WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:02.399 Hey. Before we get started, be sure to head over 2 00:00:02.439 --> 00:00:06.320 to hanmradio two dot com forward slash email dash sign 3 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:12.039 up to join my email list of over nineteen thousand subscribers, 4 00:00:12.039 --> 00:00:14.880 where I like to send emails about upcoming events, upcoming 5 00:00:14.919 --> 00:00:17.920 shopping deals, keep you updated with all the stuff going 6 00:00:17.960 --> 00:00:21.280 on with my videos. Once that list reaches twenty thousand, 7 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:25.039 I will be doing a giveaway of another HF radio. 8 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:28.480 Sign up today and thank you for the support. What 9 00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:32.039 is the best handheld ham radio for twenty twenty four? 10 00:00:32.159 --> 00:00:37.200 The best HT radio HT for handy talking or handheld transceiver? 11 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:39.759 What is the best one for twenty twenty four? I'm 12 00:00:39.759 --> 00:00:43.840 going to give you my top fourteen radios that range 13 00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:46.079 in price, and I'm going to show you features of 14 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:47.960 each one and let you pick and you decide what 15 00:00:48.039 --> 00:00:54.359 you want. Let's go. These videos are popular every year. 16 00:00:54.399 --> 00:00:57.119 I've been doing them since twenty twenty and I really 17 00:00:57.200 --> 00:00:59.000 enjoy these videos. I don't want to do them too 18 00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:00.799 early in the year because we don't know what's gonna 19 00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:03.960 come out yet. But since the Huntsville Hamfest just ended 20 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:07.120 and the Tokyo Hamfare just happened, we get to see 21 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:10.079 some new HTS on the market. So let's talk about 22 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:13.000 my top fourteen today. As I do with most of 23 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:15.480 these videos, these are going to range in price. We're 24 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:18.959 going to start with the lowest price and we're going 25 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:21.239 to go up to the highest price. So this is 26 00:01:21.359 --> 00:01:24.239 number fourteen. Number fourteen is the lowest price now you 27 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:26.280 can and a lot on a lot of these videos. 28 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:28.760 I will start with the Balfang UV five R. And 29 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:30.799 you can still get a Balfang UV five R on 30 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:35.079 Amazon for some times between twenty three to twenty seven dollars, 31 00:01:35.079 --> 00:01:37.560 a kind of range in price. Sometimes you can get 32 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:39.799 a package which a bunch of assessories all for like 33 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:41.920 thirty five thirty eight bucks something like that. A lot 34 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:44.439 of different options out there for that. However, I'm going 35 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:47.280 to start today number fourteen with the Balfang UV seventeen R. 36 00:01:47.319 --> 00:01:49.319 And the reason for this I did a video about 37 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:53.599 this radio not too long ago. This one has airban receive, 38 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:56.920 Noah weather receiving. It has a USB C battery, It 39 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:00.599 has about nine hundred and ninety nine memory channels, and 40 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:02.760 it this one and the UV twenty one and even 41 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:04.719 the twenty ones. I higher number seventeen. I'm not sure 42 00:02:04.719 --> 00:02:07.599 which one came out first. UV thirteen I think I 43 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:09.319 think the thirteen came out first. I did video on 44 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:11.960 that one too. All of these kind of form factor radios, 45 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:15.039 they all hold more channels than your standard UV five 46 00:02:15.199 --> 00:02:18.000 R or UV eighty two, which is one hundred and 47 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:20.039 twenty eight channel radio. So this is going to have 48 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:25.680 more channels, more features, color screen, larger screen, USB C, 49 00:02:25.879 --> 00:02:31.199 battery recharging, airband receive Noah Weather receive seven watts instead 50 00:02:31.199 --> 00:02:33.879 of the standard five watts, and for only thirty two 51 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:38.240 dollars on Amazon for this radio. This is an excellent 52 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:41.520 beginner's radio. I would not recommend this radio to someone 53 00:02:41.560 --> 00:02:43.919 who's had their license for a few years unless you 54 00:02:43.960 --> 00:02:45.599 just want to knock around radio. If you want an 55 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:47.319 extra radio to put in your pack, you're putting your 56 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:49.000 truck and have with you all the time. Take out 57 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:51.520 to the hunting lease, you drop it, you forget it, 58 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:53.159 you leave it somewhere, you break it, you don't care 59 00:02:53.199 --> 00:02:54.919 because it's only thirty two bucks. You don't