Thanks for the demo, Fred, I am awaiting the post man with my TD-H2 2nd gen and your demo has answered some of the questions I have had. Thanks from the New World.
I am able to chat to my partner on PMR now. I am at home (I'm bedbound and disabled) she has nipped to Lidl. Lidl is less than a mile away and she is using a Quansheng with a stubby antenna that's an inch long and very discrete. I am on something a little bigger. We are using it as we have had issues with phones not being reachable in our local area. Just like CB pre legalisation I feel we need to push the limits. I would love to be prosecuted for calling for help on PMR after falling out of bed. They would have to be callous.
"Darkside" ... great description 👌 hope you don't mind, but I think I'd like to use that term when applicable during a review. Loved the video, and once again, Thanks!
Glad I found your channel. I have thoroughly enjoyed watching your videos after I get my grand boys to bed. Learning a lot and you have def aided in re-kindling my old hobbies, while explaining new technology. A big thanks from the Georgia/Alabama line.
Dark Side, might be looking into this, PMR 446, is very active here in Finland ,shops and Bars, i have a few PMR radios old cobra from 2002 i think then 1 or 2 from Baofengs in the draw, 56CT004🦌🏴☠
Thank you Fred for the vid! My gosh, Tidradio is making a seriously aggressive PR campaign! They apparently have sent their TD-H8 and TD-H3 to everyone with a youtube channel related to HAM radio, and have succed to have a significant presence all over youtube!!.... Not even sure they are "that good" to be honest (at least compared to the likes of UV-17/18s or UV-K5/6s), they are becoming more like a "trend".... Anyway thank you for your great vids and time! 73 from Athens, Greece
here in the states we are aloted on FRS .5 watts on 22 channels now FRS shares the upper channels with GMRS and GMRS is alited 50 watts per a GMRS license its very simple to get the license no teats required just file for a FRN number with the fcc and then one you get that number you can file for a GMRS license for a small fee and you can use all GMRS repeater towers in the area! but yeah 50 watts max legal power for a UHF frequencys!
I thought CHIRP only ran on windows, so I used boot camp to load windows on my Mac and then when I went to download CHIRP, I found out there's a OSX version as well, haha. Loading windows was a wasted effort, but I have it now just in case! 🙃
Owe! The fun ended! You should have walked further! Like to Paris, France example. You know how to make a video Fred! Yep, I get it! You look like Secret Agent Man. Good song. I like how you said Fred in the Shed. "Look after one another." Cheers USA.
High ground again today 35 mile contact 446 on the Quansheng 5 watts gosh !! though very very sensitive to movement at that range litterally 6/12 inches of movement can be total loss or signal.
It’s no use having 10 watts and your signal going for miles, if the person that picks you up can only answer on half a watt and half a mile distance coming back ! Ok for camping or hillwalking etc if others with you have the same power.
Just ordered one fred to have a play with 😂.. enjoy watching your videos but notice you have never mentioned lightning arrester? Unless you have and i haven't seen it ? Saw the video of your antenna whipping about in that storm ... impressive how it stood up to that...but surely the static build up must have been bad ? Assume you disconnected the coax and shorted it to discharge it before connecting back to the radio ? Best wishes Mac
Hi Fred. I have just bought a pair of binatone 100 Walkie talkies. I can talk and pick up from my Retevis but can’t receive from them. When I key up on the Walkie talkie the Retevis changes it’s hissing sound and yellow light comes on, but can’t hear any voice
I think I get it. You get the power (reach) of that transmitting radio unit, using the 400 the higher legal bands. I wouldn't want to have to explain that to.... but like you said one viewer said, their not fussing about that. I'll stay away. I'm not smart enough! Luke, I am your Father.. NOOO!!! lol
Love these dark side vids. How would youc ompare the td-h8 with the retevis ra89? I know t his has bluetooth and all, but i am more interested in sending, receiving and the sound quality then functions since i would be using it for pmr. Hope you can give some insight in this.
please measure the power on these radios, we would like to see what they are actually putting out on 446, it will be no more than 2/3 of the claimed power, the radios never put out full power on 446 but we would all like to see what does what as whatever is putting out the most is desirable! I have measured the Baofeng UV-82 and the Quangsheng UV-K6 and both are outputting almost identical power at a hair over 3w of the 5w on 446, my homebase does a little better and outputs 30w on 446, 3/4 of the 40w it will do on 435mhz.
