Month: April 2019

So you want to manually enter a channel on your hand held radio, but you’ve programmed it using a computer and you don’t have them with you.
What can you do ?

Easy !

Go into the ‘menu‘,
go to ‘utilities‘,
go to ‘radio settings‘,
go to ‘mode‘
Select ‘MR mode‘, the channel name will become all numbers.
Press and HOLD the ‘back/red‘ button until there it bleeps.
The memory number will become a ‘V’ instead of a number.

Long press and hold whilst in CH Channel Mode WILL NOT WORK on the ht500d, or the RT3s. I know because I’ve tried this !

You can use ‘Program Radio’ to add Tx / Rx Frequency, CTCSS/DCS, Channel Name, Colour Code, Timeslot, Add CH, Time Out Timer, VOX, Mic Level
Digital Only TxContact, Group List. Oddly Colour Code and Timeslot are still in the menu when in Analogue mode. ?!!?

This assumes that you have the stored channels on screen in Channel Mode.

Great little radio, 120,000 contacts, 3000 channels, Dual Band VHF/UHF with Analogue and DMR. GPS option (highly recommended)

Very loud speaker, not suitable for quiet areas, or covert communications.
Top channel mounted rotary selector next to on/off and volume knob.
2 side buttons plus PTT switch.
Bright display, although not adjustable, has time and date on the bottom.

Audio quality, very good, crystal clear on DMR and good output on analogue.

Caution – Battery terminals are NOT protected, so do not put this radio in a pocket with keys, coins or anything conductive.

This radio is also sadly not waterproof, unlike the RT82 (identical to TYT MD2017 / Moonraker HT500d)
It does take a standard set of connectors for a headset, earpiece or speaker mic.
Battery is a 2000mAh (14.8Wh) 7.4v Li-ion

It is quite a bit smaller than the RT82, so may suit smaller hands or pockets.

Overall 7/10

More updates as they happen….