Radtel RT-860 Multi Band Ham Radio HF UHF VHF Dual Band with AM USB LSB CW CB LW MW SW SSB Reception, 1024 Channels, 2000mAh Battery, Type-C Charging (Without SW/MW Antennas)
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Color: Without SW/MW Antennas
Features
- Built with metal material for enhanced durability, the RT-860 is dust-proof, crush-resistant, and made with eco-friendly materials, ensuring it withstands tough environments while being environmentally conscious. With support for 1024 channels, it offers exceptional versatility and performance
- Say goodbye to bulk! The thin and ergonomic design provides a sleek aesthetic and a lightweight feel, making it comfortable for extended use during both commercial and recreational activities.
- In addition to supporting full-band AM FM USB LSB CW CB LW MW SW SSB and Air-Band RX, the device features a port for connecting a shortwave antenna, significantly enhancing signal reception. Whether for commercial communication or recreational use, it meets diverse needs effortlessly. Seamlessly switch between multiple bands, delivering greater flexibility and exceptional performance across various scenarios.
- Simplify your setup with 1-second matching, eliminating the need for cumbersome cable programming. The RT-860s quick decoding ensures effortless and seamless communication.
- Equipped with Type-C quick charging, the RT-860 offers multiple charging methods via USB, keeping your device powered up with efficiency and convenience anytime, anywhere.
Brand: radtel
Color: Without SW/MW Antennas
Number of Channels: 1024
Special Feature: 1024 Channels,Type-C and Desktop Charger, AM USB LSB CW CB LW MW SW SSB Reception
Frequency Range: 144-148Mhz/420-450Mhz
Talking Range Maximum: 5 Kilometer
Voltage: 7.4 Volts
Water Resistance Level: Not Water Resistant
Product Dimensions: 1.18"D x 2.36"W x 4.72"H
Number of Batteries: 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included)
Product Dimensions : 1.18 x 2.36 x 4.72 inches; 1.12 Pounds
Item model number : RT-860
Batteries : 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included)
Date First Available : January 14, 2025
Manufacturer : Xiamen Radtel Electronics Co.,Ltd
Customer Reviews: 4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 247 ratings
Item Weight: 1.12 pounds
Product Dimensions: 1.18 x 2.36 x 4.72 inches
Item model number: RT-860
Batteries: 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included)
Warranty: 1 Year
Date First Available: January 14, 2025
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Color: With SW/MW Antennas
What a Great Radio but hard to program manually. In any case I use the passive loop antenna outside my apt overhang balcony. AM/SSB comes in good and SW comes in good. Have not tested all VHF/UHF or aero bands yet. HF comes in reasonably well with SW loop antenna that is included with radio. The AM loop one does not seems to do as well except using a passive am and HF loop antenna (sold on amazon--search for passive loop antenna). The SI 4732 chip that is used in these radios internally needs a little more better antenna that the portable ones. This chip is revolutionary and made small enough inside your radio to bring expanded coverage for the especially for SW on this hand held radio. Programming by cable is simplest way and also you can reprogram the key buttons using the software and programming cable (which does not comes with it.) Watch you tube on the explanation of how to program by software and manually. Manual is hard to follow or understand!. I ordered the progamming cable separately. Anyway, Now I could monitor NOAA Weather Band, GMRS and Ham Radio. I have both the GMRS and Ham radio licenses. But will first check and make sure it properly operates on both those spectrums. Make sure your radio operates on the right FM bandwith setting so that you operate properly on ham radio and GMRS/FRS spectrum. Also check on FCC accepted specs before operating and transmitting. Otherwise, this radio has all the bands and frequencies to monitor for emergency and for enjoying leisure times. If traveling or at home with this radio get a small passive loop antenna to setup like at a park and you will be amazed how well it works. Most of all it feels and handles very weill in your palm of your hand. Feels like a well-made radio! Enjoy.! Paul K. --Meteorologist.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2025 by Paul K. of Palm Beach Gardens USA
Color: With SW/MW Antennas
A very good purchase for combined receive (RX) of HF + airnav + broadcast FM, and 2m/440 transceive! Very strong audio, good HF RX, good airband RX, very cool spectrum view & scan, RX RSSI indicator, HF seems fairly sensitive, large amount of customization - which is not for the timid! You will either love or hate this radio - there is no in-between! Tinkerers will absolutely love it! (There is a lot to play with.) Solidly built radio. Included "ring" antennas are kind of cheesy, but they do actually tune and work well. I recommend removing the VHF/UHF whip if you want to use the ring antenna. Otherwise the spacing is tight and coupling may occur between antennas. I absolutely recommend programming this radio using a computer. Doing so via the keyboard/menu system can be done, but it will get a bit tedious after 10 or 15 channels. Those wanting a "technical radio" will enjoy this unit. If you just want a 2m/440 band transceiver, you probably won't find a less expensive HT with better audio than this one! The spectrum scope is awesome and doubles as a scanner with 2MHz bandwidth. All in all, a solid purchase for the price!
