5/12/2021 0 Comments Anytone At 588 Vhf Manual
Claimed output is 50W on 2m, 25W on 1.25m and 40W on 70cm. Note 1.25m is only available on the left side of the radio.I purchased it on Amazon, but the same unit is available from the seller on eBay too.Note a very similar two band unit exists, but that this is the tri-band III unit.
Most of my experience has been with a Kenwood handheld and a BTech DMR handheld (essentially identical to the popular Anytone AT-D878UV). Im good technically, but have limited experience evaluating ham radios. I really wanted a tri-band radio, 2m, 1.25m and 70cm. There were only a couple choices, and this looked like the best option to me. A few random comments: Note this radio is similar in design to the Yaesu FT-8900R, TYT TH-9800 and Alinco DR-638T and I strongly suspect they all come from the same factory. Everything works and I have been getting very nice signal reports. Anytone At 588 Vhf Software Is EasierIve played with much of the menu system and everything seems to work as it should, but programming through the software is easier. Anytone At 588 Vhf Manual Doesnt AlwaysIts also a pretty complicated device and as usual, the manual doesnt always do a great job explaining things. The Bank, Hyper and Limit memories can be confusing and are not really explained in the manual. But the Yaesu FT-8900R manual does provide a little description of these, you may wish to take a look at that manual, from the Yaesu website (the Yaesu buttons and numbers of memories are different, but the concepts are the same). For a moment I thought I was having some selectivity issues from two repeaters right next to each other in frequency, but that ended up not being true. Anytone At 588 Vhf Manuals I HaveSo far so good. Note that the radio comes with an updated manual, the older manuals I have found online have some inaccuracies. The TVSQL button has nothing to do with TV, it is used for memory bank switching and squelch (long press is squelch). Other versions of this radio offered some TV function and had a dedicated TV output but that connector is used for an external speaker with this version of the radio. I have used the programming software that came with it with good results but it does not have great capability to move channels around. I have also tried the RT Systems software and it works better. Sadly, CHIRP does NOT work with the version (III) of the 5888UV radio. The fan runs after a couple minutes transmitting and it is a bit louder than I would like. But after using the radio a bit I dont notice it anymore The unit has speakers on both the top and the bottom. You can use the main bottom speaker for all the bands with the top speaker turned off. There is a setting that enables the topsub and the external speaker together. The second speaker setup kind of strange with some division between UHF and VHF between the speakers. Claimed output is 50W on 2m, 25W on 1.25m and 40W on 70cm.
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