Best Value Walkie-Talkie? | Retevis RT24 Unboxing And Overview

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5 жыл бұрын

Unboxing, overview and first impressions of the Retevis RT24 PMR446 walkie-talkies. Are these good value at £25 or should you opt for something more expensive like the trusty Motorola T80 / T82 models?
NOTE: This video looks at the features of the radio. It does not look at transmission or receive performance. I will investigate this in future videos.
After a viewer mentioned the RT24 walkie-talkie in the comments section, I was curious to see how nicely made they are and how the features compare to my PMR446 radio of choice, the Motorola TLKR T80 Extreme.
Thanks for watching and let me know if you know of any nicely made and good PMR446 / FRS performers.
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@goatqueen9188 4 жыл бұрын

Just got a pair for work, have used them before but wanted my own. They are a good price and a good bit of kit.

@coolelectronics1759 Жыл бұрын

awesome test and demo! Hey a short antenna isn't always indicative of a bad thing! I have a tiny stubby on my baofeng smaller than whats on your walkies in the video and it can get out crystal clear even to repeters and such. If its tuned to the frequencies your working with it will perform great

@matthewlyttle1053 4 жыл бұрын

This was so good to help me start up my own

@michaelloughlin734 3 жыл бұрын

The new silvercrest radios from lidls are cracking little sets the best out of the lidl line I've purchased and 16ch.

@zachscottfarming6437 5 жыл бұрын

When would that video be coming out because I am getting a pair of them for christmas

@1234mattyman Жыл бұрын

I've just ordered a set for work, need something with a decent speaker 🔊 can these be programmed with other UHF frequencies. Great video

@helenolney4654 Жыл бұрын

I am trying to pair these with my current motorola devices which are set on channel 8 - and struggling - any ideas please?

@christhompson5987 4 жыл бұрын

Hi just seeing if these be any good for car convoys to car shows etc

@theultimateblindmaster8570 2 жыл бұрын

I actually have a pair of these myself boss, and if the battery runs low, it would then send out a voice activation to tell you to charge your battery

@Diddy291 4 жыл бұрын

I have the same but Floureon A5 MODEL . Working ok

@ANDY-we7mr 10 ай бұрын

Very well done and very well explained thanks for sharing that my mate runs a motorbike 🏍 training school hes got boafeng walkie talkies so you can give the rider directions 😉

@pjcardone164 4 ай бұрын

I live in the US.....any idea of the distance they will go?

@Xeno0505 5 жыл бұрын

I’m getting these for my birthday, I hope they work Fine 😀

@JohnSmith-wl8cv 5 жыл бұрын

you can remove the antenna there's a little screw by the base of antenna little Alan key

@WaschyNumber1 2 жыл бұрын

The antenna are fixed has nothing to do with the price. It's the regulations, they have to be fixed otherwise you have to have a amateur radio licence ect.

@user-ui9ry7rk1y 5 ай бұрын

how your check battery level

@CharlesLoukas 2 ай бұрын

Was that a clip of C.M. at the end ?

@michaelloughlin734 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent....antenna coil inside dosent reach fully to top about half a inch of wasted tubing I just cut mine down and put proper rubber stoppers on end antannae has a small hole which when accessed with a mini hex key turning anti clockwise releases small screw which then allows you to screw antenna off to reveal mini s.m.a I'm using a quarter wave Nagoya on a mini magmount now ....p.s just to inform radio gives a audible bleep and I think a light indication when battery life is running low great review look forward to you're test ENJOY.....

@tdcattech 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the additional info! Surprising amount to test and play around with for such a simple radio. :-)

@michaelloughlin734 5 жыл бұрын

@@tdcattech 👍

@mikesey1 5 жыл бұрын

It actually tells you when to charge the battery ( in an American accent)

@simonsupersi2225 3 жыл бұрын

These or the rt27?

@PCMario 4 ай бұрын

@ t=421 There is no sound. Do you know what was going on?

@BeastyBill88 5 жыл бұрын

We have these at my work place, we found they don't have good range throughout most of the 88 acres. I don't know if upping the transmitter power will help with the range or they simply aren't good enough for the size of the site.

