Quansheng UV 5R Plus Walkie Talkie

To me, the UV 5R Plus is a scanner, that's what I use it for. But yes, it is really a walkie talkie, a transceiver. I recently bought one. I took a while because I was waiting for the price drop on Aliexpress. That's the only thing I dislike about Aliexpress. Their price fluctuations. It's up and down like crazy. So up and down its ridiculous. Anyway, the price finally went down again and I bought a Quansheng UV 5R Plus for really cheap. Great. It arrived in good time and is perfect, brand new, working well. And it is confirmed from my other post [newer radios come with a better aerial] that even this older model 5R Plus does come with a newer antenna.

The nice blue screen of the UV 5R Plus

Really, I bought this 5R Plus because I wanted to try some other programming software. In some previous posts I talked about how the Quansheng UV K5 (8), once modified with egzumer, can not pick up any frequencies down at 27MHz. So I wanted to use the 5R Plus as a test radio to install either some older versions of egzumer, or try out some other program software like UVMOD and others.

Well, after looking through a fair few of the software's available, it's clear to me that egzumer is the easiest to install, and one of the best all rounders. While UVMOD does look good, It seems a bit confusing as to whether it actually fully replaces the stock software already on the radio, or just replaces parts of it. You can choose different features to install individually, so I think it doesn't replace everything [correct me if I'm wrong]. But I'm looking for something that completely replaces the stock software, so it looks like egzumer fits the bill.

So I think I'm just going to install that again. And in terms of testing the older versions, I don't think they will be any better in the lower frequencies than the newer versions, so I might just install the latest version of egzumer and leave it at that. I don't really want to experiment too much with different programs / firmware and end up bricking the radio.

I know there are a few people looking for the manual for the 5R Plus, so I might upload it. In the form of taking a picture of each page written in English lol. Maybe some people might find it useful. I wouldn't expect much though. I think its only a few pages of basic information.

Realistic Pro-50 Scanner Transmission

Here is a quick video of the old school Realistic Pro-50 Scanner picking up an emergency services transmission in Birmingham UK. All things considered, the Pro 50 is not a bad old receiver. It's old tech and only has 20 channels, but still receives all the transmissions that my other scanners pick up. And thanks to the screen being a bit like a watch or calculator, it's much less demanding on power, so the batteries seem to last quite some time. Takes 6 AA batteries or can be run on a 9V DC mains adapter.