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Equipment / Re: Radtel RT-880 multi-band, multi-mode HT. Price is certainly right.
« on: August 04, 2025, 0109 UTC »
I bought an RT-880G (GPS) model when it was still in pre-ordering status. I’ve been using it for a few months and I am absolutely over the moon.
It took about a month to arrive (2 weeks in shipping) It’s able to do CB, HF down to about 18 mhz, FM transmission only (sadly no SSB or AM, only RX for all modes) Strangely there isn’t a way to toggle between USB or LSB, it seems the SSB mode is both upper and lower side bands together.
There are plenty of settings to play around with, it even supports APRS sending and receiving. It’s also able to TX on 250-260mhz for any mobile SATCOM uses (It definitely works, made contacts on the other side of the planet)
Only caveats I would say is the screen brightness outdoors in the sun and also the speaker quality. It sounds good but not great.
The physical chip inside the mobo (upon looking up the serial number) shows that it’s rated for 11W power (10W advertised) and in some cases it even exceeds the 10W range by a few decimals.
Overall an amazing radio, would definitely recommend for budget beginners.
It took about a month to arrive (2 weeks in shipping) It’s able to do CB, HF down to about 18 mhz, FM transmission only (sadly no SSB or AM, only RX for all modes) Strangely there isn’t a way to toggle between USB or LSB, it seems the SSB mode is both upper and lower side bands together.
There are plenty of settings to play around with, it even supports APRS sending and receiving. It’s also able to TX on 250-260mhz for any mobile SATCOM uses (It definitely works, made contacts on the other side of the planet)
Only caveats I would say is the screen brightness outdoors in the sun and also the speaker quality. It sounds good but not great.
The physical chip inside the mobo (upon looking up the serial number) shows that it’s rated for 11W power (10W advertised) and in some cases it even exceeds the 10W range by a few decimals.
Overall an amazing radio, would definitely recommend for budget beginners.
