He should add the caveats of things he says the radio CAN do, which it actually can not. If everything he claims the radio can do, in fact, it would be all the rage! But it's not. There is a Whats App support number you can share with other users and the manufacturer, but you can not see the history of anything that was complained about prior to your joining! How convenient! If you return the radio for repair, the shipping is your responsibility, so for instance, to China from California and back is $300! So all I'm saying is, it looks like a wonderful radio, but buyer beware!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Just curious - are you using this radio toin the lab, or just using it for the wideband reception? I'm always a little wary of recommending the Chinese handhelds for beginners because a lot of them will transmit out of the ham bands right out of the box, which I think is just one more complication a beginner doesn't need. I would be worried if this radio did the same. Thanks!

"I bought a Q900 several months ago and found it very useful in a laboratory where we transmit all over the spectrum that a MARS mod just won't cover. " So how do you do this?

I tried to follow the provided links but I found radios from about 500 to 750 That looks and sounds the same to me. I also followed links for the antenna And do you need 1 or two antennas. Or is the GPS a antenna of some sort. I used CBs from the 1970 and SSB And I had ham relievers but I love the full band deal transceiver. I am getting into it as a hobby and in case SHTF happens to help my community...and I am talking to about 12 men in the community that are very interested as well. We will get a license to use it... Unless a emergency happens when no license is required.... Any help to understand would be greatly appreciated... if my old buddy Art Bell was still alive I would call him up but he passed away some time back. Sad I had just talked to him days before he passed. God bless

@@DCJNewsMedia hey buddy the prices vary based on the modules installed. Honestly if your new to it I would suggest going with a better known intro unit. It will last you longer than you think before you outgrow it. These types of radio are great but not terribly user friendly. Good luck

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I’m more than happy to answer any questions you have. Thanks for watching sir

Don't buy mate ... it's soo bad ... check this out kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qbhnmNZqz8zPf5s.html

Hi Derek, did you compare it to the Xiegu G90 tuner?

Thanks! You're very welcome!

It is, and I’ve owned the first one.

@@TechMindsOfficial Have you put any thought on how this would hook up to your xpa125b?

Thanks Mat, appreciate the comment. Cheers

@@TechMindsOfficial how much is it?

I like the idea of licence free also, I'm a ham but I don't talk .

@@todop yes probably don't have enough time to make contacts, yes we need a lot of time to dispend in Radio. But at the end of 43 years it's magic. 7351.

Thank you Frank, means a lot to receive nice comments like this. Cheers

Cheers!

Cool isn’t it! I like it a lot.

I would agree about a G90, I own one and love it. But it doesn’t so vhf/uhf with SSB, which is really handy on a small unit like this.

You’re welcome! 🙏

Be very careful before buying it. Might let TM here do more testing first. It looks almost identical to the Ailunce HS2 I bought a couple of years ago. My dislikes about it at the time were: 1. Tiny buttons and tiny display. Very fiddly to operate. 2. Poorly suppressed harmonics in the TX signal. (I'll have to re-measure to talk specifics) 3. Non-existent support from Ailunce. No software, firmware or manual updates for ~ a year. I'm going to try determine what's different from this "Q900 V3" and my "Ailunce HS2". The new firmware files look like they might drop right into my radio, but I'm not anxious to brick my HS2 just yet. I was planning to dump it on ebay for half what I paid for it ;)

@@Randrew looks like a lot of upgrades from the hs2.

@@pen25 Yes, I'm actually interested to see if they have fixed old problems with the design. Can't fix the tiny buttons and screen, though. I wound up operating my HS2 with the erase end of a pencil ;)

cw decoder is a nonsense since you can learn and decode yourself .

@@Randrew realy good value for money hey ? ... dumping it half price on ebay ...

Cheers Rob! Check out the AliExpress links in the description, that’s the best place to order from as you can choose the options. 73 ole bean! :)

If it was $150 it would be a neat radio, but the fact that it’s over $1000 they can shove it in the trash can where it belongs

Yes ,for vhf UHF - fm is a mode and makes no difference in antenna

I used only rig power, 20 watts a on HF SSB. I used a EFHW antenna with 49:1 transformer. Thank you for watching and hello Mexico! 🇲🇽

On the watsapp group they said they had sold out and will be shipping end of October. I guess you could extend the shipping time to end of October to be sure. Think they had over 100 in stock but demand out weighed stock unfortunately.

