WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:04.679 Thank you for choosing to download the Ham Radio two point zero audio podcast RIP. 2 00:00:05.280 --> 00:00:09.320 This is the audio taken out of a video or a livestream I did 3 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:13.279 recently. You can catch all my videos on YouTube Ham Radio two point zero 4 00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:18.399 and catch us live every Sunday night at seven pm Central Standard Time for a 5 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:22.559 different topic each week. Thank you for the support, and thank you for 6 00:00:22.600 --> 00:00:33.320 being a member of the community. Amazon sells Ham radios, as you might 7 00:00:33.399 --> 00:00:39.119 be aware, sir, What are my top picks on Amazon for actual Ham 8 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:42.840 radios, both handheld and mobiles. These are the top fourteen ones that I 9 00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:49.520 recommend today. Let's go. First off, I want to say that Amazon, 10 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:55.240 I am an Amazon affiliate and I can earn qualifying commissions from certain items 11 00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:59.039 on this platform. So if you check the links in the description, blow 12 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:03.200 you can purchase what you want to and I might earn commissions on that and 13 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:06.439 those do help to move the channel forward. So thank you very much for 14 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:08.760 those of you who do that. The second thing I'll say is always check 15 00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:12.319 prices. Always check prices. Sometimes you can find a deal on Amazon, 16 00:01:12.560 --> 00:01:18.120 sometimes not so much, so always check prices. I know Amazon has an 17 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:21.519 excellent return policy. A lot of you don't have a Ham Radio store close 18 00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:25.719 to your home, so Amazon is a good way to get items fast. 19 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:29.120 But always check prices. Don't overpay for anything. So let's check out this 20 00:01:29.239 --> 00:01:34.239 list. The Bowfangs are probably some of the most popular ones on Amazon. 21 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:36.920 As I do with most of these lists, I'm going to start at the 22 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:40.159 lowest price and go up from there. This is a two pack for thirty 23 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:44.519 six dollars, which makes them each about eighteen bucks. Okay, Now, 24 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:49.439 you can get the Quanshang UVK five for about twenty seven and it has a 25 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:53.640 lot of extra features that you don't get in a bowfang. But the Bowfang 26 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:57.319 UV five R is a tried and true There's several models of bowfaning today that 27 00:01:57.359 --> 00:02:00.439 I'm going to talk about today. I think bowfangs have a play. I 28 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:04.760 think they're great for a starter radio. Get your feet wet, get into 29 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:07.120 Ham radio, keep in your go bag, take out camping. If you 30 00:02:07.199 --> 00:02:09.840 drop it, lose it, falls off the boat, falls in the river, 31 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:13.599 you lose it in the mud, you run over it with the truck 32 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:16.199 after it falls off of your hood. No one cares. It's a cheap 33 00:02:16.319 --> 00:02:20.759 radio. It works well for what it is, but it's going to be 34 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:23.599 a beginner's radio for most people. I've said that on a lot of videos 35 00:02:23.639 --> 00:02:27.400 before, and I've had commenters come by that say, well, I've been 36 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:29.960 a Ham for like five years and I still use my Balfang. Well, 37 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:35.000 there's nothing necessarily wrong with that, but you should probably try to expand your 38 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:38.639 horizons just a little bit because Balfang is a very very basic radio. The 39 00:02:38.719 --> 00:02:40.560 UV five hours, one hundred and twenty eight channels, no extra bells and 40 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:46.000 whistles, no color screen, no bluetooth, no APRS, no digital, 41 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:49.560 no nothing. Very basic radio works well for what it is. Two radios 42 00:02:49.560 --> 00:02:53.800 here for thirty six dollars. The next one up is the semi new Kwan 43 00:02:53.879 --> 00:02:57.479 Shang UVK five. Now. I did a video about adding two twenty to 44 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:00.120 this radio. Hayden at the Ham Radio d X channel has a lot has 45 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:05.000 a whole series of videos about all kinds of different hacks you can do to 46 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:09.319 this radio. There's a firmware modification called an IJV firmware, and that's the 47 00:03:09.319 --> 00:03:13.120 one that opens this radio up the most, So check that out. I'm 48 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:15.919 probably gonna be doing a second video about this radio to where we upgrade to 49 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:17.639 that firmware, but that one comes in at about twenty eight bucks today. 