@tdcattech 5 жыл бұрын

PMR446 should be OK for 88 acres but you'll be pushing it if there are any obstructions or sudden changes in gradient. Open land should be fine. Transmission power would help a bit but it kills the battery life and is, of course, not legal :-)

@BeastyBill88 5 жыл бұрын

@@tdcattech We finally clicked on what has been causing the problems, in certain areas of the site you can pick up signal no problem as there is probably a few trees/bushes and a couple of fences in the "line of sight" between radios, where as the rest of the neighboring sites have large warehouses (as the site is located in an industrial area) which aren't letting the signal through, so unless we upgrade to more powerful radios under a business license we can't really use them as I'm sure the company would rather not us not break the law for the sake of a few radios. I did find your video on why is walkie talkie range always poor very useful. Thanks for all the info :)

@hubsi5263 3 жыл бұрын

12:31 We dont know if the antennalength is only the rubber outside, or the wire inside too

@andreasmeyer9011 2 жыл бұрын

Der Draht ist nur ein 7cm langer Wendel

@malcolmgillam5910 5 жыл бұрын

HI JUST BOUGHT THESE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO PUT STUBBY ANTENNAS ON, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHAT ONES AND WHERE TO BUY, THANK YOU.

@michaelloughlin734 5 жыл бұрын

Just go on e.bay and put stubby uhf antannaes should bring them up mine came from china under two pound for 2 make sure you order mini sma male and beware on some when you click on the link it only gives the choice of female sma hope that helps p.s takes about 2 weeks from china with free postage.....

@chadvandam7179 4 жыл бұрын

I am totally blind, and looking for a radio, that will speak, all of its prompts screens are of no use to me. Any suggestions

@holmiumh 4 жыл бұрын

Retevis RT27, there's FRS, MURS or PMR446 varieties available. It has no screen but it announces the channel changes.

@davidhughes8661 5 жыл бұрын

Can you open the squelch on rt 24

@tdcattech 5 жыл бұрын

I don’t think so. I haven’t tested a squelch level of 0 but I don’t believe it’s possible. Someone might want to prove otherwise 🙂

@williamwalton7227 2 жыл бұрын

Love the xt420, had it for many years now. Best feature is you can program the channels and sub codes by putting it in program mode on the go no need to hook it to a computer

@osianjones3694 3 жыл бұрын

Are these radios bigger than the baofeng 888s radios

@tdcattech 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Slightly bigger and nicer in almost every way.

@davidadams8736 Жыл бұрын

I see you can take the aerial off if i fit a better aerial would the range be better and clear . Thanks

@tdcattech Жыл бұрын

It's not really going to make a difference unless you can fit a true external directional antenna with a a gain but then you wouldn't have a portable device.

@MrKempy6 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Guys, i am after bang for buck walkie talkie here in australia for work. i work in open/ some tree lines and shrubs over 100 acres. walkie talkies rated up to 3km dont seem to work. is there a walkie talkie you could recommend for range and clarity with ear piece and maybe lithium batteries or re chargeable which last up to 10 hours+. any advice or suggestions will be appreciated. thanks

@darrenglasson7200 5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately your best bet is a 5 watt GME or icom you can buy one of the Chinese radios but would recommend making sure it can be programmed for 477 mhz at least it will not be on a random freq the might interfere with police fire ect

@franciscomartins7463 3 жыл бұрын

Good mornig. What's the range? Did you tested? Thank you

@tdcattech 3 жыл бұрын

Range is identical to all PMR446 units. 100-200m in a built up environment or building. 1-2km rural and 10km+ line of sight. In my testing, there are no outliers with fixed antenna walkie-talkies like this. They all perform very similarly.

@milangacic4043 3 жыл бұрын

@@tdcattech Then what is the difference between high end and budget ones?

@Ib3119cz 5 жыл бұрын

Good revieuw Which one should I get? The kit with the USB charger?? or the otherone with the net electricity. Sorry my english

@tdcattech 5 жыл бұрын

I can't answer that question for you. Maybe, if you have a load of USB chargers around (maybe from old phones or other devices) go with that version because then you have less stuff to carry around and you can use the chargers for other tech too.