want to 60 00:02:54.919 --> 00:02:57.759 do that with your four hundred dollars. HT. This might 61 00:02:57.800 --> 00:02:59.560 be for you. That's exactly what I use mine for 62 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:02.840 mine in my RV, and it's always there. You easily 63 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:05.840 recharge via USBC. If I ever need it, there you 64 00:03:05.879 --> 00:03:09.840 go Balfang UV seventeen R on Amazon. The link will 65 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:12.199 be in the description below today for this and everything 66 00:03:12.199 --> 00:03:14.840 else we talk about. Number thirteen is from a company 67 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:19.199 called b Tech Balfang Tech. They are in North Dakota, 68 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:22.039 maybe South Dakota, it's one of them. They're an American 69 00:03:22.039 --> 00:03:25.960 company that imports radios from China, sometimes upgrades them, sometimes 70 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:28.039 comes out with new models. You're gonna see some models 71 00:03:28.039 --> 00:03:30.080 in b Tech that you don't see on regular Bowfang. 72 00:03:30.479 --> 00:03:32.159 This is one of my favorite, and this has been 73 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:34.039 on my list several years in a row. This is 74 00:03:34.039 --> 00:03:36.879 the b Tech UV five by three. It looks just 75 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:39.960 like a Balfang UV five R, except the received sensitivity 76 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:42.080 is a little bit better. The front end rejection is 77 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:43.520 a little bit better, which means you're not going to 78 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:45.479 get as many chirps and birdies in it as you 79 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:48.240 would on like a like a twenty three dollars Bowfang 80 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:51.120 GUV five R, but this one includes two twenty. It 81 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:54.400 includes the two hundred and twenty megahertz band, so it 82 00:03:54.479 --> 00:03:58.000 is a triband radio where most of your bow Fang 83 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:00.439 GUV five rs are just dual band radios. Now. A 84 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:03.879 lot of the times you can through software. You can 85 00:04:03.919 --> 00:04:06.080 open up a UV five R to do tryband. But 86 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:08.439 my experience has been that this UV five x three 87 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:12.919 from BTech performs better, it sounds better, it lasts longer. 88 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:15.159 I've got the extended battery on mine, which you can 89 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:17.319 find those for UV five RS two, and it's just 90 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:19.879 an all around good radio. I've had my BTECHUV five 91 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:21.759 x three for about five years at the time of 92 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:24.360 this recording. It still works great. I use it at 93 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:27.199 my hunting lease all the time and it works very well. 94 00:04:27.279 --> 00:04:30.839 So sixty five dollars on Amazon today. Check the prices. 95 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:33.600 One thing about prices real quick, because every year this 96 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:36.120 comes up and people say, oh, well, you said the 97 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:38.639 price was this, but the price is actually this today 98 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:41.079 and he's watching my video three or six or nine 99 00:04:41.079 --> 00:04:46.120 months later. Prices fluctuate. Shouldn't surprise anyone. Prices fluctuate. All 100 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:48.199 the prices I'm telling you right now are the prices 101 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:50.199 in September of twenty twenty four, but they're going to 102 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:52.360 fluctuate over time. So check all the links in the 103 00:04:52.399 --> 00:04:55.319 description blow and check all of your favorite ham radio 104 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:58.560 retailers for the most current pricing. Number twelve is another 105 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:00.560 one that's been on my list or three three times. 106 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:03.680 This is the tyit thh three point fifty. Also a 107 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:06.279 tryband radio comes from by two Way Radios dot com, 108 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:08.720 who is one of our sponsors sixty nine ninety nine 109 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:10.720 for this radio. The great thing about this radio, and 110 00:05:10.759 --> 00:05:12.560 he doesn't really have a picture right here that shows 111 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:15.240 this very well, but the great thing about this radio 112 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:18.439 is it's not only tryband, but it's tried display. So 113 00:05:18.600 --> 00:05:20.399 you can see and I did a video about this 114 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:23.000 radio when it was new several years ago. You can 115 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:26.560 see all three bands on the screen at the same time, 116 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:28.120 so you can see your one hundred and forty four 117 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:30.720 megahertz ban at the top, your two twenty megahertz ban 118 