JLeikhim Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 I usually avoid these sort of products because in my opinion Cheap Chinese Radios are usually a Low Parts Count hot mess with crappy receiver performance. For some stupid reason this caught my eye. I am sure it will be disappointing. Should I buy one? Has anyone bought one opened it up and found the manufacturer went the extra mile in RX design, or should I let the fact that it has an FM 88-108 receiver built in confirm my misgivings? Well here it is, probably not FCC certified . But it is kind of cool. I am verklempt, talk amongst yourselves... https://www.verotelecom.com/VERO-VR-N7500-50W-Dual-Band-Mobile-Radio-With-APP-Programming-p541441.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berkinet Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 For $75 I’d buy one just for fun. But, at ~$200 I would make sure it is returnable. Also, it appears they saved money by not hiring a translator. kipandlee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRAF213 Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 Doing some research, it doesn't have any FCC type acceptance, including Part 15. Shouldn't be allowed to be sold here in the US, but they can be imported solely for amateur radio use and not resold. The only Vero radio I could find certification on was the VR-6600PRO, which is only certified in China for 430-440 MHz on the UHF side. I'm sure transmit is wide open, since there's people using these on 440-450. Given the size and feature set of that radio, I would be surprised if it weren't an AT1846S chip under the hood, like the BTech UV-25X4. berkinet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gman1971 Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 I would avoid that thing. For ~200 dollars you can find a great deal on an XPR4550 Motorola Mobile that will draw rings around that. G. Radioguy7268 and kipandlee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipandlee Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 it is kind of cool but no not For 200 dollars could get several good used radios for that price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n4gix Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 It also requires that one have a 'smart phone' they don't mind being dedicated to act as the control panel for the radio... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRAF213 Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 It also requires that one have a 'smart phone' they don't mind being dedicated to act as the control panel for the radio...For $200, I'd like to at least have a basic control head, whether it's a detachable head that mounts to the radio or a handheld control head. It's a brick without a working software environment. kipandlee and Ian 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottmckinney67 Posted January 28, 2020 Report Share Posted January 28, 2020 I just got two of the retevis rt99's which appear to be the same thing. About 150 each off ebay. Pretty easy to program, pairs well. Not sure how to gauge the performance as this is my second radio. Other's a baofeng hand held. I like the idea of no programming cables, etc. I'm using them with the midland mobile 6db antennas at the moment. Still testing and learning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkhunter521 Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 Thank GOD for Amazon, Nothing needs any more acceptance Than an Amazon product code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottmckinney67 Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 Thank GOD for Amazon, Nothing needs any more acceptance Than an Amazon product code. You've confused me on that one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KA7MBQ Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 Got it and love it...I use a dedicated 8" tablet to control the radio and it works great.You can use the wired mic or remove the mic all together and use a BT headset and PTT button The app works like the walkie-talkie Zello as a stand alone walkie-talkie or to link your phone to a repeater.Frequencies are stored in banks of 16 channels each with the choice to monitor 2 frequencies or scan all 16 The APRS function shows where other hams are on the map. Logan5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidphc Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 Got it and love it...I use a dedicated 8" tablet to control the radio and it works great.You can use the wired mic or remove the mic all together and use a BT headset and PTT button The app works like the walkie-talkie Zello as a stand alone walkie-talkie or to link your phone to a repeater.Frequencies are stored in banks of 16 channels each with the choice to monitor 2 frequencies or scan all 16 The APRS function shows where other hams are on the map.Wife had ordered one. I told her cancel that order. I couldn't find any information on how to scan a band unless the frequency was in memory. Can you do that even? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Summit1 Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 Those things have been around for a while; there was some chick on many other sites jumping in to push them onto anybody who would read her spiel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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