
Anyway the value of the full kit is a hit out the park.

Downsides.
Buttons on radio are tiny and hard to see for 65 year old eyes. Lighting on panel and keys are
somewhat weak, say as compared to Yaesu FT60R I have.
Programming the radio via keyboard is possible but I'd not want to bother. I rely on CHIRP
software to do this which works fine with supplied cable in the kit. Download CHIRP on the web.

My only major gripe would be if I had to program something in on this in the field by hand
I'd never remember how to do so as this radio I do not use daily or even weekly.
I can remember how to do so on the Yaesu FT60 or Yaesu FT7900 but not a radio like this.

But all these UV5R...

United States on Apr 10, 2022

Eileen P.: This radio is Baofeng UV-5R but... without the Boafeng logo anywhere. It has TIDRADIO logo on the front face, and battery and antenna do not have Baofeng logos. The microphone and programming cables are marked with TIDRADIO, but they are exactly the same as Baofeng UV-5R. This package is very reasonably priced.

This radio is probably a good choice if you want a full package to include most of basic components you need to start HAM RADIO while having a Baofeng-quality radio with a different logo (so as not to mix your radio without all other Baofeng)

ONE SPECIAL NOTE: This kit includes two antenna. One standard rubber ducky and other TIDRADIO NA-771. Both are dual band. Althought the NA-771 looks great with it long antenna, it has poor SWR especially in the UHF (440 range) with average SWR > 8 in the operating frequencies in 440 range. The so-called cheap (as most posting complaint about it) standard rubber ducky antenna actually performed adequately in my SWR and power test (see below). I did this test using three different NA-771 and three different rubber ducky antenna. The test results included the BEST performing NA-771 and three rubber duckies. The other two...

United States on Mar 01, 2019