Yes, I know, you get what you pay for, but I saw the initial reviews on this radio and thought that they finally got their act together---NOT.
I have a Btech UV-50X2 that shows a steady drop in transmitter power on both low and high into a dummy load. The transmitter drops out after about 90 seconds on high and 2-3 minutes on low.
I sent back the first one under RMA and the replacement is slightly better but still does not hold transmit power. Btech support is worthless and as usual they blame bad SWR for all problems. They did not bother to read that I was on a 50ohm resistive dummy load.
I am trying to get them to test the 3rd unit before I pay postage yet again to send it back.
The 2nd unit in that I have now can hold about 35W on high for almost 2 minutes before shutting down (yes I have the transmit limit set well above that at 360sec). I am wondering if this is in fact is the limit of this radio, and it can't take a transmit cycle as at full power for more than a minute or two.
What is frustrating is that I have a UV-25X2 that holds it full 25W for 5 minutes easily. This gives me some hope that I can get a better 50X2 than what I have.
Please don't preach to me about this Chinese junk-- I get that, but I took a chance on this one and got burned. Trying to make the best of it.
I have seen this same problem mentioned on the 5001 and 50X2 by other reviewers, and some say that there in no thermal grease on the final to heat sink connection. Lots of mixed messages, and no one at Btech USA will get on a phone to have an adult discussion about this.
Anyone else have some experience with this?
I have a Btech UV-50X2 that shows a steady drop in transmitter power on both low and high into a dummy load. The transmitter drops out after about 90 seconds on high and 2-3 minutes on low.
I sent back the first one under RMA and the replacement is slightly better but still does not hold transmit power. Btech support is worthless and as usual they blame bad SWR for all problems. They did not bother to read that I was on a 50ohm resistive dummy load.
I am trying to get them to test the 3rd unit before I pay postage yet again to send it back.
The 2nd unit in that I have now can hold about 35W on high for almost 2 minutes before shutting down (yes I have the transmit limit set well above that at 360sec). I am wondering if this is in fact is the limit of this radio, and it can't take a transmit cycle as at full power for more than a minute or two.
What is frustrating is that I have a UV-25X2 that holds it full 25W for 5 minutes easily. This gives me some hope that I can get a better 50X2 than what I have.
Please don't preach to me about this Chinese junk-- I get that, but I took a chance on this one and got burned. Trying to make the best of it.
I have seen this same problem mentioned on the 5001 and 50X2 by other reviewers, and some say that there in no thermal grease on the final to heat sink connection. Lots of mixed messages, and no one at Btech USA will get on a phone to have an adult discussion about this.
Anyone else have some experience with this?
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