@@TechMindsOfficial It didn't say that 3 weeks ago when I ordered They had only sold 5 at that time

They have a few stores for different countries plus they sell direct from website. So the qty sold on website won’t be the true amount they have sold.

edit: As Matt has made clear, this is the 3rd generation design from Guohe, the OEM for the HS2 and QR20 which are 1st and 2nd generation. Yes! I've been yacking in here about that . The only external physical differences between it and my Ailunce HS2 is the color, the speaker grill (moved and smaller) and an extra SMA connector on the Q900 V3. Otherwise it looks the same... same tiny buttons and tiny screen. And given how packed it is inside my HS2, I doubt the LPFs are much better (and the HS2 TX spectrum is not great).

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Looks like quadrature Tayloe mixer is used, so, sampling. Also the 48 kHz wide spectrum window is a giveaway.

It will be a long time before they get to the big 3's quality and reliability, a loooooong time!

@@yauwohn it'll be a lot longer before the big 3 make reasonably priced radios.

I'm waiting for a full 100 watts transceiver from the Chinese manufacturers

No matter how good they get people will still use faintly racist language about it and call them Chinesium. It’s so sad. There’s *great* kit from over there right now.

@@Martinroadsguy - have you looked at the prices of the IC-7300 and FT-891? Totally reasonable prices for the quality offered.

I hate the 5/9 stations, which is why I spend most of my time on QO-100 having a real conversation.

@@TechMindsOfficial Yeah, fair enough.

D-STAR & DMR are a type, not a mode. The mode is Digital Voice.

Thank you 🙏

If it’s a dedicated HF radio, then either the IC7300 or FTDX10.

Just my opinion: Not unless you have a comfortable amount of disposable income or savings. Or at least not until this radio has been fully vetted. I tend to trust Matt here at TechMinds but the lineage of this particular radio leaves me feeling uneasy about it.

That would be cool!

Check firmware version. If it starts with 1 is V1, 2 = V2 and 3 = V3. www.guohedz.com/DOWNLOAD

From the manual When using hand keys, automatic keys, semi-automatic keys, external electronic keying unit or computer-generated keyboard equipment, please operate as follows: 1. Insert your 3.5mm (three-phase or two-phase) plug into the key jack on the rear panel. 2. Short press [MODE] to select a CW mode (CW or CWR); "CW" mode uses the carrier input on the USB side, while CWR (reverse) mode uses the input on the LSB side. 3. Long press [BAND] key to enter CW setting. The up and down direction keys on the keyboard select options, and the left and right direction keys adjust the settings in the options. 3-1. KEY MODE selection contents of left and right direction keys : manual key and automatic key 3-2. KEY SPEED automatic key code rate. The larger the value, the faster the speed 3-3. TX-RX CW transmit and receive conversion time. The greater the value, the greater the delay. 3-4. STF CW sidetone audio. 3-5. STG CW sidetone volume. 3-6. TRAINING practice mode, launch is not enabled. 3-7. DECODE CW, RTTY decoding display switch. 3-7. THRESHOLD CW decoding threshold. 4. CW automatic call, long press the [MENU] key to enter the menu, select a-call with the direction key, short press the [MENU] key to select A-CALL, and use the numeric keypad or USB keyboard to input the automatic call content. Press and hold the [MENU] key continuously to exit the main interface, set the key mode to the manual KEY mode, and press and hold the corresponding 5 items of input on the numeric keypad 1 ~ 5

It is not "wide open" out of the box, but you can open it. However, 1.25m is not listed as a supported frequency so I reckon it doesn't have the hardware (Low Pass Filters at least) to support clean TX there.

@@Randrew That would be an interesting and useful option if it could work on 1.25m. One could always build a band stop/band pass to filter that specific band.

Hi ya, join the watsapp group for the Q900, link in the video description. You can have direct contact with seller and ask your question. Thanks :)

if you have a problem with your radio ... they will release a new 'hardware version' and your version won't be supported after 6 months ... you'll just waste your time and money !

@ Storm Rider Thanks for the comment. I can only talk about my experience, obviously. With the Q900 that I have here, it’s way better than the HS2 that I had a few months ago. I’m keeping the Q900 where as the HS2 went straight back. Is the Q900 absolutely perfect? No, course not, but it’s a useable radio and has an amazing set of features all in one radio. The problem is you’ll read a lot of comment from people slagging the radio off, saying you won’t get support, or this or that, but the reality is MOST have never even seen one in the flesh and just like to bash Chinese products. Of course, I’m not stupid, I had a shed load of gear, sorry Junk! Which I would never show on my channel because I wouldn’t want to advocate something that’s bad. What you see in my videos is my experience with a product, I can’t speak for others. I’ll be doing a follow up video in a couple of days and then I will release something in a month or two. I had this for a month already, so far, it’s good.

As you asked so nicely, of course.