Radioddity R2 UHF radio

[p1879]

There is not much information that I have found about this unit, except those sometimes dubious Amazon reviews, and a couple of videos.

My interest is limited to use...perhaps a reader could comment on one if an owner--or former owner.

Lets go ahead and check off the obligatory section on CCR and Part 9X certification comments for now, please. We all know where these radios come from. I think most RR people are ethical spectrum users.

I expect the commentary may reveal these radios much like a lot of others, it seems the remarkable aspect may be the battery life. Banish my ignorance, please.

thanks
p1879

 

[kh6sz]

I bought a pair of R2's a couple of months ago just to play around with the scrambler feature. I don't really use them to often. They are easy to program via computer software. Wish they had an LCD display on them, but for the money, I learned a lot.

 

[p1879]

Thanks, Bill. Compared to some of your other radios from the same country-of-origin, do you notice any difference in audio, rx sensitivity, etc? I am also wondering kind of "stock" frequency load they come with. I am thinking my old Wouxun cable might work with it, for programming--if I can find it.

Great to hear from you...
p1879

 

[kh6sz]

Thanks, Bill. Compared to some of your other radios from the same country-of-origin, do you notice any difference in audio, rx sensitivity, etc? I am also wondering kind of "stock" frequency load they come with. I am thinking my old Wouxun cable might work with it, for programming--if I can find it.

Great to hear from you...
p1879

I haven't used them all that much, but I would say that they are comparable to my UV-5R's in audio and sensitivity. When I got the radios, I saved the default setup into a file. I loaded it and took a screenshot, which is attached.

I'm sorry I'm not much use for more info as I haven't really used them on a regular basis, just tinkered with them to get familiar with the scrambler feature, which seems to work fine. It's easy to scramble a signal, just click yes in the scramble column for both radios. There's also a column labeled Compander, which I have no idea what it is of how to use it, but it's there.

 

[kh6sz]

Oh, by the way, I use my cable from the UV-5R to program it, works perfectly.

 

[p1879]

Thank you very much, Bill, that is what I was curious about. Very through job!

There was a recent thread about compander setting recently:
https://forums.radioreference.com/b...vers/364974-radioddity-r2-compander-help.html

I have used a lot of similar software, and i did download it for a look too. I like the simplicity.
p1879