Mobile Ham Radio Transceiver VHF 75W UHF 55W Mobile Radio Dual Band Quad Standby Vehicle Transceiver Cross Band Station Repeater with Programming Cable & Software Black SOCOTRAN
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- About this item
- ★ VHF/UHF MOBILE RADIO WITH HIGH OUTPUT - It's a good idea to use as a UHF(400 ~ 480 MHz)/VHF(136 ~174 MHz) ham radio transceiver in car for mobile communication with the groups by high output 75W (VHF) & 55W (UHF) during road trip
- ★ CLEAN VOICE WITH MIC AUDIO GAIN - Great sound quality on Rx and I am told I sound great simplex or off of the repeater when testing the Socotran car transceiver, important: The mobile radio used indoor requires a power switching supply with voltage 13.8V & Current 20A
- ★ DUAL BAND QUAD-STANDBY AND FOUR DISPLAY - It comes with multi functions such as dual band, quad-standby, 5 Tone, 2 Tone, ANTI, DTMF, remote stun, remote kill, remote revive and external speaker, Support Cross band
- ★ MANUAL & PC PROGRAMMING - Our amateur radio supports both manual and PC, the PC programming port on the front which lets you leave everything connected and still program the radio
- ★ Warm Tips:When you testing the radio,please connect with antenna and linear power supply for protecting mobile radio avoid radio burn.Any questions about running the software,contact us via your desertcart message freely.Thanks
WHAT’S SOCOTORAN ST-980PLUS FM Radio? SOCOTRAN ST-980PLUS is a mobile FM dual band radio with frequency band VHF 136-174MHz&UHF400-480MHz designed for long-distance two-way communication. 57 selectable functional menus in the radio with speaker microphone easy operations meet your various demands. For more information, please kindly refer to the user manual before using radio. IMPORTANCE: The radio used indoor requires a power switching supply with voltage 13.8V & Current 20A: 1) Low current may be burn the radio while in transmit due to the high working output power. 2) Radio in transmit status may be burn without antenna connecting. Radio Programming&customer support: Free Software Source at CHIRP, NOTICE Model QYT KT-8900D NO KT-UV980 Package coming with free program cable&software disk PLEASE CONTACT US AT ANY TIME VIA debbie@any-better.com. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. WE WILL RESPONSE YOU WITHIN 24 HOURS. ►ST-980Plus software: ►http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=34249708966354942738 ►https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/Socotran-mobile-radio-programming-software-s/2816.htm ►USB driver for Windows 7/ 8: ►http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=44167841291660960983 ►USB driver for Windows 10: ►http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=04383576419424047631 ►Radio Programming guide: ►http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=08287535509800469819 Features: 1.High Power Output VHF 75W(20A)&UHF 55W(15A) 2.Color Screen,200 Channels Memory,Manual,PC Programming 4. Dual Band,Four Display,Quad-Standby, External Speaker/PTT,Scrambler 5.FM Radio,Remote Stun, Remote Kill, Remote Revive, Scan, 6.TOT,DCS/DCSS code,5 Tone;2 Tone; ANT; DTMF 7.Frequency range: VHF:136~174MHz; UHF:400~480MHz
Reviews
G**N
No Luck Programming This Radio
Tried their software to program this radio on three different computers all running Windows 10. Every computer got a run time error when trying to launch the software. Also tried Chirp with QYT KT 8900D and would only get an "Error radio Did not enter clone mode" with their programming cable. The program cable did install correctly but could not see the radio. Sent everything back to Amazon.
S**E
Really hard to tell the difference
I was looking for 3 radios. One for the house and one for each car. I decided to give the BTech UV 50X2 a try because of its $169.00 Price.. These being my first radios, I really don't know what to expect. I'm still learning. So, I contained myself from purchasing all three at the same time. The BTech arrived last week. But, my evaluation was delayed due to lack of a programming cable. I was about ready to purchase two more when I cam across these Socotran radios. The picture on Amazon looked very similar to the BTech that was sitting on my desk. Only it was $45 cheaper. I decided to give it a try. I purchased two.Side by side, they look identical, and they function exactly the same. The only minor differences that I can detect are the labels, and the Btech has 4 screws holding the speaker in place. I am using the same programming cable, and the same CHIRP software for both radios. Important to note that the SocoTran radio, as pointed out by another member is programmed in CHIRP as a QYT KT 8900 D
H**.
impossible to program
higher power...worst radio ever....
H**E
Get what you pay for
This radio is simple to operate and program, however, the quality of this product is what you would expect from a $150 radio. I am having receive issues with it and would not recommend this product.
R**E
75 Watts on VHF in a small package
For those who have problems with the programming software, visit RTsystems.com. They have the answer.
D**N
Works Great and EASY to program.
Arrived quickly. Just as advertised. Used Ubuntu Linux and CHIRP to program. The latest Ubuntu has the drivers for this USB cable built in, so the driver disc wasn't even needed. Others have had trouble with programming, but this was easy. CHIRP recognizes the radio as a QYT-8900D and the USB cable shows up in the list of USB-to-serial ports at the bottom of the list as "/dev/ttyUSB0" in CHIRP. This baby is going in our motor home tomorrow! Thanks for the great radio!
D**N
Nice radio not so nice software
Love the Radio but the software is questionable.tryedbit on 4 different computers windows10 nothing but errors.But chirp save the day.Keep your sanity use chirp
J**Z
Great radio - especially for the price.
I’ve had this installed in my vehicle for 6 months now. Zero issues. Been a HAM since the late 1970’s. Seen and had a lot of radios over the years. This one works well, power output very close to what the claim. Excellent radio reports. People think I am using a big name radio at 3 times the price, and just want to talk crap because THEY overpaid for theirs! Zero issues programming via CHIRP software. As with any modern radio is many menu’s - it takes a few hours of playing around with it to learn all the functions.
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