Tidradio h8

[WSDM599]

Hello

Just purchased  the h 8 and tested the power on several  channels and only getting  an average  of 2.5 watts not ten as advertised.  I did reset to unlock and not any better channel 5 on gmrs was 1.78 watts. I'm  guessing  I have a defective  radio or is there a fix for it?

[OffRoaderX]

• Are you testing on high-power channels?
• Did you confirm that the radio is set to HIGH POWER for the channels you are testing?

IF yes to both and you're still only getting low-power output, then the fix is to send it back and tell them to send you one that works.

[WSDM599]

Yes , tested on  several  high power channels and yes I did check to make sure settings where on high power also. Guess I will have to send back.

[SteveShannon]

41 minutes ago, WSDM599 said:

Hello

Just purchased  the h 8 and tested the power on several  channels and only getting  an average  of 2.5 watts not ten as advertised.  I did reset to unlock and not any better channel 5 on gmrs was 1.78 watts. I'm  guessing  I have a defective  radio or is there a fix for it?

How are you testing the power output?

What is the output power when the radio is set to low power?  There have been reports of Chirp swapping the high and low power settings such that higher output power is observed when the radio is set to low power. I have not seen that myself. 

[4x4le]

I noticed my tdh8 not being as good as my other radios in fars..

I dont have a power meter but i ran the power tuner program and although it would not allow me to read, i heard hitting write did not require the password. Nothing really made me thing that it took, however it can hit repeaters that it couldn't before. Look into running that application.

[WSDM599]

19 hours ago, SteveShannon said:

How are you testing the power output?

What is the output power when the radio is set to low power?  There have been reports of Chirp swapping the high and low power settings such that higher output power is observed when the radio is set to low power. I have not seen that myself. 

no difference at all , but thanks for the try

[WSDM599]

3 hours ago, 4x4le said:

I noticed my tdh8 not being as good as my other radios in fars..

I dont have a power meter but i ran the power tuner program and although it would not allow me to read, i heard hitting write did not require the password. Nothing really made me thing that it took, however it can hit repeaters that it couldn't before. Look into running that application.

I'm not familiar with that program. where can i find it. thank you

[4x4le]

On 10/28/2024 at 12:30 PM, WSDM599 said:

I'm not familiar with that program. where can i find it. thank you

Its in the package when you download the radios factory cps. Its called powertuner. Its on tidradios website 

[WSDD519]

Keep in mind the H8 is 10 watts ONLY on VHF.  For UHF, it's 5 watts.   I've confirmed this with three different radios.

[WSDM599]

4 hours ago, 4x4le said:

Its in the package when you download the radios factory cps. Its called powertuner. Its on tidradios website 

ok, thanks

[Socalgmrs]

A tid radio with an issue?