The Talkpod A36 Plus Has Been FIXED!!

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The Talkpod A36 Plus Has Been FIXED!!

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The Talkpod A36 Plus was a gamechanger for cheap ham radios - with one major problem. Talkpod have now fixed that problem!
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0:00 Updated 8 Watt version
0:40 The Problem
2:04 TinySA Test
4:22 Power Output
5:48 Firmware
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@HamRadioDX 5 ай бұрын

Full Review of this Radio 👉 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q9qCepCjvtbYfnk.html Buy the 8 Watt version here (Amazon Affiliate) 👉 geni.us/rHzu Even more HT radios 👉kzfaq.info/sun/PLSuX83ay4OuiZzb3C9pd5dh1UIN593B4a

@Colin_Jones 5 ай бұрын

Link to Talkpod is working but the transceiver on the page is missing.? any ideas why.?

@HamRadioDX 5 ай бұрын

@@Colin_Jones This link work? www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGL45GXK?tag=hamradiodx-20

@Colin_Jones 5 ай бұрын

thanks for the reply,link works but out of luck--- radio currently unavailable.

@RandellReeder 5 ай бұрын

Puppies and kittens were not harmed in the making of this video.

@DonzLockz 5 ай бұрын

What the hell? Who knew?!🤷🏻‍♂️ Thanks for confirming the gossip, Hayden.👍

@dimitrisz.6939 5 ай бұрын

I prefer quansheng!

@temporarilyoffline 5 ай бұрын

I'm shocked!

@HamRadioDX 5 ай бұрын

Me too!

@robertmeyer4744 5 ай бұрын

K8MRD has a clean one on his you tube channel. how I learned they fixed it. I got a clean A36 as well.

@John_Henry83 5 ай бұрын

Good to see a Chinese company that ACTUALLY listens to reviewers and customers and corrects the problems. Normally they just say "The hell with it. We sold enough. Stupid Westerners will buy anything as long as we make it cheap enough"

@kumasu 5 ай бұрын

I'm not sure "illegal" is the right word. Perhaps "90% of Chinese radios are not FCC-compliant" is more accurate, though less clickbait-ier.

@haxwithaxe 5 ай бұрын

In the US government regulations are laws so not really clickbaity at least in the US.

@griffonboi 5 ай бұрын

If it's non compliant then it's illegal in that jurisdiction. Not clickbait.

@kumasu 5 ай бұрын

@@haxwithaxe That is an inaccurate statement.

@kumasu 5 ай бұрын

@@griffonboi That is an inaccurate statement.

@griffonboi 5 ай бұрын

@@kumasu I have a job involved with compliance testing. If the product doesn't meet the requirements, the regulator will not accept it and therefore it becomes illegal to operate. Full stop.

@jamesnkelly1 4 ай бұрын

Heya, clicked your Amazon affiliate link but it goes to the 5W version?

@petercarter9034 5 ай бұрын

Mine arrived today seems pretty clean

@HamRadioDX 5 ай бұрын

Nice!

@robertmeyer4744 5 ай бұрын

That is the one I got and it tested clean. in the US we have MURS GMRS FRS the talk pod A 36 does all that clean. I learned this from Mike K8MRD he tested one on his channel and APE was shocked. so I had to buy one . tested it. clean ! now that is a great cheap clean radio . the old version is clean as well. just keep it GMRS only. the UHF part was clean. was the 3 meter part. maybe they watched your old video . LOL 73's

@HamRadioDX 5 ай бұрын

Just label that old sucker as GMRS only and you're good to go! Thanks!

@LilBoyCalledRoy 5 ай бұрын

Mike actually tested the Version with blue keypad😂

@jeffreylangford962 4 ай бұрын

your link only led me to a 5 watt version.

@Nick_G7IZR 5 ай бұрын

"90% of Chinese Radios Are ILLEGAL" *in the US*. We don't require FCC approval in the UK... (just saying)

@FEPLabsRadio 5 ай бұрын

Truly it is the end times! I noticed the link points to the GMRS version. Is that just some firmware magic to change it to ham?

@HamRadioDX 5 ай бұрын

The version I received was the GMRS one, now I believe that holding in those button presses works to get the “expand” mode. But if it doesn’t, there is an “INT” version of firmware on their website.

@ra3ztq131 5 ай бұрын

Hi , my Talkpod A36plus is dead ufter upgrade the firmware. On display is artifacts only. Where i may eeprom damp ?

@shadowpapito 5 ай бұрын

Thank you ... This work is greatly appreciated

@dreamcaster1969 2 ай бұрын

We got one, got it to transmit but still can't recieve

@LilBoyCalledRoy Ай бұрын

Hayden Try the Super Mode of A36Plus 8W

@Eric10179 5 ай бұрын

What is that beautiful piece of commercial grade equipment you were using? It looks so cool!

@HamRadioDX 5 ай бұрын

That is my HP8921A Test Set/Analyzer. Great piece of gear!

@kenandbarbie-b6c 5 ай бұрын

The FCC has to clean up their act of evaluating transceivers that are allowed to be sold in the US. If not, FCC certification is just a paper certificate the manufacturer paid for.

@HamRadioDX 5 ай бұрын

This radio originally had FCC certification for GMRS use - it was perfectly clean on UHF. Good to see they added an extra filter to cover VHF.

@charlesr9110 5 ай бұрын

Did you test 70cm and gmrs too?

@HamRadioDX 5 ай бұрын

Yes - nothing has changed with that compared to the 5W model , clean.

@LilBoyCalledRoy 5 ай бұрын

Firmware V1.6 supports 999 channels and S-meter showing

@HamRadioDX 5 ай бұрын

Nice!!

@PTRRanger951 4 ай бұрын

I have a A36P version where it says P and not plus. Is there ANYWAY to turn off the tailing squelch after it receives a transmission? I have other radios on the same frequencies and they don't make ANY sound after getting a transmission, but this one does it with every thing it receives and it's ANNOYING.

@LilBoyCalledRoy 4 ай бұрын

Choose the Option 26 in the setting menus and choose 55 or 62.5Hz

@PTRRanger951 4 ай бұрын

@@LilBoyCalledRoy My option 26 in the Menu is DTMF Code, only options are EOT, BOTm Both or Off. None of the other menu options I see have any options for 55 or 62.5.

@Soladaddy 5 ай бұрын

Excellent. I have one on the way.

@wahroongafarm3966 5 ай бұрын

Hi, Good news. How 'bout doing SINAD sensitivity tests for each radio. You have the equipment. 😊

@HamRadioDX 5 ай бұрын

Can't remember if I tested the A36 in a previous video, but I have done 12dB SINAD testing before. Good suggestion

@wahroongafarm3966 5 ай бұрын

@@HamRadioDX Folk seem to get more excited by a 1-2dB increase in Tx power, than say a 2-3dB improvement in Rx sensitivity. So I reckon sensitivity testing IS worthwhile and perhaps even an article on "Why SINAD?" and what is it good for? On a marginal link they are equally important, as is possibly the most important... antenna gain. :)