What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
Free software to programme the radio is available. Audio is adequate both receive and transmit. Aerial connector has a female aerial socket and the aerial itself has a male plug.
To sum up it is in my opinion excellent value for money and worth purchasing. I'm not a big review writer but it's a decent radio.
Great little radio good sound quality and rx. Power output is fairly consistent across its range into * load. Easy to program via chirp or retevis software.
Highlights
Quality
Audio quality is excellent as is the volume of received audio.
The build quality is good, the unit feels sturdy and is comfortable in the hand.
As for the product not too great.
Volume knob broke off after a month of use, however, the manufacturer replaced the product immediately.
Packaging/appearance
I have downloaded a copy from the retevis site and put it on an e-reader which solved the readability problem.
Competitiveness
Really solid radio, good battery life, easy to program via chirp or retevis software.
I bought this radio to listen into 2m and 70cm transmissions whilst preparing for mu uk ham radio license.
As with most retevis radios the instruction book could be better written and the print is very small.
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- This product had a total of 90 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 19 2023.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Retevis programming software is hard to find and chirp does not support this device at this moment
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Battery life is poor i am only getting a days worth of use from a fall charge
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Programming via the key pad is complicated and time consuming
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I did buy a different antenna to improve reception
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However when transmitting on 5 watts it delivers mild rf burns if your hand touches the charging pins while transmitting which are situated in a postion that you will normally touch them when holding the radio
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Just uncomfortable rather than painful so not a huge issue but knocked off a star
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If you have experience with baofeng radios then the menu system is very similar
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
My advise is get the instruction manual and throw it in the bin
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