Speaker 1: What are the top seven handheld ham radios under one
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty dollars. I'm going to tell you how
Speaker 1: I came up with this list and see what you
Speaker 1: think about it. Check this out. I went into AI.
Speaker 1: I used grock dot AI or grock dot com maybe
Speaker 1: it was. It's the the x dot com twitters AI
Speaker 1: and I've been using it to ask questions lately. Kind
Speaker 1: kind of accurate, kind of fun. So I said, hey,
Speaker 1: what are the top seven handheld ham radios under one
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty dollars? List all their features and you know,
Speaker 1: give me it. Give it to me an email format.
Speaker 1: So it did that, and I think, you know, it
Speaker 1: was probably about eighty five ninety percent accurate. It put
Speaker 1: the UV five R on there. I got rid of
Speaker 1: that one. I'm like, I'm not gonna put the UV
Speaker 1: five R on a best list, okay. And I added
Speaker 1: one or two of my own. So let's go. This
Speaker 1: is AI started but then edited by me and with
Speaker 1: some extra commentary on the side. So let's see what
Speaker 1: this looks like. We are going to go in order
Speaker 1: of price. Usually when I do these top top videos
Speaker 1: or best of videos or something like that, I go
Speaker 1: in order of price, so we're gonna start at the
Speaker 1: lowest price and we're gonna go up to the highest price.
Speaker 1: This is the tyt UV eighty eight dual band ht
Speaker 1: HAM radio and it still shows in production on Amazon,
Speaker 1: but on by two Way Radios, which is originally where
Speaker 1: I wanted to show it to you. As on the
Speaker 1: By two Way Radio's website, it shows that it's been discontinued,
Speaker 1: so I got to email them and see if there's
Speaker 1: maybe a new version out there or something. I don't know,
Speaker 1: but it's still called a tyt UV eighty eight comes
Speaker 1: in at forty dollars on Amazon or put a link
Speaker 1: to this in the description below. The tyt UV eighty
Speaker 1: eight features are it is a dual band locked to
Speaker 1: the VHF and UHF amateur radio ban two power settings,
Speaker 1: five wats on high, one WAT on low, fourteen hundred
Speaker 1: million power battery, two hundred channels. Two hundred channels is
Speaker 1: going to become significant, so be ready and listening for that.
Speaker 1: It does have FM broadcast radio receive. It has VOX.
Speaker 1: It includes a programming cable, high gain antenna backlit LCD
Speaker 1: pros are that the programming cables included good audio and
Speaker 1: it's compact. The cons are it has a shorter battery life,
Speaker 1: it is not waterproof, and it has less community support
Speaker 1: than some of the other radios we're going to talk
Speaker 1: about today. This is a great entry level radio for
Speaker 1: those of you who want to get into amateur radio.
Speaker 1: For a low price forty bucks, you can't really go
Speaker 1: wrong with that, and unlike some of the ones we're
Speaker 1: going to talk about, it has two hundred memory channels. Now,
Speaker 1: this next one is an honorable mention. This is the
Speaker 1: QRZ one Explorer radio that was a brain child collaboration
Speaker 1: between qrz dot com and gigaparts. This radio lists for
Speaker 1: fifty nine to ninety five on the gigaparts website. Oftentimes
Speaker 1: you can get this radio on sale deep discount, sometimes free.
Speaker 1: They do a lot of giveaways with it it does.
Speaker 1: It is the same hardware as the UV eighty eight,
Speaker 1: but it has its own custom firmware a little bit
Speaker 1: more stable, and since it's sold by gigaparts, you alway
Speaker 1: going to be able to get support through gigabarts instead
Speaker 1: of having to contact someone overseas. You know, if you
Speaker 1: want support for forty dollars. Radio sixty dollars is the
Speaker 1: list price. Again, you can oftentimes find this on sale.
Speaker 1: It is. They did a large push of giveaways for
Speaker 1: new hands when this was first released, and we're gonna
Speaker 1: probably be doing some giveaways of it on the next
Speaker 1: Left's make a deal. In fact, that might even air
Speaker 1: before this video. We'll see what's more on that coming
Speaker 1: up soon. Number two officially on the list is the
Speaker 1: Redivus RT eighty five. Now, at first when I looked
Speaker 1: at this, this is a two pack for forty one dollars,
Speaker 1: so technically speaking, this is cheaper than the UV eighty eight.
