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Pros & Cons
Pros
This radio is a tri-band radio, meaning it operates on 2 meter, 1. Meter and 2 meter bands. It comes with 3 antennas, including a tri-band antenna that will work for all three radio bands. You can easily change the repeater numbers and tones.
As delivered i can easily get a full days' use without recharging. The seller has a small website on which he sells spare batteries, and a battery eliminator that you plug into a car cigarette lighter. Standby batter life us excellent.
September 7 update. Randin confed radio group rating :a+++p. This is a great radio and i have just about every brand and model at this point.
Highlights
Quality
Appears to be well made and works as expected
The radio works fine and it can be programmed without the software — this is good
The only two items i felt were missing was fm broadcast and in order to scan the memory channels you have to activate that by a... Read More
Not easy to program the software included did not work
Price
Good tri band radio for the money
This is cheap and effective way to get on the air for any new technician class ham without breaking the bank
Spend 25 at rt systems and get their software for this radio
For the cost this is a great little handheld
Shipping
Had a program issue contacted the seller letsgetready through amazon response and resolution next day great service
Tried contacting btech again through amazon no response returned and ordered the tyt th350
Ordered on friday arrived on monday crosscontinent
Im very well pleased with the radio itself and the speed in which it was shipped same day from 34lets get ready34 and arrival 4... Read More
Competitiveness
The tyt is rated at 5w and significantly less expensive
The tyt th350 always receives the signals compared to the baofeng rarely breaking the lowest squelch setting
I know apples and oranges but since the 8000d is a great radio i thought a comparison would be appropriate
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radio, great, good and easy. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 101 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 24 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Spend 25 at rt systems and get their software for this radio
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Not easy to program the software included did not work
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Received audio is raspy but most cheap handhelds are
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You get what you pay for is the word here
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Well when i got it and charged it up it was easy to program once i learned the steps
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I used all 3 bands and it gets 12 watts on low and 56 watts on high
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Once you setup your frequencies you want and then turn on the scan it will scan and pop up the active channel
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