Crockodotsky
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found it interesting that Amazon states that the Radioddity QT60 Pro gets returned a lot. Wonder why?
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New guy here with a new AT 666 Pro
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Short v. Long on the quad five refers to a version upgrade (and size upgrade!) The VHF receiver is just one upgrade from the long version. Improved voice quality on TX and RX is another. Improved bandwidth selection for FM and SSB has been something I've enjoyed, as those are the modes I use most.
The long version is still a great rig, and I'd choose one over a 2950 any day. And I still love the old 2950/2970s.
The long version is still a great rig, and I'd choose one over a 2950 any day. And I still love the old 2950/2970s.
Probably because it won't do 11 meters straight out of the box. People hear that its a great CB (and it is), and they expect a CB instantly. The mod is actually simpler to do than even the Xiegu G90 mod. No soldering skills needed at all for the QT-60Pro.
slowmover
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It’s a radio (with its peers) which transforms capability such that, “What is CB?”, isn’t any longer able to be answered by those with twenty or forty years experience on now-obsolete equipment.
“Ah know what CB is!”
Nope, you don’t.
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“Ah know what CB is!”
Nope, you don’t.
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Crockodotsky
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so the short version will receive or transmit on VHF frequencies?.
niceguy71
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my New QT-60 Short version VS my Anytone 5555 N II long version.
I bought a Radioddity QT-60 on Radioddity's web page for the early Black Friday sale.... Nov. 01 -14th they took 20% off of the normal $259 and gave me an 18 month warranty.... so it came to $208 with free shipping.... I didn't need it, as I have a brand new 5555 N II long version that I am...
And it really is. It'll hear the WX stations and any good VHF repeater within distance on a CB antenna. Hook it up to a decent VHF antenna, and it's as good as most dual-banders on receive.
Crockodotsky
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Looks like Anderson Radio Supply has an AT 5555N II for $229. They also offer "Peaked, Tuned and Converted" for $50 more. I thought I read something about this radio in that there wasn't much a tech can do to it other than the 10-11 meter upgrade. What do you think?
slowmover
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Transmit side can be dialed-in. I’d go to SCOTT’s RADIO for the whole thing. (Many videos). He did pre-release testing and is considered authoritative, in a relative sense.
The conversion alone is DIY.
Saving $5 isn’t the point. It’s in having reliabile performance far from home, IMO.
Best TX helps solve high speed problems.
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The conversion alone is DIY.
Saving $5 isn’t the point. It’s in having reliabile performance far from home, IMO.
Best TX helps solve high speed problems.
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I wouldn’t bother. These radios are 99.9% spot on from the factory. You are throwing $50 out the window to have someone clip a wire and move a jumper which you can do yourself (see youtube). There isn’t much a tech can do in the “service menu” either.
Also that $229 n2 is probably the old version. Get the new “short / pro” version instead. Even if it’s $10-$20 more, the extra upgrades are nice to have. I wouldn’t buy older technology when the new updated version with more features is roughly the same price. Every seller is just trying to blow out their old stock now that the new version is released.
If you 100% want to make sure you get the newest version, buy the QT60 Pro from radioddity. They only ship the latest versions and offer a 1.5 year warranty. You don’t know what you are getting with Amazon sellers, and usually no warranty either.
Crockodotsky
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ordered the QT60 Pro through Radioditty after they gave a 10% discount and a promise for a data cord. ("The QT60 Pro is being sold with a programming cable".) Data cord didn't come with the radio and when I contacted them, they wanted me to pay for shipping! I'm sure they will make it right, it will likely take a few bad reviews prior. We'll see.
niceguy71
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you're going to love that radio!!!!
what do you want the data cord for??? the only thing I can see that it does beneficial, is change the QT60 on the display to your custom name/number.
other than that, the cable can get you in a lot of trouble... I belong to a Facebook group Anytone 5555 N II Radioddity QT-60 lot of great info and tips... seems once a week someone went into the service menu using the cable and killed their radio... they always ask for help to unbrick it.... and every one's response was WHY did you fool with it to begin with! so I really can't see any truly good reason to own the data cable.
send us some pictures of your install when you get it all set up
Crockodotsky
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I do like customizing my stuff so the name/number would be nice. I would like to lower the SRW upper limit. Speaking of that, I am having a hard time getting my SWR below 2:1. Currently running a 102" whip on top of a Chase Rack/Roll Bar on an aluminum F-150. I've heavily bonded the rack and mount to the frame and body but no luck yet
There's no problem at all programming the QT-60Pro with CPS, just stay out of the service menu if you're not a tech. There's really not much that needs to be done to a QT-60Pro beside the 11m mod; it's a great performer out of the box.
I get a lot of use from the analog VHF section; it's great for more than just weather channels. Having the local emergency frequencies lets me leave a scanner at home most days.
I get a lot of use from the analog VHF section; it's great for more than just weather channels. Having the local emergency frequencies lets me leave a scanner at home most days.
Seems your facebook groups don’t know what they are doing. First, you don't access the service menu with the programming cable.
No programming cable needed. You do that by doing this:
(Don’t play around in this service menu if you don’t know what you are doing)
Hold Menu and Mode and power up radio,
then quickly press Mode,DW,RB,NB, Scan, Mem, and Emg
Second, the programming software w/cable opens up things you can’t do from the radios menu system. Like adding VHF frequencies to the weather band, changing the display name, or creating your own custom roger beeps along with some other nice features.
When i programmed the QT60 i snagged for my buddy these are some things i did to it with the software+cable. For instance you can add 20 more “channels” to each band (60 are programmable for each band). I added “channels” 41- 60 in band D so that he didn’t have to use the band button all the time to get to the few upper channels he talks on.
I also added all our local fire / ems / county rescue / murs / ham frequencies in the weather band, then took the weather channels out of “scan” mode so he now has a ghetto scanner if and when he wants to listen to that stuff.
If you dont utilize these great new features that you can only access by using the software+cable, you aren’t using your radio to its full potential.
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Chris155
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I’ve got software and cable for my 5555n2. I’m changing the weather frequencies to local fd/ems dispatch. Also going to customize a band for the 11m band as it is actually used. Looks like I can do 1-34 am, 35-40 lsb, then set scan to skip 4-11. I could then scan by time not squelch, local am and lsb skip all at once without pushing buttons.
That's a great thing about the QT-60Pro/Quad5, the ways to customize it for your personal use. I use all my bands as VFOs, alternating between fives and zeros, e.g., 27.385>27.380. Makes it faster working international stations.
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