Range Test - Retevis RT24 vs. Motorola XT420 vs. Motorola T80 

The T80 nailed it lol. I’m using the XT420 since a few years and I’m satisfied, but when it comes to price tags I’m impressed by the T80. Holy cow… That’s Motorola and I love it anyway

The guy at motorola had an aneurysm when he heard your conclusion.

The Motorola's seem to be clearer with their mic quality. Seems to really out perform the retevis even though signals are identical mororola punches through......its the same with my older model xtnid mic qualities are better.....really impressed with the little t.80s performance......yes well done test was really good thank you for the time and effort you put into producing this me already having Motorola's guessed the outcome before I even watched you're video ......

Quite exactly our experience with a Midland G9 Pro. Range about 2 km in a bit hilly terrain with forrest and village. A bit difference with better antennas on Baofeng UV-5R or GT-3TP or a Quancheng UV-K5 wit Nagoya NA771 (even the fake ones). Much better Call quality at 3...5 km distance in same area. TX Power about 2 W (low). I have to get a NanoVNA to maeasure the antenna, i guess they are far from perfect for both bands. On UHV the distance was better than on VHF, probably due to antenna. You can get the chinese radios for 20 bucks! 🙂

Matey you sound like an airline pilot with those rigs.😁

Ok, I'm new to the radios world. Just bought my first (Motorola T82 Extreme) and I'm wondering what kind of ranges should I expect in the city? After the first test we've get not much more than 500m.

Would replacing the microphone with the higher quality increase voice quality of the RT24?

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How about the other direction? Sending pmr stays the same and only receiving pmr's are altered and compared.

Hi. I need belt clips for Retevis Rt45P. Is it possible to check compatibility with any PMR Motorola? Much better purchase availability

so it seems all PMR walkie talkies with fixed antennas perform about the same distance, whether it is a cheap or expensive set?

so there are no difference between T50 compared to T80 in range performances?

I have 4 RT24 and seriously, for the price. It's cheap and you have a professional look PMR , the battery , i have let the radio without comunicate, you canlet him approximatively two days, it's very long. with low to normal usage it take 1, 1.5 days . for the power. i think like you that is the antenna make a difference. i have put on the RT24 a better antenna (High Gain antenna from my Wouxun) and i get a better range and better quality. (normally boost your RT24 with better antenna & pass to 0.5 to 2w is not legal but i dont think you will get spotted, police & other gov branch have other thing to do that looking on PMR frequency XD) In a flat way (i have a lake near my home) it make a flat distance and i can communicate with RT24 at 8.2 KM . Retevis have make a test on his youtube page. at full power it goes more than 10Km on flat distance. On city, i think only powerfull radios can go far (or with two high location) I have tested cheap PRM buy on local store VS the RT24 on 0.5w & stock antenna, it goes more far than cheap PMR (and the worst thing is the Local store cheap PMR cost most than the RT24 XD) For me, Retevis is the best cheap radios brand for Price/quality you have.

Could you do the T82 extreme

For me the modulation of the T80 is the best of the three radios. The RT24 is a little quiet...

I assume that you turned off the CTCSS & DCS codes that the RT24 comes with, in the box? Also, the transmit power can be turned-up to 2 watts using computer software.

Quality channel, keep it up!

Please try the Midland G9 Pro for modulation quality... thanks TdCatTech

Do you happen to have indoor test for these radios? Also how dPMR performs indoors? I'm looking for best bang for the buck radio for Airsoft milsim use.

Just bought the Motorola xt660 pmr digital mode and analog love Motorola I had the xtnid aswell

you sold me on the T80 O_o

Europe needs a pmr 2 watt

Great videos! Currently looking to buy a new set of walkie talkies after my Retevis RT45's decided to stop working, don't think I'd buy that brand again. Leaning toward the Motorola T82's at the moment, have you tried them?

Can you do a video discussing about business radios channels and also how to change onto CTCSS OR DCS codes on Motorola t80 and also XT420

Do you have videos or some recommendation regarding Cobra AM645 or AM845? What do you think?

How can I get a radio that can cover like a whole city, like 15-20 miles unbroken by buildings ?

I need advice good 446 PMR walkie talkie for Urban

Yaesu -ft4x worth every penny goes for a miles in the cities . The all PMR radios good for children playing war games

We just got some new Motorola radios, at work, cant remember exact model its either the T60/T60Z or T61 we are trying to get the strongest signal without interference, I was wondering, are the main channels the stronger signal, by that I mean for instance being on channel 5 as appose to being on channel 5.1 or does it not make any difference ?

Interesting, but they should be tested like Retevis to Retevis. Tranceiver quality is depending on both transmitter and receiver quality, and speaker sound quality, but that said, from what I heard the Motorola XT450/T80 was clearly superior to the RT24, but since their receivers was not tested, this test is half baked :)

All FRS radios are similar. All have 0,5 W. The range is the same.

the t80 has a very good microphone. nice

WLN-C1 is the best!

I think the diference is more about the mic than the range!

My RT29's are 10w..

Yet my T80s can't even make 200M

Owh?very far...nice