50 00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:23.000 Now we have a fang UV five R eight WAT a little bit more expensive, 51 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:24.719 but there's a five percent off coupon at the time of this recording. 52 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:30.560 Comes with all this extra stuff right here. This is pretty cool. Charging 53 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:35.240 bock two, an extra battery, so battery times two, programming, cable, 54 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:40.039 microphone, KENWOODK connector thirty three bucks for that. That is number three 55 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:45.599 today on the list. Again, UV five R for thirty four dollars. 56 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:49.599 This is a UV as. This says UV five R Upgrade. UV twenty 57 00:03:49.639 --> 00:03:53.159 one are now. I haven't tried the twenty one. I've done the thirteen 58 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:58.439 and the seventeen, and both of those are pretty cool because they have one 59 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:01.719 thousand memory channels and they have of USB C charging. I'm not sure about 60 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:04.800 programming. I think maybe yeah, I think it's programming both. I think 61 00:04:04.840 --> 00:04:09.840 it's USBC port for programming and charging. I could be wrong about programming. 62 00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:12.000 I have to check that out and see. I think it depends on the 63 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:15.439 version of the specific models as well as well. They have a seventeen Pro 64 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:20.160 and seventeen plus, but anything with USB C charging is AOK. In my 65 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:24.399 book. This is a FANING twenty one ARE new for twenty twenty three. 66 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:28.000 I believe full kit comes with the cable, two inten is, two chargers, 67 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:30.560 USB and base, shorter antenna, longer intenna for more range, and 68 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:33.399 that kind of thing, and ear piece right there. Twenty nine dollars for 69 00:04:33.480 --> 00:04:36.279 that one, so that actually should be back here. That's actually probably a 70 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:40.199 better price. Let's put that one is number three. That's number three. 71 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:44.519 The eight watt is number four, although the UV twenty one ARE it has 72 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:46.480 a lot more features, USBC charging, more memory channels, color screen, 73 00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:50.480 that kind of thing, a little bit heavier duty feeling when you're holding it, 74 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:55.959 So probably a better radio over overall, the eight UV five R is 75 00:04:55.959 --> 00:04:59.360 going to be number four. Number five is this rad Tail RT eight ninety. 76 00:04:59.439 --> 00:05:01.519 Now this is very similar to the RT four ninety that I just reviewed 77 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:05.680 a short while back. I'll link that video in here somewhere. This turns 78 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:09.800 out to be a pretty darn good radio. This did better on the analyzer 79 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:13.079 than I was expecting it to. You can do two twenty on this radio. 80 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:15.560 It's a good version if if you're looking for something with the two twenty 81 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:19.839 band capabilities, that one has that capability. Not sure if the eight ninety 82 00:05:19.839 --> 00:05:25.000 has two twenty or not, but it does advertise am aviation band reception, 83 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:28.959 full color LCD nine hundred and ninety nine memory channels. So that one comes 84 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:30.639 in about forty bucks today. I'll probably have to pick that one up and 85 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:33.360 do another video on that one because I got a lot of good comments on 86 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:38.800 that Radtel RT four ninety video that I did. You guys seem to like 87 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:41.519 that one, so thanks for commenting on that video. That's number five. 88 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:45.399 Number six is this GA five to Tim from Radiodity. Now, again, 89 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:48.360 like I said in the beginning, I always check website prices most of the 90 00:05:48.439 --> 00:05:51.680 time. I've found that radiotity puts stuff on Amazon for the same price that 91 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:55.720 they sell it for through their own website. You might be able to get 92 00:05:55.759 --> 00:05:58.920 it a little bit quicker through Amazon, depending on where you live. And 93 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:02.920 you've got probably a little bit easier return policy with Amazon because you can instead 94 00:06:02.959 --> 00:06:05.160 of having to box it back up and send it back to Radiodity, you 95 00:06:05.160 --> 00:06:09.319 can usually take it to like a UPS store or a Cohal's or a couple 96 00:06:09.319 --> 00:06:12.279 other places that do Amazon return. So