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
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- 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)
Item Weight: 1.08 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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Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2025 by sipy
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: Without SW/MW Antennas
Normally I don't say good things about a company's mistake. I ordered 2 RT 880 batteries from Radtels website but got 860's instead so instead of making it a big hassle I bought the Radtel RT 860 radio and was surprised by it now I actually like it maybe a happy accident.
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2025 by Dan
Color: Without SW/MW Antennas
Unless you are an expert in radios you will not be able to use this product. I wanted a handheld CB but I can find zero clear info on how to make it a CB, which is supposed to be a function. The youtube tutorials are useless because they are made by radio nerds who talk to fast and assume we know what they know about programming radios. It looks like a nice radio but I can't use it.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2025 by Sheri Anderson
Color: With SW/MW Antennas
Love it! Just love this radio. I also ordered the 880 now too from Radtel. Quality radio, the belt clip is super strong and nice and tight. Good battery life, the dohnut antennas are not real good though. I got a telescoping CB antenna for HF at 27MHz. Overall this is a great radio for the price. It's a low price, super budget radio that does a LOT!
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Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2025 by Elliott
Color: With SW/MW Antennas
Nice economical dual band radio with fair HF reception. Slim and compact radio though not as svelte as my Yaesu VX6 but the battery life is much better than the Yaesu. The display may be hard to read for some as the text seems smaller than most of the radios I own. It has a robust belt clip. The battery seems to last forever. The spectrum scope is OK. Love the ability to program all of buttons with functions of your choice. AM and FM broadcast work very well. Claimed transmit power and spurious emissions compliance for 2M and 70CM are on point. Scan speed is slow but it gets the job done. Due to filtering limitations for HF bands the noise floor can be quite high, though tweaking bandwidth will help with some of that. I tried a long wire antenna at home and it seemed to just raise the noise floor. I’ll have to get it out of the house, away from the burbs and see if that improves. I’m running a Comet SMA24J dual band whip antenna and it fits the socket perfectly. Overall it’s one of my favorite radios and I own Icom and Yaesu top tier radios.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2025 by Brian D
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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