Not being exactly CB or Amateur radio, does anyone know anything about the AOR DV10 handheld scanner which sells here in the US for about it, which sells for about US$1000.00 here, and it seems to cover a wide frequency range and many digital modes, like, Fusion, DStar, and DMR, and Tetra, which seems to be used in the UK.? I have researched it, and there seems to be a later firmware version that has improved it, with pro and con remarks found about it. 😊 73 de Ray W2CH New Hampshire.
@@CB-RADIO-UK Dunno but in the original software i does not allow me to enter marine radio either like the common simplex channels 6 10 13 16 67 72 77 i think its weird because the simple old baofeng like the BF - A58 wich is really old does all that without anny problem . When trying to prog em into the Tidradio is says cancel because the tx field does not accept the frequency only the receive does . So they prob locked it out and yes i have used the unlock all mode and confirmed it on the menu button . If they on purpose locked out those frequencies they really dropped the ball . they will miss out a hughe portion of the market outside the ham's market.
@@CB-RADIO-UK I found out it was the software file the original readout standard from factory it was set to HAM . I unlocked the radio/standard reset and kept using the original readout fille that was also the reason why i could not remove the noa weather channels . Made a new fille it accepted the marine channels simplex and duplex noa removed and it accepted the pmr all is good now so far no more quircks :) 👍
Thanks for the demo, Fred, I am awaiting the post man with my TD-H2 2nd gen and your demo has answered some of the questions I have had. Thanks from the New World.
Glad to help!
I am able to chat to my partner on PMR now. I am at home (I'm bedbound and disabled) she has nipped to Lidl. Lidl is less than a mile away and she is using a Quansheng with a stubby antenna that's an inch long and very discrete. I am on something a little bigger. We are using it as we have had issues with phones not being reachable in our local area. Just like CB pre legalisation I feel we need to push the limits. I would love to be prosecuted for calling for help on PMR after falling out of bed. They would have to be callous.
Yep just what PMR is good for.
@@londo776 I repeat we are using it as we have had issues with phones not being reachable in our local area.
@@londo776If you read their comment the mobile signal is unreliable.
@@londo776They literally say phones don't work in their area, PMR is their best option, der!
Frid in the shed your new TiDRADIO TD-H 8 handle Ham transceiver is awesome my friend
Thanks Greg. Have a nice day.
its Glenn@@CB-RADIO-UK
"Darkside" ... great description 👌 hope you don't mind, but I think I'd like to use that term when applicable during a review. Loved the video, and once again, Thanks!
Go ahead!
Glad I found your channel. I have thoroughly enjoyed watching your videos after I get my grand boys to bed. Learning a lot and you have def aided in re-kindling my old hobbies, while explaining new technology. A big thanks from the Georgia/Alabama line.
Awesome! Thank you!
Dark Side, might be looking into this, PMR 446, is very active here in Finland ,shops and Bars, i have a few PMR radios old cobra from 2002 i think then 1 or 2 from Baofengs in the draw,
56CT004🦌🏴☠
Frid in the shed your utube videos are awesome my friend
Thank you Fred for the vid! My gosh, Tidradio is making a seriously aggressive PR campaign! They apparently have sent their TD-H8 and TD-H3 to everyone with a youtube channel related to HAM radio, and have succed to have a significant presence all over youtube!!.... Not even sure they are "that good" to be honest (at least compared to the likes of UV-17/18s or UV-K5/6s), they are becoming more like a "trend".... Anyway thank you for your great vids and time! 73 from Athens, Greece
They have sent me three radios, and I don't even normally cover ham related stuff.
here in the states we are aloted on FRS .5 watts on 22 channels now FRS shares the upper channels with GMRS and GMRS is alited 50 watts per a GMRS license its very simple to get the license no teats required just file for a FRN number with the fcc and then one you get that number you can file for a GMRS license for a small fee and you can use all GMRS repeater towers in the area! but yeah 50 watts max legal power for a UHF frequencys!