there's that right there. Not that 97 00:06:12.360 --> 00:06:15.079 you're gonna want to return it. Hopefully it works just fine for you. 98 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:17.800 Two twenty two hundred milliamp hour batteries and a ten watt radio. I did 99 00:06:17.839 --> 00:06:20.600 a video about this radio while back, had some pretty good results on it, 100 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:26.000 so that's another option there. Comes in at fifty dollars, number six 101 00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:29.560 on the list today, number seven on the list. This gsfive B from 102 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:31.480 Radiodity. This has been out for a while, and this is a really 103 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:36.120 cool radio because you can program it from an Android phone. I'm not sure 104 00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:39.879 if they ever came out with an iOS app or not. When I did 105 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:43.759 the first video about this radio, it only had an Android app. Check 106 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:47.079 the Radiodity website for more information on that. Two thousand milliamp hour battery lasting 107 00:06:47.399 --> 00:06:53.959 two to three days on standby USBC port in the back for USBC charging. 108 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:59.360 Comes with a really cool looking display. The display on it's nice and colorful, 109 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:01.680 got that big flashlight on the bottom if you care about such things. 110 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:06.800 But it is Android programmable, so no need to It connects to your phone 111 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:11.319 via Bluetooth. No need to worry about a computer cables. Just open up 112 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:14.879 your Android app, start programming the radio, make changes whatnot and do that 113 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:19.759 so good dual band dual PTT so you can use the PTT on the top 114 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:23.680 or the bottom band not have to change the band from top or bottom in 115 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:26.800 that. So it has a lot of great features like that, and they 116 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:29.480 still make this. This radio has been around a while. They've done some 117 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:31.480 recent well maybe about a year ago they did an update to the firm run 118 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:34.519 it. So this is still in production and still very well received. I 119 00:07:34.519 --> 00:07:38.560 still have mine around here somewhere. I take it to the hunting least sometimes 120 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:42.120 because it's just a neat radio. If I lose it somewhere. It's orange, 121 00:07:42.199 --> 00:07:45.000 so it's easy to find, much more easier to find than a black 122 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:46.720 radio that falls off the truck and is sitting in the field somewhere. So 123 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:51.920 number seven on that one today, Number eight is a b Tech DMR six 124 00:07:53.120 --> 00:07:56.839 x two Pro. Now, the six x two Pro from b Tech is 125 00:07:56.959 --> 00:08:01.199 basically the same radio as the any Tone at eight seven eight UV two, 126 00:08:01.279 --> 00:08:05.879 Plus it's about fifteen dollars cheaper than the UV two, plus it has all 127 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:11.800 the same features. Plus b Tech has been pretty good about making updates to 128 00:08:11.959 --> 00:08:15.800 the radio a little bit. Two or three new versions of firmware have come 129 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:20.319 out since this radio was released. It's basically the same radio on the inside. 130 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:22.560 I'm pretty sure b Tech partnered with any Tone for this radio, but 131 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:26.480 it has different features in different firmware than the any Tone does, and the 132 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:28.920 price tags a little bit a little bit lower as well. Right here is 133 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:33.200 good ten thousand talk groups, four thousand channels, two hundred and fifty customizable 134 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:37.879 zones, five hundred thousand digital contacts, seven watts of output power, and 135 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:41.080 four power levels so low, mid, one, mid two, and high 136 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:45.720 or something like that. So this is the any Tone is one of my 137 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:50.200 favorite radios. I carry my ANYTNE eight seven eight UV two plus with me 138 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:56.440 just about everywhere I go. I recently got a high capacity battery for it 139 00:08:56.480 --> 00:09:01.000 with USBC charging, so that makes the radio even more useful in the field 140 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:05.360 when you're carrying around. I have a pack radio pag on the back of 141 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:07.720 my backpack, so I'll carry it with me pretty much everywhere I go. 142 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:09.799 But the b Tech is, like I said, just about the same radio. 