The output is claimed 5W (smile) these must be Tandy watts (remember their speakers) it actually puts out a fraction under 2W a little less than my Intek 5050 but the BF-888s was more sensitive and out preforms it massively, it is actually as good as anything I have for 446 (maybe slightly better, still testing). 025mv sensitivity and will resolve well into the noise. 2mv sensitivity after reducing the squelch threshold to 2 mine is more like. The spec with it I think is older than the current radio as it claims only. Its very easy to re program and the little orange buttons on the side are reprogrammable to one button press to scan (yes it scans) or to set as an emergency call button that gives you several seconds of transmitting so if your a security guard and attacked even the dropped radio can broadcast your shouted location before reverting to receive.
Baofeng 888s programming radio wont read software#
It is not programmable from the handset you must use a computer and the supplied software (even though mine did not contain it) on CD (took me little time to find and download it). It comes set with channels you MUST NOT USE IN THE UK, so re program before use., it sits nicely on the PMR446 freq. I ordered it not expecting to much but was very surprised, its smaller than it looks in the pictures of it and nicely so it fits perfectly in your hand with normal PTT (press to talk) on the right hand side of radio and two orange coloured buttons bellow it.
I think this little radio has to be the best value radio for UHF general use on the market at the moment Priced at £17.99 (In the UK) and shipped from the UK.
The Baofeng BF-888s also called several other names.