Press and hold the BAND button for full VFO mode. Move the internal jimper for access to the 15m HAM band as well. FYI, you need to press the NRC button to turn the NRC ON. It would help with your noise level there! It's a brilliant radio! 73
I haven't had a cb for the last 15 years. I've had gmrs for a couple of years now. I thought I would get back into cb for when we travel and also considering picking up the ham technicians license. I ordered this radio last night and hope to have it by the end of next week.
Great radio. that is also the Anytone AT 6666 PRO. with that program cable you can do more and change more settings. Like the SWR protect . set to like 2.5SWR shut down. the voltage protect can be set down to like 15V if you like. I set my settings back for extra protection. but normally stock settings are just fine. except on QT 60 my SWR protect was set 20:1 from factory . that is bad . I set 2.5 :1 . And if you are a HAM you can open lid. on speaker side. the 3 pin jumper behind display move over and radio goes down to 21 MHZ which is 15 meter HAM band. A extra bonus for HAMS ,With the QT 60 their is a change. NEW model out. The QT 60 PRO. it is shorter and the CTCSS/DCS codes are right on display . no need to look up in manual and the WX frequencies can be programmed through PC to anything FM between 136 and 174 MHZ . so if you want to listen on 2 meter HAM you can with the QT 60 PRO. That QT 80 draws around 15 amps max transmit. so 14 AWG or 12 AWG wire needed. 10 AWG would be better if long. That does CW as well . The QT 60 PRO does CW as well. You can put speaker mic on that QT80 or a Bluetooth one or headset . just wire it up. Radioddity has great stuff ! I have the QT 60 and love it. That is also the anytone AT 5555 N II . I find the Anytone programming software better. for QT 80 use the AT 6666 PRO software . Use the program cable that came with. it has a chip in it to assign a com port when plug in. no drivers needed. just select com port in software . That same cable for the QT60. which mine did not come with ,but had one I bought. works on many radios.
I could be mistaken, but I think this also will do 15 m in other words so we’ll go to 21 MHz with a simple modification I do believe And did not realize you were in North Carolina that’s cool. I’m down here in the foothills. Hope you guys fared well during that disastrous hurricane.
We did better than many people here, our damage was nothing compared to those who lost everything. It is all relative. I believe that mods can be done on this one
Thanks for your review. I was wondering about your experience with this radio on the "unlocked' bands. The watt meter on my antenna tuner is indicating this radio only outputs 80wats+ on the 10m band. The other bands, 15m, 12m, and "11m" the radio appears to only output around 50watts ssb. Is this your experience as well?
15, 12, 11, 10 meter coverage, 21-30 Mhz. Move the jumper from positions 1&2 to 2&3 then press and hold the menu and band buttons while turning on the radio then choosing the HF choice on the screen and you're set to have all the available frequencies the radio has to offer. 73 to all
Great review Eric. I'm running the QT 40 mobile and Quad 5 as a base for the last 6-8 months and love em both for different reasons, really don't understand why they don't do back lit buttons ? That QT 80 is on my radar pal.. ether that or a linier juice box, Ha.. 73's from Central OR. 315/Dusty Boots ..
Update the firmware with anytone 666ro firmware. You can now pick a diff color when you transmit. My display goes red when i transmit. Also other features
No, but the one listed in the link only needs a single button pressed on start up to change to the modes seen in this video. It's a workaround to selling it legally. The case doesn't need to be opened and no jumpers need to be changed.
@@FarpointFarms so hypothetically if I wanted to know what that button was so that I could make sure never to accidentally push it… maybe you could make that video.
@@traceevans7505 While I would not openly promote illegal activities, lucky for you, these videos already exist from other not so timid souls. Good luck!
I have a QT60, converted to work on 11 meters. I love it except for that bright orange display. I'm considering getting the QT80 for more power and that nice blue display. Still looking for information on how to convert it to 11 meters.
On a different subject but sort of related to Radio Oddity with cb band . The cb band has been really bad or dead for months because of solar storms , maybe you could do an episode on the impact of solar storms on high frequency band .
Confused about the ability to access cb band ? Is it just a matter of programming or does it require a physical mod ? Also , is it possible to buy one already preprogrammed/premodded to access (US) cb out of the box ? THANKS
@@FarpointFarms still confused , walcot used to list mods and shop work on there site , but havent visited in a while and didnt see that option anymore , also , didnt see any RO QT80'S on the site ? Thanks
I saw the whole video, I think Radioddity QT80 is the best choice as an update from President Harry 3. What would you choose Radioddity QT80 or President Wasington considering you have both stations?