143 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:13.759 And since you can get it for fifteen dollars cheaper than what the any 144 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:16.840 Tone is sold for in most places, this could be a very good radio 145 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:20.600 for you to get into DMR and just have all the great features of the 146 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:24.679 any Tone and the B Tech radios. Before we move on to the next 147 00:09:24.840 --> 00:09:28.519 few radios in the list today, let me tell you about pcbway dot Com. 148 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:33.279 PCBWA is sponsoring this video. 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This 158 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:13.399 is not one that I would recommend. I have this on the list because 159 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:18.120 I wanted to show you guys this. There are several ham Ham radios on 160 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:22.039 Amazon that claim to be a ten and twelve meter radio. Some of them 161 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:28.200 just claimed to be a ten meter radio only These can include there's some from 162 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:33.320 any Tone, some from President, there's some from Striker, Galaxy, Connex. 163 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:37.559 These are some of the brands. These are meant to be hacked and 164 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:43.039 used on eleven meters. These are not technically ham radios. They get away 165 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:46.039 with selling them in the United States calling them ham radios. I don't even 166 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:50.840 know if they're FCC certified or not. I'm not familiar with this specific model. 167 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:54.320 The President Lincoln I had a President grant way back in the day that 168 00:10:54.360 --> 00:10:58.559 we used on eleven meters that probably wouldn't originally supposed to be used for that. 169 00:10:58.120 --> 00:11:01.919 So just any time you see a radio that says ten meter only, 170 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:07.320 check out the types of radios that company is making. Radio Shack used to 171 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:13.000 make a legit ten meter radio. It was a solid radio. MFJ makes 172 00:11:13.039 --> 00:11:16.559 a legit ten meter radio that's pretty solid. The ten meter radio from any 173 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:20.840 tone, the AT quad five at five five five to five, or the 174 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:24.960 AT six six sixty six, those are legit ten meter radios. They can 175 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:28.320 also be hacked to go on eleven meters, but those are pretty decent ten 176 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:31.240 meter radios. But just and I'm not telling you not to get one of 177 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:35.360 these. We as amateurs under Part ninety seven, we have an experimenter's license. 178 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:41.840 We don't have to have a certified radio to use on the airwaves because 179 00:11:41.879 --> 00:11:45.279 we can hack into our own radios and build our own stuff. Just be 180 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:48.039 aware of the fact that a lot of these radios that are advertised as ten 181 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:52.879 meters only or ten to twelve meters aren't actually ham radios. They are sold 182 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:56.200 that way so that people can buy them, modify them, and use them 183 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:58.879 on the eleven meter CB band. So this is the president link in two 184 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:01.840 plus. I'd like to get one of these into my hands and see what 185 00:12:01.960 --> 00:12:05.919 kind of spuryous submissions it may or may not have on the ten and twelve 186 00:12:05.960 --> 00:12:09.879 meter band, but also on eleven meters. In the tiny SA number ten 187 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:16.279 is in any tone radio, any tone at seven seven eight UV dual band 188 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:20.559 transceiver. So here's an any tone radio dual band for one hundred and twenty 189 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:24.600 four dollars. That is a steal. Okay, any dual band radio for 190 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:28.799 under two hundred dollars is a heck of a price right here. So any 191 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:35.000 tone seven to seven eight UV mobile is compiled with FCC regulations, complies with 192 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:39.960 Part fifteen B and Part ninety seven FCC rule gives the fccd ID right here. 193 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:43.279 VHF is one thirty six to one seventy four. UHF is four hundred 194 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:48.200 to four ninety twenty five watts is the highest output power. That's one reason 195 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:50.840 it's a little bit less. A lot of these radios, a lot, 196 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:54.320 especially the mobile radios, are going to be forty to fifty watts on high 197 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:56.440 power. This one's only a twenty five watt radio, so it's not as 198 00:12:56.480 --> 00:13:01.360 expensive. But if you put this radio in, it's gonna be smaller than 199 