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<v Speaker 1>Bowfang UV thirty two. This is a newer Bowfang radio

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<v Speaker 1>that I just picked up. I don't know is actually

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<v Speaker 1>earlier this year. I picked it up, I've tinkered with

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<v Speaker 1>it a little bit, and I've got some thoughts about it.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is a Balfang UV thirty two, and it's taller,

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<v Speaker 1>got a taller antenna. It's still just a dual band.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't really remember if I've ever done two twenty

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<v Speaker 1>with this or not. So we're gonna try some two

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<v Speaker 1>twenty and go from there. I'm gonna put this on

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<v Speaker 1>the tiny Essa. We're gonna do a spectral purity test,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm gonna compare it to another radio that I

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<v Speaker 1>did a video about earlier this year, and we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>put it on the power meter because according to Amazon

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<v Speaker 1>on this web page right here, this should be a

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<v Speaker 1>ten watt radio ten watt rechargeable walkie talkie u V

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<v Speaker 1>thirty two five RM K five. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>i'd associate a five RM with this radio. It's five

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<v Speaker 1>RM was crap on the tinysa handheld two way radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Noah Weather receive with GPS. It doesn't do true APRS,

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<v Speaker 1>so I don't really These radios with GPS are kind

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<v Speaker 1>of there's not much point to them because unless it

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<v Speaker 1>does true APR. Yeah, sure, I don't tell you where

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<v Speaker 1>you are. Your phone will do that even if you

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<v Speaker 1>don't have a cell signal because it's got a GPS

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<v Speaker 1>chip in it. So radios with GPS are just kind

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<v Speaker 1>of waste in my book app programming. I am going

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<v Speaker 1>to download this Bowfang app and try it. I've got

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<v Speaker 1>four or five different radios now that this Balfang Bluetooth

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<v Speaker 1>app will supposedly work on. I've read mixed reviews about

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<v Speaker 1>this bluetooth app. One guy gave the seven bravo. I

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<v Speaker 1>did a video about the UV seven Bravo a few

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<v Speaker 1>weeks ago, and one guy gave it a one star

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<v Speaker 1>review because he said the app was garbage. I think

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<v Speaker 1>I might do another video soon about the app itself.

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<v Speaker 1>Because I've never installed this app. I don't really want

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<v Speaker 1>to put a Bowfang app on my phone. I've got

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of extra Android phones floating around here, so

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<v Speaker 1>I'll put it on an extra phone and see what

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<v Speaker 1>it looks like. But let's take a look at this

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<v Speaker 1>real quick and do a kind of a close up

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<v Speaker 1>overhead here, this is obviously the bowfang. Right here, this

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<v Speaker 1>is the hand Geek that I reviewed. I think it

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<v Speaker 1>was this year. It might have been last year, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't remember. Now you can see the Bowfang's actually a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit taller this way. Okay, so they're both about

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<v Speaker 1>right here at the top, taller this way. Balfang has

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<v Speaker 1>a bigger screen, okay. The hand Geek screen is smaller

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<v Speaker 1>and the text is smaller as well. So I got

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of really good comments and good views on

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<v Speaker 1>this video. When I made this video, I really wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to do another video about this radio and put it

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<v Speaker 1>on the computer and program it. And the software for

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<v Speaker 1>this radio is crap. It is garbage. I installed the

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<v Speaker 1>driver that they sent me, didn't have a problem. There

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<v Speaker 1>will not read the radio. Tried on two different computers.

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<v Speaker 1>Email the guy I bought this from on eBay. He goes, oh, no,

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<v Speaker 1>you installed the driver wrong. I'm like, installed the driver wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>You go into the driver Device Manager Windows. It's in there.

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<v Speaker 1>It says good working, there's no update. It's okay, fine,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no errors and it will not read the radio.

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't recommend this radio. This Handgeek radio anymore

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<v Speaker 1>simply because you can't get it to read on a

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<v Speaker 1>computer on a Windows box, which means you're really not

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<v Speaker 1>going to get it to read on a Macro Linux box.

