[FabCH]

Baofeng is 20 dollars? How much cheaper and compact do you need?

And I know, I know, Baofengs are notorious for going over the allowed noise limits… but still…

[takipsizad]

Baofeng's are not shortwave radios afaik

[alexwwang]

yes. it's a good choice for light use in UHF/VHF scenarios even communicating to satellites if you have a Yagi antenna.

[jimnotgym]

Baofengs also have terrible receive filtering. It is perfectly possible to hear no stations because you are being overloaded by something on another frequency. I tried my first SOTA activation with a Boafeng. A transmitter on another hill meant I received nothing, although stains could hear me. By a Yaesu, still cheap