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Review on πŸš— Enhanced VHF/UHF AnyTone Dual Band Mobile Vehicle Transceiver AT-5888UV with Advanced Transmitting Abilities by Guillo Tilden

Revainrating 5 out of 5

If the software is similar to the FT-8500 software, I think it will be.

Edited 31st July 2017 Well I went to edit the program I had on the second radio which I had replaced when the first died. Well that would allow me to program it, but when I tried to plug in the mic to change the frequencies the way I wanted it, nothing on the mic worked, it didn't light up, NOTHING. So lugging two bad luck makes me think the whole line is junk I say again DO NOT BUY THESE RADIOS they are junk if they die so fast. I originally paid $250 for each radio, so $500 plus dollars is down the drain. If I lived where I had to drive on bumpy roads then maybe, but all my roads are paved. So if you buy one of these because of the price, don't say you weren't warned. Edited on May 2, 2017 but no longer works. For this reason I changed the stars back to 2 stars. It's not that I used the radio that much, so I'm disappointed that it died so quickly. It was a good radio when it worked but should have lasted longer in my opinion, maybe that was the only time I had to buy a protection plan. For this reason I advise against buying this radio. === ===== It works but I just sat on my desk next to my computer equivalent to an electronic hash and just waited for my RT Systems software to appear here, I have chirp software and QPS588UV_2 tried out. 00 . Both do what they do very well, but both lack features that RT software would hopefully have. If the software is similar to the FT-8500 software then I think it's what I need. The time will show. ======= Edited 7 Mar 2016: I received an AT-5888UV programmer from RT Systems and I would suggest you buy that too, it makes radio programming a lot easier. For what I paid for the radio I think it's a good deal.

Pros
  • ☞ * Compander function to reduce background noise and improve sound clarity, can turn on/off the compander for each channel. Different bandwidth per channel: 25K for wideband, 20K for midband or 12.5K for narrowband. Anti-theft alarm provides additional security.
Cons
  • Available in white only