Both have their charm. I like the larger screen on the Washington and it has a few extra features, but the QT80 is a power house of a radio that also gets very good sound reports.
Top device, same as CRT 9900Pro or AnyTone 6666 Pro. What's strange is that in Germany you can't get a programming cable and you have to buy it separately. Nobody understands this.
@Farpoint Farms Hey Eric you did not get a President Washington radio from President obviously as you skipped that radio but made a review about the Radioddity QT80! Nice review! Too bad you could not do a video review about the President Washington but you did one about the President George! Well anyway it is a good review. Maybe next radio you do a video!
And yet, it did! Turns out, literally no one cares. Many internet sellers offer this and other radios modded, tuned and opened up. Takes about 3 seconds to verify that.
A very nice radio and video, Eric. That heat sink really is a beast :)
It really is, I think it is well needed
Got mine 3 days ago works very well on 10m just need to programme 10m repeater in the memories .Great radio.
Thanks for sharing-
Press and hold the BAND button for full VFO mode. Move the internal jimper for access to the 15m HAM band as well. FYI, you need to press the NRC button to turn the NRC ON. It would help with your noise level there! It's a brilliant radio! 73
Cool! Good to know!
I want one haha
This looks like it would make a great base station radio. Thank you for the video.
I ran this on 20 amps and it worked fine so yes, perfect for a base setup.
Thanks for the video. I am going to buy one for myself for Christmas.
You will love it!
Just got mine-gonna be sure to look at the manual!
There is a ton of info in the manual
To open up the radio move the jumper from 1-2. to 2-3. Then you have TX/RX FROM 21 TO 30 megahertz
Interesting to know
Have the anytone version, great radios thanks for the reviews
It is a great little radio- thanks for the support of the channel
This is a nice radio
Thanks, it really is a great little radio
I haven't had a cb for the last 15 years. I've had gmrs for a couple of years now. I thought I would get back into cb for when we travel and also considering picking up the ham technicians license. I ordered this radio last night and hope to have it by the end of next week.
CB is still the king of the road when traveling. You'll love it!
Great radio. that is also the Anytone AT 6666 PRO. with that program cable you can do more and change more settings. Like the SWR protect . set to like 2.5SWR shut down. the voltage protect can be set down to like 15V if you like. I set my settings back for extra protection. but normally stock settings are just fine. except on QT 60 my SWR protect was set 20:1 from factory . that is bad . I set 2.5 :1 . And if you are a HAM you can open lid. on speaker side. the 3 pin jumper behind display move over and radio goes down to 21 MHZ which is 15 meter HAM band. A extra bonus for HAMS ,With the QT 60 their is a change. NEW model out. The QT 60 PRO. it is shorter and the CTCSS/DCS codes are right on display . no need to look up in manual and the WX frequencies can be programmed through PC to anything FM between 136 and 174 MHZ . so if you want to listen on 2 meter HAM you can with the QT 60 PRO. That QT 80 draws around 15 amps max transmit. so 14 AWG or 12 AWG wire needed. 10 AWG would be better if long. That does CW as well . The QT 60 PRO does CW as well. You can put speaker mic on that QT80 or a Bluetooth one or headset . just wire it up. Radioddity has great stuff ! I have the QT 60 and love it. That is also the anytone AT 5555 N II . I find the Anytone programming software better. for QT 80 use the AT 6666 PRO software . Use the program cable that came with. it has a chip in it to assign a com port when plug in. no drivers needed. just select com port in software . That same cable for the QT60. which mine did not come with ,but had one I bought. works on many radios.
Great info! Thanks for chiming in.
Hi Eric, thank you very much sounds a great rig but no speech at all if you can not see the screen thank you very much for your review
Ok, thanks
Nice looking radio & a good price. Wow, we have not seen that in years!
I know, right?
I could be mistaken, but I think this also will do 15 m in other words so we’ll go to 21 MHz with a simple modification I do believe
And did not realize you were in North Carolina that’s cool. I’m down here in the foothills. Hope you guys fared well during that disastrous hurricane.
We did better than many people here, our damage was nothing compared to those who lost everything. It is all relative.
