Baofeng UV-5R power booster - BTech AMP-220 / BTech AMP-U25 - Boost the power output of your UV5R

this is the baofeng uv-5r widely known throughout the entire am radio community as the best radio you can buy and it has only one weakness it's a handheld and it outputs only 4 watts if you're lucky but i'm going to show you how you can turn this little weakling into a 40 watt powerhouse powerhouse of transmitting power now right up front this is not some kind of hack or weird trick to magically make your uv5r start transmitting 40 watts if you came here looking for something for free go away now otherwise stick around and i'll show you how to turn your little 4 watt radio into a 40 watt powerhouse i will do my best to keep this video short and to the point i don't want to waste your time going off on tangents talking about other things but first allow me to digress if you're a regular viewer you may have noticed this this is not my vestigial twin brother growing out of the side of my neck although i can see how you might make that mistake this is a microphone you've probably seen them before on other youtubers channels and it's here suddenly where you can see it because i want to give you my favorite viewer the best audio and sound experience possible if you watch my videos you've probably noticed over the last few months a lot has changed the room has changed the camera's changed the microphone has changed and i've been struggling to get that audio to the level that i know you my favorite viewer demands so i finally broke down and talked to my friend lenny b who is an audio engineer and asked him if he could help improve my audio and my sound for you my favorite viewer lenny b has got a youtube channel i'll put a link below and a website lennyb.com where he teaches people how to get the best audio with what they have not he doesn't tell you to go out and buy a bunch of expensive stuff he helps you work with what you've got and he did a great job of stepping me through not only how to use my equipment the right way what the all the little buttons and switches mean but he helped me to get the best sound possible this is it this is as good as it's gonna get so if you're a youtuber and you need help with your audio check out lenny b's youtube channel he's got some great free tutorials i'll put a link below if you like the way this sounds leave a comment below let me know let lenny know if you go check out his channel and some of his videos leave a comment there let him know that not rubicon sent you moving on to why you're actually here first i am required to explain some of the legalities of using your uv5r you can listen to anything you want with your uv5r but if you're going to transmit you need to know the rules the uv-5r is not legal to transmit on gmrs frequencies even if you have a gmrs license ud5r is not legal to transmit on mers frequencies uv5r is not legal to transmit on marine band frequencies the uv-5r is legal to transmit on handbands only if you have a ham radio operator's license so now that all the sad hams are happy and everybody is clear on the legalities of using the uv5r the best radio known to mankind ever invented now this video will be a little bit different because i don't actually have what i'm going to show you today i can't afford you know people are always asking me can you review this radio this radio sure i can if you want to send one to me i'm not rich i can't afford to be buying all this stuff i'm just some youtube hobo making videos in his basement now you can help support me in the channel i won't beg but if you want more information there's a link there with more information about how to join the channel be a member get certain perks even though i don't have this device i can show it to you through the magic of highly sophisticated cgi computerized graphics cgi stands for common graphic interface i know i'm a computer expert so i know these things i once worked in the fast food industry i can show you right here if i didn't tell you that this wasn't real you probably wouldn't have even noticed i bet your mind is blown this is the btec amp u25 amplifier affiliate link below and what this little box does is it will turn your skinny little 4 watt high school girl of a radio into a fully voluptuous 40 watt milf i'll put a link to this below an affiliate link you need to buy the right version depending on what frequencies you're going to be talking on they make them in several different versions different frequency ranges they all cost pretty much the same and it will work on any handheld radio that has a removable antenna like the uv5r doesn't matter the brand name as long as it's got the type of antenna that you can remove you can plug it in it's an inline linear type amplifier and it comes with all the cables and everything that you need to connect it up now it's made to use in a car as a mobile to basically turn your uv5r into a mobile radio so it comes with mounting brackets and a cigarette lighter adapter plug to plug into your 12 volt source in the car but you can easily use it in your home to make your uv5r into a a base station a base station uv5r all you would need is a 12 volt power supply and you will need a better antenna you cannot use it with the existing antenna you can use any mobile antenna tuned for the frequencies that you're going to be transmitting on i'll put an affiliate link below to one of the nagoya antennas that vtec recommends but any mobile type or even base station type antenna will work the only requirement is that your radio has to transmit between four and six watts it has a built-in speaker you can connect a regular uh microphone with a cable a breaker breaker 1 9 type microphone so that you don't have to keep picking up the whole radio to transmit so it really will turn your uv5r into a base station or a full mobile high powered radio that's it i just wanted to tell you about this device this really isn't a review it's more like a public service announcement i just wanted to let you know this was out there i learned about it from listening to a guy using one on one of the repeaters one of the gmrs repeaters that i listened to he was talking on it it sounded great i could hear him fine he's been using his for quite a while and hasn't had any issues with it and when i heard about it i thought about you my favorite viewer i wanted to let you know about it it's not cheap but if you already have a uv5r and don't want to spend a whole lot of money on a whole new radio this might be just what you've been looking for it's got 4.4 stars out of 5 on amazon reviews so it can't be that bad so if you have a uv5r or any handheld radio as long as it's got a detachable antenna and you're looking for a little more bump in the trunk this might be just what you're looking for to make your life complete it's all i wanted to share if you have any questions if i left anything out if i got anything wrong leave a comment below [ __ ] questions or opinions will be pinned to the top for everybody to laugh at and make fun of you so think twice before leaving a stupid comment unless you have one of those little icon badges next to your name that means you clicked that join button and you can say whatever you want you're a channel supporter this channel is yours as much as it is mine almost i'll do my best to answer any questions if i can't someone else will come by and answer them for me they'll probably get it wrong so bear that in mind thank you for watching we hope to see you on the trip

Channel: NotaRubicon Productions

Views: 124,767

Keywords: uv-5r power booster, uv-5R amplifier, boost uv-5r power, BTech AMP-225, Btech AMP-220, power booster for baofeng, baofeng UV-5r

Id: 2Rm-6IVj6-c

Length: 8min 28sec (508 seconds)

Published: Mon May 10 2021