HR2.0 Episode 148: Unboxing the TYT TH-350 Triband HT

The Video indicateS this is just a 3 band Analog Radio. Digital is not inferred.

G3SEA/KH6

 

If your objective Jason, is to do more than just *pimp* the products, take them into a screen room with a communications analyzer and let's see some objective test results. Nothing wrong with impressions about quality or feel but the *meat* for any review are how they perform and the user experience in the real world.

Way too many "rush to render" unboxings and reviews everywhere......it is a dilution to those who make efficacious efforts with quality videos.

 

More Chinese crap. Just what we need !

 

Remember this was said about the early Japanese gear.
The Chinese gear will no doubt improve in the same manner.
Sales of their gear apparently indicate that it is indeed just what
many hams out there need

G3SEA/KH6

 

Agree, every product (or point of manufacture) improves with time. I think we have seen good progress from the early days of those little gold "Made In China" stickers.

I think I have some good content regarding certification and design regarding the TYT MD-UV380 for those willing to look and become arm chair quarterbacks.

http://notebook.hvdn.org/2018/08/dmr-radio-made-is-south-dakota.html

Always looking for contributors too I may as (as I am sure is Jason, QRZ and anywhere else that curates or creates original content)

 

I don't think your content is very good. There is a lot of incorrect information.

 

R & L has them in stock 85 shipped

 

I agree with all the comments. It is a shame Jason is not knowledgeable enough to provide any degree of expertise or accurate information.

 

Thanks for your Review Jason.

 

Thanks to all of those people with positive comments on this video. And for negative comments, those aren't bad either, if you present them in such a way that doesn't prove to the world that you are a total jack-wagon.

The problem with QRZ folks is that there are too many haters. I discussed this with some of the other "Hamcasters" at Dayton last year, and a couple of them don't post here any longer due to the dripping negativity and overall ill-will towards other Amateurs. We're supposed to be ambassadors for good will to the world, through Amateur Radio, but amongst ourselves we bicker and offer 1-sided arguments where we think other people should hold our narrow viewpoint and not their own.

If you don't like the video, move on. If you want to offer constructive criticism, then do that. But to take the time out and explain why you think it is a "colossal waste of time" to me just means that you have lots of time to spare already, so I really shouldn't worry about wasting it, because apparently you don't.

 

Very well said.

 

didn't they just outlaw these radios

 

No. There have been no recent FCC rule changes banning any equipment.

 

You may want to look here. https://www.rrmediagroup.com/News/NewsDetails/NewsID/17392

FCC Warns on Noncompliant VHF/UHF Two-Way Radios

Monday, September 24, 2018

The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau released an enforcement advisory, noting that it has observed that an increasing number of conventional retailers and websites that advertise and sell low-cost, two-way VHF/UHF radios that do not comply with the FCC’s rules. Many of the radios violate one or more FCC technical requirements, the commission said.

“Such devices are used primarily for short-distance, two-way voice communications and are frequently imported into the United States,” the notice said. “These radios must be authorized by the FCC prior to being imported, advertised, sold or operated in the United States.”

Some of the radios can be modified to transmit on public-safety and other land mobile channels for which they are not authorized, while others are capable of prohibited wideband operations. “Such radios are illegal, and many have the potential to negatively affect public safety, aviation and other operations by federal, state and local agencies, as well as private users,” the FCC said.

Violators may be subject to substantial monetary penalties — up to $19,639 per day of marketing violations and up to $147,290 for an ongoing violation.

Equipment that does not comply with the technical requirements cannot be certified and thus cannot be imported, advertised, sold or used. There is an amateur radio exception to the certification requirement. If a device is capable of operating only on frequencies that the FCC has allocated for use by amateur radio service licensees, it does not require FCC equipment authorization, and an amateur licensee may use his or her license to operate such radios.

“If a two-way VHF/UHF radio is capable of operating outside of the amateur frequency bands, it cannot be imported, advertised, sold or operated within the United States without an FCC equipment certification,” the notice said. “Even if a two-way VHF/UHF radio operates solely within the amateur frequencies, the operator is required to have an amateur license to operate the device and must otherwise comply with all applicable rules.”

Prior to purchase or operation, individuals should ensure that a device is either labeled as FCC-compliant or operates solely within amateur frequencies.

For additional information, visit https://www.fcc.gov/engineering-technology/laboratory-division/general/equipment- authorization and https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/bureau-divisions/mobility-division/amateur-radio-service.

“The members of the LMCC, which all have a stake in protecting the authorized use of spectrum, applaud the action taken by the FCC in this matter," said Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) President David Smith. "As the advisory makes clear, violating these rules can result in substantial monetary fines. Anyone importing, advertising or selling noncompliant devices should cease doing so. Anyone owning such devices should stop using them. The LMCC encourages the Enforcement Bureau to follow this advisory with swift enforcement of those who continue to violate these established rules.”

In August, the FCC released a citation and order against Amcrest Industries for selling an unauthorized Baofeng radio. The full enforcement advisory is here.

 

Did you read any of that? The FCC didn't suddenly make new rules and ban Baofeng radios.