my New QT-60 Short version VS my Anytone 5555 N II long version.

[niceguy71]

Q5N2 short owner. Meters need to be calibrated. That's one of many reason to pay for tune and alignment. Very happy with mine. It's truly special on SSB. Rivaling the clarity and precision of radios costing thousand more. S1 noise floor.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2095944724202878

not sure it's a meter calibration...

both of my 5555 N II's are very quiet in hundreds of my videos....... and my videos were done over the last couple years so the conditions change daily.... but the 5555 with good conditions is generally about a signal strength meter reading of S1..... in the video I have the squelch at max and am hearing soft dull flat static ......click the below video and start watching at 30:25 to see this...

when you look at any video of my QT-60 you will always see the signal meter at S-3 to S-5 with sharp ear splitting static and loud NOISE!!!!!! that goes up and down??? if you go to 49:35 in the same video you will see the QT-60 at 11PM in absolute perfect conditions.....

YOU WOULD NEVER GET BETTER CONDITIONS than I had that night, every radio I had.. with the squelch at max it was just a quiet low steady static..... and I mean on the same power cable and same Antron 99 antenna and antenna cable... but again look at the QT-60 signal meter at 49:35

I bought the QT-60 and wanted to make sure it worked before using it to replace my mobile radio, the video took me months to finish so I started filming with the 5555 and ended filming with the QT-60... .... I filmed the first part of this test in TERRIBLE conditions in the afternoon with a million people on the radio as it was Memorial day weekend 05/27/2024 .. I used to always use channel 14 as it was the CB walkie talkie channel... but it is now a Puerto Rician talk channel.. ... but even on that day the 5555 was doing a good job....

I took 9 hand held CB radios out a different night to see if it would go 4 to 5 full miles.... I went out at 11:00PM at night... my mobile radio (1989 President Grant ) was a S-0 signal strength..... there just wasn't any noise out there that night.... so the signal meter was sitting on the first far left pin.... even on the 9 hand held CB's I tested that night most of their signal meters were only one bar... all 9 of them were very quiet

so even calibrating the CB.... I don't know.. that QT-60 seems to always be picking up something???? loud sharp static on a calm night??? I still need to look into it.

watch at 30:25 and again at 49:35..... at 52:45 I am 4 miles out on a rubber duck antenna!!!!! if it wasn't for all the back ground noise it would have been perfect... I don't think I would have had that sharp back ground noise with the 5555... BTW both radio's used the same Driver Extreme 901 external speaker.

also this video shows even with lot of back ground noise... all the way up to S-5 S-6 ... the 5555 is still MUCH quieter.
the QT-60 may have to go!
- YouTube

 

[prcguy]

I just tested my 5555 N II S meter and its way off. -73dBm is the spec for S9 and with -73dBm 30% AM modulation into my radio in AM mode it reads about S 4.5. It reads the same in SSB mode but you have to shift the signal gen 1KHz to put the signal within the SSB filter pass band and it reads the same on FM. I need to find the S meter adjustment for this radio.

 

[niceguy71]

I just tested my 5555 N II S meter and its way off. -73dBm is the spec for S9 and with -73dBm 30% AM modulation into my radio in AM mode it reads about S 4.5. It reads the same in SSB mode but you have to shift the signal gen 1KHz to put the signal within the SSB filter pass band and it reads the same on FM. I need to find the S meter adjustment for this radio.

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at least you have a way to test it.

I keep swapping between the three radios and listening... the two 5555 N II's are about the same ..very quiet
the QT-60 just gives out a very SHARP static...

I just went out to look one more time.... I was shocked to see how quiet the conditions were tonight at 9:00PM I put it on scan and heard 5 groups of people talking channel 21 24 27 28 31 and 35 very clearly and giving me an S5 to S7????? WOW so I had to ask... they all seemed to be about 20 plus miles away.... great night.. they said their was zero skip today .... so tonight with perfect conditions... the QT-60 always had S-2 to S-3 tonight ( better than usual) it was not a SHARP static????... I could live with this normal soft static.... it was a nice quiet steady soft static with people a million miles away in the back ground.... so tonight I have to say it was fine and I'll keep it..... maybe it receives better than the 5555 N II's???
the 5555 N II I tried tonight was nothing on the meter to S-1 and about the same static noise.... very quiet and soft.

maybe I worry too much... I'll put the QT-60 in my pick-up truck and use the 5555 on my work bench for testing... my ears are not that good for the F-150 anyway.

