I got myself the anytone 5888 2 weeks ago. There is a function on the anytone called "band" where if you deselect select OFF, you can then insert ANY freq without having to first be on the correct band before doing so. 73 DE ZS6AKW
Awesome thanks Jason. Really was nice to meet you at the Belton Ham Fest by the way. In the process of buying a house right now so as soon as that's done I plan on adding a 222 MHz radio to the new shack. Best part is..no homeowners association ! Keep the videos coming ..good stuff ! 73. -Sam K5JM
I know this video is a couple of years old, but for anyone watching.... The reason you have to press to change bands is for ease of scanning, otherwise you would be scanning every band. So if you're listening for 2 meter traffic, it will only scan that band. However, you can change this in the menu. Go to BAND and change to off. Now you can input any frequency without the pressing.
Good info. But with this radio, I never was able to get it to scan correctly anyway. I setup a bank of 220 repeaters, and set them to scan, but when I press the scan button, nothing happens.
Ham Radio 2.0 if I remember correctly you need to place each stored frequency into the main memory. Find the freq you want then long press SCN. SKIP should be displayed. Then long press again and MEM or MSM , I forget which, will be displayed. Now it is in the main memory and will be scanned.
I like this radio, I have 2 of my own. The scan is the only thing I can't get to work. I wish another manufacturer made a current triband like this one.
After reviewing this radio myself I noticed something on the 220 MHz band. When mobile in wide-band FM on 220 MHz the audio is garbled a little, like the person is drifting off frequency. This is corrected by putting the radio in narrow FM on 220 MHz. The warble goes away. If you have your radio in tone squelch on 220 MHz wide-band, the audio will drop in and out as the CTCSS tone gets distorted on the warble and the radio can't decode it. Again, this is only when you are mobile and the radio is moving. Works fine when you are stopped in your vehicle or you are using at home as a base radio. Also, works fine if you put the radio in FM narrow on 220 MHz. I have done that and no one can really tell the difference on my TX audio and the RX audio still sounds good too. Just thought I would share this. There is someone with a similar experience with a review on eham.net. This is a great radio and really the only choice for a tri-band radio with 220 MHz and decent output power. Also, for you type "A" people out there, the display can be set to almost any color in the rainbow you want to match any vehicle's interior decor! With the remote mountable head, this is a great radio! 73 Rick N1IRL
Nice video. Very useful. Have a S/H 5888 under my desk as part ex deal. Need to do my ticket first but can't wait to use it on 2 meters especially. Thanks for an interesting video again.
Thanks for the informative report on the radio. I had my eye on that radio for quite some time now, the only reason why I haven't purchased that radio is because it's completely useless to me with-out the separation kit. Not so much the cable but the bracket is whats needed. thank's again 73's from AC2RQ and god bless.
Interesting - being new to HAM radio it's sometimes difficult to understand everything you're covering or when you're covering features whether it's better on a different radio or worse. Still it's quite informative and I liked the last part with the 220 NET. Keep up the great work - it's quite helpful even if I'm slowly learning.
Do the face mounts for Yaesu 8900, Chinese quad band clones, or Alinco radios fit the front face of the AT-5888UV* series? The Anytone mount is really hard to find now.
I have a question on remote mounting the face plate, it you look at the transparent seperation cable that comes with the radio it's pin out is straight through while a standard Ethernet cable has a split pair. Is there a factory extension cable made for this?
I know this is an old video, but I just received one of these and have scoured the internet looking for an answer to a question but came up empty. When changing offset manually, it seems I cannot enter the number through the mic I have to turn the dial which takes forever going from a 0.6 offset to a 5.0 offset. Am I missing something or do I just have to deal with that annoyance?
Good thorough review. I ordered your last one. Only critique is that you're painfully, way too close to your mic: it picks up every time you inhale or smack your gums.
So I just got this radio and I love it!!! Question I have is how do I program it so the side Im transmitting on uses the hand set speaker? Currently the if I’m transmitting on the left side the sound comes out of the speaker in the base. And the sound that comes from the handset is only from the left side of the radio.
@@HamRadio2 I know this is an old video, but on FM wide/narrow deviation is basically like mic gain. If you had a radio that didn't have wide/narrow deviation switch you could turn down the mic gain and get the same result on transmit. If you mic gain is higher you will have a wider transmit bandwidth. Radios that have a wide narrow switch probably should have a filter that changes the receive bandwidth so that listening to a narrow band signal would be less noisy but probably few if any do that.
I don't know what I pushed but i can't get 220 to come back up. I've had the radio for a while and I was manually programming a freq in and I saw that I overwrite one of my 220 memories. I went back to vfo and held the knob down and it skips 220. Anyone know how to get that back?
Great video. I would agree with another individual in that if it is a unboxing video then actually unbox it. Since, you have several videos on the Chinese radios, which dual band would you recommend or is the a difference between Wouxon, TYT and Anytone?
I can't win on the unboxing videos. When I unbox radios, people complain. When I don't, other people complain. So I just kinda do whatever I feel like now, since someone is always complaining anyway. The TYT TH-7800 works well. While I've noot used the Anytone dual band, I do like the Anytone Triband, so I imagine the dual band works well too.
Ham Radio 2.0 too funny. Can't please everyone. 🤙🏼 I am just looking for a decent radio, not too expensive but sounds good for an extra truck. Keep up the great work.
How does this Radio performs on a High RF environment ?.. I have another Anytone Dual band and it is very noisy in the urban environment !... Thanks for share.. Nice video.. XE1ZLG
It's pretty big and is triband (or also available dual band). Probably not good if open offroading. Mine is great with detached head in SUV console and main body below pax seat. The UHF band works just fine (can program ham and frs/gmrs, too...)
so Im just getting in HAM radio and I only listen to emergency stations now, knowing im not allowed to broadcast. anyway I want to get a set of for my jeep to listen on the road, what kind of antenna port do these have. is it like a standard coax?
I'm not sure it will go to those splinter frequencies. 446 is inside of the Amateur band, so it'll go there, just not sure it will do the freq split for pmr
The last part of the video isn't all that useful just audio of a 220net. Would have also been useful to see measured power out of the radio, deviation, and spectral plot.
Botões iluminados, incrivel como os Chineses estão melhorando os radios enquanto Yaesu esta fabricando radios de vhf com material ruim, yaesu tem se tornado um lixo ultimamente
Ham Radio 2.0 thank you for the answer; I know this would be not a must have feature but as I am a bit passionate of air listening, most of these chinese doesn't have this kind of step.
It is probably locked down because of part 90 regulations. What you have is a radio that is designed for operation both as a part 97 ham radio and a part 90 business radio. Maybe it is locked because it is likely is that way be default for part 90. You might have to have an unlock code to be able to get ono the ham bands
There are several radios made for both Ham and part 90. Both Beofang and Alinco make radios for both purposes. The Alinco DR-635 for in-vehicle use, is such a radio, and the Beofang is where you go if you need a such a double-duty radio. That is what your AnyTone radio probably is, and you might need to get an unlock code to use it on the ham bands
I would MUCH rather see this than some over-produced "used car salesman" approach that would gloss over a problem because the only thing they are concerned about is selling products for their sponsers. This shows the kind of issues someone might have when they first open the box. One of the main reasons I support HR2. Always that one armchair creator that has no content but wants to tell people how to make their videos better. @Rick..stop being that person.
