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It does. And benefits from Digi-Mic as shown in video.
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AT6666 vs QT80 vs ?
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It does. And benefits from Digi-Mic as shown in video.
niceguy71
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if you don't need a fantastic radio like that Anytone 6666 PRO AKA Radioddity QT80..... take a look at this video.... the Radioddity 606 PRO make sure you get the pro.... but the pro is cheap and if you watch this video... it dead key's 10 watts and modulates over 20 watts!!!!
it's on sale today...... it's only $58.65 .... tons of channels and it has the NRC... looks like a great radio.
606 PRO at Amazon
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K6GBW
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Niceguy71, that's an interesting video. It's putting out a touch of power, but I wonder how it sounds? Still, for that price it might be worth checking out. My goal really is to just be able to listen most of the time. But if I need to reach out to someone in a seven mile circle I imagine this would do well enough. I'm on a hill about 300 feet higher than my surrounding area, so I do well on simplex on two meters. With a simple A99 on tjhe roof I bet this would work.
niceguy71
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I forgot you want it for a base, anyone into this hobby needs a good SSB radio.... I don't know if you have a SSB CB. .. but it's been a blast the last couple years!!! Really spend the money and get something fantastic.... This is your Christmas present to yourself.... Get the QT 80 that way if you want to go mobile down the road it's pretty small..... Or seeing you have the room in the shack get the Anytone 5555 N I it's under $200 bucks at AliExpress.... It will take 3 plus weeks to arrive from China.... But for that price it's in between the great QT 80 and a really nice AM /FM RADIO
$187 bucks... I LOVE the display on this radio... This is the one you need... I talk from Massachusetts to California on SSB all the time... If you get you can say hi to me
Quad 5 at AliExpress
I want to keep making this point clear to as many people need to hear it, but the now LEGAL FM available on FCC model CBs is not the same FM available on all the export rigs like the President, Radioddity, Anytone, etc. Legal FM on 11M was intentionally crippled with lower deviation and bandwidth that effectively kills the range. This is the same as the issues of narrowbanding on public safety VHF/UHF where a legal radio will sound quieter and lose range compared to wideband.
It's my opinion that this was almost certainly done to introduce incompatibilities between the existing dearth of export radios in service and their new legal counterparts. This is the same thing that happened in the UK and of course the scapegoat as always is that 'you shouldn't be running an export radio.'
Perhaps export manufacturers will take note and start offering a wide/narrow control in response. I will of course continue to not give a sh*t as my radios since the 90's (and well before my heyday as well) have always had FM and we didn't care to use it then and will continue not to now.
It's my opinion that this was almost certainly done to introduce incompatibilities between the existing dearth of export radios in service and their new legal counterparts. This is the same thing that happened in the UK and of course the scapegoat as always is that 'you shouldn't be running an export radio.'
Perhaps export manufacturers will take note and start offering a wide/narrow control in response. I will of course continue to not give a sh*t as my radios since the 90's (and well before my heyday as well) have always had FM and we didn't care to use it then and will continue not to now.
K6GBW
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If I need SSB then I can always fire up the 7300. For my home I’m looking for a basic AM/FM set up. The FM is only mildly interesting since, as has been mentioned, it’s got crappy range. But AM so I can hear the flotsam around me would be useful. I may get a set up for the car at some point for when I travel but that’s not priority right now. I’d honestly just use what I have, but as I said, the 7300 is pretty bad on AM. I managed to make it usable by turning the power down to 25 percent. That equates to about 7.5 watts dead key on it. Set like that it’s usable, but then I have it on a dipole, not the best set up.
If you want something basic, but still loaded with features, and the size of an old Uniden 510/520, then i highly recommend the Radioddity CB-500. Less than $100 on sale, and feature packed. Also supports ctcss/dcs if you want to play around on 10 meter FM repeaters. It also has the same great TX audio it’s bigger SSB brothers have, and has NRC for both TX and RX. The freq mod is also a simple move of a jumper. I have 2 of these that we use to just toss in our other non radio equipped vehicles when needed. Very solid rigs.
Edit: After the freq mod, you can select from hi/low power. 8 watts AM / 12 watts FM IIRC.
Here’s the expanded freq chart.
