What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
The rt10 is a 900mhz radio from retevis. The 33cm band (900mhz) is interesting, and being able to play with it this cheaply is pretty cool. It can either operate in analog or dmr mode.
The battery life is very good. I pick it out the charger in the morning and it is on all day in scan mode until 10 at night. Charging from a fully depleted state took about 3.
It's not a scrambler, it is truly an encryption. Worked flawlessly. I have programmed other radios with chirp, the rt10 needs its own programming software that you can download for free from retevis. The prolific serial driver is used.
Highlights
Quality
The radios are lightweight but have a solid, quality feel, including the battery pack attachment, knobs and buttons.
It will drastically improve the range of the transceiver by providing a resonant (low vswr) and providing maximum transmit powe... Read More
Lastly, as reported by others, the factory antenna is garbage.
This band has a ton of interference on analog from unlicensed devices.
Price
For the price it’s a good little radio to have for your arsenal.
Overall this seems like a good value.
Competitiveness
The audio quality is better than other radios i have used.
I was able to program it in the ham bands with ease using an old programming cable from another radio brand.
My photos show the size compared to a soda can and a uniden scanner.
Motorola, laird and antenex make 900 meg antennas.
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- This product had a total of 33 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 12 2024.
Helpful InsightsBETA
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I bought one of these a week ago
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Win 10 refused to work with the old cable
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I ended up using an old xp laptop
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I loaded it up with repeater freqs and away i went
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That was using the stock antenna
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I was talking with another ham friend using simplex 2030 miles away
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I dropped mine from about 2’ onto the concrete without any damage
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I have yet to work anyone through a repeater on it
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