Unboxing and Testing the Anytone AT-5888UVIII - Best Mobile Triband Ham Radio
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2016
- After about 1.5 years of waiting, the Anytone Triband Mobile Radio has been released, and it is pretty impressive! Today we'll unbox the rig, go through the menus, and checkin to the DFW 220 Net with it.
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I got myself the anytone 5888 2 weeks ago. There is a function on the anytone called "band" where if you deselect select OFF, you can then insert ANY freq without having to first be on the correct band before doing so. 73 DE ZS6AKW
Awesome thanks Jason. Really was nice to meet you at the Belton Ham Fest by the way. In the process of buying a house right now so as soon as that's done I plan on adding a 222 MHz radio to the new shack. Best part is..no homeowners association ! Keep the videos coming ..good stuff ! 73. -Sam K5JM
I just bought one of these it should arrive in a few days. I am really looking forward to getting it. The specs are incredible.
A friend of mine recently purchased one of these and it sounds really good.
I still like mine. I haven't used it in a while, but I would like to do some video updates with it.
Nice video. Very useful. Have a S/H 5888 under my desk as part ex deal. Need to do my ticket first but can't wait to use it on 2 meters especially. Thanks for an interesting video again.
Thanks for watching.
Interesting - being new to HAM radio it's sometimes difficult to understand everything you're covering or when you're covering features whether it's better on a different radio or worse. Still it's quite informative and I liked the last part with the 220 NET. Keep up the great work - it's quite helpful even if I'm slowly learning.
Thanks for watching.
Great vid!!
Thanks for watching.
just bought the dual band version of this. still waiting for it to come though the mail. I'm pumped.
Read the reviews etc. Many of the "dual band" versions of a given model can unlock the third band
@@ericfort940 I would but sadly the antenna i have rigged up with it is only 2m/70cm otherwise i would.
Thanks for the informative report on the radio. I had my eye on that radio for quite some time now, the only reason why I haven't purchased that radio is because it's completely useless to me with-out the separation kit. Not so much the cable but the bracket is whats needed. thank's again 73's from AC2RQ and god bless.
After reviewing this radio myself I noticed something on the 220 MHz band. When mobile in wide-band FM on 220 MHz the audio is garbled a little, like the person is drifting off frequency. This is corrected by putting the radio in narrow FM on 220 MHz. The warble goes away. If you have your radio in tone squelch on 220 MHz wide-band, the audio will drop in and out as the CTCSS tone gets distorted on the warble and the radio can't decode it. Again, this is only when you are mobile and the radio is moving. Works fine when you are stopped in your vehicle or you are using at home as a base radio. Also, works fine if you put the radio in FM narrow on 220 MHz. I have done that and no one can really tell the difference on my TX audio and the RX audio still sounds good too. Just thought I would share this. There is someone with a similar experience with a review on eham.net. This is a great radio and really the only choice for a tri-band radio with 220 MHz and decent output power. Also, for you type "A" people out there, the display can be set to almost any color in the rainbow you want to match any vehicle's interior decor! With the remote mountable head, this is a great radio!
73
Rick
N1IRL
I didn't have this problem with mine. Although I have heard mixed stories of issues on this unit, so it seems they aren't all consistent.
Great video,73 from brasil.
I know this video is a couple of years old, but for anyone watching.... The reason you have to press to change bands is for ease of scanning, otherwise you would be scanning every band. So if you're listening for 2 meter traffic, it will only scan that band. However, you can change this in the menu. Go to BAND and change to off. Now you can input any frequency without the pressing.
Good info. But with this radio, I never was able to get it to scan correctly anyway. I setup a bank of 220 repeaters, and set them to scan, but when I press the scan button, nothing happens.
Ham Radio 2.0 if I remember correctly you need to place each stored frequency into the main memory. Find the freq you want then long press SCN. SKIP should be displayed. Then long press again and MEM or MSM , I forget which, will be displayed. Now it is in the main memory and will be scanned.
I think I tried that, but its been so long, I am not sure. I will follow these steps and see.
Good luck it’s really a pain sold mine
I like this radio, I have 2 of my own. The scan is the only thing I can't get to work. I wish another manufacturer made a current triband like this one.
Do the face mounts for Yaesu 8900, Chinese quad band clones, or Alinco radios fit the front face of the AT-5888UV* series? The Anytone mount is really hard to find now.
good show, informative,.....is that Robitussin on the shelf.... i just dip my oliva "V"s in scotch, but ok whatever, lol ... thanks for the post!
