TIDRADIO TD-H8 (2nd Gen) Will it work on PMR 446 MHz ?

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TIDRADIO TD-H8. 10 watt radio on PMR 446 MHz. (NOT type approved. Use at your own risk). Full length review video. Tested on all power settings 10/5/0.5 watts in a very dense area.
Buy Tidradio TD-H8 here. tidradio.com/products/tidradi...
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Easy guide to programming 446 MHz in CHIRP. • CHIRP Programming PMR ...
If your unsure about the legal aspect watch this RA-89 video. • Retevis RA89. 10w PMR ...
TIDRADIO TD-H8 2ND Gen
Frequency Range 144-148 & 420-450MHz (TX) / 136-174 & 400-520MHz (RX)
Memory Channel 199 Channel Slots ( 30 Default Channels + 11 NOAA Weather Radio Channels)
Privacy Codes 44 CTCSS codes / 210 DCS codes
What's in the box TD-H8 10W Ham Version/ 2500mAh Battery / Charger / Belt Clip / User Manual
Features Dual band, Dual watch, Display sync
-- VOX, TOT, BCL, Alarm, Squelch
-- Flashlight, Roger beep, Squelch tail
-- Scan （Frequency scan / Channel scan / CTCSS&DCS scan / NOAA Weather Scan)

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@victormahagan6080 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the demo, Fred, I am awaiting the post man with my TD-H2 2nd gen and your demo has answered some of the questions I have had. Thanks from the New World.

@CB-RADIO-UK 2 ай бұрын

Glad to help!

@Yozimbo Күн бұрын

Thank you Fred for the vid! My gosh, Tidradio is making a seriously aggressive PR campaign! They apparently have sent their TD-H8 and TD-H3 to everyone with a youtube channel related to HAM radio, and have succed to have a significant presence all over youtube!!.... Not even sure they are "that good" to be honest (at least compared to the likes of UV-17/18s or UV-K5/6s), they are becoming more like a "trend".... Anyway thank you for your great vids and time! 73 from Athens, Greece

@donbunson5031 3 ай бұрын

I am able to chat to my partner on PMR now. I am at home (I'm bedbound and disabled) she has nipped to Lidl. Lidl is less than a mile away and she is using a Quansheng with a stubby antenna that's an inch long and very discrete. I am on something a little bigger. We are using it as we have had issues with phones not being reachable in our local area. Just like CB pre legalisation I feel we need to push the limits. I would love to be prosecuted for calling for help on PMR after falling out of bed. They would have to be callous.

@CB-RADIO-UK 3 ай бұрын

Yep just what PMR is good for.

@londo776 3 ай бұрын

just use a mobile ffs

@donbunson5031 2 ай бұрын

@@londo776 I repeat we are using it as we have had issues with phones not being reachable in our local area.

@davidhooper1767 2 ай бұрын

@@londo776If you read their comment the mobile signal is unreliable.

@bigcatdetective Ай бұрын

@@londo776They literally say phones don't work in their area, PMR is their best option, der!

@jeffvaughn9450 Ай бұрын

Glad I found your channel. I have thoroughly enjoyed watching your videos after I get my grand boys to bed. Learning a lot and you have def aided in re-kindling my old hobbies, while explaining new technology. A big thanks from the Georgia/Alabama line.

@CB-RADIO-UK Ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@Greg-et2dp 3 ай бұрын

Frid in the shed your new TiDRADIO TD-H 8 handle Ham transceiver is awesome my friend

@CB-RADIO-UK 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Greg. Have a nice day.

@sutitigi 3 ай бұрын

its Glenn@@CB-RADIO-UK

@Greg-et2dp 3 ай бұрын

Frid in the shed your utube videos are awesome my friend

@thestonerguy5276 3 ай бұрын

"Darkside" ... great description 👌 hope you don't mind, but I think I'd like to use that term when applicable during a review. Loved the video, and once again, Thanks!

@CB-RADIO-UK 3 ай бұрын

Go ahead!

@englishrupe01 21 күн бұрын

Many thanks, Fred.

@davidhooper1767 2 ай бұрын

Looks a great radio well made.

@AdamDeal-KF0PRI 3 ай бұрын

here in the states we are aloted on FRS .5 watts on 22 channels now FRS shares the upper channels with GMRS and GMRS is alited 50 watts per a GMRS license its very simple to get the license no teats required just file for a FRN number with the fcc and then one you get that number you can file for a GMRS license for a small fee and you can use all GMRS repeater towers in the area! but yeah 50 watts max legal power for a UHF frequencys!

@CB-RADIO-UK 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info.

@AdamDeal-KF0PRI 3 ай бұрын

@@CB-RADIO-UK your welcome sir!

@guidelineuk4876 2 ай бұрын

Went for the h3 😎£20.nice review

@sutitigi 3 ай бұрын

Dark Side, might be looking into this, PMR 446, is very active here in Finland ,shops and Bars, i have a few PMR radios old cobra from 2002 i think then 1 or 2 from Baofengs in the draw, 56CT004🦌🏴‍☠

@Maurice-uy4wn 3 ай бұрын

Just ordered one. Thanks Fred

@CB-RADIO-UK 3 ай бұрын

Hi. Its nice little radio. Enjoy

@irongron 3 ай бұрын

I thought CHIRP only ran on windows, so I used boot camp to load windows on my Mac and then when I went to download CHIRP, I found out there's a OSX version as well, haha. Loading windows was a wasted effort, but I have it now just in case! 🙃

@CB-RADIO-UK 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@Greg-et2dp 3 ай бұрын

Frid in the shed I learn lot from you about bying cb radios with AM FM ssb and antennas for cb radios my friend

@Perthshire 3 ай бұрын

*Fred

@ClickinChicken 3 ай бұрын

Owe! The fun ended! You should have walked further! Like to Paris, France example. You know how to make a video Fred! Yep, I get it! You look like Secret Agent Man. Good song. I like how you said Fred in the Shed. "Look after one another." Cheers USA.

