Quansheng UV 5R Plus Dead Dodo @ 27MHz

I knew that the UV 5R Plus was basically the same radio as the UV K5 8 [also known as the K6], but I still wanted to test it just to confirm. The test was to see if the UV 5R is as dead as a dodo @ 27MHz (CB bands) as the UV K5 8 is when Egzumer has been installed. Well, the answer is yes, it's just as dead as the UV K5 8. Shame really. I had CB people talking on my GRE PSR 255, so turned on the 5R Plus to see if that could pick them up. Nope. Wouldn't stop on any frequency in and around 27MHz. Weird, because both Quansheng's work well everywhere else.

Good radio in most other frequency areas, such as 182MHz [West Midlands UK Bus Drivers] - but at 27MHz its totally dead.

It's quite obvious to me that its the software [I was totally wrong. Read below]. I wonder if the developers of Egzumer will do some sort of update to fix this issue. I think they have done a few fixes over the year(s). I think one was sorting out the airband to be better. So its not out of the realms of possibility that they couldn't sort this CB problem out. But maybe the demand isn't there yet. But If enough people moan about it they might get round to it. So get moaning. Catch me tomorrow.

**2025 **Update: Turns out it was the antenna. The antenna that comes with the Quansheng UV-5R Plus, K5 and K6 is totally useless at 27MHz. It works great at where it is meant to work at, which is VHF and UHF. But at 27MHz it is no good. Changing the antenna to one that is specifically for the CB bands has completely fixed this issue and the radio now works excellent on CB signals. Picks up really well.

I have compared both the antenna and the Quansheng radio to some of my other scanners on CB signals and it picks up everything those do on CB frequencies, so its great. So all you need to do if your Quansheng radio is deaf at 27MHz [and you know people are talking there] is to buy an antenna that is made for the CB bands. They are very cheap on Aliexpress. Literally a few dollars. I went with the ABBREE black whip CB antenna and it works really well. There's also a silver telescopic antenna and that one has great reviews also. I did not buy that one but plan to get it at some point.

But please note: To use this antenna on your Quansheng radio you will also need an SMA Female to BNC female adapter. Very cheap, works well and takes seconds to attach. And its a good adapter to have anyway so that any other antennas you have that has a BNC connection [most of the older scanners use this connection type], can be tested / used on the Quansheng with this adapter.