Radtel RT-880 HF question and CPS update

[wcu02mpa]

I have downloaded the latest RT-880 CPS (1.08) and no password. Radio reads and writes fine. The one thing I still cannot figure out is getting this in the lower HF portion. I cannot get it below 18 MHz. In VFO mode I press the lower side key and it brings me to broadcast FM mode. In the YouTube videos, others do this and it seems to automatically go into HF mode. What am I missing? If I can get that figured out, this radio would be pretty amazing.

 

[wcu02mpa]

Got is figured out. In the FM portion in the CPS, got the channel and select range. Select the 2-30 MHz. This version of CPS seems a bit buggy, but what I wanted was the HF portion. Leaving this for anyone else struggling like I was. Will report back any other interesting findings.

 

[EAFrizzle]

You got the basics of it. The "FM Radio" isn't intuitive the way they name and explain it, but it's pretty simple. I keep one channel set to AM BCB, one each to HF AM/LSB/USB, and one to FM BCB. That works well for me.

Not sure if you've figured out the Multi-Standby on the transceiver and RX Standby on the FM Radio, but you can monitor HF with the transceiver breaking in on transmissions. Really nice for MilAir monitoring.

 

[wcu02mpa]

Did some further testing with my R2670B analyzer. I am betting possible spurious emissions, but did not test for that. 5.25 watts on 52.525 and 3.2 watts on 29.600 both FM. I did receive sensitivity tests from 7 MHz to 30 MHz and the results were pretty amazing. Receiving at -115 to -110 dbm across the bands. I hooked up a long SMA whip and was receiving some HF short DX pretty good. For the money this is a sold radio. Tuning the frequencies is a bit cumbersome but for less than $100, I recommend. More to follow…..