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:32.639 in the middle, and your for forty megahertz band at 119 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:35.240 the bottom, and you can switch those around a little 120 00:05:35.240 --> 00:05:37.920 bit kind of off and on two meters two twenty 121 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:41.000 four forty U Nagoya makes an NA seven seven to one. 122 00:05:41.240 --> 00:05:44.160 I think it is antenna that's a tryband antenna. This 123 00:05:44.199 --> 00:05:45.959 one and the UV five x three both come with 124 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:48.759 two intennas. One is dual band, one is two twenty 125 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:51.240 only kind of lame in my opinion that they come 126 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:53.439 that way. But Nagoya makes a try band antenna. A 127 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:55.600 couple other companies do as well, So you can get 128 00:05:55.600 --> 00:05:59.360 a Nagoya or a Mellowave or a Smiley antenna that's 129 00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:02.160 trybanded that you can use on a tryband radio, and 130 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:03.720 it make its where you can use all three of 131 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:06.160 the bands. But this one's great because it's been out 132 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:10.639 for several years, it's still is sold, it's still popular. 133 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:13.000 It's I have mine that's five or six years old 134 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:14.680 and it still works well. I've never had to change 135 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:17.199 the battery on it or anything. And it's a tryband radio. 136 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:19.160 And I really love the two hundred twenty mega Hurtz band. 137 00:06:19.160 --> 00:06:20.959 So if you're into two hundred and twenty mega hurts, 138 00:06:21.240 --> 00:06:24.079 check the repeaters in your area, check the people and 139 00:06:24.120 --> 00:06:26.519 the ham clubs in your area. Find out if there's 140 00:06:26.519 --> 00:06:29.120 any two hundred and twenty megahertz activity in your area, 141 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:31.759 and if there is, one of these tryband radios might 142 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:34.000 be for you. Number thirteen the UV five y three 143 00:06:34.199 --> 00:06:37.079 or number twelve the thh three fifty, those might be 144 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:39.000 for you. But if not, then just go with the 145 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:41.560 dual band radio. Nothing wrong with that. Either. Number eleven 146 00:06:41.800 --> 00:06:45.279 is the walks on or Oshang UV nine D. Mate. Now, 147 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:49.040 I personally carry this radio fairly often into the field. 148 00:06:49.399 --> 00:06:51.480 Better Safe Radio, who we're going to talk about here 149 00:06:51.519 --> 00:06:56.000 in just one minute. They have USB C chargeable batteries 150 00:06:56.079 --> 00:06:59.600 for all of these UV nine series walks on. So 151 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:02.560 if it's it says walks on UV nine or kg 152 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:06.079 dash UV nine whatever the last letter is, there's a 153 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:08.160 UV nine D, there's a UV nine P, there's a 154 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:10.759 UV nine K, a couple other ones. If it has 155 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:13.240 UV nine in it, then it They all use the 156 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:17.000 same battery, so you can get a USBC rechargeable battery 157 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:18.879 from Better Safe Radio. Again, we're going to talk about 158 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:20.959 them here in just a minute. But this one right 159 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:23.439 here is a dual band radio ten wats of power 160 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:26.319 per band two meters and four forty and it's orange. 161 00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:28.240 I like the fact that it's orange. That is really 162 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:30.839 pleasing to me. I take this one. This is probably 163 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:33.920 the one that I use most often at my hunting lease. 164 00:07:33.959 --> 00:07:35.319 I have three or four radios. I keep it in 165 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:36.920 my hunting leaks or I don't keep that. I always 166 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:39.399 take them with me when I go. This one's great 167 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:41.399 because I have actually dropped this in the field before 168 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:44.360 and left it somewhere, left it in the deer stand, 169 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:46.120 it fell off of my truck, or I left it 170 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:47.879 on my truck and I drove off and forgot it. 171 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:50.160 And when you come back by that area, you can 172 00:07:50.199 --> 00:07:53.959 see that orange radio glaring at you from the dirt 173 00:07:54.959 --> 00:07:57.079 much better than you can see a black radio. So 174 00:07:57.160 --> 00:07:59.399 it stands out in the crowd. It's easy to see, 175 00:07:59.439 --> 00:08:02.519 it's easy to spot. It works very well. Again. I've 176 00:08:02.519 --> 00:08:04.519 had mine for several years and I still use it. 177 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:08.360 I upgraded to the USBC battery recently, and it works 178 00:08:08.399 --> 00:08:10.120 even better now because I can just plug it into 179 00:08:10.120 --> 00:08:13.800 my brick, my charging brick, or my twelve volt power supply, 180 00:08:13.879 --> 00:08:16.160 my battery box whatever, charge it in the same place. 