Retevis RT76P

[ajk170]

I didn't want to highjack another thread with this question regarding the RT76P so I'll post it here - What type of radio does the Retevis RT76P seem to be based on? Is it a UHF only or some type of locked-down dual band? Since Retevis claims the radio supports NOAA, I'm led to believe it's some sort of dual band. I say it this way because my radios do not have the NOAA pre-programmed into any of the 30 channels.  Maybe this aspect was too much of an expectation on my part (I'm new to this so what do I know) but it does not appear that I can tune the radio to any frequency either.  So either it comes pre-tuned or you get to tune it yourself, that's the expectation when the feature is advertised. 

 

 

 

 

[ajk170]

Ok, so in the spirit of discovery learning, I'm slowly figuring out these radios. I've learned that I can indeed manually tune this radio to NOAA stations and more specifically the one that reports on our area (162.475).  As a result, I seemed to have answered my own question, i.e. these are dual bands. I found the way to do this, not as a result of the manual but piecing together various bits of information from other threads on this particular radio as well as ham Youtubers talking about various ways to hold down different keys/buttons with the power off and then turning it on while holding them down to enter various menus.  

[1URFE57]

By the sound of the voice announcement it look like it was base on the Baofeng radios so I assumed that front panel will be the same minus the VHF band.

[ajk170]

By the sound of the voice announcement it look like it was base on the Baofeng radios so I assumed that front panel will be the same minus the VHF band.

Since I do not know, I'll ask, when you say "...minus the VHF Bands" are you saying the overall VHF bands or just the ability to transmit?  I thought the ability to get the NOAA stations would inherently make this a dual-band (VHF/UHF) radio except that either a hardware or software component has the transmit part locked down except for on the GMRS and FRS frequencies. 

 

Not that it really matters, I think there are other aspects to this radio that matter more, like the ability to figure out the CTCSS codes and how to make those work for small group communication within the family. From what I see in the manual, that's not well covered.  

[BoxCar]

The FCC doesn't classify receivers, just transmitters. Dual-band means the transmitter can transmit in two different frequency bands.

[dvidolich]

The RT76P is capable of receiving VHF. You can add a VHF freq to one of the 30 channels by using the programming software. This channel can then be part of your scan sequence or monitoring, but you will only be able to receive not transmit.

 

The 2 short cut buttons located on the PTT side of the radio allow you to access all the NOAA channels. These buttons can also be used to access the fm radio. They can be programmed using the Retevis software.

[1URFE57]

Since I do not know, I'll ask, when you say "...minus the VHF Bands" are you saying the overall VHF bands or just the ability to transmit?  I thought the ability to get the NOAA stations would inherently make this a dual-band (VHF/UHF) radio except that either a hardware or software component has the transmit part locked down except for on the GMRS and FRS frequencies. 

 

Not that it really matters, I think there are other aspects to this radio that matter more, like the ability to figure out the CTCSS codes and how to make those work for small group communication within the family. From what I see in the manual, that's not well covered.  

The ability to TX sorry I didn't stated it clearly.