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<v Speaker 1>But maybe you know, I was a year year and

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<v Speaker 1>a half ago, so maybe they've updated it, maybe they've

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<v Speaker 1>changed it, maybe they've fixed something on it, and maybe

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<v Speaker 1>I just got a bad one. That's possible. If anyone's

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<v Speaker 1>ever programmed this hand geek from a Windows box, put

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<v Speaker 1>a comment in the video, blow, I would love to

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<v Speaker 1>know about it. But so far, what I've found is

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<v Speaker 1>that this bowfang just kind of generally works better on

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<v Speaker 1>receive and it sounds a little bit better on transmit

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<v Speaker 1>than the hand geek does. I just wanted to show

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<v Speaker 1>the handgeek because it was a video that I made

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<v Speaker 1>a while back, and I got a lot of watch

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<v Speaker 1>time on that video, a lot of interest in that video.

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<v Speaker 1>So this right here, see we got the top band

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<v Speaker 1>and the bottom band, so we got one forty six

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<v Speaker 1>five to two on the top band case five h

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<v Speaker 1>tobb testing okay, and we can go down here to

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<v Speaker 1>the bottom band kerchunk my local Uless repeater right there, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>And We've got two buttons on the side of it here.

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<v Speaker 1>This one right here turns on the FM broadcast receiver

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<v Speaker 1>and this bottom one here looks like it's doing a

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<v Speaker 1>pl tone scan. So these two buttons here are programmable

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<v Speaker 1>in the software, or they it claims they are. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't put the software on, but it claims they are.

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<v Speaker 1>This is your standard Kinwood K connector underneath the waterproof

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<v Speaker 1>cover right there. Okay, this back here is a USB

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<v Speaker 1>C on the battery. Obviously. One thing that the hand

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<v Speaker 1>geek has that the Balfang doesn't have is the Handgeek

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<v Speaker 1>has an extra screen up here at the top. I

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<v Speaker 1>thought that having that screen up there at the top.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought there was a neat feature. I really like

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<v Speaker 1>the feature of having that screen at the top. This

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<v Speaker 1>one does not have that. But you see the knobs

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<v Speaker 1>of the same The antennas are about the same height

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<v Speaker 1>that whatnot. It's got an extra speaker on the back here,

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<v Speaker 1>and just like this does. And that's and that it

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<v Speaker 1>comes with a desk charger. I mean, who cares because

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<v Speaker 1>it's got this USBC in the back of which is

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<v Speaker 1>on the battery and the battery connects via the screw

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<v Speaker 1>on the bottom, so it is waterproof to a certain extent,

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<v Speaker 1>and it so far I've had pretty good luck with it.

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<v Speaker 1>The thing you'll notice there's no belt clip or anything

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<v Speaker 1>like that on it. The thing I don't like about

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<v Speaker 1>it really is that it doesn't it's a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>more cumbersome to carry. It does come with this holder

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<v Speaker 1>you can kind of mully connect. This is just one

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<v Speaker 1>little strap here, and you can connect it to a

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<v Speaker 1>molly panel on your backpack or whatnot, and it goes

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<v Speaker 1>if it's in here really good. Good goes around like

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<v Speaker 1>this snaps down. So this will hold it on the

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<v Speaker 1>side of your backpack or your go bag, well your

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<v Speaker 1>computer bag or like your antenna bag or something like

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<v Speaker 1>that for Poda, and you can do that with it.

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<v Speaker 1>And you can see right there. It comes with several

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<v Speaker 1>other things on the website. Right here, we've got this

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<v Speaker 1>photo here, two different antenna's desk, cradle, charger, earpiece, whatnot.

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<v Speaker 1>Thirty five bucks ten percent off at the time of

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<v Speaker 1>this recording. So let's put this on the Tinyesa and

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<v Speaker 1>see what we can find. Actually, I decided to change

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<v Speaker 1>my mind and go ahead and do the power test

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<v Speaker 1>first because I had some comments on the previous video

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<v Speaker 1>about doing a power test first so that I know

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<v Speaker 1>where to set the power output of the radio on

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<v Speaker 1>the TINYESA, which is limited to ten watts. We'll talk

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<v Speaker 1>you sponsoring the channel. So right now, I'm gonna take

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<v Speaker 1>this one, and you can see right here, I've got

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<v Speaker 1>this set at one forty six dot five to two,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm glad I've already pushed the button before I

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<v Speaker 1>started the recording. I'm really glad that I did this

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<v Speaker 1>one first because it's gonna prove that this is definitely

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<v Speaker 1>a ten watt radio. We're getting about ten point two

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<v Speaker 1>watts right here, which means I'm gonna have to turn

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<v Speaker 1>the power down to do the tiny output or tiny

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<v Speaker 1>SA output, because that is a ten wat attenuator on

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<v Speaker 1>the tiny SA and I don't want to burn it up.

