UPGRADE! Talkpod A36 PLUS 8 Watt GMRS and Ham Radio HT

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I am not sure how legal this radio is, so you might want to get it before it is gone. Talkpod reached out to me and said they fixed the spurious emissions of their older 5-watt model and they wanted me to test this one. GUESS WHAT!! Watch the video to see if it works...
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@ErikTheVikingMechanic 2 месяца назад

If you can't transmit or you want to jail brake it Press PTT +8 and turn on. Youll see "Expand 108-136AM RX RX/TX: 136-180, 200-260, 300-400, 400-520 YOU ARE WELCOME

@HamRadio2 2 месяца назад

It already does all of that, so this isn't needed.

@tkflanagan4449 2 месяца назад

What's up my AWESOME Friend?? Now I am buying the talkpod 36plus I trust you to the MAX!!! plus you seem like a nice person!! I am 70yrs young and like all that you recommended under a 100$ I enjoy finding new stuff!! THANK YOU 😀👍👍

@HamRadio2 2 месяца назад

Hope you enjoy it!

@RKingis 2 месяца назад

Legally, it's basically like Anytone/BTech selling a Part90 radio, but advertised as a ham radio, or business radio. As long as it's shipped as a GMRS radio if bought as a GMRS radio, and Part95 certified, I'd imagine it's legal.

@jmacbops 2 месяца назад

I purchased a Talkpod A36 Plus HT in June of 2023. Played with it a little bit but never used it much. Took it out yesterday (March 2024) and the battery won't charge or hold a charge. The radio works as expected in the charging base but the battery is dead. If I can't find a replacement, this radio is a door stop. Disappointed that the battery failed after nine months of mostly sitting in the box. I'm glad I don't have to depend on this radio in an emergency.

@HamRadio2 2 месяца назад

Yeah that's disappointing

@LilBoyCalledRoy 2 месяца назад

Those June batches of Talkpod A36Plus did have a lot of problems, the A36Plus I have here was bought in August last year, and the problems were not so much on the contrary, except for Spurious Emissions...

@robertmeyer4744 2 месяца назад

I think they only see the new version. I did buy one after K8MRD did video on Talk pod showing fixed .I got one tested it and its a pass on Harmonics on 2 meters and 220 band. then Hayden did a video they fixed it. you got the one with bigger battery. I got the set with 2 antenna's and 2 battery's . but mine came locked to GMRS but hold button and un lock. K8MRD and Hayden have video on that . now my girlfriends radio . I put a Nagoya try band antenna on it. the 220 band is ok. the outher TYT you did video much better. that Talk pod does air band RX . scans PL tones and more. 73's

@victorcharlie7491 2 месяца назад

Great video tnx for the info man!

@ik04 2 месяца назад

I bought my A36Plus from Aliexpress a few months ago and luckily got one of the new ones that transmits cleanly. I ships as a GMRS radio, but you can program any FM frequencies with Chirp. The menu is superior to any handheld I own, including Yaesu and Icom, as well as all the Chinese radios.

@HamRadio2 2 месяца назад

The menu is the same as the Baofeng 5RM and Radtel radio that I showed in this video. I wouldn't call it superior to Icom or Yaesu, but it is better than the older Chinese radios.

@NukaVaultReadiness 2 месяца назад

Interesting that it is "labeled" for two radio services. Thought about getting one myself. Thanks for the video Jason!

@HamRadio2 2 месяца назад

Any time!

@RKingis 2 месяца назад

Well, they aren't wrong. Quite a few of the Anytone DMR radios are Part90, but advertised as both services on some sites. Even Icom, Yaesu, Kenwood aren't certified Part97.

@HamRadio2 2 месяца назад

There is no such thing as "Certified Part 97" because Part 97 is an experimenters license. Companies have to adhere to certain standards if they want to sell commercially but Part 97 works differently than other FCC Certifications.

