
(This is true for the entire Baofeng handheld product line). In addition, the S-meter on Baofeng handhelds will always show full scale, regardless of actual signal strength, which can cause many users to think their signal is actually stronger than it really is. Simply seeing the "+-" offset sign on a Baofeng radio’s LCD, for example, DOES NOT mean that the radio has automatically programmed the correct offset for the band/memory you are using. First, none of the less expensive Chinese radios (including many that cost far more than the Baofeng series of radios) program the same way as do their more expensive Japanese radio counterparts (from the radio's keypad or from the various freeware programming software options).
