Got the Retevis RT95 today.

[TNFrank]

Did my initial set up on the radio with HAM channels. Had to do the "unlock" for Mode2 to get 70cm to take. Still getting use to all the buttons and stuff. All in all it's working. I put one of my 771 BNC antennas on it(I have a PL259 to BNC adapter on the radio so I can change out antennas quickly) and did a test on medium power(don't want to burn up the antenna) and from my Man Cave I hit a couple repeaters so on the Yagi or the 17" Dual Band(when I get it tomorrow) it should have plenty of range when it's outside to hit all the repeaters in my area. The radio is a lot smaller than I thought it'd be. Almost makes me want to install it in my truck, LOL. I have the BTech 20v2 GMRS radio in it now so I'll just use the RT95 as a portable radio. Works well with one of my smaller 300w solar power stations too, should run the radio for quite a while off of a charge and I can always plug in a small solar panel to it to keep it charged up. Anyway, just wanted to share with ya'll. Thanks. 

[WRYS709]

Congratulations!

The Retevis RT95 is a clone of the Anytone AT-778, a model that I do not have any experience with; but I am sure many others here do, so good luck!

[SteveShannon]

9 hours ago, TNFrank said:

Did my initial set up on the radio with HAM channels. Had to do the "unlock" for Mode2 to get 70cm to take. Still getting use to all the buttons and stuff. All in all it's working. I put one of my 771 BNC antennas on it(I have a PL259 to BNC adapter on the radio so I can change out antennas quickly) and did a test on medium power(don't want to burn up the antenna) and from my Man Cave I hit a couple repeaters so on the Yagi or the 17" Dual Band(when I get it tomorrow) it should have plenty of range when it's outside to hit all the repeaters in my area. The radio is a lot smaller than I thought it'd be. Almost makes me want to install it in my truck, LOL. I have the BTech 20v2 GMRS radio in it now so I'll just use the RT95 as a portable radio. Works well with one of my smaller 300w solar power stations too, should run the radio for quite a while off of a charge and I can always plug in a small solar panel to it to keep it charged up. Anyway, just wanted to share with ya'll. Thanks. 

Well done!

[WRTC928]

Congratulations! I have an Anytone with the same mic. I like the big A/B button because it's easy to find without looking at it, which is nice in a mobile rig.

[WRXB215]

I like the screen invert feature of this radio. At first I didn't think I would ever use it. But where I mounted the radio, my right knee kept hitting the mic cable. Turning the radio over fixed that problem.

[WSEN940]

It's a great radio. I have one in my truck and it seems to work really well. It got a work out a few weeks ago when I helped out supporting an all day running event and it never skipped a beat.

[Bogieboy01]

Love my anytone 778, in fact i have 2, have one in the car, and the other was my base unit until i came across a 50w anytone 5888 for $50 in "unknown" condition (translation... replace the fuse in the lead and it works) which is now the base radio...