@andybibby342 Месяц назад

Is the AM airband receiver…actually AM, not a FM mod. Does it receive the audio clean? Unlike the Quansheng. Andy

@mostlypostie1 2 месяца назад

Hey, I like your vids - it looks much improved over the original radio. But I do think you should read up on the TinySA and how to use it, to get more accurate results. Some of the readings and measurements you saw were because of how you set the TinySA up (and the power levels, etc). It would be great to see some more testing on it.

@HamRadio2 2 месяца назад

We did a whole Livestream on that

@OhYeah-qx9qn 2 месяца назад

Does it have memory groups/banks? A thousand memory channels is great but kind of a pain without some way to group them

@HamRadio2 2 месяца назад

Not that I saw

@TheSeandorsey 2 месяца назад

My A36 Plus has the same FCC ID number on it. Bought mine sometime last year.

@HamRadio2 2 месяца назад

Yeah they recycled the number

@SansNeural 2 месяца назад

It's all lies anyway. If you look up that ID number I bet it's just certified to Part 15 as a noise maker. This radio can't be certified by FCC for GMRS for at least these two reasons: § 95.1761 (c) No GMRS transmitter will be certified for use in the GMRS if it is equipped with the capabilities to operate in services that do not require equipment certification, such as the Amateur Radio Service. § 95.1787 (a)(4) The antenna must be a non-removable integral part of the GMRS unit.

@SansNeural 2 месяца назад

I did look up the docs filed for that ID number. Basically Quanshun got their part 95 cert by lying in their "Attestation Letter" by declaring: "The product has locked the TX frequency to 30 Channels by firmware, and then end users could not unlock the limited band out of range neither by software programming on PC nor manually programming." And the 136 - 520 MHz range is stated as "receive only".

@RKingis 2 месяца назад

@@SansNeuralAntenna for GMRS is fixed, only if it can transmit data. Normal radios can have a removable antenna 95.1787, section A is digital rules.

@KQ4KXA 2 месяца назад

Curious about the talkpod a36SE thats on amazon its sold by talkpod but no one has done a video on it

@LilBoyCalledRoy 2 месяца назад

I have one. But it's more like a 5W version changed its appearance.

@Marco402 2 месяца назад

Just grabbed a clear one for myself..

@THEFINALHAZARD 2 месяца назад

I’ve had three of these within six months, and only one is working anymore. I’ll be honest I’m really not happy with them. One had the plastic deform on the battery holding clips on the main HT itself, and also had its battery fail. Number two had the HT itself spontaneously fail. Was mid use of it and it just went dead. Thought the battery died, and tried the other batteries on it. Won’t turn on. Radio three is going fine, for now. Talkpod was less than helpful with the 2nd radio, too saying that “moisture could have gotten into the radio” never mind it was being used dry, and has never been submerged. Mentioned that and the fact they’re sposed to be water resistant, and was told that the water resistance can’t actually be guaranteed and some radios may ship with bad seals. Stellar QC…

@hamradios-wd8nvn 2 месяца назад

Does anyone know about the HAM-CON Zion in St. Georges, Utah during this July ??? 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

@HamRadio2 2 месяца назад

I'll be there

@alanklasek7195 2 месяца назад

The one I bought last fall says A36 plus on it. They must be differentiating the new model by the 8w designation.

@HamRadio2 2 месяца назад

Yes I think the eight watt designation is the only difference. Kind of stupid in my opinion, they should have chosen another model number

@LilBoyCalledRoy 2 месяца назад

fortunately, it didn't call A36Plus Plus haha

@LilBoyCalledRoy 16 дней назад

They now name it A36Max

@kchedville Месяц назад

What does the DC on the Display Screen mean ...?

@LilBoyCalledRoy Месяц назад

DC Indicates that the current sub-audio tone is digital. This symbol appears during transmission, signifying that digital sub-audio tone signaling is in progress.

@robertkeller9828 2 месяца назад

Kewl HT BUT unfortunatley, the closest repeator is almost 40 miles away and even then, very sporadic "bursts" of GRMS traffic. I'd prolly have to buy or make a Yagi to reach it...Really need mo' power.

