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UV5R W6OHM

Yeah, it's a tiny radio, and I apologize. Part of the problem is I'm coming at you from the wrong side of the house, and so my signal probably does have a better shot at Magnolia than it does to anywhere else. But yeah, I have to say I've had this radio for a couple weeks now. I just really started playing with it this week, and it is a very feature reduced radio. Some of the other ones that I've got here, You know, I have a growing collection of these like I'm sure a lot of people do And I'd say this is got to be one of the most kind of minimalist radios in terms of features But I really like it and it's small enough that I can serve area everywhere And so I've been you know I haven't left the house without it in a pocket or you know It fits well in a jacket pocket or you can put it in your back pocket It's a cup holder, you know in the car and so for the past couple days I've just sort of been going everywhere with it And I think it's sort of like a camera where the best camera is the one that you've got on you Use it I think that this radio sort of falls into that place of where I've got much better radios You know if I were looking for performance, this isn't the first radio that I would pick up But it's small enough that I can carry it with me everywhere, which is really cool. And I mean, it easily fits in the glove box of my car. It fits in the center console of my car. And so it's great to just have a grab-and-go radio that's sort of capable enough at getting into the nets and is also pretty good for monitoring other radio services like Marine Band, the MRS, et cetera, or a NOAA weather radio and all those things. So I'm pretty impressed. It's not going to win any awards. But the fact that it's USB-C chargeable is also really great for on the go, because you don't have to carry a separate charger for it. It's got the same jack USB-C as my phone does. So I can use my phone charger. And I'm pretty impressed. But I guess this concludes my advertisement for the $30 Baofeng UV5R Mini. Back to you, Bill. This is Jeff, and coming in, W6OHM. W6OHM, Casey, Doug, Bill, Steve. Well, thank you for that very good and thorough review. I suspect you moved around the house a bit, because you sounded much better in that last condition, and you were hitting Capable Park pretty well, as opposed to just Magnolia. So yeah, that's pretty good performance, a $30 radio with a three-inch antenna. And I get the convenience. That is pretty cool. Pretty cool indeed. OK, let's move on now. and chat with, who's next on members, Kevin, Jason, John, how's things going?