Thank you for reviewing this HT. I ordered the 470x, it cost about $37US from Amazon in the US. It is about $21US from Ali express, but they will not ship the battery with it to the US. It is worth getting the battery with it for $37US from Amazon with the usual 30 day return window if there is anything wrong with it. I am a very new ham & am not sure if this will be a hobby for me as I do not like talking to strangers. If not, at least I will have an air band receiver to entertain me when I pick up people at the airport.😊
And btw it will tune from 18Mhz to just under 1Ghz and transmit from 136Mhz thru to just under 1Ghz. I am kind of interested to see if it does transmit with a usable power level in the 33cm band of 902-928Mhz.
Forgot to add it has a firmware update to V2. 13c that will give you the ability to switch between AM and FM on the frequency you tune to not just the Aircraft band. Don't know if it will transmit AM but I highly doubt it.
I do have one and it has more than 5W out. On mine M is low power and L is Medium power. Although it does transmit on 1.25m and I could do it here in Canada, the antenna does not support this band, so the finals are at risk here. It's also worth knowing that it has lots of harmonics on 2 and 1.25, on 70cm it's less noticable. While Airband receive is somewhat better than Quandheng UV-K5 it still gets overloaded on strong signals. Good quality feel, big battery.
I just got my unit and like it, so far. The reciever is very good, and has clean, clear audio. Even the FM radio picks up several stations! The small guide book could give more details as to each function, and use. (If your a Baofeng user, you'll already be familiar with most features and names!) There is no mention of anything Bluetooth. I do like that the Alpha-numeric, Channel Name, can be set very long. Atleast 10 characters! The color screen is very nice at night & indoors. Not sure about sunlite outdoors yet. Question: It comes set as a 2 line display "A / B". Can you set it to display only one channel? IE. Channel "B", with a full screen, large font display?
Menu 54 ANI Name, iam not fully sure about i get the impression its the identification of the radio, say a security firm was using them then they would know what radio was theirs as when you key up the number of th radio is shown in a blue box . i have altered it from 6 to 25 etc , but cannot seem to get rid of it all together, details are shown in the radtel software, but in chirp you can alter it in many more ways
Hi, I am new to this. Will this radio scan all the HAM frequencies as well as Airband. The reason is I am an aircraft nut so the airband will work for me, but also if there is serious trouble in this country (UK), large civil disturbance, war, etc as things aren't looking too great. I fear the normal AM/FM public radio channels will be quickly controlled by the authorities, so would prefer another option to get information about what is going on.
Sir watching you program a radtel rt 470x in your video my question is can I program the same radio from the keypad for a repeater that has an output of 151.31000 and an input of 154.95750 with a dpl of 152 to use for my local fire dept? Any info is appreciated. Thanks Larry
The proper software from Radtel & Chirp works great, with Jiykr 8 in 1 Universal USB Amateur Ham Radio Programming Cable Hower memory mode does,nt seem to work with chirp, i had to use the radtel one to get the memory names showing up properly.
Thought id buy it for a bit of fun as a noob.. no, not fun. Extremely confusing, no idea what to do with it. I remember days where i used to listen to the police on the hifi in the kitchen, airbands etc It was so easy.
Thank you for reviewing this HT. I ordered the 470x, it cost about $37US from Amazon in the US. It is about $21US from Ali express, but they will not ship the battery with it to the US. It is worth getting the battery with it for $37US from Amazon with the usual 30 day return window if there is anything wrong with it. I am a very new ham & am not sure if this will be a hobby for me as I do not like talking to strangers. If not, at least I will have an air band receiver to entertain me when I pick up people at the airport.😊
Hi its a good set has built in bluetooth even I mainly listen but every now and again I chat and love it :)
And btw it will tune from 18Mhz to just under 1Ghz and transmit from 136Mhz thru to just under 1Ghz. I am kind of interested to see if it does transmit with a usable power level in the 33cm band of 902-928Mhz.
Forgot to add it has a firmware update to V2. 13c that will give you the ability to switch between AM and FM on the frequency you tune to not just the Aircraft band. Don't know if it will transmit AM but I highly doubt it.
