BTECH UV-25X2 (Second Gen.) Mini Mobile 25 Watt Dual Band Base, Mobile Radio: VHF, UHF Amateur (Ham)

The has great reception easy installation and programming using at home but can be used in my vehicle with the supplied power cord

The Bfeng radios are great. They're well made and now made in the USA. The frequency coverage is excellent, radio is compact, has a rear cooling fan and somewhat easy to program using CHIRP. The few negatives are the knobs were very soft rubber that couldn't turn the volume or channel without slipping. I don't understand why they'd use a knob so 'soft'that it couldn't perform it's important function. These radios do quite a bit and are an excellent value. With that, amateurs or idiots can violate and interfere with public safety units. Not good, especially when public safety is involved. While the CHIRP software is not really associated with this review, MANY will use it to program these radios. The radios can perform many functions that one may not know or understand when programming. If I were an amateur or new to programming I'd go to a 'radio guy' that understands the great features CHIRP offers and will guide you. Lastly, if you program public safety bands and transmit on them these radios can be 'recognized', remotely shut off or located so please play within your boundaries.

I was on the fence about this unit for a long time but the introduction of that k1 adapter to the mic slot sold me on it. I was curious if it would work with the Mobilinkd tnc 4 that I have to use it for aprs and winlink. I’m happy to report that yes indeed it does work. Messed around with the settings a little bit and within 10 mins of setting up, I was getting into my local digipeaters and successfully using weather bot. I replaced the connector it had on the power cable with Anderson power poles and it draws around 5 amps on transmit, .15 amps on standby. My meter is saying it puts out 20W on vhf and 16-17 on uhf. 220 is actually able to send the full 25 watts says my meter. I haven’t used the unit too much but due to its size and weight and low power consumption, I’m really growing to like this little guy Now for the not so good part. The screen is very… finicky. I powered it on for the first time and it was… upside down. After some unplugging and plugging back in, the screen returned to normal. Powered it on in the car and now only half the screen works. Unplug and plug again and now it looks fine. It seems to do this at random. It’s a real nuisance but it doesn’t affect the function of the radio it seems.

I've used this UV-25X2 for several months now. The instruction manual is easy to follow and It's relatively easy to program. I have gotten good signal reports on both 2 meters and 70 centimeters. The transmit and received audio is good. I was pleasantly surprised at how small this transceiver is. The only improvement I would like to see is in the knobs. They are made of soft rubber and are easy to fall off and lose. Sometimes they come off in my fingers while making adjustments. I'd suggest that they should be made of hard rubber or plastic. The price is great for a dual band 25W vhf/UHF transceiver.

I have gone through 3 of these radios. The only word of caution is make sure your voltage supply does not exceed 13.8v. Also the Quad watch is a bit confusing and doesn't work as well as I would like. It is a solid radio and works well as you would expect. The size is perfect for a cup holder installation.

Works great; ok programming. Great small size and everything included except programming cable which I had to purchase separately

i bought this in august 2020, i just recently had the time to install it and it never worked. i programmed it using chirp with the cable from Btech. i used the Nagoya ut-72 antenna, also from Btech. i installed this unit and went to check the SWR and it would not register at all on my SWR meter. i then tried the antenna on a handheld and the SWR was 1.05, almost perfect. i hooked the antenna back up the this unit with the SWR meter and tried to broadcast again, and again...nothing. i contacted Btech and they told me because it was more than 30 days after purchases i had to fill out an RGA request, which i did and i sent the unit back. also worth noting is that i have an inline volt meter. here is Btech's response to my RGA "Your previous unit had short damage which resulted from high SWR or transmitting at low voltage, this would be caused by your set up and use. SWR and voltage damage is not covered under warranty. Either your standing wave ratio did not match the radio while transmitting - or your radio received a power surge or were supplying low voltage while transmitting (15% tolerance of 13.8V) SWR tips: You will need to inspect your coax connectors, antennas, or feed line and identify your SWR issue SWR can vary depending on weather - to even a slit cable being bent, so it is crucial to identify the issue. Voltage tips: Ensure your power supply - is rated at a minimum of 7A constant (10A peak); and supplies 13.8V An out of warranty repair is assessed at $45 - to complete an out of warranty repair you will need to submit the payment at: ***** Greg Wilson" i find this extremely hard to believe considering i only transmitted long enough to check the SWR, and it was only installed for 3 days. so i have to pay another $45 to get a faulty unit fixed before i can even use it. Again please note that the unit, programing cable and the antenna were all purchased the Btech's amazon store.....BEWARE

Meh.... Like most of the Chinese radios it transmits decent sounding audio, seems reasonably well built and is not too expensive. Also, like most Chinese radios it has very poor receive sensitivity and selectivity when compared to a regular name brand radio like a Kenwood or Icom. I did numerous back to back tests and the Btech UV25X2 will not pick up anything at all when a Kenwood dual bander will receive a weak and somewhat scratchy signal that is completely audible. Power output is about what is claimed and the menus aren't too bad at all. I think the biggest let down is the terrible rotary channel select knob. Anything more than about 1 click per second and it will jump backwards or not change. Must turn very slowly. So for the cost of radio and programming cable, which shoukd be included because manual programming Is terribly awkward, I would call it a mediocre value. If receive was better and rotary encoder for channel changing worked properly I would call it a good value.

excelente producto, recomendable.