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:05.000 some of the fifty watt radios as well. If you put this radio in 200 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:07.879 your small car or your jeep with an external intenna, it's gonna reach out 201 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:13.200 much much better than just using a handheld radio inside of the car with the 202 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:16.480 antenna inside the car. So this is a good option, good way to 203 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:20.440 get your feet wet into the mobile duel band radio, especially one hundred and 204 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:22.320 twenty five dollars. This one's available for overnight delivery. I could get it 205 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:26.600 by seven am tomorrow morning from here. So that's number ten on the list 206 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:28.919 today. One hundred and twenty five dollars Number eleven on the list today, 207 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:33.200 now I've talked about the THH ninety eight hundred, and the only thing I'll 208 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:37.559 say about this one is that the last time I did a video on I 209 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:41.080 included this radio and a video. Right here down at the bottom it said 210 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:43.840 a frequently returned item. It does not say that on this page, but 211 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:48.159 just make sure you get it from a seller that has free returns. This 212 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:50.559 one sold from the TYT store. I ran one of these in my own 213 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:54.480 vehicle for about a year and a half, and the only problem I had 214 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:56.279 with it is that the mic was really hot. Other than that it worked 215 00:13:56.320 --> 00:14:00.919 well. It holds nine hundred and ninety nine memory channels. It does two 216 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:03.559 meters and four to forty FM, but on the left side of the radio 217 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:07.000 it also does six meters and ten meters FM only, So if you have 218 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:09.120 a general class license, you can talk on ten meter repeaters, or you 219 00:14:09.159 --> 00:14:13.960 can open up ten meters FM and find you can hit repeaters from several states 220 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:16.519 away when the ten meter band is up. It's a very fun radio to 221 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:22.120 use. So the TYT th ninety eight hundred fifty watt crossband mobile car ham 222 00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:24.559 radio, it's a stupid, way stupid name for it. It comes in 223 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:28.759 at number eleven today still under two hundred bucks, so we can't really complain 224 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:33.440 about that. Number twelve is the b Tech fifty x two fifty x two 225 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:37.360 meaning fifty watts at two bands, so fifty by two, so only about 226 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:43.559 twenty dollars more than the TYT. This is a quad display you'll see right 227 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:48.320 there. You can display four channels, four frequencies, four repeaters for simplex 228 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:52.159 frequencies, whatever you want to on the band at the time. This is 229 00:14:52.200 --> 00:14:56.159 the new second generation mobile radio from b Tech. B Tech is a US 230 00:14:56.279 --> 00:15:00.600 company. They are I always forget it's either in North to Voda or South 231 00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:03.320 Dakota. They are in one of the Dakotas. They import radios from China. 232 00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:07.320 They do updates to them. They do they You will sell radios sold 233 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:11.879 by b Tech that b Tech maaning Bailfang Tech. But you will see b 234 00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:16.759 Tech sell radios that Bailfang does not offer at all. So they have a 235 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:20.039 lot of their own unique designs, a lot of their own radios, pretty 236 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:24.679 good reputation, great customer service that you can contact inside of the United States. 237 00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:28.080 So this one comes in for a full powered dual band VHFUHF radio two 238 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:33.080 meters and seventy centimeters at two hundred and twenty dollars today, that is number 239 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:39.399 twelve. Number thirteen is the any Tone dual band VHF UHF at five eight 240 00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:45.000 eight eight UV. Now, don't be confused with this one, because I 241 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:48.519 have done videos in the past about the five eight eight eight UV three, 242 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:52.399 which is a Triband radio, and it's this radio, but it adds two 243 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:56.440 hundred and twenty megahertz band. That radio sells for about two point fifty ishit 244 00:15:56.559 --> 00:15:58.840 RNL dot com. He sells out of him pretty quid every time he gets 245 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:03.519 every time he gets a new shipment in. You may or may not be 246 00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:07.120 able to find one of those at RNL dot com. And if and if 247 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:08.559 you do, then go go grab that one if you're interested in the two 248 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:11.240 hundred and twenty megahartz band, but if you don't care about one point twenty 249 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:15.759 five meters, this radio from any Tone is just about the same radio. 