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<v Speaker 1>So ten watts on two meters really good. There. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think this thing transmits on two twenty, but let's

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<v Speaker 1>i'm wrong. It does transmit on two twenty. Three watts

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<v Speaker 1>on two two three dot five awesome, okay, good, So

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<v Speaker 1>now we're gonna go to four forty six dot zero

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<v Speaker 1>right here and six point eight almost seven watts on

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<v Speaker 1>four to forty. So this is a triband radio. I

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<v Speaker 1>wonder if it will transfer. I kind of doubt it

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<v Speaker 1>will transmit on six meters. I have two nope, nope,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not going to let me type a zero there,

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<v Speaker 1>so I can't type five two five dot five is

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<v Speaker 1>going to five hundred megahertz, so it's not going to

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<v Speaker 1>go to six meters. It'll probably go to four sixty

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<v Speaker 1>two five hundred. People always ask, yep, there it is

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<v Speaker 1>seven watts on four six two five hundred. We're going

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<v Speaker 1>into a dummy lod right now, so we don't need

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<v Speaker 1>to id because it's not actually transmitting. There we go.

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<v Speaker 1>So it transmits on two twenty, and it transmits on

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<v Speaker 1>the GMRS FRS bands. So let's put this on a

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<v Speaker 1>tiny essay and switching over here to the overhead cam

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<v Speaker 1>looking at the tiny SSA. Now I have to turn

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<v Speaker 1>the power down because this is a ten wat forty

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<v Speaker 1>dB attenuator right here, and I don't want to smoke

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<v Speaker 1>this thing, and also I don't want an inaccurate test.

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<v Speaker 1>So we're gonna go ahead and turn the power down

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<v Speaker 1>like it's a six watt radio. Perhaps there's a larger

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<v Speaker 1>intenuator I can get for future videos, but right now,

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<v Speaker 1>this is what we've got. So if I go in

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<v Speaker 1>here to the menu and I scroll down a program

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<v Speaker 1>channel and I go to trans power, there, it is

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<v Speaker 1>too trans power, and we're gonna go to mid power.

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<v Speaker 1>Now we can do high power on two twenty and

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<v Speaker 1>on four to forty, but on two meters two we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna do mid power. Make sure that's there, mid power. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>here we go. All right, So let's go ahead, and

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<v Speaker 1>the tiny essay is programmed for one five to two. Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>Not a very clean signal. Not a very clean signal.

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<v Speaker 1>You can see right here it's got harmonics, a second

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<v Speaker 1>and a third harmonic second harmonics around Okay, that third

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<v Speaker 1>one disappeared good round two hundred and ninety three megahertz

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<v Speaker 1>that's second harmonic, so not great, not as good as

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<v Speaker 1>some bow things that I've had in the past, but

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<v Speaker 1>that's what it is, Okay, So let's go to two twenty.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really curious to see what it'll do on two

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<v Speaker 1>twenty two two five, and we're gonna change it back

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<v Speaker 1>to high power, okay. And now I've got to change

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<v Speaker 1>my tiny essay, and we're gonna go to measure harmonic

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<v Speaker 1>two two three five Mega hurts. Nope, mega hurts. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna go back here and go to level minus forty

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<v Speaker 1>times one. And now we're gonna kee up on high power,

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<v Speaker 1>which was only like three and a half watts as

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<v Speaker 1>you saw a minute ago. Okay, still kind of dirty

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<v Speaker 1>even though it's only running three and a half watts.

