Thanks for the demo, Fred, I am awaiting the post man with my TD-H2 2nd gen and your demo has answered some of the questions I have had. Thanks from the New World.
I am able to chat to my partner on PMR now. I am at home (I'm bedbound and disabled) she has nipped to Lidl. Lidl is less than a mile away and she is using a Quansheng with a stubby antenna that's an inch long and very discrete. I am on something a little bigger. We are using it as we have had issues with phones not being reachable in our local area. Just like CB pre legalisation I feel we need to push the limits. I would love to be prosecuted for calling for help on PMR after falling out of bed. They would have to be callous.
I got 2 of these radios set factory for GMRS from Amazon in the USA and found you only need to do the unlock and you can use any frequency. I only do GMRS but it's nice they don't force you into one mode. CHIRP is the way to go, I did have to trim the corner of the programming cable to make a clean connection with these though.
Glad I found your channel. I have thoroughly enjoyed watching your videos after I get my grand boys to bed. Learning a lot and you have def aided in re-kindling my old hobbies, while explaining new technology. A big thanks from the Georgia/Alabama line.
"Darkside" ... great description 👌 hope you don't mind, but I think I'd like to use that term when applicable during a review. Loved the video, and once again, Thanks!
Hi Fred, I just received my TD-H8. Again, watching the video is sometimes mind-boggling. Trying to read the instructions and relate to the radio, well, I go brain-dead. Connected to my mobile, well, there is so much info, so I shut it all down and put it in the draw until next time.🤣🤣🤣🤣great reviews as always Fred keep them coming.
Thank you Fred for the vid! My gosh, Tidradio is making a seriously aggressive PR campaign! They apparently have sent their TD-H8 and TD-H3 to everyone with a youtube channel related to HAM radio, and have succed to have a significant presence all over youtube!!.... Not even sure they are "that good" to be honest (at least compared to the likes of UV-17/18s or UV-K5/6s), they are becoming more like a "trend".... Anyway thank you for your great vids and time! 73 from Athens, Greece
here in the states we are aloted on FRS .5 watts on 22 channels now FRS shares the upper channels with GMRS and GMRS is alited 50 watts per a GMRS license its very simple to get the license no teats required just file for a FRN number with the fcc and then one you get that number you can file for a GMRS license for a small fee and you can use all GMRS repeater towers in the area! but yeah 50 watts max legal power for a UHF frequencys!
Owe! The fun ended! You should have walked further! Like to Paris, France example. You know how to make a video Fred! Yep, I get it! You look like Secret Agent Man. Good song. I like how you said Fred in the Shed. "Look after one another." Cheers USA.
It’s no use having 10 watts and your signal going for miles, if the person that picks you up can only answer on half a watt and half a mile distance coming back ! Ok for camping or hillwalking etc if others with you have the same power.
High ground again today 35 mile contact 446 on the Quansheng 5 watts gosh !! though very very sensitive to movement at that range litterally 6/12 inches of movement can be total loss or signal.
Just ordered one fred to have a play with 😂.. enjoy watching your videos but notice you have never mentioned lightning arrester? Unless you have and i haven't seen it ? Saw the video of your antenna whipping about in that storm ... impressive how it stood up to that...but surely the static build up must have been bad ? Assume you disconnected the coax and shorted it to discharge it before connecting back to the radio ? Best wishes Mac
I thought CHIRP only ran on windows, so I used boot camp to load windows on my Mac and then when I went to download CHIRP, I found out there's a OSX version as well, haha. Loading windows was a wasted effort, but I have it now just in case! 🙃
Hi Fred. I have just bought a pair of binatone 100 Walkie talkies. I can talk and pick up from my Retevis but can’t receive from them. When I key up on the Walkie talkie the Retevis changes it’s hissing sound and yellow light comes on, but can’t hear any voice
Dark Side, might be looking into this, PMR 446, is very active here in Finland ,shops and Bars, i have a few PMR radios old cobra from 2002 i think then 1 or 2 from Baofengs in the draw, 56CT004🦌🏴☠
Thanks for the video, Fred :-) It's exactly the same here in Germany. You hardly dare go out on the street with a handheld radio anymore! (I've been a licensed radio amateur since 1998.) People look at you as if you were an alien. That's a bit embarrassing, I have to admit. A sad development.
