A better VHF radio

[Teth-Air]

I tested the tyt-8000

And? The radio you like has a 10 watt spec. You say 12.5? I know many of these radios are frequency dependent where they make the output power. Does your support cross band repeating?

 

[skegpro]

The same radios can be purchased and programmed at Bearcom in Red Deer. Also recommend the Li-ion battery KNB-45L

If you like your Kenwood's check these out. On my radar right now.

https://www.radioworld.ca/kw-thk20at

 

[skegpro]

Mmm. What do u need it better? I find they are better then most ?

I just feel the chips sets leave slot to be desired. I find the PTT on the uv-82hp's isn't great with the external mics.

Also getting harder to import the Chinese stuff. Had customs confiscate an order on me.

 

[skegpro]

Zastone A-19 double the range of a baofeng. It received better than my kenwood tk760 with the use of a magnetic antenna. Down fall hard to get in and a 10% chance of tx not working at all. It is the one of two handhelds i would give thumbs up for the back roads.
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Very hard to get into the country.

Have you tried these?

https://www.radioddity.com/products/radioddity-ga-510

 

[skegpro]

I could be wrong but reading the specs on that radio, it looks like they make one model for VHF and another for UHF. Neither appear to be dual band. So pick resource road frequencies, or your buddies with GMRS/Rhino/BCA. You can't have both. For my requirements, I'll stick with Baofeng dual band.

Yeah I was aware of that. Really only concerned with VHF now adays, I haven't used a UHF channel on the hills in years.

 

[skegpro]

Wtf is up with radio oddity?
Not shipping to Canada anymore?
Check out the shipping rate.....

 

[X-it]

And? The radio you like has a 10 watt spec. You say 12.5? I know many of these radios are frequency dependent where they make the output power. Does your support cross band repeating?

Well seeing how you asked, the tyt-8000 i tested was before i bought my tester. So i took 6 different radios if i remember right and off i went with my wife home with a uv-5r with a stubby antenna. The tyt-8000 which i had very high hopes for dropped off before the baofeng gt-5tp. I marked rx tx 1-5 1 being the best. The zastone i drove almost twice as far before i could not send or recieve any more. I made sure and used the exact same antenna on all the radios which was a bit of a pain screwing in and out. Yes it does support cross band repeating. And remember what i said some come with absolutely no send wattage what so ever. I learned this after buying the tester.

 

[X-it]

Wtf is up with radio oddity?
Not shipping to Canada anymore?
Check out the shipping rate.....

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Haha i seen that about 4 weeks back, they do not sell the zastones either. And even when you order off other sites 60% of the time...you never get the radios. No i have not tried that model wish i did but looks like i will not be trying that anyways.

 

[skegpro]

Haha i seen that about 4 weeks back, they do not sell the zastones either. And even when you order off other sites 60% of the time...you never get the radios. No i have not tried that model wish i did but looks like i will not be trying that anyways.

Yeah I sent them an email, seeing wtf .

They have an Amazon store too.

My TYT-8000E that I got from them a year ago I finally got programed, chirp supported now.

 

[X-it]

From what i remember the TYT software was exceptionally good IMO. And i remember telling you do not buy that radio.

https://www.radioddity.com/pages/tyt-download

 

[X-it]

Very hard to get into the country.

Have you tried these?

https://www.radioddity.com/products/radioddity-ga-510

I have tested the Boafeng UV-10R and the BF-H6 Both claiming to be 10 watt...they are not. Both are about the same for range. I might want to add the radioddity ga-510 looks a bit like the BF-H6

 

[Ricki Bobby]

True but there was an engineer in the cabin one day and he was fooling with it because he thought they were great for such a low price. I didn't know at the time that they weren't at the same settings when he left them. Then I couldn't get them set up again and the programmer was 3 hours away. If I have radios, I need easy-peasy. That's why I like my Rino's; on -off!

I’m with you on this. I have 3 Baofeng’s and I honestly have no idea how they actually work! I just have them all set on the same channel and that’s what we use to communicate when on the mountain.

 

[skegpro]

From what i remember the TYT software was exceptionally good IMO. And i remember telling you do not buy that radio.

https://www.radioddity.com/pages/tyt-download

Lol they gave it to me, cause they screwed up an order.

Is it no good? I won't wast my time on it if it's a heap.

 

[snoflake]

The price definitely looks better. I would like to run of those for a weekend to see if they are as reliable, and have the same reach. We have run with a few groups with Boafang with mixed results. Some seem to work great, and some not so great.

If you like your Kenwood's check these out. On my radar right now.

https://www.radioworld.ca/kw-thk20at

 

[X-it]

Lol they gave it to me, cause they screwed up an order.

Is it no good? I won't wast my time on it if it's a heap.

Nothing wrong with it, it just even with a UV-82hp which is 1/2 the price.

 

[X-it]

If you like your Kenwood's check these out. On my radar right now.

https://www.radioworld.ca/kw-thk20at

A lot of these radios will not transmit on any of the RR channels. It might be ok for the off road channel and that is about it.

 

[skegpro]

A lot of these radios will not transmit on any of the RR channels. It might be ok for the off road channel and that is about it.

Oh good catch, never saw that.
Shame on kenwood, wonder why they did that?

The Icom v86 has the full VHF spectrum.

 

[snoflake]

We run the RR Channels on the Kenwood TK-2312.

 

[X-it]

I noticed that the hard way a couple years back, i get a lot of radios to program. When i dug into it there are lot of expensive radios that only transmit from 144-148. One radio that has a very large band it the Zastone M7. Maybe you cant see it but you can set it from 120-599mhz. Tough little radio but not the greatest range. Maybe i should have tested it a bit more.

 

[Teth-Air]

From what i remember the TYT software was exceptionally good IMO. And i remember telling you do not buy that radio.

https://www.radioddity.com/pages/tyt-download

I heard the early software was bad and the radio was not compatible with CHIRP. The latest software is good and CHIRP supports it. The only thing I have not yet to be able to do with the OEM software is "cut and paste" to build the file. It is a little slower one line at a time.