Mine came with the battery from Aliexpress.
I do have one and it has more than 5W out. On mine M is low power and L is Medium power. Although it does transmit on 1.25m and I could do it here in Canada, the antenna does not support this band, so the finals are at risk here. It's also worth knowing that it has lots of harmonics on 2 and 1.25, on 70cm it's less noticable. While Airband receive is somewhat better than Quandheng UV-K5 it still gets overloaded on strong signals. Good quality feel, big battery.
Agree all
I just bought one since I passed the Technician exam yesterday. Seems like a good HT.
Yes this is a very good solid set .
Just got mine GREAT RADIO thanks for the review..:-)
Thanks it's a good set and good value .
@@HamTechRadioScannerDrones GREAT value £19😎 can you program this in chirp yet??
I just got my unit and like it, so far. The reciever is very good, and has clean, clear audio. Even the FM radio picks up several stations! The small guide book could give more details as to each function, and use. (If your a Baofeng user, you'll already be familiar with most features and names!)
There is no mention of anything Bluetooth.
I do like that the Alpha-numeric, Channel Name, can be set very long. Atleast 10 characters!
The color screen is very nice at night & indoors. Not sure about sunlite outdoors yet.
Question: It comes set as a 2 line display "A / B". Can you set it to display only one channel? IE. Channel "B", with a full screen, large font display?
Download the app to program channels using bluetooth hold the blue button .
Menu 54 ANI Name, iam not fully sure about i get the impression its the identification of the radio, say a security firm was using them then they would know what radio was theirs as when you key up the number of th radio is shown in a blue box . i have altered it from 6 to 25 etc , but cannot seem to get rid of it all together, details are shown in the radtel software, but in chirp you can alter it in many more ways
Thanks I will take a look .
Ive just in the ast hour received mie but all i want use it for is my local airport but cannot understand how to use it at all for airband
Put in vfo mode type the frequency
@HamTechRadioScannerDrones thanks ,I'm kind of getting there ,it's more complicated than old Sony Air 7
Question? I just received my radio but don't know how to get the airband?
🙏
Just go to.vfo mode then type Freq
Baofeng cable works fine with it I am using it now.
That's good news .
Hi, I am new to this. Will this radio scan all the HAM frequencies as well as Airband. The reason is I am an aircraft nut so the airband will work for me, but also if there is serious trouble in this country (UK), large civil disturbance, war, etc as things aren't looking too great. I fear the normal AM/FM public radio channels will be quickly controlled by the authorities, so would prefer another option to get information about what is going on.
Yes it scans
@@HamTechRadioScannerDrones Great. Thanks for that.
Does it work on pmt 446 out of the box.🤔
Yes
Much appreciated
Please tell me how to completely turn off this radio transmission?
Dint think you can try look in settings .
Did you get the latest firmware already? AM RX on all bands!!
www.radtels.com/pages/software-download
Sir watching you program a radtel rt 470x in your video my question is can I program the same radio from the keypad for a repeater that has an output of 151.31000 and an input of
154.95750 with a dpl of 152 to use for my local fire dept?
Any info is appreciated. Thanks Larry
Best way is to download the software and test.
I believe you can
The proper software from Radtel & Chirp works great, with Jiykr 8 in 1 Universal USB Amateur Ham Radio Programming Cable Hower memory mode does,nt seem to work with chirp, i had to use the radtel one to get the memory names showing up properly.
Thanks
Could you please do a video on firmware update if possible !?!😎
ua-cam.com/video/EHl1mcVum3U/v-deo.html
@@HamTechRadioScannerDrones you my friend are a absolute legend :-)
NOW LETS GET TO THE RADIO ITSELF
I made many Videos using it aswell .
Thought id buy it for a bit of fun as a noob.. no, not fun.
Extremely confusing, no idea what to do with it.
I remember days where i used to listen to the police on the hifi in the kitchen, airbands etc
It was so easy.
Yes takes hard work to learn these Radios.