@Ib3119cz 5 жыл бұрын

@@tdcattech thanks. So with the USB version you can use it with phone chargers, on the car, etc. I think it is the better choice

@tdcattech 5 жыл бұрын

Yes. If you know the device is USB, you'll be able to use all those chargers.

@TheProco2020 Жыл бұрын

I know this is an old video but with the USB does that mean you could charge from the car? Also didn’t understand re the point of reprogramming the channels. Are they not general channels that all 16 channel PMR’s have? Thanks in advance.

@davidhughes8661 5 жыл бұрын

Is there any particular channel with the most activity

@rockythedutchshepherdpuppy7313 5 жыл бұрын

Good video today

@kevhmw1fjk768 3 жыл бұрын

The reason for the surprise fixed antenna, that is the PMR446 spec, fixed antenna and 0.5 watt. Simple really.

@davidhughes8661 5 жыл бұрын

Or a calling channel on pmr 446 like say channel 19 on citizen band

@mikesey1 4 жыл бұрын

Channel 8 is the calling channel on PMR 446. Surprised that you never got a reply in a year!

@jakefifasquads6651 Жыл бұрын

05:38 I hear this too much

@andreasmeyer9011 2 жыл бұрын

Ab min. 5.00 Mach mal die Antenne auf. Da ist nur ein 7 cm. langer Wendel drinnen 😂😂

@mikesey1 5 жыл бұрын

The antenna is longer on the Retevis because it has 16 channels, where the Moto has 8. It has to accommodate the extra frequencies. Using the pc software, I just switch all the CTCSS & DCS tones off, that way I can hear anyone transmitting nearby. The transmit power can also be turned up to 2 watts too.

@Ixquick979 5 жыл бұрын

Length of the antenna doesn't have anything to do with the number of channels. Length of the antenna depends on the wavelength of the radio wave, difference between the wavelengths of this frequencies is to small too make much difference on the antenna length. Also since those extra channels are higher in frequency it means that their wavelength is smaller so you need smaller antenna.

@MladenMijatov 5 жыл бұрын

This statement is anything but true.

@mikesey1 4 жыл бұрын

@@Ixquick979 It does, actually. The higher extended frequencies require a different length, than 8 does. G7MJT

@JohnSmith-wl8cv 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikesey1 Higher the frequencie the shorter the antenna 446 is in the 70 cems part of the uhf band so yes lenght of the antenna depends on the frequency

@thailandertravel 2 жыл бұрын

@Mike C how do i turn it up to 2w? The program doesn’t have anything labelled watts?

@kamikazechimpuk69 8 ай бұрын

Vox ?

@milossima5922 4 жыл бұрын

The maximum range in an urban area is 160 meters. Big shit!

@rogerwoodland2587 3 жыл бұрын

from hill top to hill top I have had 50 miles. big fantasy.

@milossima5922 3 жыл бұрын

I don't need to keep sheep to use them in the hills

@krispert3933 Жыл бұрын

Retvevis good Range

@janhumpolicek8373 3 жыл бұрын

From my knowledge PMR446 antennas HAVE to be fixed.

@maghlaislam3098 5 жыл бұрын

@davidhughes8661 5 жыл бұрын

Are you a radio amateur

@tdcattech 5 жыл бұрын

No. I've never gone down that route however, I feel it could be useful these days to do some decent tests on 70cm. What about you?

@davidhughes8661 5 жыл бұрын

TDCatTech no I was on c b in the early 70S and 80s but nothing since then just. Scanning ; but was thinking of getting a pmr radio that was why I asked you could you open the squelch

@tdcattech 5 жыл бұрын

Ah, the CB 27/81. PMR is all about the practical. It's a tool for business and leisure and rarely dips into the social. Though CH08 can get some social traffic occasionally (calling channel UK).

@michaelloughlin734 5 жыл бұрын

R.t 24 has a audible beep when battery is getting low.