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Pros & Cons
Pros
It's great for hobbyists and shtf preppers who, with a good antenna, can reach out communicate with others. Bigger and heavier, it offers even more capabilities.
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Quality
Bigger and heavier it offers even more capabilities
It is small seems sturdy and comes with a wellfused waterproof power cord
Both of the battery ends are fused incase the power cord shorts out
I bought two mics hoping the other would be better but the controls are mushy and not very well made nothing like the 8600
Price
Nice radio for the money great for those vehicles with limited room
It is a good value and i took the 3 year amazon warranty for 20 justincase
If you want an inexpensive little radio that can act as a mobile or a home station youll be hard pressed to beat this waterproo... Read More
Packaging/appearance
Small enough to be stored or transferred in a pouch it packs nearly 25 watts and has a beautiful display
First is that it came locked without any obvious documentation explaining how to unlock it hold the 34lo34 top left button and ... Read More
I packed the 8600 in my bugout bag and im using my 9800 in my home as a base station
Competitiveness
For more serious enthusiasts the quadband tyt 9800 will offer more power and can act as a cross band repeater
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- How are reviewers describing this item?
radio, great, good, little and waterproof. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is high deception involved.
- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 38.6% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 116 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 2 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Both of the battery ends are fused incase the power cord shorts out
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It would be great if chirp supported this radio but that is on the chirp dev community not tyt
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Only a few things stand out as issues
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
First is that it came locked without any obvious documentation explaining how to unlock it hold the 34lo34 top left button and the 34ab34 bottom right button while turning the th8600 on
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Also the default for the microphone updown buttons is volume not channel or frequency as i have come to expect
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It may be possible to change the default but i havent figured it out yet
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The manual is reasonably good for a chinese radio but does fall short on some of the important details describing various functions and abbreviations
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I like the radio wasn’t hard to use wasn’t hard to put in
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