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Good budget walkie talkie?
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this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2026
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You're better off buying a "real" radio like a Quansheng UV-K5 and programming it for PMR446.
Thanks for the comment. Was looking for real simple solution but for the price I might as well get something proper then.
As a complete radio noob, I do have some pc programming skills, how much time and effort would it take to mod it to pmr446?
U might have send me down an amateur radio hobby rabbit hole lol, cheers :)
Honestly I don't know much about the UV-K5, I use a pair of baofeng uv-5r radios, because the k5 didn't exist when I bought them. The k5 is apparently better with the option for full custom firmware and there isn't much price difference.
For my uv5r programming was basically just a case of using a programming cable and a program called CHIRP, that looks a lot like a spreadsheet, to set the right frequencies.