I know the last post was almost a year ago. I just received my RA86 with an antenna upgrade over the little one. Here is my findings.
It comes with privacy tones pre-programmed. You can delete them by turning the radio on while holding the PTT and Scan buttons.
You can program up to 99 channels, simplex or repeater. After programming repeaters, you need to turn on the repeater function from any channel. I programmed some public safety frequencies, but the RA86 will not allow the program to install the transmit frequency. This is where labeling the channel would be nice, but it doesn't have the capability.
The setting scan is done from the microphone. If you update the radio, you have to start over and set the scan and repeater functions. Scroll using the menu button and change the selected setting with the volume buttons, press menu again, and then wait for it to time out.
I downloaded both the programming software and driver from the Retevis website. I needed the driver for the programming software to work.