181 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:19.160 I charged several of my radios and my phone, and 182 00:08:19.319 --> 00:08:21.600 it works great for what it is. So the UV 183 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:24.240 ninety Mate from by two Way Radios that will be 184 00:08:24.279 --> 00:08:26.519 in the description blow as well. So the UV ninety 185 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:28.680 Mate from by two Way Radios comes in at one 186 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:32.600 hundred and sixty dollars today and it has nine hundred 187 00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:35.960 ninety nine memory channels. Also, most of these UV nine 188 00:08:36.039 --> 00:08:39.759 series radios from Oshane walks On has nine hundred ninety 189 00:08:39.799 --> 00:08:41.679 nine memory channels. So memory channels is something that you 190 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:44.200 want to look for when choosing your first radio. For sure. 191 00:08:44.440 --> 00:08:46.879 Number ten is brand new and I just got one 192 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:48.840 of these in. I just got one of these in, 193 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:50.679 so I'm kind of tinkering with it right now. I 194 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:52.320 want to do some stuff with it before I make 195 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:55.440 a video. But this is the b Tech uv pro 196 00:08:55.639 --> 00:09:02.519 IP sixty seven dual band VHF UHF radio with APRS, Bluetooth, GPS, 197 00:09:02.559 --> 00:09:06.720 text messaging, aviation band scanner, Noah whether alerts and USBC 198 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:10.480 chargeable battery one hundred and sixty five dollars. Today on Amazon, 199 00:09:10.679 --> 00:09:14.200 there's a uv pro GMRS that I've tinkered with a 200 00:09:14.240 --> 00:09:17.039 little bit. And with this free app, you download that 201 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:21.200 BLUETOOTHS to your radio. You can send text messages from 202 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:24.039 the app through the radio to a friend with this 203 00:09:24.159 --> 00:09:27.799 radio and app, and if you're off grid, you can 204 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:30.360 text each other. You can see where each other are 205 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:34.000 on the map because both radios have GPS. And it's 206 00:09:34.039 --> 00:09:37.039 a great off grid tool because it uses your phone 207 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:41.399 and it uses or any Android device, phone, tablet, and 208 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:43.960 it uses the radio and instead of sending texts and 209 00:09:44.120 --> 00:09:47.399 GPS over the Internet, it's sending it over the air. 210 00:09:47.600 --> 00:09:49.159 So you have to be in range of one another. 211 00:09:49.240 --> 00:09:52.159 You can't be several miles away, ten twenty one hundred 212 00:09:52.159 --> 00:09:54.639 miles away something like that with a handheld radio, unless 213 00:09:54.639 --> 00:09:56.559 you like up on top of a mountain or something 214 00:09:56.720 --> 00:09:59.639 that might work. But this is a really cool tool 215 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:03.720 and cool feature for the modern Ham radio, the modern 216 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:06.320 day Ham radio, and I'm really looking forward to trying 217 00:10:06.320 --> 00:10:08.759 this again. I've got one of these. I haven't tinkered 218 00:10:08.799 --> 00:10:10.639 with it very much at the time of this recording, 219 00:10:10.679 --> 00:10:13.159 but BTech makes a great product. I've got many of 220 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:17.120 their radios and I've I'm very impressed with what they do, 221 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:20.159 So I feel pretty confident in telling you guys that 222 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:22.360 you should check this one out. We're gonna learn more 223 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:24.639 about it in a video I make later on. But 224 00:10:24.759 --> 00:10:29.679 seamless Bluetooth connectivity for enhanced control effort less lee sink 225 00:10:29.759 --> 00:10:32.879 your UV pro with the BTech UV Programmer app on 226 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:35.279 iOS and Android. Okay, so it is on iOS too. 227 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:38.559 Emergency ready with Noah weather alerts and built in compass. 228 00:10:38.559 --> 00:10:41.320 Be ready for any challenge with real time no Weather 229 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:44.960 alerts and integrated compass from navigation frequency detection. With the 230 00:10:45.240 --> 00:10:48.559 uv pros Frequency Sinc Rapid Scanning, you can quickly locate 231 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:51.120 and lock on a nearby frequencies, whether you're coordinating a 232 00:10:51.159 --> 00:10:54.600 team or scanning emergency channels. Complete package for easy setup. 233 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:57.120 Get started immediately with the uv pro radio A twenty 234 00:10:57.159 --> 00:11:00.840 six hundred million pire battery, antenna belt clip see USB 235 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:05.200 charging cable, screws in a screwdriver, detailed user manual, et cetera, 236 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:09.240 et cetera. IP sixty seven rated for dust and impact. 