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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Works great. Appears to be built very solidly. Very full featured for the price. I just hope it is durable and last.

The power advertised as the transmitted power are on spot. It is very forgiving on the voltages applied, 10 volts to 15 volts. This is a great radio for us licensed technician operators. Great radio for technicians and even generals who are looking fo...  Read More

This quad band radio has a lot of functionality. I just wish instead of being a clone of a nearly 20 year old yaesu design, tyt had updated the radio with digital modes, or atleast built in aprs while retaining the quad bands. Running with its own 10a...  Read More



Cons

Disappointing as i was look forward to having a 50watt backpack radio. Hated to do it. This radio get's lots of praise, but not from me.

The radio has a problem connecting to the laptop. The software is very hard to use since it crashes, gives errors and won't load in win 10. Tech support is also non existent.

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Highlights

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Quality


I was impressed with the quality


The detachable face makes it that this transceiver can be used in any vehicle or area with an appropriate voltage and current


The original software is ok but the cable is junk


It’s not very well covered in the description so buyer beware

Price


All in all for the price its an excellent radio


Great radio for the price if you are looking for a radio with cross band repeater mode


Its a quad band for under 200


This is a knockoff of a yaesu ft8900r for half the price

Competitiveness


Icom reportedly lost a vital chip producer for the ic7100 and are rumored to be trying to get a workaround type approved for gl...  Read More


This radio works great for murs gmrs i had to do a little hacking to get it to open up but it works once done i myself feel it ...  Read More


Its 34nearly34 identical to the yaesu 8900 with some minor differences

Overview

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    radio, great, good and quality.
  • 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 238 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 8 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    However it’s missing the most important part


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It doesn’t transmit on all frequencies available


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I understand public safety channels and aircraft channels being restricted


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    However with a radio with many features you would think it would be programmable to cover gmrs frequencies


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It’s not very well covered in the description so buyer beware


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The first one tree years ago was but in my 34go bag34 mounted to a plastic cutting board with a zlp audio interface and 15ah lifepo4 battery


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It does not have am or ssb capability nor was it ever meant to

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