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Found a review of the Baofeng UV-B5
Here is a link to a pretty good review of the UV-B5 radio.
Review Baofeng UV-B5 / Baofeng UV-B6 « Ham Radio Blog PD0AC
According to this Dutch amateur it is not as buggy as the UV-5R. It may be worth the $53 to check it out.
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