237 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:12.600 Stay connected worldwide. Bluetoth compatibility allows you to connect to 238 00:11:12.639 --> 00:11:15.639 a global network of users through the programmer app. I 239 00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:17.720 wonder if that app. Maybe that app connects to each 240 00:11:17.720 --> 00:11:21.080 other over the Internet, so you have added features if 241 00:11:21.080 --> 00:11:23.360 you do have an Internet connection. That's kind of neat. 242 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:25.879 B Tech is proud to be in the USA, which 243 00:11:25.919 --> 00:11:27.919 allows you to have the best available support for any 244 00:11:27.919 --> 00:11:31.639 issue that might arise. Betech only engineers envelops radio products. 245 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:34.159 The brand focuses allows to have you the best available 246 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:37.080 radio's accessories for the most features. Again, you can call 247 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:39.080 them contact them. They are in the United States, so 248 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:41.080 they are in the same They're in one of our 249 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:43.919 time zones instead of around the world in a completely 250 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:46.240 other time zone that's ten or fifteen hours ahead of us. 251 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:48.240 So this is a really cool radio. I'm looking forward 252 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:50.440 to trying mine and it comes in at number ten today. 253 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:52.600 Number nine is gonna be Better Safe Radio dot Com 254 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:54.080 and I'm gonna tell you a little bit about them. 255 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:56.759 You can always save a seven percent discount on any 256 00:11:57.039 --> 00:12:00.000 of their radios with the coupon code of HR two 257 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:02.679 to all seven. They're not a sponsor of this channel 258 00:12:02.759 --> 00:12:04.919 or this video, but they do give discounts to my 259 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:08.120 viewers that I pass on to you guys, and they 260 00:12:08.159 --> 00:12:10.039 they're a great company to work with, a company in 261 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:12.480 the USA. But the radios are made in China. All 262 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:14.519 of their radios, unlike most of what we're going to 263 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:17.080 talk about today, all of their radios come pre programmed. 264 00:12:17.279 --> 00:12:20.519 He's got a code plug or programming software. He's got 265 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:23.159 a code plug, a programming file that gets loaded in. 266 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:26.720 All the radios with over nine hundred memory channels that 267 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:31.399 includes ham Radio, GMRS, police and fire were available, no weather, 268 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:35.080 emergency alert stations, all kinds of different channels and you 269 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:36.960 can just scan through all those and see which ones 270 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:39.879 work closest to you. All of the radios from Better 271 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:43.120 Safe Radio come program this way. He's got GMRS radios, 272 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:46.200 he's got several levels of HAM radios, he's got LMR 273 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:50.000 commercial grade radios right here. And he's got this BLO 274 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:53.279 zero three three, two hundred and twenty million our USBC 275 00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:59.320 battery for all UV nine series walks on radios. His 276 00:12:59.399 --> 00:13:01.960 flagship is a UV nine pop x ray. It's on 277 00:13:02.039 --> 00:13:03.720 sale right now for one hundred and eighty five dollars, 278 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:06.559 coming in at number nine. Again. We're going up in price, 279 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:09.639 down in numbers. For whatever reason, I just wanted to 280 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:12.720 do that. Eight watt, nine hundred and ninety nine memory channels, 281 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:17.200 pre programmed Superheterodyne UHFVHF emergency M two way radio, and 282 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:21.679 seven band SHTF scanner. In other words, it has more 283 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:23.639 and most of the UV nine series, well not most 284 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:25.519 of them. Some of the UV nine series radios have 285 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:29.240 seven band receives, so it will receive and transmit on 286 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:31.320 the two meters the one hundred and forty four mega 287 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:33.279 hurts in the four hundred and forty megahertz band, but 288 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:36.120 it will receive on seven other bands, including your eight 289 00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:38.840 hundred megahertz police and fire. So it's very possible that 290 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:41.919 if your police and fire agency in your county or 291 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:44.759 your town does not use digital, if they use analog, 292 00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:46.879 it's very possible that this radio will pick it up. 293 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:49.120 So that's an added bonus to that part of the 294 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:51.519 programming code plug that comes with it. Again, you can 295 00:13:51.559 --> 00:13:54.159 save seven percent off of this price and whatever the 296 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:56.720 price is today whenever you watch this video, HR two 297 00:13:56.799 --> 00:13:59.039 all seven at better Safe radio dot com, so check 298 00:13:59.080 --> 00:14:01.320 that out linked that will be in the description blow 299 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:05.919 Also number eight is from Yazu. Now to date, so 300 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:09.639 far everything we've talked about has been a Chinese made radio. 