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<v Speaker 1>Still got a second and third harmonic. I'm guessing if

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<v Speaker 1>I hold the power down that long. Yeah, third hard

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<v Speaker 1>monic went away like it did on the two meters side, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>and the second harmonic's only down at like negative twenty,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's not very powerful it is there. We want

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<v Speaker 1>to see everything down below negative forty negative forties with

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<v Speaker 1>this is negative forty is what we set that minus

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<v Speaker 1>forty times one okay, and you can see the second

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<v Speaker 1>harmonic has disappeared now, so not too bad. On two twenty,

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<v Speaker 1>not too bad. Now let's go to four forty six,

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<v Speaker 1>and we've got to resettle this again, still on high

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<v Speaker 1>power for forty six, and we've got a third harmonic

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<v Speaker 1>there again and an eighth harmonic at the top somewhere

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<v Speaker 1>around two point ninety eight gigahertz, and yep, okay, and

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<v Speaker 1>the third harmonic went away again. Eight harmonics still there,

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<v Speaker 1>second harmonics right around zero, so it's definitely transmitting on

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<v Speaker 1>for forty six and around nine hundred megahertz when your

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<v Speaker 1>keyed down there. So not the cleanest bowfang that I've tested.

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<v Speaker 1>I've tested some dirty bowfangs recently, and I've tested some

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<v Speaker 1>clean bowfangs recently. And guess what I had high hopes

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<v Speaker 1>for this one I did. Now I'm gonna do some

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<v Speaker 1>tinkering with it, okay, cause I like the menu. It's

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<v Speaker 1>actually outputting ten watts as it advertises. Okay, it's out

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<v Speaker 1>putting ten watts. You can't complain with that. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>out putting ten watts. It transmits on gmrs. Not that

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<v Speaker 1>I'm telling you should do that. You do you. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't care. It does two twenty, so I might try

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<v Speaker 1>to program some local two twenty repeaters around here and

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<v Speaker 1>try to key it up and see what it sounds like.

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<v Speaker 1>But it does all of the things. It's just a

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<v Speaker 1>little dirty. I wish it was a little bit cleaner. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>your results might vary. In that same video I was

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<v Speaker 1>telling you about that, somebody said you should always test

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<v Speaker 1>on high power. I agree with that in principle, but again,

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<v Speaker 1>my attenuator is only ten watts, and I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>an inaccurate test if we pump eleven or twelve watts

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<v Speaker 1>into it, so I'm always going to test it below

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<v Speaker 1>ten watts. Maybe I'll look for a twenty wide at

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<v Speaker 1>ten watter that might be a little bit better for

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<v Speaker 1>an HT. We'll see. But some of these radios might vary.

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<v Speaker 1>You might get one that's totally clean. Okay, this one's

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<v Speaker 1>a little dirty. I've certainly seen worse radios, But the

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<v Speaker 1>last Bowfang that I tested was much better than this one.

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<v Speaker 1>So it kind of depends on what you want. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>if you want to clean signal, which you should, you

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<v Speaker 1>should want a clean signal. I want to clean sigal.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to clean signal with radios that I carry,

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<v Speaker 1>because if you have a dirty signal, that means you're

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<v Speaker 1>transmitting in two or three places at the same time.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you're going out in the woods trying to

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<v Speaker 1>be stealth and all that, and you keep up your

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<v Speaker 1>radio to talk to your buddies or your your pals

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<v Speaker 1>or something, and you're transmitting on two or three frequencies

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<v Speaker 1>at the same time instead of just one, gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>a lot easier to direction find you. So who has

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<v Speaker 1>this radio? What do you think about it? Okay, again,

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<v Speaker 1>this is the UV thirty two. There's another one called

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<v Speaker 1>a DM thirty two, which in courth brace DMR. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna grab that one next. We're gonna do a video

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<v Speaker 1>with that soon. This is the UV thirty two ten

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<v Speaker 1>watts tryband open for gmrs true ten watts on two

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<v Speaker 1>meter band. What do you think about it? Put a

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<v Speaker 1>comment in the video below. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

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<v Speaker 1>Seventy three guys, and we will catch you next time.

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<v Speaker 1>If you liked this video, check out these videos over

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<v Speaker 1>here because YouTube thinks you want to watch those next