Retevis RT83 - IP67 Waterproof 10 Watt DMR Radio! 

fredintheshed1 this would make a good shoot radio

Cheers mate!

Cheers Paul!

Hey Will, It's limiting depending on what the user wants. UHF is better for short range comms, it's the busier band, there's more repeaters on it. I have a couple of dual band handsets and I don't think I've ever used DMR on VHF. As for the TYT model, I've never worked with TYT so I'm not sure I'll be getting one of those sets but you never know. I'm almost certain the TYT MD-390G is a single band that offers both options but not in one set.

Thanks for that very comprehensive answer Lewis, much appreciated. I'm very new to radio and I find your videos inspirational, enjoyable and informative as well as being fun. This hobby sure is addictive though and I think I may have to go into rehab soon like your mate as every time I open a cupboard door these days a Baofeng falls out of it and as if that wasn't bad enough I've started to take an intrest in network radio after watching some of your reviews of it! As an aside, have you ever had any bad experiences with purchasing a fake/clone radio? I recently purchased a Baofeng BF-F8HP on ebay which turned out to be a UV5RT under the skin. The external cases of both radios are virtually identical except for the name badge so I suppose it was just a matter of faking that to pass it off as a BF-F8HP. The re-badged UV5RT only has dual power settings of 1w and 5w and I wanted a triple power BF-F8HP. Lesson learned! Anyway, I've ordered a triple power UV5RTP from radioddity this time who are a decent reputable company. Might be worth doing one of your vids on the dangers of fakes/clones out there? Thanks again Lewis and keep those videos coming...…..I'm every bit as much addicted to them as I am radio these days! 73 for now! (see, I'm even picking up a bit of the lingo!) ;-)

Hey, I'm working on it :)

Ringway Manchester Excellent.. :)

I don't have that model Michael

+Ringway Manchester why not you've got everything else 😂😂😂

Retevis stated that it is a superheterodyne.

Hey Keith as a matter of fact I've got one planned, it's just time.

Ringway Manchester thank you so much it is a mind field and not sure where to start. I like the network radio’s but also want UHF and ideally VHF.

I wish the FCC would do something USEFUL with their time instead of passing arbitrary rules. This is just them blowing hot air, trying to flex their flabby muscles. They don't have time, money technology or manpower to enforce it.

Dark Shadow Why are FCC picking on Baofeng? There are plenty of other brands that are fully expandable and not just the cheap Chinese radios. I agree, a lot of hot air and they have to justify their existence now and then.

@@humaxf1 Why? Simple They're being lobbied by the likes of Icom, Vertex, Yaesu. Because the feel threatened by an upstart like Baofeng offering radios with more features than their dinosaurs at about a 10th of the price. And for some reason the ARRL is on board too, they're not dumb THEY HAVE to know that trey are putting themselves out of business. Squeezing an already dwindling market that's failing to IP technology.

It does

@@RingwayManchester thanks. Can you still communicate with a Baofeng UV-5R ? Or is this a pure digital radio ?

@@cyberghost74 digital and analog. 400 to 470 MHz on Analog

A lot of the DMR radios out of China seem very similar. It's a possibility.

Ringway Manchester MD390 with recording feature and different screen font/layout It’s genuinely becoming difficult to keep track of TYT/Retevis models with quite a lot of crossover in features.

You're right but they all have a specific main feature for example: 10w IP67 Screen/no screen Commercial or amateur user (software/feature differences)

Ringway Manchester True and I’m all for choice but... too many choices.

It's a minefield

Hum..Now I know why I'm so daft.

It would do no harm whatsoever John