Thanks for the info.
@@CB-RADIO-UK your welcome sir!
Just ordered one. Thanks Fred
Hi. Its nice little radio. Enjoy
Frid in the shed I learn lot from you about bying cb radios with AM FM ssb and antennas for cb radios my friend
*Fred
Went for the h3 😎£20.nice review
Many thanks, Fred.
Looks a great radio well made.
I thought CHIRP only ran on windows, so I used boot camp to load windows on my Mac and then when I went to download CHIRP, I found out there's a OSX version as well, haha. Loading windows was a wasted effort, but I have it now just in case! 🙃
Thanks for sharing
Owe! The fun ended! You should have walked further! Like to Paris, France example.
You know how to make a video Fred! Yep, I get it! You look like Secret Agent Man. Good song. I like how you said Fred in the Shed. "Look after one another." Cheers USA.
High ground again today 35 mile contact 446 on the Quansheng 5 watts gosh !! though very very sensitive to movement at that range litterally 6/12 inches of movement can be total loss or signal.
It’s no use having 10 watts and your signal going for miles, if the person that picks you up can only answer on half a watt and half a mile distance coming back ! Ok for camping or hillwalking etc if others with you have the same power.
Yes you are totally right.
Just ordered one fred to have a play with 😂.. enjoy watching your videos but notice you have never mentioned lightning arrester? Unless you have and i haven't seen it ? Saw the video of your antenna whipping about in that storm ... impressive how it stood up to that...but surely the static build up must have been bad ? Assume you disconnected the coax and shorted it to discharge it before connecting back to the radio ?
Best wishes Mac
Hi Mac. Yes good point you make. We have often talked about lightning strikes on the radio. Yes if I am around i normally disconnect my antenna.
Wind can actually build up static ...was amused at how you chose. ,.Fred in the shed " ....I should use " mac in the dog house 😂😂
Fred you should get the police channels going on the scanner to see if anyone reports a "suspicious man using a radio on the overpass", lol
LOL
Downside to trying to hack the police band will probably end up with a prison sentence 🤣
@@cbrmac oh it's encrypted digital....yea that's the deep dark side.
Nice, can you show us how to program airband full scan from 118 to 135 receive thats all i like to hear.
I will have a look.
hi fred thanks for the video. ive got this radio & i down loaded the pmr chs. can i get the airband on it as well thanks
Hi. I dont think the H8 covered the airband. The H3 does.
ok thanks@@CB-RADIO-UK
Hi Fred. I have just bought a pair of binatone 100 Walkie talkies. I can talk and pick up from my Retevis but can’t receive from them. When I key up on the Walkie talkie the Retevis changes it’s hissing sound and yellow light comes on, but can’t hear any voice
Sounds very much like one set of radios has its privacy sub codes switched on which will block the audio.
Fred what was the hefty radio antenna you showed on the Baofeng?
Just an extending 2m/70cm telescopic job i picked up from ebay some time ago.
@@CB-RADIO-UK - Thanks for the note Fred.
I've noticed the squelch settings are pretty much useless. Its either on or off. Same as the baofengs.
I think I get it. You get the power (reach) of that transmitting radio unit, using the 400 the higher legal bands. I wouldn't want to have to explain that to.... but like you said one viewer said, their not fussing about that. I'll stay away. I'm not smart enough! Luke, I am your Father.. NOOO!!! lol
Love these dark side vids. How would youc ompare the td-h8 with the retevis ra89? I know t his has bluetooth and all, but i am more interested in sending, receiving and the sound quality then functions since i would be using it for pmr.