@irongron 3 ай бұрын

Fred you should get the police channels going on the scanner to see if anyone reports a "suspicious man using a radio on the overpass", lol

@CB-RADIO-UK 3 ай бұрын

LOL

@cbrmac 3 ай бұрын

Downside to trying to hack the police band will probably end up with a prison sentence 🤣

@irongron 3 ай бұрын

@@cbrmac oh it's encrypted digital....yea that's the deep dark side.

@londo776 3 ай бұрын

encrypted in the uk

@vtechead1 23 күн бұрын

It’s no use having 10 watts and your signal going for miles, if the person that picks you up can only answer on half a watt and half a mile distance coming back ! Ok for camping or hillwalking etc if others with you have the same power.

@CB-RADIO-UK 22 күн бұрын

Yes you are totally right.

@mjex1965 29 күн бұрын

I've noticed the squelch settings are pretty much useless. Its either on or off. Same as the baofengs.

@26TM034 3 ай бұрын

High ground again today 35 mile contact 446 on the Quansheng 5 watts gosh !! though very very sensitive to movement at that range litterally 6/12 inches of movement can be total loss or signal.

@IBEW44 Ай бұрын

Nice, can you show us how to program airband full scan from 118 to 135 receive thats all i like to hear.

@CB-RADIO-UK Ай бұрын

I will have a look.

@cbrmac 2 ай бұрын

Just ordered one fred to have a play with 😂.. enjoy watching your videos but notice you have never mentioned lightning arrester? Unless you have and i haven't seen it ? Saw the video of your antenna whipping about in that storm ... impressive how it stood up to that...but surely the static build up must have been bad ? Assume you disconnected the coax and shorted it to discharge it before connecting back to the radio ? Best wishes Mac

@CB-RADIO-UK 2 ай бұрын

Hi Mac. Yes good point you make. We have often talked about lightning strikes on the radio. Yes if I am around i normally disconnect my antenna.

@cbrmac 2 ай бұрын

Wind can actually build up static ...was amused at how you chose. ,.Fred in the shed " ....I should use " mac in the dog house 😂😂

@ClickinChicken 3 ай бұрын

I think I get it. You get the power (reach) of that transmitting radio unit, using the 400 the higher legal bands. I wouldn't want to have to explain that to.... but like you said one viewer said, their not fussing about that. I'll stay away. I'm not smart enough! Luke, I am your Father.. NOOO!!! lol

@onceways Күн бұрын

Fred what was the hefty radio antenna you showed on the Baofeng?

@CB-RADIO-UK Күн бұрын

Just an extending 2m/70cm telescopic job i picked up from ebay some time ago.

@onceways Күн бұрын

@@CB-RADIO-UK - Thanks for the note Fred.

@johnbolt806 2 ай бұрын

Hi Fred. I have just bought a pair of binatone 100 Walkie talkies. I can talk and pick up from my Retevis but can’t receive from them. When I key up on the Walkie talkie the Retevis changes it’s hissing sound and yellow light comes on, but can’t hear any voice

@CB-RADIO-UK 2 ай бұрын

Sounds very much like one set of radios has its privacy sub codes switched on which will block the audio.

@Greg-et2dp 3 ай бұрын

Frid in the shed do you have your ham license my friend

@richard180961 2 ай бұрын

Fit a longer Antenna.. So does the length have to be related to the frequency in use?

@CB-RADIO-UK 2 ай бұрын

In theory yes. The higher the freq the shorter the antenna but it also depends on the loading coil on the bottom.

@richard180961 2 ай бұрын

Would have been better if they put the USB charging on the battery

@raymondmartin6737 3 ай бұрын

Not being exactly CB or Amateur radio, does anyone know anything about the AOR DV10 handheld scanner which sells here in the US for about it, which sells for about US$1000.00 here, and it seems to cover a wide frequency range and many digital modes, like, Fusion, DStar, and DMR, and Tetra, which seems to be used in the UK.? I have researched it, and there seems to be a later firmware version that has improved it, with pro and con remarks found about it. 😊 73 de Ray W2CH New Hampshire.

@allsortsabouteverything 3 ай бұрын

You forgot to re-explain the signal meter🤔or did I miss that?🤔

@CB-RADIO-UK 3 ай бұрын

I think i explained that the top meter was power only ?

@andycartwright8023 3 ай бұрын

Hello l have a buzzing sound when key up on AM but it doesn't happen on FM ...

@CB-RADIO-UK 2 ай бұрын

Not had this myself. Sounds almost like an antenna issue.

@stevefox3763 3 ай бұрын

please measure the power on these radios, we would like to see what they are actually putting out on 446, it will be no more than 2/3 of the claimed power, the radios never put out full power on 446 but we would all like to see what does what as whatever is putting out the most is desirable! I have measured the Baofeng UV-82 and the Quangsheng UV-K6 and both are outputting almost identical power at a hair over 3w of the 5w on 446, my homebase does a little better and outputs 30w on 446, 3/4 of the 40w it will do on 435mhz.

@englishrupe01 21 күн бұрын

Other YT channels have tested the output on this one and they are easily putting out 10-11 Watts. Surprising, but this one is honest.