Speaker 1: This one's a forty dollars for this one with an
Speaker 1: extra antenna programming cable. This package on Amazon actually also
Speaker 1: comes with an earpiece USBC chargeable battery on that radio,
Speaker 1: but it also has a desk cradle. This two pack
Speaker 1: here on Amazon again of the Redivivus RT eighty five,
Speaker 1: very similar radio to the TYT model. Honestly, there's a
Speaker 1: lot of Tyt and Reddivus models that are basically the
Speaker 1: same thing. One number on Redivus, one number on Tyt.
Speaker 1: Check them out and see which one you like better
Speaker 1: and kind of make your decision from there. But on
Speaker 1: the RT eighty five, the features are that it is
Speaker 1: dual band once again, it's dual power, five watts on high,
Speaker 1: one watt on lower, fourteen hundred mili amp hour battery,
Speaker 1: only one hundred and twenty eight channels, unlike the UV
Speaker 1: eighty eight, which has two hundred channels. It has FM
Speaker 1: radio receive, it has vox an emergency alarm, a very
Speaker 1: clear LCD, and typically they will come with a earpiece
Speaker 1: and a charger, although this two pack you'd have to
Speaker 1: read the details of this link, and you know sometimes
Speaker 1: you can you can. You can also find these for
Speaker 1: a single pack, which may come with more things in
Speaker 1: that listing as well, but this is a two pack
Speaker 1: for forty two dollars. Pros of this radio is that
Speaker 1: it's user friendly, good audio, and reliable short range coms.
Speaker 1: Cons are again, it's smaller, it's limited accessories and not waterproof.
Speaker 1: Best for beginners and ham radio enthusiast who may want something.
Speaker 1: If you want a two pack, that might be the
Speaker 1: answer for you. The next one on the list is
Speaker 1: a Balfang UV eighty two. Now we're going to talk
Speaker 1: about a UV eighty two HP pro here in a
Speaker 1: second from Balfang Tech, but don't get those confused because
Speaker 1: the numbers are similar. This one here is a Balfang
Speaker 1: UV eighty two high Power. It's one of the first
Speaker 1: eight watt hts that Balfang themselves came out with. Again,
Speaker 1: this is a two pack for sixty dollars, so you
Speaker 1: can get both of these right now. It has a
Speaker 1: fifteen percent off coupon, so that's kind of neat fifteen
Speaker 1: percent off coupon on that right there, and you can
Speaker 1: get those on Amazon. These have been readily available for
Speaker 1: several years, and they're a little bit different form factor
Speaker 1: than the standard UV five R form factor from Balfang.
Speaker 1: But the UV eighty two HP features dual ban It's
Speaker 1: a tripower eight watts on high, four wats on mid power,
Speaker 1: and one watt on low. It has an eighteen hundred
Speaker 1: million empower battery, so about four hundred million empowers, larger
Speaker 1: than the last two radios we spoke about. It has
Speaker 1: dual PTTs, so you can key up the top or
Speaker 1: bottom band one at a time. It has a toggle
Speaker 1: PTT that the switch on the side will toggle back
Speaker 1: and forth and you can actually this one here shows
Speaker 1: two switches on the side. I think it's been updated,
Speaker 1: so the top PTT will key the top band and
Speaker 1: the bottom PTT will key the bottom band. One hundred
Speaker 1: and twenty eight channels FM radio receive Vox seven hundred
Speaker 1: milliwatt speaker on the radio itself and a high gain antenna.
Speaker 1: The pros are that it does have the dual PTT
Speaker 1: for multiple frequency use, and it's affordable. The cons are
Speaker 1: that is not waterproof, it's a shorter battery life, although
Speaker 1: not as short as the previous models we've talked about
Speaker 1: in this video, and some versions lack a backlit screen.
Speaker 1: So like many Balfang products coming out of China, there
Speaker 1: are multiple versions of this radio. So the great thing
Speaker 1: about Amazon is that they're pretty good about returns. You
Speaker 1: can see this one right here says free returns right
Speaker 1: thereough for prime overnight free returns. So if you get
Speaker 1: something you don't like, just return to Amazon, spend the
Speaker 1: money on something else, and go from there. The number
Speaker 1: five on the list is a Balfang Tech BFF eight
Speaker 1: HP Pro. Now this one is a little bit different. Again,
Speaker 1: the numbers are the same. The Chinese have, especially Balfang
Speaker 1: has a really bad habit numbering radios that are the same.