Scotch is good. I use port sometimes also.
73
225 to 380 us Military air band 380 t0 400 is used mostly inter squad radio for ground troops most of it is encrypted
So I just got this radio and I love it!!! Question I have is how do I program it so the side Im transmitting on uses the hand set speaker? Currently the if I’m transmitting on the left side the sound comes out of the speaker in the base. And the sound that comes from the handset is only from the left side of the radio.
Just came across this video, looking for cross band repeat radios.
Did you ever give that a try? Or, anyone else?
Thanks, Jason.
Yes I've used crossband repeat, it works well
Got to unber ground
I have a question on remote mounting the face plate, it you look at the transparent seperation cable that comes with the radio it's pin out is straight through while a standard Ethernet cable has a split pair. Is there a factory extension cable made for this?
It's a standard Cat 5 straight through cable.
I know this is an old video, but I just received one of these and have scoured the internet looking for an answer to a question but came up empty. When changing offset manually, it seems I cannot enter the number through the mic I have to turn the dial which takes forever going from a 0.6 offset to a 5.0 offset. Am I missing something or do I just have to deal with that annoyance?
its 2020. and I want to get this radio but everyone is out of stock , do you know it its been discontinued ??
What antenna would you suggest for mobile operation?
Comet makes a good triband, that is the one I currently use.
Jason looks so young! 😁
Lol
Great video. I would agree with another individual in that if it is a unboxing video then actually unbox it. Since, you have several videos on the Chinese radios, which dual band would you recommend or is the a difference between Wouxon, TYT and Anytone?
I can't win on the unboxing videos. When I unbox radios, people complain. When I don't, other people complain. So I just kinda do whatever I feel like now, since someone is always complaining anyway.
The TYT TH-7800 works well. While I've noot used the Anytone dual band, I do like the Anytone Triband, so I imagine the dual band works well too.
Ham Radio 2.0 too funny. Can't please everyone. 🤙🏼 I am just looking for a decent radio, not too expensive but sounds good for an extra truck. Keep up the great work.
I don't know what I pushed but i can't get 220 to come back up. I've had the radio for a while and I was manually programming a freq in and I saw that I overwrite one of my 220 memories. I went back to vfo and held the knob down and it skips 220. Anyone know how to get that back?
I've seen these radios crossband from 2m to 70cm. There are video's right here on youtube.
Yes they do that. Thanks for watching.
what would I use for that tri band as in base antenna
Comet CX-333
Does this radio receive 144/144 and 440/440 at the same time >
have you done a review on the dual band version of this ? looking for a mid-range level dual bander... just got my tech license last week..KM6IDC
Dario Garcia No I have not.
any suggestions?
Can you explain the difference between the AT-588UV, and the AT-5888UV dual band radios? Thanks KI5UIF
I'm not aware of a at-588UV radio. They made some monobands that were AT-588, not sure if those are still in production
is this a good UHF radio for in my Jeep?
It's pretty big and is triband (or also available dual band). Probably not good if open offroading. Mine is great with detached head in SUV console and main body below pax seat. The UHF band works just fine (can program ham and frs/gmrs, too...)
What antenna do you have on your truck?
Right now it is the Comet SBB224
Baofeng is pronounced "bow-fung" not "BAY-o-feng", It means something like powerful wind, cyclone, tornado, strong wind.
I pronounce it several ways
Then it should be spelled "bowfung".
I accidently deleted Left side channel 1. Can't figure out how to enter it back in. Any ideas?
Deleted it? Not sure what you mean.
73 de ve3hip in Welland Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
How does this Radio performs on a High RF environment ?.. I have another Anytone Dual band and it is very noisy in the urban environment !... Thanks for share.. Nice video.. XE1ZLG
It is still noisy. I sometimes have to turn on Decode on the CTCSS to keep from hearing the squelch break all the time.
thanks for replay... 73 XE1ZLG
so Im just getting in HAM radio and I only listen to emergency stations now, knowing im not allowed to broadcast. anyway I want to get a set of for my jeep to listen on the road, what kind of antenna port do these have. is it like a standard coax?
These have the standard "UHF" or "SO239" jack in the back. This is fairly standard, yes
Nobody on Amateur Radio is permitted to Broadcast because it is against the FCC Rules on any Amateur Band.
Does this cover 446 pmr ?