Not being exactly CB or Amateur radio, does anyone know anything about the AOR DV10 handheld scanner which sells here in the US for about it, which sells for about US$1000.00 here, and it seems to cover a wide frequency range and many digital modes, like, Fusion, DStar, and DMR, and Tetra, which seems to be used in the UK.? I have researched it, and there seems to be a later firmware version that has improved it, with pro and con remarks found about it. 😊 73 de Ray W2CH New Hampshire.
Love these dark side vids. How would youc ompare the td-h8 with the retevis ra89? I know t his has bluetooth and all, but i am more interested in sending, receiving and the sound quality then functions since i would be using it for pmr. Hope you can give some insight in this.
please measure the power on these radios, we would like to see what they are actually putting out on 446, it will be no more than 2/3 of the claimed power, the radios never put out full power on 446 but we would all like to see what does what as whatever is putting out the most is desirable! I have measured the Baofeng UV-82 and the Quangsheng UV-K6 and both are outputting almost identical power at a hair over 3w of the 5w on 446, my homebase does a little better and outputs 30w on 446, 3/4 of the 40w it will do on 435mhz.
I think I get it. You get the power (reach) of that transmitting radio unit, using the 400 the higher legal bands. I wouldn't want to have to explain that to.... but like you said one viewer said, their not fussing about that. I'll stay away. I'm not smart enough! Luke, I am your Father.. NOOO!!! lol
I can't deal with the transposition of "is" and "are" seems basic, but i can't handle the wrong basics. Causes me to lose faith in the quality of further detail.
What has the police got to do with these radios? Here in The Netherland the police as zero authority when it comes to these radios, that's the domain of the Telecom agency, just like the FCC in the US has the authority, and not the US coppers.
@@CB-RADIO-UK Dunno but in the original software i does not allow me to enter marine radio either like the common simplex channels 6 10 13 16 67 72 77 i think its weird because the simple old baofeng like the BF - A58 wich is really old does all that without anny problem . When trying to prog em into the Tidradio is says cancel because the tx field does not accept the frequency only the receive does . So they prob locked it out and yes i have used the unlock all mode and confirmed it on the menu button . If they on purpose locked out those frequencies they really dropped the ball . they will miss out a hughe portion of the market outside the ham's market.
@@CB-RADIO-UK I found out it was the software file the original readout standard from factory it was set to HAM . I unlocked the radio/standard reset and kept using the original readout fille that was also the reason why i could not remove the noa weather channels . Made a new fille it accepted the marine channels simplex and duplex noa removed and it accepted the pmr all is good now so far no more quircks :) 👍
Thanks for the demo, Fred, I am awaiting the post man with my TD-H2 2nd gen and your demo has answered some of the questions I have had. Thanks from the New World.
Glad to help!
Thank you, Fred, for the demo. I always appreciate all your radio videos.
I am able to chat to my partner on PMR now. I am at home (I'm bedbound and disabled) she has nipped to Lidl. Lidl is less than a mile away and she is using a Quansheng with a stubby antenna that's an inch long and very discrete. I am on something a little bigger. We are using it as we have had issues with phones not being reachable in our local area. Just like CB pre legalisation I feel we need to push the limits. I would love to be prosecuted for calling for help on PMR after falling out of bed. They would have to be callous.
Yep just what PMR is good for.
@@londo776 I repeat we are using it as we have had issues with phones not being reachable in our local area.
@@londo776If you read their comment the mobile signal is unreliable.
@@londo776They literally say phones don't work in their area, PMR is their best option, der!
I got 2 of these radios set factory for GMRS from Amazon in the USA and found you only need to do the unlock and you can use any frequency. I only do GMRS but it's nice they don't force you into one mode. CHIRP is the way to go, I did have to trim the corner of the programming cable to make a clean connection with these though.
Glad I found your channel. I have thoroughly enjoyed watching your videos after I get my grand boys to bed. Learning a lot and you have def aided in re-kindling my old hobbies, while explaining new technology. A big thanks from the Georgia/Alabama line.
Awesome! Thank you!
"Darkside" ... great description 👌 hope you don't mind, but I think I'd like to use that term when applicable during a review. Loved the video, and once again, Thanks!
Go ahead!
Frid in the shed your utube videos are awesome my friend
Hi Fred, I just received my TD-H8. Again, watching the video is sometimes mind-boggling. Trying to read the instructions and relate to the radio, well, I go brain-dead. Connected to my mobile, well, there is so much info, so I shut it all down and put it in the draw until next time.🤣🤣🤣🤣great reviews as always Fred keep them coming.
Hi. Yes i totally get what your saying. Information overload.
