baltimorecs
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I travel frequently for work and I picked this up a while ago while traveling but didn’t get to play with it until recently. I bought it just on a whim and not for anything in particular.
It is a 2 watt 16 channel 400-470 MHz UHF band radio. It has a 1400 MAh 3.6v battery. The charger is a desktop style with a USB plug. It cannot be charged directly at the radio. You have to put it into the charger.
The radio is similar to FRS style radios with a fixed antenna and a simple LED display. The display shows battery capacity and channel. It also shows volume in place of channel when changing volume. Backlight is temporary and not adjustable in software.
There is a single PTT button on the left and a single pin Motorola jack on the right. It did not come with a programming cable but I already had one. Software is just the standard TYT style menu. Other than programming channels you can adjust a few other settings like squelch. Note there is a keypad beep but you cannot disable this.
The radio is actually labeled as PMR446 but is likely not compliant as it can be programmed for other frequencies.
When testing I noticed immediately that there are volume settings from U0 to U8. U0 is mute so the radio and keypad beep ate muted. U1 is the lowest non muted volume and I would describe this as really loud. U8!is so loud it distorts the speaker. That is quite loud as the speaker can handle a lot of volume. Since you cannot turn off the beep this becomes annoying quickly. Using an unscientific test, while in my workshop my wife hears the beep tones on the other side of the house in the kitchen. But she cannot hear me if I try to talk to her from the workshop into the kitchen. Although the volume is loud, on lower settings the reception is clear. Transmit seems to be clear but I only tested with one radio over a short distance.
The radio is about the same size as the WLN KD-C1. It has a metal belt clip that screws on.
Overall I could see maybe using something like this at an outdoor sporting event because of the volume but there are better HT radios that don’t have such problems and wouldn’t have compliance issues either.
It is a 2 watt 16 channel 400-470 MHz UHF band radio. It has a 1400 MAh 3.6v battery. The charger is a desktop style with a USB plug. It cannot be charged directly at the radio. You have to put it into the charger.
The radio is similar to FRS style radios with a fixed antenna and a simple LED display. The display shows battery capacity and channel. It also shows volume in place of channel when changing volume. Backlight is temporary and not adjustable in software.
There is a single PTT button on the left and a single pin Motorola jack on the right. It did not come with a programming cable but I already had one. Software is just the standard TYT style menu. Other than programming channels you can adjust a few other settings like squelch. Note there is a keypad beep but you cannot disable this.
The radio is actually labeled as PMR446 but is likely not compliant as it can be programmed for other frequencies.
When testing I noticed immediately that there are volume settings from U0 to U8. U0 is mute so the radio and keypad beep ate muted. U1 is the lowest non muted volume and I would describe this as really loud. U8!is so loud it distorts the speaker. That is quite loud as the speaker can handle a lot of volume. Since you cannot turn off the beep this becomes annoying quickly. Using an unscientific test, while in my workshop my wife hears the beep tones on the other side of the house in the kitchen. But she cannot hear me if I try to talk to her from the workshop into the kitchen. Although the volume is loud, on lower settings the reception is clear. Transmit seems to be clear but I only tested with one radio over a short distance.
The radio is about the same size as the WLN KD-C1. It has a metal belt clip that screws on.
Overall I could see maybe using something like this at an outdoor sporting event because of the volume but there are better HT radios that don’t have such problems and wouldn’t have compliance issues either.