Best Baofeng UV-5R Accessories To Enhance Your Radio

Get the most out of your Baofeng UV-5R Radio with these cheap and simple upgrades!

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[norrinradd]

Great suggestions, all of them. I generally tell the new folks my top three upgrades are, Antenna, Battery, Speaker Mic. The only one I would add would be another UV-5R to prevent loneliness. It's great to have someone to talk to. Thanks Bro.

[gregbreitz]

I have the larger batteries and after 2 years of sitting on the shelf they still had a full charge

[dougdaniels]

Excellent suggestions for the beginner, nice job. Two things I would add, 12v cigarette charger cable and a signal stuff mag mount, and your HT is a mobile rig.

[markvanleeuwen]

Bought a signal stick glowin the dark. ..cant wait for it.

[austinlitmanaklitman]

Great Video Mike. I have a couple of these accessories but I'm tempted now to change all my radios over to the BNC type. I'm definitely looking into that J-Pole roll-up. Great concept.

[TheDoug]

Some company would make millions if they made a replacement UV5R battery with a USB-C port on it.

[DARTHDANSAN]

This radios are awesome! Always have one in my car

[meola]

The Baofeng connector is a standard Kenwood style, so there are tons of options for those accessories. I would caution people to stay away from the $15 Retivis antennas, so similar 15-16 inch floppy whip antennas. I've been trying one on a UV5R for the last couple of months against the stock rubber duck and I got to say the performance from the stock antenna actually seems better, and you don't end up with a top-heavy HT that doesn't perform any different. Wait a bit longer and spend twice the money or a bit more on something a little better. My local repeater is up almost, 5000ft at the top of a mountain and the 15" whip doesn't make it from places the stock rubber duck does.

[Buzzygirl]

I have a GT5R and UV5R and I can't say enough good things about Chirp. It just keeps getting better and better. And combined with the FTDI-chip programming cable, it makes programming these radios so easy. Some handheld radios are pretty easy to program on the fly but not the UV-5R (I've done it, know how to do it, don't recommend it)!

[ferrysengun]

Hi Mike, a very interesting video. Thank you for taking the time to make such a great video.

[knvbw]

I would recommend the Commountain shoulder mics. Only 19.99, and worlds better than the cheaper ones. They will last longer than the radio. Even prefer those to the stock Yaesu mics.

[hankschrader]

Awesome video! Good to know about great accessories for these radios! I was surprised to see the extended antenna that came with my radios is made in Japan. They came with my uv5rm

[carlacespede]

Buenisima explicacion, sobre todo del apartado de ANTENAS...MUCHAS

[mmmm]

5:37 its the personality that matters 😭

[jessepalmer]

Awesome info for a newb like me. Thanks for the info

[Brettmlyons]

Just got three of these radios from a buddy who had too many when he came back from Ukraine. Can't wait to get all these fun accessories and use them. I wonder what the max range I could get in the mtns of Colorado with that J pull?

[Veslanjejezivot]

Great video, thank you for sharing :)

[awatchmanoftrueisrael]

Can anyone tell me what is the advantage of having a SMA to BNC connector? Is it just the quick detachment attachment or is there some signal advantage to be had?

[KSJD]

Where the APRS setup for the Baofeng? Hi Hi 73

[Astewa]

Don’t you have direct links for the antennas ? Thank you