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2 HN users recommended this between 2021 and 2025, in 2 comments.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
I’m using a Baofeng UV-5R (radio) and the APRS-K1 cable. I’ve linked Amazon pages but you can get them for slightly cheaper off eBay or AliExpress.
Radio: https://www.amazon.com/Baofeng-UV-5R-136-174-400-480Mhz-1800... Cable: https://www.amazon.com/BTECH-APRS-K1-Interface-APRSDroid-Com...
You do not!
You can get started for as little as $17: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074XPB313
For the other amateur radio operators on the site, the UV-5Rs from the main Amazon seller all comply with spurious emissions regs - the ones from AliExpress are hit or miss. Plus searching YouTube with 'Baofeng UV5R' will turn up a ton of material including explaining why people should care about the spurious emissions.