High Power Portable Radio For Emergencies, SHTF & The Coming Apocalypse - Retevis RT29 High-Power HT

In some countries it is considered a compliment today I am going to review the redesigned RT29 military grade

high

power

portable

radio

, readyvis asked me if I was interested in reviewing this

radio

and I saw that it was

high

power

and waterproof and I thought yes. They sent me two of them to try out so I could show you my favorite scope. Threadovis

rt29

comes in a set of two. It costs about one hundred and fifty dollars. Affiliate link below you can use that link to see what the current price is. Change it from time to time It also comes in a setting so you and your friend can talk to each other in case of an emergency and full disclosure.

They sent me these radios free of charge in exchange for this video review now some people some people will say this radio is just cheap chinese garbage just ignore the trolls they are just angry that they paid five times as much for a radio that does almost the same same and it's probably not even waterproof now if you saw any of my previous ones. videos you know i normally review only gmrs or frs radios and the retivus

rt29

is not a gmrs or frs radio, it is an fcc part 97 ham type radio, you need a ham license or the appropriate commercial license to operate it except in the case of an emergency, so let me read what the FCC says about operating a radio in an emergency.

FCC rules part 97403, life safety and property protection. Nothing in these rules prevents the use by an amateur station of any means of radio communication at its disposal to meet essential communication needs in connection with the immediate safety of light human life and the immediate protection of property When Normal Communication Systems Are Not Available FCC Rules Part 97.405 Station in Distress Part No provision of these rules prevents the use by an amateur station in distress of any means at its disposal to draw attention to make known its condition and location and obtaining assistance part b nothing in these rules prevents the use by a station in the exceptional circumstances described in paragraph a which is the one I just read from this section of any means of radio communication at its disposal for help a station in danger now I am not going to interpret that I am not a lawyer I am not a judge I am going to leave the interpretations of those rules to the discretion of all the experts the real legal experts and the real legal scholars who will undoubtedly publish comments in the section comments below, so when you buy the redevis rt29 military grade high power uhf or vhf radio in the box you will receive a user guide and this is probably the worst written user guide I have ever seen.

Renovus invests one hundred dollars. Pay someone to proofread it and proofread it in English. Let me read an excerpt from the user guide. Do not throw the battery into the microwave oven or high pressure container. Also avoid the brake. such as liquid spilled from the battery by fire, if the battery leaks or gives off a smelly smell, please keep it away from a flammable area, the electrolyte spilled from the battery is easy to catch fire and will cause the battery to smoke or catch fire suddenly this is not even good for Chinglish. redvis come on, fortunately this radio is so good that you won't even care what the manual says you will receive a charger this is not a smart charger standard basic charger a little light a little sticky you will receive an adapter add-on that connects to the charger thus providing electrical power to the battery that goes here the battery that you will also receive is quite large, it has 3200 milliamp hours, it is a substantial battery in all my tests over several days with the radios, the battery never wore out a very good and long lasting battery you will receive a tuned antenna for any version of the radio you buy.

The radio comes in two versions, an uhf and a vhf. I bought the vhf version, so this antenna is tuned for the 400 to 480 megahertz range. You will receive a belt clip that is heavier, larger and stronger than the average cheap belt clip that comes with the average cheap radio. It is a little more resistant. A little more resistant. You will receive this beautiful wrist strap to attach the radio to your On your wrist you get this headset and microphone setup, which is a little heavier than the cheap ones that come with cheaper radios. Press the talk button here because it is a waterproof radio, it uses these different types of connectors, it needs to be screwed to stay on. the waterproofness has its own screw and you will receive the radio itself the rittavis rt29 10 watt waterproof

portable

walkie talkie works like any other portable radio it has an sma mail the antenna comes with an sma female it has an on and off knob it has a 16-channel push-to-talk button, two programmable buttons, and a waterproof connector to connect the handset or programming cable, so some of the features of this radio that make it a very desirable radio come in two versions, uhf and vhf, as I mentioned.

This is the v uh uhf version, it runs from 400 to 480 megahertz and sharper, sharper eared viewers will no doubt notice that the gmrs and frs frequencies fall within that 400 to 480 megahertz range, but this radio is not fcc part 95 is compliant, it is not a gmrs radio even though it can talk on those frequencies, doing so would violate FCC rules. It's IP67 rated, making it basically completely waterproof to a few feet of water for up to 30 minutes, don't quote me. it's something in that range it's drop resistant from up to six feet so it's very durable very sturdy it has repeater capability and it splits tones it has an encryption feature which is really cool it's not encrypted it's encrypted so when you're talking to someone else , the other one, your friend, in an emergency situation, talking to the other person with the same radio with the same encoding settings, they can hear each other talking fine, but anyone listening would hear Donald Duck, they couldn't hear him easily.