Here’s a nice review of the radio.
Edit: After the freq mod, you can select from hi/low power. 8 watts AM / 12 watts FM IIRC.
Here’s the expanded freq chart.
Here’s a nice review of the radio.
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Agreed. I had an HR-2510 in the early 90's with 11m opened up. Never used FM except for 10m repeaters. I wouldn't buy one of these radios just because of the ridiculous names alone (Anytone Radioddity).
How’s that any different than the name Cobra? Sounds like a snake to me, not a radio. Yet, they made good radios. Who gives a rats a$$ what a companies name is if they make good products.
Cobra was a cool name and had a great logo. Ditto for President. Just my opinion.
That's fair. I just found your reason odd because most radio companies have "ridiculous" names. Yaesu, Kenwood, Uniden, Galaxy, Connex, etc. Then if you go old school, there was Sears and Montgomery Wards branded radios. Which would be equivalent to a Walmart branded radio today. Weird names or not, most all are/were decent radios.
No worries. Was trying to inject a little bit of humor but it does not always go as planned.
Those other brands - Yaesu, Kenwood, Galaxy Uniden sound cool to me. It's like different flavors of ice cream, I suppose. Agree,most are/were decent or better radios. Many were also repairable, and some still are. Almost everything today goes into the scrap pile instead of being repaired. That's another matter.Bottom line, it's good to see new equipment being made for the CB band, keeping it alive.
If you're willing to spend approximately twice the price of a QT80, the Xiegu G90 gives you 20 watts, all modes, and detachable head w/9' cable. I've been getting a lot of compliments on the audio for SSB and AM.
A big step beyond what you're looking at, but something to consider regarding size and mounting space.
A big step beyond what you're looking at, but something to consider regarding size and mounting space.
Robyn, Tram, Royce, Sommerkamp, Connex, Dirland, DAK, Siltronix, Pace, Pearce Simpson, Magnum, Super Star, Colt, Northstar, ALAN....
The crazy names have always been a thing. I do admit to passing over all the Anytone stuff originally, but that's due to the more recent influx of CCRs and their poor quality. If it were the 90's I wouldn't have batted an eye.
The new Washington seems nice, but with some lineage to the Uniden 780/880 I have zero confidence in the displays. My AT-5555N II is one of the best I've used in a long time. It will be for sale soon though, I'd like to get the updated 'short' model with a couple improvements.
The crazy names have always been a thing. I do admit to passing over all the Anytone stuff originally, but that's due to the more recent influx of CCRs and their poor quality. If it were the 90's I wouldn't have batted an eye.
The new Washington seems nice, but with some lineage to the Uniden 780/880 I have zero confidence in the displays. My AT-5555N II is one of the best I've used in a long time. It will be for sale soon though, I'd like to get the updated 'short' model with a couple improvements.
Keep an eye on Radioddity’s website. They do flash sales quite often. I recently ordered a QT60 Pro (same as AnyTone 5555n2 pro “short”) for $189.99 for a buddy.
K6GBW
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I've been listening for the last several days and have yet to hear a single conversation on FM. On that note...is there any unofficial channels that are being used for FM? Would be nice of the FM people, assuming they exist, would stay on 3-4 channels to leave the AM'ers and SSB'ers alone. MORE CHANNELS FOR MY PEOPLE I SAY!
The most popular one is 26.8050 (band C ch23). It seems to be the main USA FM calling frequency. At times it gets quite busy when the bands are open. Another fun one is going to UK FM ch19 (27.78125) if you are up early on friday/saturday mornings. They call it the “muppet channel” for good reason. Here’s a link to a massive list of worldwide calling frequencies for all modes. Not sure how accurate it is, but the frequencies that i personally tested were legit.
K6GBW
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So I found some blather on the inter webs saying many FM'ers use Channel 29. I listened to 29 for a few hours and heard nothing. Everything around here seems to be AM from 1-30 and LSB 35-40. AM actually sounds good on my 7300, but some of the radios out there sound like absolute crap. On the 7300 you can see the signal width on the display and some of these things are just flat ridiculous. I just talked to a guy on Ch16 that asked for a radio check and he was obviously using a stock radio because it sounded nice and clean.
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