250 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:19.879 Dual band dual display has the VHF and UCHF on both sides of the band. 251 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:25.559 Lots of great memory channels in that seven hundred and fifty eight memory channels, 252 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:30.240 full duplex operation with independent volume and Squotch controls fifty watts of power output 253 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:33.159 on both on the VHF band and forty watts of power on the UCHF band 254 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:37.639 crossband repeat multifunction, so you can look at VHF on both sides or UHF 255 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:41.240 on both sides, or switch them up however you want to. Anytone makes 256 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:42.960 a great radio. Some of my favorite radios to come out of China. 257 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:47.159 This one's definitely on the list today as second to last, number thirteen. 258 00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:49.399 The fifth and final one is going to be the most expensive, of course, 259 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:53.480 because we're going in order of price again, So thank you for thank 260 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:56.159 you for bearing with me today, thank you for watching this video. I 261 00:16:56.240 --> 00:17:00.679 do ask that you comment below if you have anything that you think I should 262 00:17:00.679 --> 00:17:04.400 have included. But the fifth one today is the Zygu G ninety HF twenty 263 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:11.279 one QRP radio. Now this is the top Ham radios on Amazon. I 264 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:14.960 didn't say VHFUHF or HF, I just set Ham radios. This is sold 265 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:17.960 by the Zygu store on Amazon at the time of this recording, is four 266 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:22.519 hundred and forty five dollars. If you wait until sales like daytonhamvention sales, 267 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:27.720 perhaps some holiday sales especially Black Friday sales. You can oftentimes find this radio 268 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:32.400 for under four hundred dollars, maybe around three seventy five, three eighty five 269 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:34.559 something like that. I think in the past I've seen it as low as 270 00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:37.720 like three p fifty four to four to fifty is kind of the normal price 271 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:41.240 when it's not on sale. So it really depends on how badly you want 272 00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:44.599 it. If you want it now, then here it is right here. 273 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:48.359 Again check prices. It might be cheaper on other websites. I don't know. 274 00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:51.359 Prices fluctuate all the time. We could look at that, but we're 275 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:56.039 talking about Amazon radios today and Amazon stuff today. This is a great QRP 276 00:17:56.240 --> 00:18:00.160 transceiver if you're getting your feet wet into HF radio. A lot of guys 277 00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:03.519 I know use the G ninety. It works well. It's been out for 278 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:07.839 a long time. Zigu's pretty good, not great, but pretty good about 279 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:11.200 doing firmware updates for it. New firmwer came out not too long ago. 280 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:15.200 A lot of people have this radio and really like it, and it's definitely 281 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:18.279 on the list today number fourteen, as you're one and only HF radio on 282 00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:22.599 the list from Amazon. So again, what do you think I should have 283 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:23.799 included. Do you think I missed it? There's a lot more stuff on 284 00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:27.359 Amazon, guys, a lot more stuff on Amazon. There's some Tid radios 285 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:32.000 on Amazon that I have not tested. There's other Balfang models that I have 286 00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:34.359 not tested. Other brands of radios I've never even heard of. I found 287 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:37.279 a couple that I ran across today. I'm like, maybe I should grab 288 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:40.599 that and do a test on it, because I'm not really sure. So 289 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:44.480 what do you think I should have included in this list? 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