I'm not sure it will go to those splinter frequencies. 446 is inside of the Amateur band, so it'll go there, just not sure it will do the freq split for pmr
Is anyone still making 220 mhz repeaters? I heard that Bridgecom stopped making their 220 mhz repeater not too long ago.
AFAIK Bridgecom still makes the repeater. They did stop making their HT they used to sell but they have a mobile radio now
Show mr cros band on simple ?? Say 147.00 to 223.160 in 100 hz 147.00 138.1 ? Thanks mel b
Does it have the 8.33 step for the airband?
I don't think so - been using this radio for a while in the truck, I don't remember seeing that option.
Ham Radio 2.0 thank you for the answer; I know this would be not a must have feature but as I am a bit passionate of air listening, most of these chinese doesn't have this kind of step.
I wish they made a base radio that does FRS/GMRS/MURS for those who wanna test the waters?
FRS can't legally have base stations. You can get Part 90 radios that will cover MURS and GMRS.
Btech 25x4 is great with an ed fong tri band antenna.. I want to try out the 50x3 though I want that 50 watts now.. 😊
WIDENAR is bandwidth. WIDE = 25Khz, MIDDLE = 20Khz, Narrow = 12.5Khz. Manuals are hard... 🙄
It is actually mic gain on this radio and many other Chinese models.
@@HamRadio2 I know this is an old video, but on FM wide/narrow deviation is basically like mic gain. If you had a radio that didn't have wide/narrow deviation switch you could turn down the mic gain and get the same result on transmit. If you mic gain is higher you will have a wider transmit bandwidth. Radios that have a wide narrow switch probably should have a filter that changes the receive bandwidth so that listening to a narrow band signal would be less noisy but probably few if any do that.
will this radio TX on 462Mhz?
No, it is a Part 15 radios, so basically locked to the Ham Band.
The one I just got does in Mode1 (Professional) with extended frequencies programming capability.
It sorta works like my yaesu 8800 r
Yes, the memory is very similar.
😊
Good thorough review. I ordered your last one. Only critique is that you're painfully, way too close to your mic: it picks up every time you inhale or smack your gums.
Botões iluminados, incrivel como os Chineses estão melhorando os radios enquanto Yaesu esta fabricando radios de vhf com material ruim, yaesu tem se tornado um lixo ultimamente
Eu gosto dos últimos rádios Yaesu, na verdade. Mas há alguns bons chineses no mercado agora também
That be a professional unboxing compare the people who mess around with a box knife sad
Where can I get one of these ?
Import Communications
Will this radio do Murs and Gmrs?
I don't think so. It is a Part 15a certified radio, so I think it is locked down - but let me check.
Dave Butch the radio may allow you to but you can't legally do that
It is probably locked down because of part 90 regulations. What you have is a radio that is designed for operation both as a part 97 ham radio and a part 90 business radio. Maybe it is locked because it is likely is that way be default for part 90. You might have to have an unlock code to be able to get ono the ham bands
There are several radios made for both Ham and part 90. Both Beofang and Alinco make radios for both purposes.
The Alinco DR-635 for in-vehicle use, is such a radio, and the Beofang is where you go if you need a such a double-duty radio.
That is what your AnyTone radio probably is, and you might need to get an unlock code to use it on the ham bands
Of course someone is always looking for an Illegal transceiver for bands where they are Illegal? Typical of the Children's Band mentality.
The last part of the video isn't all that useful just audio of a 220net. Would have also been useful to see measured power out of the radio, deviation, and spectral plot.
wide and narrow mic gain? I am out of here..
Sadly that is common on Chinese radios.
@@HamRadio2 I can not confirm that... the radio allows the setting of FM wideband or FM narrow band,,,, =IF bandwidth.
Unboxing??????
Huh?
@@HamRadio2 Jason, please don't misunderstand me. I seen unboxing in the title of the video. Keep the channel going we enjoy it 73.
This video would only be 5 minutes long instead of 55 minutes if the reviewer knew what he was doing!!!
I would MUCH rather see this than some over-produced "used car salesman" approach that would gloss over a problem because the only thing they are concerned about is selling products for their sponsers. This shows the kind of issues someone might have when they first open the box. One of the main reasons I support HR2. Always that one armchair creator that has no content but wants to tell people how to make their videos better. @Rick..stop being that person.
I like this video however your comment is just rude and reflects poorly on your character.
This video is painful to watch,. 56 minutes could have been done in 25.
It is also the one I found which let me see and hear the radio being used, which I appreciated.
maybe one should read the user guide before doing a review.......