Frid in the shed your new TiDRADIO TD-H 8 handle Ham transceiver is awesome my friend
Thanks Greg. Have a nice day.
its Glenn@@CB-RADIO-UK
Thank you Fred for the vid! My gosh, Tidradio is making a seriously aggressive PR campaign! They apparently have sent their TD-H8 and TD-H3 to everyone with a youtube channel related to HAM radio, and have succed to have a significant presence all over youtube!!.... Not even sure they are "that good" to be honest (at least compared to the likes of UV-17/18s or UV-K5/6s), they are becoming more like a "trend".... Anyway thank you for your great vids and time! 73 from Athens, Greece
They have sent me three radios, and I don't even normally cover ham related stuff.
here in the states we are aloted on FRS .5 watts on 22 channels now FRS shares the upper channels with GMRS and GMRS is alited 50 watts per a GMRS license its very simple to get the license no teats required just file for a FRN number with the fcc and then one you get that number you can file for a GMRS license for a small fee and you can use all GMRS repeater towers in the area! but yeah 50 watts max legal power for a UHF frequencys!
Thanks for the info.
@@CB-RADIO-UK your welcome sir!
Frid in the shed I learn lot from you about bying cb radios with AM FM ssb and antennas for cb radios my friend
*Fred
Just ordered one. Thanks Fred
Hi. Its nice little radio. Enjoy
Many thanks, Fred.
Went for the h3 😎£20.nice review
Owe! The fun ended! You should have walked further! Like to Paris, France example.
You know how to make a video Fred! Yep, I get it! You look like Secret Agent Man. Good song. I like how you said Fred in the Shed. "Look after one another." Cheers USA.
Looks a great radio well made.
It’s no use having 10 watts and your signal going for miles, if the person that picks you up can only answer on half a watt and half a mile distance coming back ! Ok for camping or hillwalking etc if others with you have the same power.
Yes you are totally right.
High ground again today 35 mile contact 446 on the Quansheng 5 watts gosh !! though very very sensitive to movement at that range litterally 6/12 inches of movement can be total loss or signal.
Just ordered one fred to have a play with 😂.. enjoy watching your videos but notice you have never mentioned lightning arrester? Unless you have and i haven't seen it ? Saw the video of your antenna whipping about in that storm ... impressive how it stood up to that...but surely the static build up must have been bad ? Assume you disconnected the coax and shorted it to discharge it before connecting back to the radio ?
Best wishes Mac
Hi Mac. Yes good point you make. We have often talked about lightning strikes on the radio. Yes if I am around i normally disconnect my antenna.
Wind can actually build up static ...was amused at how you chose. ,.Fred in the shed " ....I should use " mac in the dog house 😂😂
I thought CHIRP only ran on windows, so I used boot camp to load windows on my Mac and then when I went to download CHIRP, I found out there's a OSX version as well, haha. Loading windows was a wasted effort, but I have it now just in case! 🙃
Thanks for sharing
Hi Fred. I have just bought a pair of binatone 100 Walkie talkies. I can talk and pick up from my Retevis but can’t receive from them. When I key up on the Walkie talkie the Retevis changes it’s hissing sound and yellow light comes on, but can’t hear any voice
Sounds very much like one set of radios has its privacy sub codes switched on which will block the audio.
Nice, can you show us how to program airband full scan from 118 to 135 receive thats all i like to hear.
I will have a look.
Dark Side, might be looking into this, PMR 446, is very active here in Finland ,shops and Bars, i have a few PMR radios old cobra from 2002 i think then 1 or 2 from Baofengs in the draw,
56CT004🦌🏴☠
Fred you should get the police channels going on the scanner to see if anyone reports a "suspicious man using a radio on the overpass", lol
LOL
Downside to trying to hack the police band will probably end up with a prison sentence 🤣
@@cbrmac oh it's encrypted digital....yea that's the deep dark side.
I've noticed the squelch settings are pretty much useless. Its either on or off. Same as the baofengs.
Thanks for the video, Fred :-) It's exactly the same here in Germany. You hardly dare go out on the street with a handheld radio anymore! (I've been a licensed radio amateur since 1998.) People look at you as if you were an alien. That's a bit embarrassing, I have to admit. A sad development.
Frid in the shed do you have your ham license my friend
Not being exactly CB or Amateur radio,
does anyone know anything about the
AOR DV10 handheld scanner which
sells here in the US for about it, which
sells for about US$1000.00 here, and
it seems to cover a wide frequency
range and many digital modes, like,
Fusion, DStar, and DMR, and Tetra,
which seems to be used in the UK.?
