So you can use 14 and all talk to eachother just fine?

Yep

Dude, these are 2-way radios. Not cell phones. Yes, everyone on the same channel can hear and talk to each other.

+Javier Martinez Most PMR and FRS radios use CTCSS (google it,) its tone coded squelch not all manufacturers use the same code, when you press the transmit button it sends out a tonecode, only other radios with this code will open the squelch to let you hear them. Sure if you turn the squelch off and listen to the white noise you will hear everyone on the channel but most people dont want to do that and most PMR and FRS radios come with the squelch on as standard. Its limited because it doesnt stop people trying to talk at the same time on the same channel but what what you can do on these radios is set the tone so that you dont hear other people you do this by choosing an uncommon tone. So the answer to your reply is yes everyone could hear each other on the same channel but only if you listen with the squelch open and are happy to listen to white noise inbetween overs which most people wont do particularly in a work environment and there is no need a you are likely to only want to listen to people within your organisation. Many manufacturers use the common tone of 67hz although some cheap sets let you change them as does this one.

Reece, how do you feel 1 year on about them? Any regrets?

Thanks so much 😎

glad you enjoyed, range in built up areas will not be as good of course.

Thanks

kno ieman,how long do i charge the walkie talkie

@@rethikas14 only takes about 5 hours. Im happy with this purchase. Worth it.

WALKIE TALKIE 2021 🔊

Yes they are amazing value aren't they, I get the occasional comment from ppl saying Chinese junk etc, they aren't junk they are superb little sets that are so cheap it doesn't matter.

@@knoxieman hahaha. that is true. but nevermind those junk instructions. the item is great. we are happy with it.

Dennie Williams where did u get them for 6 dollars a piece ?

@@alphanomega2799 i bought it from lazada.com. similar to amazon. online store. but check it also from your local online store. the shipment came direct to china and delivered by their partner courier. im from Philippines so the price is inexpensive.

@@papadenz2022 ok thanks... but I just left the lazada website and the prices are ridiculous like over a 100$.. I guess they are cheap for u since u are there

many thanks :-)

I've got the baofeng uv5r these look really similar to you're sets sure the one's I got from cash converters for £5.00 are very early ones in radio terms. ....

Peter Grygorczuk Many thanks!! & Yes for the money they are amazing radios, you will have a lot of fun with them for sure!

Roddy Smith hey no problems they are great budget radios, enjoy :-)

yes they will still work

+knoxieman thanks. So what's the risk with the frequency. Is it a case of maybe bleeding over to one that's being used all ready or is it the uhf backup frequency if the police airwaves radios go down

What licence

Chirp works well and its free

*It is sdr# used in sdr radios software defined radios. hope u found it useful*

thanks and thanks for the sub, more reviews to come.

Awesome. If you haven't already, do you thing you could get your hands on the Quansheng TG UV2 and run it through the paces? I'm really wanting to get one but previous chicom experiences have be puckering up a bit...

Good one

Ch. 16 is used for scanning too.

Yes it's very accurate and has a 0 to 5 watt scale so good for pmr

thanks, it is a great little radio amazing value for money.

Yes absolutely 😎

fermin soto Well it depends in open space with line of sight you could get 20 miles however realistically you would be looking at about a mile in built up areas, they would work fine for security in a building though.

Chirp is loaded with options that are not supported on a radio of these specifications. Don't have to be.

that one of them has an s and not the other

negusorigins I don't think so, I don't have these radios any more as they were given away as gifts, I'm sure none of the cheap headsets have inline buttons.

Thanks v much I don't know if they have been cloned but its very likely!

Splash proof really not waterproof

are the Retevis RT24 any good and are they uk legal licence free?

The charger is very poor quality without protection, be careful.

WolfAirsoft Yes, but the antenna is removable, so leave it screwed in. The radio is DEAF to any other commercially available radio 'til you programme it. The 16 channels are PMR. Me? I'm tired of programming everything, so I'm chucking that in; if I want PMR., then I would go for the new Motorola extreme, 16 channels with everything working straight out of the box, and it can hear all other PMR radios.

