Retevis RT95 Ham Radio Transceiver,Dual Band Transceiver,Rotatable LCD Dual Display, 200 Channels, 5W/ 15W/ 25W, CTCSS/DCS,Mini Mobile Transceivers with DTMF Microphone

I’m new to Ham Radio and have just recently passed the Foundation exam.This Retevis RT95 transceiver is very easy to set up and use. It is compact and suitable for a vehicle, but I have put mine on my desktop. Inputting repeaters is a cinch and it has good audio.I have found it to be excellent so far, with no issues.

This is an excellent little ham radio transceiver and especially so because of the budget price. It is solidly built, very easy to operate and program (if I can do it, anyone can). I have mine set up in my shack connected to a Diamond x30 antenna in my loft and the signal quality on receive and transmit is spot on. I’ve also got the Anytone identical clone of this in my car, and it works flawlessly. I highly recommend this radio.

Nice, easy to use, value for money. One downside is that there is no programming software for Mac users, and the programming cable is not recognised by Mac to use Chirp. So, the only way to go and program it is using a Windows PC, which is very frustrating. (Not test it with Linux)

Great radio very clear audio.very easy to programming with supply cable.many many OM used this radio. many many reviews at you tube all with posative feedback . no mager issue to operate this radio.THANK REVETIS thank AMAZON AFOR FAST SHIPING .

Very happy . Once you get your head around the controls it’s a lovely set. I’m currently studying for my foundation certificate but this is easily unlocked to allow it on the PMR 446 frequencies.

Arrived with a non-functioning internal speaker. The mic speaker worked fine. Sent back for a refund. Looking to buy something else like a Yaesu UHF/VHF rig or HT.

Great radio for price and even came with program lead. Works great

The product arrived very quickly and was well packaged. In the box you get the radio, mounting bracket with thumb turn screws, foam pads to stop the bracket rubbing on the radio body, self tapping screws to fasten the bracket to the vehicle, 2 metre approx. power lead with inline fuse, spare fuse, keypad microphone, programming cable and user guide. My user guide was in German, however the guys at Retevis provided me with the English download.The radio looks professionally designed and assembled. The centre piece is the colour display, which while small is easily readable and displays everything you need. 2 S meters can be displayed when in dual watch mode, they look great. Functions are selected via 6 programmable buttons, all very easy to set up. Note that there is no fan on the radio, the body does get warm particularly if you are transmitting on 25W for any length of time. The speaker is mounted on the underside of the radio and the audio quality is excellent.Minor drawback is that you can only use 5 character channel names on the display. This is OK if you are setting up repeaters, e.g. GB3HG, as they fit perfectly, but would be better if this could be longer.It is very easy to perform Reverse Repeater, i.e. listen on the input of a repeater to determine if you can work a station simplex. This sets it aside from some of the other "amateur" radios available for a few pounds less.Note that whilst you have a dual watch feature you do not have two independent receivers. If you are receiving on one bank the other bank is not available.The hand microphone has a good rugged feel to it and is well illuminated for easy operation in the dark. I'm not sure why the A/B button has to be so large! The LEDs on the microphone indicate which Dual Watch bank you are using, and separate LEDs illuminate either red or green to show when you are transmitting or receiving on each bank. The handset also has a built in speaker that can be turned on / off by the radio software. On the side is the PTT button, up/down buttons and a lock slide switch to stop you changing frequency inadvertently. Yes, you can send DTMF from the keypad, and there are 4 programmable buttons there too. I've had good reports of transmission quality.All in all a very good radio at a very good price.