I have researched it, and there seems
to be a later firmware version that
has improved it, with pro and con
remarks found about it. 😊 73 de Ray
W2CH New Hampshire.
Fred what was the hefty radio antenna you showed on the Baofeng?
Just an extending 2m/70cm telescopic job i picked up from ebay some time ago.
@@CB-RADIO-UK - Thanks for the note Fred.
hi fred thanks for the video. ive got this radio & i down loaded the pmr chs. can i get the airband on it as well thanks
Hi. I dont think the H8 covered the airband. The H3 does.
ok thanks@@CB-RADIO-UK
Love these dark side vids. How would youc ompare the td-h8 with the retevis ra89? I know t his has bluetooth and all, but i am more interested in sending, receiving and the sound quality then functions since i would be using it for pmr.
Hope you can give some insight in this.
I think the RA-89 has a better sounding speaker. I am not a fan of colour screens that you cannot see in sun light.
Fit a longer Antenna.. So does the length have to be related to the frequency in use?
In theory yes. The higher the freq the shorter the antenna but it also depends on the loading coil on the bottom.
Would have been better if they put the USB charging on the battery
Fred, I just recieved one for PMR, as the radio can go up to 10w can you boost this on the device even though the power is set to mid in Chirp?
I think so. It will be in the menu option on the radio.
please measure the power on these radios, we would like to see what they are actually putting out on 446, it will be no more than 2/3 of the claimed power, the radios never put out full power on 446 but we would all like to see what does what as whatever is putting out the most is desirable!
I have measured the Baofeng UV-82 and the Quangsheng UV-K6 and both are outputting almost identical power at a hair over 3w of the 5w on 446, my homebase does a little better and outputs 30w on 446, 3/4 of the 40w it will do on 435mhz.
Other YT channels have tested the output on this one and they are easily putting out 10-11 Watts. Surprising, but this one is honest.
You forgot to re-explain the signal meter🤔or did I miss that?🤔
I think i explained that the top meter was power only ?
My goodness the 0.5 sounded much clearer what's going on here then❓
Prob just lack of signal meaning the audio became thinner. Its an effect some DX's use on their mic settings.
I think I get it. You get the power (reach) of that transmitting radio unit, using the 400 the higher legal bands. I wouldn't want to have to explain that to.... but like you said one viewer said, their not fussing about that. I'll stay away. I'm not smart enough! Luke, I am your Father.. NOOO!!! lol
Hello l have a buzzing sound when key up on AM but it doesn't happen on FM ...
Not had this myself. Sounds almost like an antenna issue.
🌄🌅🌄🏆🏅🏆Thank You
Just asking isn't it better to have PMR on wide band ❓ What's the deal❓
In theory you will get better distance on narrow. Wide attracts more noise.
@@CB-RADIO-UK thank you for your reply Fred, we've spoken before on the 35 👍
Nagoya, abbree, and now tidradio. All make the 771. Same same.
Frid in the shed iam thinking about getting my Grms license and mybe my ham license some time
I can't deal with the transposition of "is" and "are" seems basic, but i can't handle the wrong basics. Causes me to lose faith in the quality of further detail.
8 watts all the way...
Yes i would say around that.
What has the police got to do with these radios? Here in The Netherland the police as zero authority when it comes to these radios, that's the domain of the Telecom agency, just like the FCC in the US has the authority, and not the US coppers.
With 10 W you will not have the power for a long time.😆
I have the weirdest sht i have the same radio putting in the PMR it wont accept the 466.18125 it will accept the rest so weird annyone got an idea ?
Not come across that one before. Tired Chirp ?
@@CB-RADIO-UK Dunno but in the original software i does not allow me to enter marine radio either like the common simplex channels 6 10 13 16 67 72 77 i think its weird because the simple old baofeng like the BF - A58 wich is really old does all that without anny problem . When trying to prog em into the Tidradio is says cancel because the tx field does not accept the frequency only the receive does . So they prob locked it out and yes i have used the unlock all mode and confirmed it on the menu button . If they on purpose locked out those frequencies they really dropped the ball . they will miss out a hughe portion of the market outside the ham's market.
@@CB-RADIO-UK I found out it was the software file the original readout standard from factory it was set to HAM . I unlocked the radio/standard reset and kept using the original readout fille that was also the reason why i could not remove the noa weather channels . Made a new fille it accepted the marine channels simplex and duplex noa removed and it accepted the pmr all is good now so far no more quircks :) 👍
How do u get pmr 446 to work iv put frequency in transmits but won't receive whats I doing wrong