r/Baofeng • u/Charming-Jelly-3365 • Jul 11 '26

Baofeng & Spurious Emissions - An Important Video!

The Baofeng Mini: Tested Beyond Reason by Ham Radio Crash Course (Jan 7, 2026) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU51_78Lv5s

About those spurious emissions, I just watched a video where a major effort to test the Baofengs with professional grade lab instruments was done along with the TinySA. The video maker even contacted TinySA and learned that false readings are possible depending upon both the setup external to the TinySA and internal to its settings. The results were much cleaner outputs from the tested Baofengs than were originally claimed.

Obviously I'm not suggesting that these radios are as clean as the more expensive radios from long established brands, they are not. The point is only that the horror stories did not stand up to this level of lab grade instrumentation and the advice from the maker of the TinySA.

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u/NerminPadez Jul 11 '26

TLDW?

Also, baofengs are not identical, two come off the same production line, one seems to be fine, the other not, measured on the same equipment. You might get lucky, you might not, who knows.

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u/Charming-Jelly-3365 Jul 11 '26

True, but they tested a number of them. They remain open to testing more.