Speaker 1: The original TYTTCH nine thousand had three different bands it
Speaker 1: would work on. It had a monoban two meter mono ban,
Speaker 1: two twenty mono ban for forty but they were all
Speaker 1: the TCH nine thousand go figure. So this one is
Speaker 1: the Balfang Tech. Balfang Tech is a US company that
Speaker 1: has their radios made in China, imports them, but they
Speaker 1: are all supported outside or inside of the USA. And
Speaker 1: with this and this radio comes in at sixty nine
Speaker 1: to ninety nine. It has a lot more features than
Speaker 1: the previous radios we've talked about, one of them being
Speaker 1: that it does work on the one point twenty five
Speaker 1: meter to twenty band. It is eight watts on high power.
Speaker 1: It is IP fifty four rated, so it's a little
Speaker 1: bit more waterproof, has one thousand memory channels, GPS aviation
Speaker 1: band receiver, Noah weather, and it is USBC. Has a
Speaker 1: USBC charge all battery. You can save a ten percent
Speaker 1: discount on this radio with the coupon code of HR
Speaker 1: two F eight HP pro. I'll put a link in
Speaker 1: the description below to this radio, to everything we talk
Speaker 1: about today, and to that coupon, so you can save
Speaker 1: an extra ten percent seven dollars off of this radio
Speaker 1: at the Balfang Tech website with my coupon code, so
Speaker 1: go check that out as well. Today's sponsor I want
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Speaker 1: sponsoring this channel. The next one on the list today
Speaker 1: is going to be a yay Zu. Now, everything we've
Speaker 1: talked about so far has been a Chinese radio, Chinese
Speaker 1: made radio. Even though Balfang Tech is sold and supported
Speaker 1: out of the USA, they're still made in China. Yazu
Speaker 1: sells their radios at Yesu. Radios are made in Japan,
Speaker 1: and they might have some crossover into China for some
Speaker 1: of these lesser expensive models, But last time I checked
Speaker 1: Yesu made, they kind of switched everything back to Japan
Speaker 1: a while back. This ft X four R is a
Speaker 1: five wat dual band HT on the gigabarts website for
Speaker 1: about ninety five dollars. The features of this radio is
Speaker 1: that it is a tripower. It is five watts on
Speaker 1: high two point five watts on medium power, half a
Speaker 1: watt on low power. It has a seventeen hundred and
Speaker 1: fifty million ampower battery, two hundred channels wide band receive.
Speaker 1: It receives from sixty five to one hundred and eight
Speaker 1: megahertz for FM broadcast ban rugged design, one watt audio speaker.
Speaker 1: The last one we talked about was seven hundred and
Speaker 1: fifty mili wats. This is a one wat audio speaker,
Speaker 1: so it's going to be a little bit louder to
Speaker 1: listen to, and it includes a rapid charger most times.
Speaker 1: It has a superior build quality, it's easy to program,
Speaker 1: and it's reliable for emergencies. The cons are it's a
Speaker 1: little bit higher price, it doesn't have a flashlight. I
Speaker 1: don't think that's a con ai that it doesn't have
Speaker 1: a flashlight, and it has an average battery life. It's
Speaker 1: best for users prioritizing reliability, oh and build trust over
Speaker 1: just a cheap Chinese radio. So This is a really
Speaker 1: good radio for a beginner. If you're again we're talking
Speaker 1: about radios under one hundred and fifty dollars to day,
Speaker 1: this one's actually under one hundred dollars. It's big brother
Speaker 1: is the Yazoo FT sixty five. Now I have one
Speaker 1: of these. I've used it for a while. I actually
Speaker 1: did a video a livestream a while back about creating
Speaker 1: a win Link gateway that interfaces with this radio. So
Speaker 1: it's got some extra features like that that you can
Speaker 1: do with It is a very compact and ruggedly constructed radio.
Speaker 1: It has three power settings, five watts on high, two
Speaker 1: point five on mid, and zero point five on low,
Speaker 1: just like the FX four. It has a big front
Speaker 1: speaker with a one watt of crisp power, just like
Speaker 1: it's the other yes we just talked about. Has a
Speaker 1: nineteen hundred and fifty mili amp power lithium ion battery,
Speaker 1: and it has an option for twenty five hundred milliampower
Speaker 1: upgradeable battery that's good for over eleven hours of operating time.
