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This is part one, I know I've got previous here, but there *will* be a Part II
Please note: My reviews are not called Robust Reviews for nothing; they're potentially liable to offend but I deal in the real world, not always the rarified atmosphere of safe content - please give these a wide-berth if strong language and adult themes might be something you'd rather not watch. I hope you do get a chuckle though.
Before somebody points it out, I use just about every pronunciation I can think of for Baofeng (I'm claiming Bwafung as mine) - it's deliberate.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:54 Why you might want to buy a Baofeng UV-25
02:57 Might you might not want to buy a Baofeng UV-25
03:47 Unboxing
07:17 Up Close
08:00 A serious point
09:17 Short-range radio testing
11:15 Metrology
11:47 Power Testing
13:56 Battery (VERY IMPORTANT)
17:44 Harmonics
19:05 UV-25 Speaker volume test
20:00 Goodb
I've probably been a touch unkind to some of the aesthetic features of this radio (although, I think a bit justified) - the Curly thing, well if you weren't hanging around here in Britbong land circa 1993 that won't mean anything, I'll leave that to you to research.
The coins thing is a bit of a specific rant, but if you want to learn more about our odd pre-1971 currency (there were 20 Shillings in a pound by the way, 12 pence in shilling, so 240 Pence in a pound - yep... oh, there were Guineas too, we still use those for horse trading, that's a 252d unit) there's a sublime video here: https://youtu.be/dip8eHw3guo?si=6s6vycUWxGJcxVR8
The music bed is an instrumental of the astonishingly brilliant and sadly a touch forgotten 1985 UK summer jam "Say I'm Your Number One" by Princess, sadly not heard enough these days - one of the least appreciated pop masterpieces of all time.
Part 2 will be released Sunday 16 June 2024, 2200 BST, that'll include long-range testing, some points I missed in the first one, a new segment called "Your Text Here" and I'll speak less about needing the toilet in that one, nor 'continuous discharges'.
Although I come across a cynical so-and-so it does mean a lot that you're watching, and truly, I'm honoured to have anybody watch my nonsense. It's all very tongue in cheek, and I really did need to pass urine by the last few segments - my eyeballs were floating hence I was a bit grumpy.
Oh there was a very nasty word written on that wall, I've done by best to obfuscate it (I didn't notice until the very last moment) - the world is full of absolute arseholes isn't it :( I'll know to not film there again!
Thanks again!
More soon,
Andy x
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