Hope you can give some insight in this.
I think the RA-89 has a better sounding speaker. I am not a fan of colour screens that you cannot see in sun light.
Frid in the shed do you have your ham license my friend
Fit a longer Antenna.. So does the length have to be related to the frequency in use?
In theory yes. The higher the freq the shorter the antenna but it also depends on the loading coil on the bottom.
🌄🌅🌄🏆🏅🏆Thank You
Fred, I just recieved one for PMR, as the radio can go up to 10w can you boost this on the device even though the power is set to mid in Chirp?
I think so. It will be in the menu option on the radio.
Would have been better if they put the USB charging on the battery
You forgot to re-explain the signal meter🤔or did I miss that?🤔
I think i explained that the top meter was power only ?
please measure the power on these radios, we would like to see what they are actually putting out on 446, it will be no more than 2/3 of the claimed power, the radios never put out full power on 446 but we would all like to see what does what as whatever is putting out the most is desirable!
I have measured the Baofeng UV-82 and the Quangsheng UV-K6 and both are outputting almost identical power at a hair over 3w of the 5w on 446, my homebase does a little better and outputs 30w on 446, 3/4 of the 40w it will do on 435mhz.
Other YT channels have tested the output on this one and they are easily putting out 10-11 Watts. Surprising, but this one is honest.
My goodness the 0.5 sounded much clearer what's going on here then❓
Prob just lack of signal meaning the audio became thinner. Its an effect some DX's use on their mic settings.
Nagoya, abbree, and now tidradio. All make the 771. Same same.
Frid in the shed iam thinking about getting my Grms license and mybe my ham license some time
Not being exactly CB or Amateur radio,
does anyone know anything about the
AOR DV10 handheld scanner which
sells here in the US for about it, which
sells for about US$1000.00 here, and
it seems to cover a wide frequency
range and many digital modes, like,
Fusion, DStar, and DMR, and Tetra,
which seems to be used in the UK.?
I have researched it, and there seems
to be a later firmware version that
has improved it, with pro and con
remarks found about it. 😊 73 de Ray
W2CH New Hampshire.
Hello l have a buzzing sound when key up on AM but it doesn't happen on FM ...
Not had this myself. Sounds almost like an antenna issue.
Just asking isn't it better to have PMR on wide band ❓ What's the deal❓
In theory you will get better distance on narrow. Wide attracts more noise.
@@CB-RADIO-UK thank you for your reply Fred, we've spoken before on the 35 👍
8 watts all the way...
Yes i would say around that.
With 10 W you will not have the power for a long time.😆
I have the weirdest sht i have the same radio putting in the PMR it wont accept the 466.18125 it will accept the rest so weird annyone got an idea ?
Not come across that one before. Tired Chirp ?
@@CB-RADIO-UK Dunno but in the original software i does not allow me to enter marine radio either like the common simplex channels 6 10 13 16 67 72 77 i think its weird because the simple old baofeng like the BF - A58 wich is really old does all that without anny problem . When trying to prog em into the Tidradio is says cancel because the tx field does not accept the frequency only the receive does . So they prob locked it out and yes i have used the unlock all mode and confirmed it on the menu button . If they on purpose locked out those frequencies they really dropped the ball . they will miss out a hughe portion of the market outside the ham's market.
@@CB-RADIO-UK I found out it was the software file the original readout standard from factory it was set to HAM . I unlocked the radio/standard reset and kept using the original readout fille that was also the reason why i could not remove the noa weather channels . Made a new fille it accepted the marine channels simplex and duplex noa removed and it accepted the pmr all is good now so far no more quircks :) 👍
How do u get pmr 446 to work iv put frequency in transmits but won't receive whats I doing wrong