Long-Range Communication**: The BAOFENG UV-5R handheld radio boasts ... Versatile Applications**: Beyond ham radio, the UV-5R is also suitable for police radio and survival scenarios.

For Christmas, [Lior] received a Baofeng UV5R radio. He didn’t have an amateur radio license, so he decided to use it as a police scanner. Since the schematics were available, he cracked it ...

For radio enthusiasts worldwide ... It is interesting that the paperwork mentions the Baofeng UV-5R specifically, as it seems likely to us that an inevitable game of whack-a-mole will ensue ...