@Suffocation03 2 месяца назад

The link that you shared is for the 5 W that transmits and receives on hand bands. There is another link for the 8 W and it says it only transmits on GMRS

@HamRadio2 2 месяца назад

That's the link they sent me, lol

@Number4lead 2 месяца назад

How do we know it's an upgrade?

@HamRadio2 2 месяца назад

Test it against the last one

@RonN5HYH 2 месяца назад

My guess is the radio has a Low Pass filter that cleans up the 70cm 2nd Harmonic but passes the 2M harmonics unfiltered.

@LilBoyCalledRoy 2 месяца назад

5W really do that

@CyborgAlienBariaur 2 месяца назад

They probably have it unlocked for you since you have both licenses

@HamRadio2 2 месяца назад

IDK, that's not what the label on the box said

@TeamTopKick 2 месяца назад

Not legal for GMRS but still cool its wide open and do agree its stupid how the law for GMRS is. Its really nice that it does come with a programming cable. My Wouxun UV9GX allows for programming thru the radio. It came preprogrammed but still had to put in the repeater Codes and I name the repeaters i use.

@RKingis 2 месяца назад

Why is it not legal for GMRS?

@TeamTopKick 2 месяца назад

@@RKingis because it does more than just GMRS channels.

@RKingis 2 месяца назад

@@TeamTopKick Only after modification.

@Gta2O13 5 дней назад

@@TeamTopKick😥🐷

@oliverw.douglas285 2 месяца назад

I think the concern on the FCC's Part was that frequency agile or FPP radios, in the hands of the general public was an unwise situation. That being said, the cheaply priced radios from China popped that bubble.

@vicmiller7191 2 месяца назад

This would almost fit the bill for a GMRS / HAM vhf/uhf Rig except I am looking for a Mobile that would give me that GMRS and 2 meter/440 meter but higher power that I can finish building a dedicated go box for. 73 Vic de KE8JWE

@PNW_Hawk 2 месяца назад

Perhaps check out the Anytone 778UV. 136-174MHz, 400-490MHz, 5, 15 and 25w. Small and compact as well.

@CyborgAlienBariaur 2 месяца назад

It's not a superheterodyne though is it?

@HamRadio2 2 месяца назад

Doubtful

@KO4DKN 2 месяца назад

Does this radio actually do 8 watts?

@HamRadio2 2 месяца назад

Yes it appears to

@petercarter9034 Месяц назад

Out of all the different makes of radios I have had I send back both my Talkpods they were terrible the batteries were loose fitting they didn't hold a charge and the output was very low, about 3.2 watts, personally I would not touch them either a barge pole

@HamRadio2 Месяц назад

I've not had any issues with this model yet

@petercarter9034 Месяц назад

@@HamRadio2 I could have had a bad batch maybe ?

@HamRadio2 Месяц назад

Possibly

@JoseArrom 2 месяца назад

There is no reason why you couldn't have more than one VHF radio service on one HT as long as you have the right licenses (amateur, GMRS), and clean transmissions.

@HamRadio2 2 месяца назад

Except for the FCC rule saying you can't, I think you are correct.

@JohnSmith-hm9hn 2 месяца назад

but does it xmit at 8w?

@HamRadio2 2 месяца назад

I didn't test that. Honestly I don't care, but I know that others will so I'll make another video. The main point today was to test their spurious emissions claim

@JohnSmith-hm9hn 2 месяца назад

@@HamRadio2I did a quick search and all the radios that I found were only 5W. This must be too new.

@HamRadio2 2 месяца назад

check the link in the description

@JohnSmith-hm9hn 2 месяца назад

@@HamRadio2 now it says 8W

@CyborgAlienBariaur 2 месяца назад

They probably just updated their softwares

@HamRadio2 2 месяца назад

Probably so, but if it is a clean signal, who cares