Has anyone had one of these arrive recently? Did it come with a coloured sticker dot under the battery?

100% agree

Yes, they list a bulk load of items very cheap to raise funds, either to make a quick few pounds or bank roll themselves for a few weeks till eBay catches up with them.

Any idea why they are listing them so cheap if they cannot honor the deal? Are they defrauding eBay somehow?

I requested money back as the seller was banned and item removed. Something very dodgey with that one. But I found another seller dispatching from Italy so I have purchased from that one. Again £4.19

I paid via Visa Card, but through eBay themselves.

I received a despatch email from eBay yesterday, so hoping they do turn up. If not, then a claim to eBay will soon resolve it.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained - but a bargain at £4.19 if they do arrive.

I did review the edit history of the item in question on eBay, and the seller was simply editing the quality left after each sale... do nothing untoward in that.

Hopefully the 'item is no longer available' message is simply because there are none left at that price ?

I ordered with paypal and paid £4.19 although an email from eBay followed to say the listing was removed so waiting to hear back from the seller if he dispatched them. I did get the auto dipatch notification however. Time will tell I guess!

Same here. Anyone know what the scam is? Does the seller run off and leave Paypal to foot the bill or is the seller looking for Payapl account details?

I did get an email from eBay saying the listing was removed actually so you are probably right :disappointed:

if you can afford to wait these are only £4.19 delivered from China on eBay.

You can guarantee 80% of these radios are being used on the frequencies they come set to, many businesses included are using them as they come without licences, most emergency services now have gone digital using mobile phone networks. It's more maritime and coast guards etc that are still using 2 way radios and these radios are well away from them frequencies, the only people you may happen to annoy is the local night club bouncers who are using them for there security or the local factory that are using them to communicate with there forklift truck drivers etc. Most of these local businesses can not report you to ofcom for interference to them as they are also unlicensed anyway. You have probably got more chance of winning the lottery than you have of ofcom prosecuting you for being on these frequencies, here are the frequencies you they come pre set to.


CH1 462.125 CTCSS 69.3
CH2 462.225
CH3 462.325
CH4 462.425 CTCSS 103.5
CH5 462.525 CTCSS 114.8
CH6 462.625 CTCSS 127.3
CH7 462.725 CTCSS 136.5
CH8 462.825 CTCSS 162.2
CH9 462.925 DCS 025
CH10 463.025 DCS 032
CH11 463.125 DCS 125
CH12 463.225 DCS 331
CH13 463.525 DCS 023
CH14 450.225
CH15 469.945 CTCSS 203.5
CH16 469.950 CTCSS 203.5

So, are these the sort of thing which can interfere with emergency services radios? Is it appropriate to post illegal to use products on HUKD (where people only want to know how cheap they are and don't care about the legal/safety issues)?

These can be reprogrammed to legal to use bands, but out the box unless you have a license these are 100% illegal for you to use. Don't go buying these if you want a toy for your kids. If you do have a license they are great, I use them with cadets and for charity events, cheap and cheerful and they get the job done.

Happy with having to program them but does anyone know where I can buy some or similar with safe chargers that I don't need to rewire or have catch fire?

In the age of mobile phones, etc. who needs these and why?

Not that Ofcom will not take much notice unless you take the p**s, but unless you are careful to use them on the right frequencies and power settings, these are illegal, and it's up to you to know the law if you use transmitting equipment.

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/radio-spectrum-and-the-law

this page might also be useful to know what freq's to program into your radios:
http://static.ofcom.org.uk/static/spectrum/fat.html

Are these analog or digital ?

mine just had one screw hidden under the QC sticker

Just something else to be wary of. The cable leading from the UK plug to the charger is not up to spec for UK 240v standards so don't give it too much abuse. I board mounted my 4 chargers and rewired them with complaint cable.

Or get the cable free with this radio https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01MXYGT9Z/?tag=ho01f-21

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you also need to buy the programming cable http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00UR2067I. and ask seller for free software. You can program all channels to legal PMR446, UK civil frequencies. Using the channels 1 to 8 is illegal without a license. (£75/5yr) You also need to permanently fix the aerial. I have the baofeng 4 pack for £40 and this cable I can confirm this cable is compatible with the baofeng and it is easy to change the frequencies to the legal ones. I did consider not changing them and just telling the kids not to use the illegal channels, Guess what they were listening to as soon as they got in the garden? the air ambulance channel !

It scrambles transmissions to prevent uninvited eavesdropping. When I looked a couple years back apparently the way to tell was the ones that had it had small stickers under the batteries. A blue or a green dot, can't remember.

Anyone know where I can get the one's with the scrambler function?

If the link is not working the ebay item number is 302014963250

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Slow boat from China but some good value car accessories here. Great for car to home or car to car.

Mag mount £2.59 delivered http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Magnetic-Mini-Vehicle-mounted-Antenna-UHF-VHF-SMA-F-For-BF-888S-666S-777S-SWTG-/331896443517?hash=item4d4691d27d:g:a68AAOSwvg9XdToM

12v car adaptor to run straight from car socket for as good as unlimited power supply £2.64 delivered. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Quality-12V-Car-Charger-Battery-Eliminator-for-BAOFENG-666s-777s-888S-Radios-SY-/282241527732?hash=item41b6e7efb4:g:90QAAOSwneRXQ8K7

Looking for a set of walkie talkies for my 3 year old. The kids ones are rubbish. Any ideas for a cheap set that works better than the kids ones. a simple to operate one would be best, due to my sons age.
Any suggestions would be gratefully received.

Or £4.88 if you risk a search for
2pcs Baofeng Walkie Talkie UHF 400-470MHZ 2-Way Radio 16CH 5W BF-888S Long Range

Nooooooooooo!! Not more CB radios!

Roger.

Received mine on Saturday, very impressed with the range already, over 1.5 miles with lots of buildings in the way and the other person was in a building also.

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Fixed the link and added the merchant to the title

Eyeball eyeball good buddy :stuck_out_tongue:

Link not working for some reason, here is the eBay item number 302014963250 can someone fix link please.