Hi Bob!
Depending on the quality control on the assembly line when that radio was made, it could be useful for semi- or half-duplex FM satellite work. Use two of them, and you could work FM satellites full-duplex. The unfortunate part with most of the Chinese-made HTs is the lack of consistentcy in their performance. Some will have good receivers and clean transmitters, where others aren't so good - and that is within the same make and model number.
With all of that said, I have used pairs of Baofeng HTs to work FM satellites. They can work, but other radios generally have better receivers that can handle the weak satellite downlinks. I have not tried any of my Baofengs (UV-5R or UV-82) with AO-85, but I have previously written about using some of those other radios with AO-85 full-duplex.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK
On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 5:42 PM, Bob- W7LRD w7lrd@comcast.net wrote:
found this on Ebay-Patrick will know if it works well on satellites. I got one just because it's so cheap.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/111917016904?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPage... 73 Bob w7LRD