 

[prcguy]

Next time I have the service monitor fired up I'll test the actual sensitivity to see if its close to factory spec. That would be independent of what the S meter says.

 

[WSAC829]

The 5555n2 long and the QT60 Pro (5555n2 short) aren’t exactly the same. The pro/short versions have board revisions and different firmware. There’s bound to be some differences between them and the older 5555n2 (long). A hotter / noisier RX could be a result of the changes.

As an example, here is a video of the 6666 and the 6666 pro. Look at the internal differences. I’m sure the same goes for the 5555n2 / QT60 Pro.

 

[robertwbob]

back in the day everybody asked for radio checks. i got tired of constant asking from same guy after you reply hitting my antenna fine he would ask whats your meter read? wanted to say my meer dont read but i started saying its an old radio with no meter. after a while ol rc quit asking every time you would talk to friends on the local group. signal meter readings never excite me,crisp clear strong voices get my attention

 

[slowmover]

back in the day everybody asked for radio checks. i got tired of constant asking from same guy after you reply hitting my antenna fine he would ask whats your meter read? wanted to say my meer dont read but i started saying its an old radio with no meter. after a while ol rc quit asking every time you would talk to friends on the local group. signal meter readings never excite me,crisp clear strong voices get my attention

“Can’t see it from where it’s mounted, hand.
What’s your 20?”

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[robertwbob]

wor

“Can’t see it from where it’s mounted, hand.
What’s your 20?”
works also. never gave radio checks ,no bank account.

plus last radio check i recieved bounced better than a basket ball at shaq's hands on the court

 

[448]

back in the day everybody asked for radio checks. i got tired of constant asking from same guy after you reply hitting my antenna fine he would ask whats your meter read? wanted to say my meer dont read but i started saying its an old radio with no meter. after a while ol rc quit asking every time you would talk to friends on the local group. signal meter readings never excite me,crisp clear strong voices get my attention

I get S9+ radios into mine a lot and can't understand a single word they say.

 

[448]

not sure it's a meter calibration...

both of my 5555 N II's are very quiet in hundreds of my videos....... and my videos were done over the last couple years so the conditions change daily.... but the 5555 with good conditions is generally about a signal strength meter reading of S1..... in the video I have the squelch at max and am hearing soft dull flat static ......click the below video and start watching at 30:25 to see this...

when you look at any video of my QT-60 you will always see the signal meter at S-3 to S-5 with sharp ear splitting static and loud NOISE!!!!!! that goes up and down??? if you go to 49:35 in the same video you will see the QT-60 at 11PM in absolute perfect conditions.....

YOU WOULD NEVER GET BETTER CONDITIONS than I had that night, every radio I had.. with the squelch at max it was just a quiet low steady static..... and I mean on the same power cable and same Antron 99 antenna and antenna cable... but again look at the QT-60 signal meter at 49:35

I bought the QT-60 and wanted to make sure it worked before using it to replace my mobile radio, the video took me months to finish so I started filming with the 5555 and ended filming with the QT-60... .... I filmed the first part of this test in TERRIBLE conditions in the afternoon with a million people on the radio as it was Memorial day weekend 05/27/2024 .. I used to always use channel 14 as it was the CB walkie talkie channel... but it is now a Puerto Rician talk channel.. ... but even on that day the 5555 was doing a good job....

I took 9 hand held CB radios out a different night to see if it would go 4 to 5 full miles.... I went out at 11:00PM at night... my mobile radio (1989 President Grant ) was a S-0 signal strength..... there just wasn't any noise out there that night.... so the signal meter was sitting on the first far left pin.... even on the 9 hand held CB's I tested that night most of their signal meters were only one bar... all 9 of them were very quiet

so even calibrating the CB.... I don't know.. that QT-60 seems to always be picking up something???? loud sharp static on a calm night??? I still need to look into it.

watch at 30:25 and again at 49:35..... at 52:45 I am 4 miles out on a rubber duck antenna!!!!! if it wasn't for all the back ground noise it would have been perfect... I don't think I would have had that sharp back ground noise with the 5555... BTW both radio's used the same Driver Extreme 901 external speaker.

also this video shows even with lot of back ground noise... all the way up to S-5 S-6 ... the 5555 is still MUCH quieter.
the QT-60 may have to go!
- YouTube

Certainly a problem with the QT60. The static does not go up and down with the S meter. Ebay that *****.

