I am always satisfied with radios I buy from Btech. Not only do they warranty their products, they service and sell accessories pertinent to Amateur Radio. They are good radios and American service and warranted. I have 3 now. Two dual band and 1 triband HT's. I am quite happy. I recommend their line of Nagoya antenna. ESPECIALLY, the 771 and 320a.
04/09/2018
The price and how well it workd, and was very easy to program with my computer. I use it on the ham bands only.
29/08/2018
Excellent starter transceiver. Not water resistant and made of plastic but does pretty much everything I want out of a basic handheld. Get the Nagoya Tri band antenna the stock rubber ducky sucks on an SWR meter
27/08/2018
27/08/2018
Really the good part to this radio is the price. It tunes to channels, scans through in a decent manner, and I can hear people over it. I have not transmitted much on it so I don't know how it's range competes with similar radios, but it does function.The one glaring issue is the ear pieces that come with it are cheap, and very fragile.If you want a cheap starter radio that maybe you don't mind if your kid breaks it, this is probably the one. Just don't expect an amazing quality piece of engineering masterpiece.
09/08/2018
The UV-5x3 was the first radio I purchased and used as a new Ham. Over the past year, it has proven reliable and is a great little radio! I just used it today as the UHF receiver in a satellite QSO. The satellite QSO employed a BTECH DMR 2x6 as the VHF transmitter (7watts) and a dual band VHF/UHF Arrow II Yagi antenna. Imagine a QSO with a ham in Florida using just a 7 watt, handheld radio that was able to reach the SO-50 FM satellite repeater! The BTECH UV-5x3 was able to receive a signal from a repeater satellite that was using a a 250 mW UHF transmitter! Fine business!
08/08/2018
I purchased this radio primarily for emergency use (during natural disasters such as Harvey) and, secondarily, to begin a new hobby as a ham radio operator. Up until six weeks ago, I had never heard of BaoFeng or BTECH. Nor did I think it was possible to begin a new hobby relatively inexpensively. While I study for my Technician's license, I spend time listening to the different operators in Houston and reacquainting myself with ham "lingo." Sound quality is good and battery life in listen-only mode is excellent. I've already purchased the high-capacity 3800 mAH battery and a short stubby VHF/UHF aftermarket antenna. With the built-in flashlight and ALARM function, you will be hard-pressed find a more suitable communications device for emergencies. And the frequently-updated CHIRP programming software makes it easy to customize the UV-5X3 for your personal needs. Bonus: access to the 220 MHz band.
07/08/2018
Purchased to use only on 220mhz. Radio performs well with dedicated 220 antenna. Easy to program with Chirp and works like every other BTECH radio I have used. Would definitely recommend to my friends, actually have, as an inexpensive way to get on 220mhz. Good deal.
05/08/2018
Great Solid little radio. The key is having the programming software. Fortunately you can get CHIRP free and the cable is under $10 if you look
02/08/2018