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Pros

The rt76p works well and the transmit distance is excellent. The included antenna works well. The backlight works well, but stays on in channel scan mode, which adds to battery drain.

The channel name bug - chan 000 is chan 1, so they are all off by one digit- can be corrected by renaming, then in the optional feature section of the software you need to set the chan display to ch + freq. The menu and screen are very close. My only ...  Read More



Cons

There is nothing in the description that says the ctcss/dcs codes are programmed. Even when i programmed channel names using the software and set the display to name, it still only displays the frequency. Also, the bandwidth options are narrow and wid...  Read More

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Quality


For the price i’m very happy with the results.


I was very impressed with the quality of the product and the performance.


Something went wrong with the update and radio got bricked.


My two complaints are, 1) i am unable to get it out of dual watch mode via either the keyboard or software programming, and 2) ...  Read More

Price


These are really good radios and supper great price.


For the price, i have nothing unforgivably bad to say about the radio.


It is definitely not the quality of a used motorola xts3000, but it's cost is less than 1/4 of an xts3000.

Competitiveness


Great price for a legal 5w gmrs radio.


I had a retevis programming cable for a rt3s which works.


These have been addressed by retevis; contact angela lee at retevis to get updates.

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  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 80 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 12 2023.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I had a retevis programming cable for a rt3s which works


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The channel name bug chan 000 is chan 1 so they are all off by one digit can be corrected by renaming then in the optional feature section of the software you need to set the chan display to ch freq just ch number keeps the offset


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    So this review is mostly about programming bugs


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Once the lock screw is removed the removable antenna may be swapped with other sma male antenna options


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    My two complaints are 1 i am unable to get it out of dual watch mode via either the keyboard or software programming and 2 the display is small with a very thin stroke font however it is easy to read outside in bright light and inside with the backlight


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I remove the tones or codes from the simplex channels to make sure i can hear anyone using the channel and add the appropriate ctcss tone based upon my local repeater settings


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I needed to update the firmware to the latest version


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Something went wrong with the update and radio got bricked

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