If you can run MS Excel, you can run the RT Systems right out of the box. The Cut & Paste ease of the RT Systems makes it worth the cost.

Thank you for great comparisons - was using Chirp and Kenwood software, and I am now sold on RTsystems - if only because of common format of representation of radio data, which can be cut/pasted. Thank you!

Very very good information. Probably the best videos on radio education on youtube.

Good video. I liked the way you put them side-by-side. 📻🎧

I love RT Systems. Great products, great support. I will be purchasing their Kenwood TH-D75A software when it is released - hopefully soon after the radio is released! 😊

Yeah but you're paying between 25 and 50 bucks per radio on RT systems. If you're working with 5 different radios that's between 125 and 250 bucks just in software. That's a major drawback.

Dude - set your volume levels! Your intro music blasted me out at about 10x the volume of the first 30 seconds.

Great video. The Chinese characters in the top left are translated as follows: Characters: 基本設定 Pinyin: Jīběn shèdìng English: Basic Settings Enjoy!

Great video thanks for presenting it!

great vid, thanks for demystifying this

Nice review. Thank you.

Being able move copy the same channel list from one rig to another makes the RT software for my other radios a buy it now". That's something invaluable, I must have missed it in th RTFM. Thanks, Bob.

OMG, he said he didn't know something. How utterly refreshing! I am tired of know-it-all channel hosts who cannot admit they could be wrong - and denigrate anyone who suggests they might have made a mistake. That's one of the reasons this is such a great channel. N6###

Bob thanks for the content.

I've always wondered if RT Systems software was worth the money vs CHIRP and if the format was consistent across radios. Thanks for showing me that it is worth it and it is consistent. You just cost me some money , buddy.

RT Systems for me, I have an Ft3d and icom 2730 so I’m able to copy memory locations between the two. “How to” video on RT Systems would be good.

Good info from knowledgeable guy. Thanks

Good job as always. Going with the RT solution for my ID 52, & Baofeng HT’s. If I end up liking them, I’ll grab the software for the IC 7100, IC 705, and may even get the one for the 7300 (but don’t really know what HF use this will give me. I guess I’ll find out when I mess with the 705 programming).

Thanks for the info

Nice video. Did you use the USB-68 cable from RT Systems for all three programmers (Chirp, ADMS, RTSystems), or did the supplied data cable with the FT5 work for any of them? Thanks

Here is my comment for the algorithm. Welcome back!

thanks 4 comparison!

Good Job!

I don’t have a lot of money and yet the utility of RT systems for the Y FT5D. Where has this been all my life. There is a lot functionality I can’t yet figure out. but I have loaded repeaters whose data was imported into RT systems software through a customizable search. That is powerful and fascinating in what that implies as far as grouping and sorting repeaters say on the basis of a travel path.

Funny, Bob, I don’t use any software at all for programming. As an EmComm operator, I do read the owners manual and I program all my radio’s manually as if I was out in the field without computers, without any software. I will make a cheater card, a 3x5 card, to help me remember steps in programming. The only software I have ever used was for my Icon 880H but have since learned to program that manually also for my MMDVM Zumspot. I have a QB25 that has been giving me fits. I have learned to step away and then try again later. You learn a lot about radios when you manually program, it’s part of the fun in this hobby. 73

RT Systems is definitely the best. Just disappointed you did not spend more time on it. Explanation could have been more detailed. Not even interested in the other 2... What u did show was well thought out. Thank you!👍🏻 de WB9DBD Marc Franklin , GA.

I can get CHIRP to program my TH UV8000D. However, when I open the TH 8600 software, it WILL NOT communicate with the radio. I am confused. My brother has the same issue with laptop, radio and same software. Help!!??

If I remember correctly the Yaesu cable worked just fine with RT Sys. Program and FT3.

I'm curious, the FT5DR is not currently a supported radio in CHIRP, but you were still able to program it?

Ok, Bob. You've used GPS before? Backtrack is a mode that will give you reverse bearings to take you home on the same route you came in on. More or less, because you need to be automatically saving your position frequently enough on the way out, to have accurate positions to follow back.

What are banks? Got RT Systems the day before they released the official software. ADMS isn’t working on my Windows PC, won’t read correctly. Maybe because I used RT Systems first. Idk. But I’m very happy to have it on my Mac!

I use RT Systems on my FTM-400DR and FT3DR. ✔️

I have used the factory software, chirp and RT Systems software.

It looks like you would have to buy a different version of software for each radio you own with the rt systems.

I use the RT-Systems software on a Mac for a VX-6 and a FT5D. I like it, but I have a whole lot of suggestions for for better usability. Try to turn the tone squelch and and set the tone for a bunch of rows to the same values? Can't do it. Find and replace, can't do it. It should be more like a proper spreadsheet that has those features. That aside, it's the only sane way to program multiple radios to the same basic setup.