Speaker 1: A three point five hour rapid charger comes standard, making
Speaker 1: the transceiver ready to operate at anytime. Newly to design
Speaker 1: large white led screen on the display, gives a vibrant
Speaker 1: and highly visible display. Four quick recall keys QRK our
Speaker 1: user programmable and to instantly recall whatever else you want
Speaker 1: them to recall in that kind of thing. So lots
Speaker 1: of other features here. We're going to check that out
Speaker 1: today on the gigabarts website. I'll put a link in
Speaker 1: the description below. One oh nine to ninety five is
Speaker 1: what that radio comes in at a little bit over
Speaker 1: one hundred dollars mark, but still under our one hundred
Speaker 1: and fifty dollars. That's the sixth radio on the list today.
Speaker 1: The last one is you will see right here this
Speaker 1: radio is actually a little bit over one hundred and
Speaker 1: fifty dollars. But here's the good news. If you use
Speaker 1: the coupon code of you of HR two dash uv pro,
Speaker 1: you can save a ten percent discount off of this
Speaker 1: radio from the Bao Fang Tech website and that brings
Speaker 1: it down to about one hundred and forty eight dollars,
Speaker 1: about sixteen dollars and fifty cents off with that discount
Speaker 1: code that I just gave you, and I will put
Speaker 1: in the link in the description. Blow comes in black
Speaker 1: and a tan color has a bluetooth for bluetooth programming.
Speaker 1: Comes with a full Kiss T and C, so you
Speaker 1: can connect this radio via Bluetooth to an Android phone
Speaker 1: and run APRS droid and do APRS begonning. You can
Speaker 1: connect it to Wade on an Android device and do
Speaker 1: wind Link on it. I have used Woade and win
Speaker 1: Link several times. In fact, if you want to send
Speaker 1: me a win Link email KC five HWB at winlink
Speaker 1: dot com. I reply to all my win Link emails.
Speaker 1: But this radio is dual band hf UHF two way
Speaker 1: APR has full APRS. Is the only radio we've talked
Speaker 1: about today that has full APRS capability, as the only
Speaker 1: radio I know of less than one hundred and fifty dollars.
Speaker 1: It has full APRS capability and built in Kiss T
Speaker 1: and C, Bluetooth, GPS, text messaging through the app on
Speaker 1: the BTech app that it has aviation band scanner know
Speaker 1: whether radio alerts USBC charge battery. This has been a
Speaker 1: very popular radio. I did a video about this radio,
Speaker 1: and I know a lot of you guys are clicking
Speaker 1: on my links and buying it. Because I get an email,
Speaker 1: it doesn't tell me who's buying it. It just says, hey,
Speaker 1: you made your coupon, was used, Your coupon was used.
Speaker 1: And I keep getting that over and over again. This
Speaker 1: has been a very popular radio several of us. Several
Speaker 1: of us use this radio at the Orlando ham Cation
Speaker 1: last February and Daytonhamvention last May to beacon aprs and
Speaker 1: connect to win Link to send win Link emails while
Speaker 1: we were at the Hamfest. So very good radio one
Speaker 1: hundred and forty eight dollars after my discount, go check
Speaker 1: out the Balfang Tech website there. So these are the
Speaker 1: top seven radios that I have picked from an AI
Speaker 1: list that I got that I didn't agree with one
Speaker 1: hundred percent. Again, ninety percent of these were on the
Speaker 1: AI list. I got rid of the UV five R,
Speaker 1: I added the b Tech and I added one more radio.
Speaker 1: Which one is it? I don't know which one did
Speaker 1: I add? I added one of them. Some other honorable
Speaker 1: mentions could be the Kwan Shane UK five that's been
Speaker 1: a popular one, the t I T thh three point
Speaker 1: fifty which is still in production and a Triband radio,
Speaker 1: and the KG nine thirty five h from walks On
Speaker 1: which has an excellent display, very rugged build factor, and
Speaker 1: you can has a color display. You can see it
Speaker 1: a little bit better than some of these. But what
Speaker 1: other radios might you have put on this list? If
Speaker 1: you were to do an AI search and read the list,
Speaker 1: how might you argue with that list that AI has
Speaker 1: given you? Check out the links in the description below. Guys,
Speaker 1: thank you for your time today seventy three. Hope to
Speaker 1: see you in the comments, and any suggestions you have
Speaker 1: are welcome. See you next time.