301 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:12.639 The bowfans, the Chinese made radio, the tyts of Chinese 302 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:15.919 made walks, ons of Chinese made b Tech is technically 303 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:19.600 made in China, although those radio the company is here, 304 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:22.679 but the radios themselves are made in China. Yazu is 305 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:26.039 a Japanese company. Yesu radios are typically made in Japan. 306 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:28.799 This is a Yazu FT seventy d R five yt 307 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:31.600 C four FM dual band one four four hundred and 308 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:36.879 thirty megahertz radio. It is a single band display monochrome 309 00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:39.240 screen which gets the price down a little bit more 310 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:41.519 not a very large screen, but it will do JESU 311 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:43.639 system Fusion. So if you're interested in some of the 312 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:46.159 digital modes offered in ham radio today, we're going to 313 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:50.120 talk about three of them in this video. YESU System Fusion, DMR, 314 00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:53.639 and d Star. They don't talk to one another without 315 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:56.360 some sort of external source like an open spot or 316 00:14:56.399 --> 00:15:00.240 something like that, but they are all popular mode to 317 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:04.360 connect via repeater or hotspot to Internet connected devices and 318 00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:06.360 talk to people all over the world. If that's not 319 00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:08.679 your cup of tea, then you probably don't need anything 320 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:11.039 like that, but it is a fun mode to talk 321 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:13.320 on when you're just in the hobby of ham radio. 322 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:15.600 This one comes in at one seventy five one seventy 323 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:18.039 four to ninety five from gigaparts right here. It has 324 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:21.480 five watts of output power inside of a compact body. 325 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:25.080 It has eleven hundred and five channel memory. Right here. 326 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:27.759 It says just that wide band receive coverage from one 327 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:30.879 hundred and eight megahertz up to five hundred and seventy 328 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:34.360 nine dot nine ninety five megahertz, so it will receive 329 00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:39.080 regular broadcasts FM radio. It will receive your two hundred 330 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:42.159 and twenty megahertz commercial on hand bands, the MERS band, 331 00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:45.759 the GMRS band, FRS band, everything in between, so wide 332 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:49.159 band received weather channels for severe alert warning, eighteen hundred 333 00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:51.879 mili amp hower battery equipped with an external jack for 334 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:55.120 DC supper power supply and charge. Lots of great stuff. 335 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:58.200 So if you're interested in getting started in system fusion, 336 00:15:58.519 --> 00:16:00.519 this could be a step in the right doction for you. 337 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:02.480 Only one hundred and seventy five dollars for this radio. 338 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:06.000 Number seven is another radio from Yazoo. Now, I personally 339 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:09.240 like this one better myself because I like Yazoo system fusion. 340 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:11.480 It's fun to use, but I would rather have the 341 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:14.440 two hundred and twenty MEGAHERTZPAN. This is the Yazoo VX 342 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:20.759 six R. Now. This ft seven ft seven dr Delta 343 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:24.039 Romeo is a dual band radio, but it looks very 344 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:26.639 similar to this VX six R. The difference, of course, 345 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:28.799 is the VX six R includes the two hundred and 346 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:31.440 twenty mega HURTSPAN. It is a triband radio two hundred 347 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:34.240 and forty eight eighty nine at RNL Electronics at the 348 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:36.759 time of this recording. The VX six R is an 349 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:40.279 ultra rugged one to four to thirty megahertz FM handheld 350 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:45.440 featuring wide receiver coverage, JIS seven submersibility, so it's got 351 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:50.159 it's got some toughness to it, JESU exclusive Emergency Automatic 352 00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:54.480 Identification system and an ultrasimple keyword access to important functions. 