Retevis RT618 visual "ALERT" PMR Licence Free Radio 

Just bought one of these for rock climbing in the UK. white noise at sea cliffs and moorland rivers makes it a nightmare at times to hear safety calls, the easy big center push button sold it. Thanks for such a detailed review!

The 2W power here in the US makes a huge difference and allows for them to be useful.

The FRS (PMR) RAdios in the states are allowed 2 watts now. Great video Fred.

Frid in the shed me and my cousin are going to a Swap meet in September 11 Sunday morning at 8 am in Milwaukee 2022

Good Review Fred. Ideal for car to car use, loads of uses for these little radios.

Frid in the shed your retevis rt618 visual alert is cool

Frid in the shed my hobbys are painting pictures and lisining to shortwave and ssb iam thinking about getting my ham license I have 4 shortwave receivers

Frid in the shed I like your utube videos

Excellent review thanks! I got them for my kids, I like the minimalistic style and the led/PTT feature, which makes its operation very intuitive for children. In another youtube review, they got 1.5km out of it....wondering whether with the programming cable it's possible to set it on 2W and get even more range.

APPRECIATED. THESE KIND OF SETS HAVING 500 MW AND FREQUENCY 446 DO NOT WORK EVEN A 250 METERS IN THE CITY. HOWEVER IN THE CROSS COUNTRY THEY MIGHT WORK UP TO 1KM TO 2 KM. IF USED VIA REPEATERS, THEY ARE QUITE USEFUL.

Very good morning Fred 🌻🌻

Fred, I went past St Alban's the other day, I tooted the horn. Guy in front looked a bit confused, oh well. Stay safe mate!

these are good for old people

More RETEVIS stuff. Jeeez.

Are the pre programmed frequencies the same as other Retevis models so you can use them with other Retevis models straight out of the box? Sorry if obvious, im a newby

Add a set of them to the birthday list Fred

These are great little radios, I have given a couple to my kids, as they are great they can’t fiddle with any settings like most other PMR 446. The only issue I found is they can still unlock the keypad and change channel, so no use to contact them anymore!, my solution? Use the software to set all 16 channels to the same frequency and dcs code!, this way even if they unlock the key lock and change the channel number on the radio, they will still be on the same frequency and can still communicate! Great I thought, problem solved until I tried to do this in the software but Retevis lock the channel frequencies I guess to remain PMR446 compliant. A little more digging and I found they use the same software as a radioddity handset (r2 I think) so another download of software and you can set the frequency in radioddity software, save the file then open in retevis software and upload to the handset and bingo!

Hi FRED. I HAVE JUST BOUGHT A PRESIDENT RANDY 3 WALKIE TALKIE. I AM ON THE BEACH IN HAYLE,CORNWALL. I'VE JUST BEEN LISTENING TO A COUPLE OF AMERICAN GUYS CHATTING 😲😲😲 What do you think?? I'm astonished. I haven't had a cb,since I was a teenager.

Those cheap PMR devices are a perfect toy for kids, for more serious applications I got a Retevis RT40 DMR which is legal here in Austria, but I think also legal in the UK. DMR is better than dPMR as it is compatible to other DMR devices and you can also use the RT40 in PMR mode to still communicate also with cheaper analog PMR devices. With DMR you get more privacy as not many people use such devices, only downside is that you get some kind of "robot voice" due to digital modulation.

why get this when you can get a uv5r with hundred of frequencies 😃