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Color: Without SW/MW Antennas
The media could not be loaded. Happy to see this type of radio being manufactured. The first one I bought and it works absolutely perfect. An absolute joy to learn how to use. The selectivity and sensitivity are amazing for a radio several times this cost. So far I've spent many hours enjoying the Radtel. Great to use alongside an online sdr shortwave like kiwisdr or using your own sdr based hf reciever to locate stations. In dense fm broadcast locations an fm band stop can be a good investment although the selectivity of this unit is excellent. Battery lasts a very long time. This is by far the coolest radio in my collection. Hit the add to cart or buy now button. You'll be so glad you did!
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Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2025 by DAMON MCCARRON
Color: With SW/MW Antennas
Ham bands ok but fm radio no reception of strong signal unless radio held high in air for strong station. Am no reception with the am antenna and squelch has to be set to zero to hear anything on fm and for am at least you hear noise. I will use the Hf and am antenna to make a crystal radio. Software only accepts 3 digit am frequency so 870 550 950 works but 1070 1170 etc software does not let you put the frequency in so assume they are Chinese frequencies that only use 3 digit am frequency. Ham radio vhf uhf works ok. Weather reception poor and have to hold in air to catch wx channel. My other handhelds have fm radio that catches stations as good as any table radio and wx station 10 times more sensitive. It does work on 220 ham bands. I also updated to the latest firmware. Radio worth $10 because the ham bands work only. Menu system poor and I programmed one button for radio and it just sits there in radio mode doing nothing and no key makes it works and no channel displays. I will let you know if those extra antennas work for crystal radio.
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Color: Without SW/MW Antennas
This radio has many features that supplement the typical VHF/UHF radio, like its powerful programming abilities and many listening bands, e.g. air band. The negative for the radio is the poorly written manual, which makes the learning process very time consuming. Additionally, like many low cost ham radios, spurious emissions are problematic. Overall for the price, it's a nice radio.
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Color: Without SW/MW Antennas
very good value . Compact size. Many bands of different frequency coverages. After learning the keys to enter bands and switch channels. Manual is slightly difficult to understand although there is other informative videos online to simplify the operation of aspects. Very sturdy construction not full immersion water resistant.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2025 by Clarence L. Albertson
Color: With SW/MW Antennas
Lots of functionality if you can figure it out. When I sit down with this radio, I usually have the manual and youtube close by. If you want a two meter radio, get a 2 meter radio. If you want to do SWL, get a separate radio. If you enjoy puzzles, get this radio lol. The software works well. They could use some better documentation on programming and general use of the radio. Dont forget, if you are going to listen to shortwave, you need an antenna. If you use an external antenna, dont forget to order SMA adapters, cables etc .. I think I'll enjoy this as I figure out what buttons to push for what, but until then, its a good build with a poor interface.
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