 

[slowmover]

Certainly a problem with the QT60. The static does not go up and down with the S meter. Ebay that *****.

A problem defined by whom?
Where?

There’s not evidence — at this point — that any differences exist from Q5 to QT60.

Radio to radio (QC problem) not unexpected.

Troll somewhere else.

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[448]

A problem defined by whom?
Where?

There’s not evidence — at this point — that any differences exist from Q5 to QT60.

Radio to radio (QC problem) not unexpected.

Troll somewhere else.

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I am not trolling anybody. Did you watch the guys videos? Something is not right with his QT60. When the S meter drops so should the noise. It did not. Care to explain that?

 

[slowmover]

Already did.

 

[niceguy71]

sorry to have bothered everyone.

I was hearing a VERY sharp static from my QT-60 for a while now???? and the signal meter was always around 5 bars or a signal S-3 to S-5 most times ......
I know it wasn't that way 5 months ago with my 5555 N II ????
for the last few days I have swapped the two radios back and forth.......and they seem to be doing the same...... the sharp static is gone.... maybe it was the conditions??? maybe something in my area????
I made a small video comparing both radios.... same power supply... same speaker.... same power cord...... same antenna..... same settings on both radios .... they seem to be exactly the same.....

I KNOW when I installed the 5555 N II, I worked a lot to get my noise level down to one to two bars.... about an S-1 and it was that way as long as I can remember..... but unfortunately, it's not that way anymore

so we can close this thread.... I thought for SURE it was the radio.... even after reading all the great info everyone gave me about signal meters are all different .... that sharp static on the QT-60 on all channels was BAD! . NEVER heard it on my 5555 N II but I have not had that hooked up in 5 months either....had the static for the last month... and now that I go looking for it....it's gone!! at least for the last few days.

thanks again for all the advice.

 

[robertwbob]

sorry to have bothered everyone.

I was hearing a VERY sharp static from my QT-60 for a while now???? and the signal meter was always around 5 bars or a signal S-3 to S-5 most times ......
I know it wasn't that way 5 months ago with my 5555 N II ????
for the last few days I have swapped the two radios back and forth.......and they seem to be doing the same...... the sharp static is gone.... maybe it was the conditions??? maybe something in my area????
I made a small video comparing both radios.... same power supply... same speaker.... same power cord...... same antenna..... same settings on both radios .... they seem to be exactly the same.....

I KNOW when I installed the 5555 N II, I worked a lot to get my noise level down to one to two bars.... about an S-1 and it was that way as long as I can remember..... but unfortunately, it's not that way anymore

so we can close this thread.... I thought for SURE it was the radio.... even after reading all the great info everyone gave me about signal meters are all different .... that sharp static on the QT-60 on all channels was BAD! . NEVER heard it on my 5555 N II but I have not had that hooked up in 5 months either....had the static for the last month... and now that I go looking for it....it's gone!! at least for the last few days.

thanks again for all the advice.

on n off last month we had lots of noise. not radios either. think it was solar cause even 2 meters was buzzing with noise. then after easters day storm its been very quiet. im talkin my bc 980 ,q 6666 ,and stryker 955 ver ii. all were noisy as well as our local bs group

 

[slowmover]

Well, if the Long version turns out to be better we’ll have to have new guys with problems state early whether they have the AT5555II circumcised or un-circumcised version.

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[WSAC829]

state early whether they have the AT5555II circumcised or un-circumcised version.

I’m no doctor, but i don’t think they take THAT much, if any, length off like they did with those radios.

 

[robertwbob]

a. t. humm always trash, assured trouble?

 

[slowmover]

I’m no doctor, but i don’t think they take THAT much, if any, length off like they did with those radios.

Diminution of Operating Pleasure

 

[slowmover]

Cutting the vagus nerve ending with its tens of thousands of junctions wasn’t for “health”.

Likewise, if the short version falls short then it’s a problem as the long version is discontinued.

I think it a matter of one specific radio versus another. QC differences expected over long / short.

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