353 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:56.480 There's a lot of accessories that are made by like 354 00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:59.759 digirig and a couple other companies so that you can 355 00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:02.399 put this radio onto an APRS or a win link 356 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:04.480 system and do two meter or two twenty win late. 357 00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:06.680 Kind of cool, very rugged. I know a lot of 358 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:09.519 guys that do field radio and field comms and MCom 359 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:11.319 type stuff, and they use this radio because it is 360 00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:14.319 so rugged and versatile. One of my favorite radios. I've 361 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:16.200 had one of these for a couple of years. I 362 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:17.920 like the fact that it has the two hundred and 363 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:20.160 twenty megahertz band. That's their original reason I got it. 364 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:23.720 But it is a very rugged and very good sounding radio. 365 00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:26.240 So again, if you're interested in triband or you're just 366 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:29.759 interested in something that's better built, with a better receiver 367 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:32.960 and a little bit heavier duty to go into the field, 368 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:36.039 the Yazoo VX six R might be for you. Number 369 00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:38.160 six is we're back to a Chinese radio. The two 370 00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:40.799 Yazoo radios we just talked about are both Japanese radios. 371 00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:43.599 This is the any Tone eight seven eight UV two 372 00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:46.480 plus and at Bridgecom you can get a free ninety 373 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:49.119 seven dollars course with it. Again, this video is not 374 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:52.200 sponsored by Bridgecom, but this is what they're advertised right now. 375 00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:54.440 Bridgecomb has a lot of training videos that they give 376 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:57.039 away for free when you buy products from them. You 377 00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:59.039 can if you don't buy products from them, you can 378 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:01.440 buy their training videos ninety seven dollars, But if you 379 00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:03.960 do buy one of any Tone radios from them, they 380 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:06.359 give you the training videos for free. Lots of people 381 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:08.720 like their training videos because it goes through a very 382 00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:11.279 detailed process on how to use DMR and how to 383 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:13.799 use the any Tone radios. One of my favorite radios 384 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:15.839 is this Anytone. This is one that I carry with 385 00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:18.480 me on my pack pretty much every where I go. 386 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:20.359 And you've heard me say that a couple times today 387 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:22.039 about a couple of different radios. It depends on where 388 00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:24.200 I'm going. If I'm going to Galveston, I'm going on 389 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:26.200 a road trip, I'm going to my hunting lease. I 390 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:28.920 can change up when i'm carrying where this one currently 391 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:31.039 at the time of this recording, I have an everyday 392 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:34.240 carry backpack by Everly Stock that I carry which is 393 00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:38.400 called a Switchblade backpack, and it has one radio pocket 394 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:40.440 on the outside of it, and that's where I carry 395 00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:43.240 this eight to seven eight UV two plus. So generally speaking, 396 00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:45.640 if I'm going somewhere that I take my backpack. This 397 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:50.319 radio is with me USBC chargeable battery, three thousand memory channels, 398 00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:54.319 a nice beautiful color screen that you can see right there. 399 00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:58.880 Easily programmable from a computer, but also easily programmable from 400 00:18:59.279 --> 00:19:02.599 the keypad. Totally program everything from the keypad. I use 401 00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:04.720