Will Chirp write to a sd card?

I mainly use RT Systems for my FTM 400 XDR and it works. You can check for updates and if there are updates listed, I click on update. But you have to exit the program for the updates to happen. I have seen usage of the ADMS-7 Software in other videos, but I am weary of "bricking" my own 400xdr. I have ADMS-7 software downloaded and installed and I have "read" from the radio. I have not "uploaded" my settings due to the concern for my radio. Has anyone experienced issues using ADMS-7? Tnx and have a Happy New Year from Wb4ur.

CHIRP works great on the Mac & my Yaesu FT-1D. The only problem I have is that it doesn't like going through a USB hub. I forget that sometimes.

Nice to see you again Bob. Please consider posting your videos to Rumble or Odysee.

At the 12 minute mark I use my android phone with a great app called "Camera Translator" and the oriental text translated as "Basic Settings."

I like the RT systems and the fact that they support Mac… That would usually be reason enough to fork out the money to support a Mac developer, however at 25 bucks per radio (and one of the advantages being that you would use it for multiple radios that use a common programming interface) that could get expensive

Meanwhile, Yaesu Tech support says to never use Chirp with their radios….

RT systems every time. Cables and software work perfectly. Only issue I had was with TH-74DE - the RT Systems isn't compatible with the European sets. It does work after a lot of messing with getting rid of 220 MHz . But RT Systems were great in support.

Just stepping into the movie house, so to speak... So I'm writing a comment based upon just a little knowledge beforehand. Something I'd not normally recommend. However, going against my own advise, I'll take the chance and ask the question myself... Awright, sounded like what I heard at the end there, was that there is a LOT of flexibility in utilizing a format, a spreadsheet , that works for you on multiple radios. That the same recipe, however you like your channels lined up, once its laid out, can be one radio to the next. Right? NOT SO with Chirp! No, no, no! In fact, with Chirp its a cardinal sin to have a setup you like, so you have two or more distinct radio models open at the same time and you lift one setup by just copying it onto the other blank screen. Then saving it and renaming it for that new radio. DON'T be TEMPTED!!! This will wack out the internals in your computer.... Leaving you a very broken computer and untold files damaged. I just experienced this. It took a week of every day, all day, to fix the mess. This insidious damage is what just yesterday led me to pay $49 +$10 shipping.

My first problem with RT Systems was, the programming cable won't install.

Totally agree that RT Systems is superior. Some of the free software has read/write issues.

I love lamp

Ahhhh K6UDA goodness....excellent video mate, thanks for that. Im not a fan of chirp. It works but I dont like it. Much prefer the RT systems stuff meself. 73 de VK6MMB

Always RTSystems....assured of problem free programming

Thanks for your time and efforts. You mention a master list 19:04 of radio frequencies. Can you share your preferred method/software you use to curate the master list? K6UDA,thank you again!

As far as I am aware CHIRP will not support any DMR radios. My preference is RT Systems for Icom and Yaesu, DMR Radios use the stock software is normally the only option.

Don't use chirp with newer yaesu radios. It can brick your radio. Know few guys it's happened to. And yeasu won't cover it

So RT systems has all the frequencies already added

Bob, I enjoy your content when you do shootouts! Please go lighter on the Prepper stuff. Although that is interesting, sometimes, It isn't my primary interest. Keep up the good work! - Randy, N0LD

I'm a big fan of RT Systems, CHIRP is OK but you get what you pay for.

Didn’t get anything from your video

Don't tell me the RT Systems software doesn't rum on win 7 .

I'M CALLIN BS ON THIS ONE... It ain't no twenty five bucks! Double that and add 10%.

I dislike the so called free programming, called CPS, such as from Ailunce, Retevis, for my DMR ht's in that there is no help advice and there is no file to print out the a. list of programmed frequencies, compared to the my user friendly RT Systems programs, which have such features. Additionally, I can phone them for assistance if needed, which the foreign programs do not provide. Yes, it costs those prices, but the RT Systems are more intuitive to use, which is what I have used with my Yaesu, Icom, and Kenwood equipment over many years. 😊

RT systems

CHIRP is ok but, never liked it. AMDS never been impressed. RTS is the easiest to use.

RT Sys=OVER PRICED

My my my. I can't help but wonder why you'd start filming a video on Chirp when you aren't familiar with it having "just downloaded it this morning". Droan on and on and on without me.

You should learn how to use the software prior to any review. Some of your knowledge of these programs is very inaccurate.

Stopped Video after 2 Minutes - nearly naked Women in the trailer and on top as background on the table ad for weapons - a nogo for people with real hamspirit, i think...