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Which interface Baofeng UV-5R or 888 With FRN
Posted: 15 Jul 2014, 23:30
by radiogaga
Anyone point me to a tried and tested interface for the UV5R or 888? Tried a couple and nothing. Starting to think the radios are dead. Thanks
Re: Which interface Baofeng UV-5R or 888 With FRN
Posted: 16 Jul 2014, 06:32
by M6UCW
What frequencies are you trying to pick up?
I've got a UV-5R and pick up repeaters quiet a distance from my house - I'm in west Drayton and get Amersham and Harrow with no issues.
I haven't tried TX as I did once but into the Harrow repeater - they couldn't hear me clearly and that's running 5w through the standard antenna.
Re: Which interface Baofeng UV-5R or 888 With FRN
Posted: 16 Jul 2014, 07:20
by radiogaga
M6UCW wrote:What frequencies are you trying to pick up?
I've got a UV-5R and pick up repeaters quiet a distance from my house - I'm in west Drayton and get Amersham and Harrow with no issues.
I haven't tried TX as I did once but into the Harrow repeater - they couldn't hear me clearly and that's running 5w through the standard antenna.
The radio is fine, as per the title looking for a reliable FRN Interface to go with the Baofeng.
Re: Which interface Baofeng UV-5R or 888 With FRN
Posted: 16 Jul 2014, 08:31
by toby
hi,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181410161338 - this is the one.
connectors done by builder for your radio. it took me ~1hr for
finetuning. tried an 888s with eliminator, but it went too hot
and switched off. now i have a B6 running (with eliminator)
and all works well since 2 month.
(box from IKEA)
Re: Which interface Baofeng UV-5R or 888 With FRN
Posted: 16 Jul 2014, 09:29
by radiogaga
Thanks for that.. I'll keep that in the back of my mind, was really after a homebrew option..
Cheers
Re: Which interface Baofeng UV-5R or 888 With FRN
Posted: 17 Oct 2014, 11:52
by superdave
The M0AQC interface is great, I used one with a BF888s and battery eliminator however the eliminator melted after a long TX once. So now I'm using the radio strapped into the desk charger and it's fine, it gets warm during long TX but nothing to worry about.
Re: Which interface Baofeng UV-5R or 888 With FRN
Posted: 02 Jan 2017, 18:27
by Sgfcultrajon
So the desk chager is fine for 888s on gatway