I understand what you're saying, but it's not full encryption. I think it's called inversion coding. It's very simple. It sounds like a side band. If you've ever listened to sideband on an old CB radio, this is what it sounds like right before you do the range test, I'll show you what vocoding sounds like. The 16 channels it comes with are all preset and it also comes with ct css codes on each channel, but since it is made to actually talk from one radio to another, it comes with a set of two, it doesn't really matter that it comes pre-programmed with the tones because the Another radio is also pre-programmed with those same tones, but you can change the preset channels to whatever frequency you want to use using the software.

You can remove the tones. You can set the other shades to whatever you want. You can also change the programming of the two buttons and change the encryption settings. You can change basically everything, but you need to use programming software that you can download for free. from the redivus website, but you will need the optional programming cable which does not come with the radio, so what that means is that yes, you can take your two new radios out of the box, turn them on, put them on the same channel and you can start . Talking to your friend in your emergency situation, the first thing I will do is check the power output to make sure Redevis is not hitting us on the box.

It says it's a 10 watt portable radio, so let's try it without buttons. It's very simple. interface as you know that is one of the things I like about my radios is the simplicity because I am a very simple person when you change the channel you get this nice nine eight 7 14. very nice voice to tell you what channel you are on, so Let's check the power. I'm using my new surecom meter, which should appear better on the screen to give a better viewer experience than my old meter, which didn't appear as well on the screen, so let's put this on. right now 9 8 I'm going to put it right in the middle of the channels which should put it roughly in the middle of the frequency range.

I am using my 50 watt dummy load to not broadcast to the world. Yes, some RF electricity will do it. output via dummy payload, but dummy payload is designed to be used without actually transmitting so as not to violate any laws. I don't want the black FCC helicopters

coming

for me, so we'll push the button and see the power. the output there nine point nine eight eight eight six is ​​dropping the longer I hold it, so it's outputting exactly what redivus claims it will output, so it outputs a full 10 watts 9.9 watts, although the longer I hold the button , the transmit button the power began to slowly decrease, but the true test of a radio is how far it talks now.

I do not have a ham license or the proper FCC commercial license and this is not an emergency situation that would allow me to talk on any radio at my disposal, but since I am talking to my friend a couple of miles away, I don't think don't let anyone notice, so let's see how this works. qcq hello breaker breaker can anyone hear me trying one two one two? qc qc I was just joking there's no antenna it's not on the battery isn't even inside I was just joking if you're so smart how come you never understand any of the jokes?

Well, then because I don't have the appropriate resources. FCC amateur license or FCC commercial license to transmit using this radio. I got my friend Sean, who is a happy hobbyist who is licensed and can legally transmit using one of these radios, so he did a couple of range tests and also transmitted so I could record. the scrambler, the vocoder sounds so you can hear what it sounds like and he identified himself every time he transmitted as required by the FCC, but I edited it because YouTube doesn't require him to announce his call sign, so this is what the vocoder sounds like. voice. the encoder sounds good I like this radio uh the encoder as I mentioned before it's not encryption it's an encoder I think it's simple what they call inversion coding makes it difficult for anyone listening to understand what you're saying , but anyone who knows what they are doing with another radio of this type, any radio that does the same type of encryption and probably any other variety of methods could easily decode what you are saying, so this is not encryption, it just difficult.

Anyone listening to understand what you're saying now normally, when I test my little five watt GMR radios, I do what I call my worst case test and no radio, no portable radio that I've ever tested has gone more than one mile. and a half in my worst case test, but because this radio, the rt29 produces twice the power of most of those radios, not only will it talk further and have better range, but it will also have better penetration through from trees and buildings, so I began testing at about three miles. Sean, the licensed operator was at his house.

He drove to previously marked locations. I called them on the phone. I told them when to transmit so I could record. Here's how it sounded in the different mileage ranges. one two three four five two point three miles two three four five radio test at five point one mile one two three four five test at 6.0 miles also what's not on camera because he wasn't there to record it, he was able to test it the second floor of a building to a Black Bear restaurant which, by the way, has excellent cheeseburgers. The Black Bear restaurant, 10.3 miles away, had more line of sight, but at 10.3 miles away it spoke to the other radio loud and clear for these radios to work. to transmit, they transmit and penetrate, so that's the quick overview.

I try to do it quickly because I know your time is very valuable. Quick overview of the rt29 10 watt portable walkie talkie, perfect for real shitty situations or when you're out on adventures. if you have the proper license if you have any questions about redivus rt29 or comments if you have used one let us know if you like it if you have questions leave them in the comments below I will do my best to answer if I can't answer. Someone else will come and try. Keep in mind that this will probably be the wrong answer. Thanks for watching and if you like watching off-road videos, check out one or two of my off-roaders. videos i used to make off road videos some people say the best off road videos on youtube you can watch one right there leave a comment let me know what you think