Yes

In general if some other person in your range uses the same frequency the possibility of catching their conversation is very high. That's why you use 16 channels to choose from You can brief your friends to use. Only channel 1. And if there is some other group of people russian or Chinese or what ever it might be. By hearing your conversations they will usually switch to their own channel. For example number 6. That's how your group of people will be chatting on channel 1 and the russian will be chatting on channel 6. It is very simple. Yes if you decide to listen to Russians on channel 6 just switch to this channel. Or vice versa:-)) Yes you limited by 16 frequencies only. But the possibility that 16 groups of different people using the same 16 frequencies in the same time are very low. It will never happen-:) no matter if you in the wood or mountains or urban. That's why everybody has he's unique channel to use. You can buy advanced radios with 128 channels. But there is a big possibility interfering with civilian or police radios. This means more channels you have the more frequency options you got. Usually if you have some 5-4 friends you ask them to choose the same channel and you will be converse on it.

Your welcome

Hello, the voice prompt can only be changed in software, you need to get a programming cable, sounds like the other radios are on different frequencies, you can put them all on the same frequency with the software, it is important that you find out what frequency channels you are allowed to use in your country first, the side buttons can be programmed for scan or to drop the squelch.

probably not, get a cable and program it then you will, have fun.

Thanks, the music is generated by the video editor program so doesn't really have a name as such

No

+f4bscale Very likely not even some of the bigger UV5R variants dont put out 3 watts on UHF, you can generally take the power labels on the boxes with a massive pinch of salt, not that it matters as for the money they are great radios and all that extra watt or two would do in practice is just flatten your battery more, if range is a concern you need a better antenna on all these Chinese radios.

+knoxieman Thanks, I've sent for one so as to make a comparison. You are right about the antenna. I have worked my way through a few fake Nagoyas and they do improve performance a little. I now have a genuine Nagoya NA771 and it improves performance from, say 5 or 6/10 to 7 or 8/10 at 3.4 miles from a high point (almost line of sight). That's back to another 888s (original antenna) in a bedroom window.

+✱AT Productions✱ go ahead buy them on ebay 10£ each

Phil Holland I am using sdrsharp, I record the baseband audio i.e. the whole spectrum that you see and simply select the frequency that I pick the transmission up on. I use a screen recorder to capture the screen called BBflashback express the free version, all other editing is done in Corel videostudio pro version 8.

Scared of a bad there

+Walter Ego well its a tricky one to answer, legally you shouldnt be using them unless you are a licensed radio ham and even then not on PMR, however if you are going to use them and you are not a HAM it is essential that you program them on to the 8 PMR frequencies that way you wont cause interference, you still wont be legal but at least you wont be potentially causing havoc.

knoxieman Thanks for that - I certainly don't want to interfere with important communications somewhere. I wouldn't be using them often or for long conversations so PMR sounds the best way to go. Now we shall never talk of this again....... ;-)

Rui Delgado Yes tried the 771 made a noticeable difference as you would expect although it makes the radio less pocketable

Shubham Kumar hello no it won't operate on CB bands.

+Arturo Ortiz If you search for programming chirp in youtube you should find videos that will help.

Str8Klownin1 FRS/GMRS channels can be programmed into them, you can Google a list. No they're not legal but if you're not being a nuisance no one will ever check.

download the program chirp from danplanet you can program them with that, you will also need the cable of course. The radios are often supplied pre programmed on frequencies that will not be legal for you to use in the us and UK so its important to change them to avoid causing interference.

thank u ill look it up

Hi there don't worry too much about power levels none of the cheaper Chinese radios put out the power they say on the box, kdc1 is a great budget radio with superb audio and decent power for its size

Hi Jake sadly not as I gave these radios away after the video was made

Yes you must re program the channels are all over the place otherwise