I believe that mods can be done on this one
Thanks for your review. I was wondering about your experience with this radio on the "unlocked' bands. The watt meter on my antenna tuner is indicating this radio only outputs 80wats+ on the 10m band. The other bands, 15m, 12m, and "11m" the radio appears to only output around 50watts ssb. Is this your experience as well?
I love the radio, but I can't say what the output is as I've never checked it. 50 or 80, it works really well with my Antron A99 to talk skip with.
Also does 15 m
Good to know!
@FarpointFarms or at least the 6666 pro does,so I'm assuming this does, great vidio
15, 12, 11, 10 meter coverage, 21-30 Mhz.
Move the jumper from positions 1&2 to 2&3 then press and hold the menu and band buttons while turning on the radio then choosing the HF choice on the screen and you're set to have all the available frequencies the radio has to offer.
73 to all
Great review Eric.
I'm running the QT 40 mobile and Quad 5 as a base for the last 6-8 months and love em both for different reasons, really don't understand why they don't do back lit buttons ?
That QT 80 is on my radar pal.. ether that or a linier juice box, Ha..
73's from Central OR. 315/Dusty Boots ..
Where bouts In the High Desert are you? Redmond here
It would be nice!
@@SeaweedOregon Klamath Co.
I could be mistaken, but I think this also will do 15 m in other words so we’ll go to 21 MHz with a simple modification I do believe
I think so, I am not really into doing mods
Update the firmware with anytone 666ro firmware. You can now pick a diff color when you transmit. My display goes red when i transmit. Also other features
That is good to know
I just got this radio. No matter what antenna i use it tells me "high SWR". Is there a way to tune the swr's.
I have a video on how to adjust it- You can search my channel for it
@FarpointFarms Thanks for the reply. Turned out it was the "new" coax. No good, I did get it tuned 1.5 or less across the bands I use.
So is the one you dropped the link to in the description also already modified? I will definitely be buying one if it is
No, but the one listed in the link only needs a single button pressed on start up to change to the modes seen in this video. It's a workaround to selling it legally. The case doesn't need to be opened and no jumpers need to be changed.
@@FarpointFarms so hypothetically if I wanted to know what that button was so that I could make sure never to accidentally push it… maybe you could make that video.
@@traceevans7505 While I would not openly promote illegal activities, lucky for you, these videos already exist from other not so timid souls. Good luck!
@@FarpointFarms lol, I'll show them how.
Thanks man!
I have a QT60, converted to work on 11 meters. I love it except for that bright orange display. I'm considering getting the QT80 for more power and that nice blue display. Still looking for information on how to convert it to 11 meters.
The QT 60 requires some changes inside. Snipping a wire or something. The QT60 apparently just requires a push of a button on power up to convert.
@@FarpointFarms Thanks. Yes the QT60 required clipping a wire and moving a jumper one slot over. Sounds like the QT80 is even easier.
Did I hear you say that it has a repeater offset? I didn't know that they had 10 m repeaters.
It is my understanding that it does
Yep,they do.@@FarpointFarms
Yes it supports FM 10 m repeaters, with CTCSS as well. It includes very advanced features.
@@robertmethia7080 you tool. 73.
On a different subject but sort of related to Radio Oddity with cb band . The cb band has been really bad or dead for months because of solar storms , maybe you could do an episode on the impact of solar storms on high frequency band .
I have that down as a video Idea, I just need some time to film and edit it.
Confused about the ability to access cb band ? Is it just a matter of programming or does it require a physical mod ? Also , is it possible to buy one already preprogrammed/premodded to access (US) cb out of the box ? THANKS
Look at Walcot Radio-
@@FarpointFarms still confused , walcot used to list mods and shop work on there site , but havent visited in a while and didnt see that option anymore , also , didnt see any RO QT80'S on the site ? Thanks
rookioe wuestion how do you make it work with a wall plug
You need a 120 to 12v adapter- You can get them new or used. You will need one that is at least 19 amps to power it
I saw the whole video, I think Radioddity QT80 is the best choice as an update from President Harry 3. What would you choose Radioddity QT80 or President Wasington considering you have both stations?
Both have their charm. I like the larger screen on the Washington and it has a few extra features, but the QT80 is a power house of a radio that also gets very good sound reports.
Radio specifications states CW mode but there is no CW jack?
Not sure, but I think you have to use the mic jack.
James - you learn anything about the cw jack? I’m trying to research and can’t find anything. Heard some great cw on 10 meters yesterday.
You key the mic to do cw. U can also install a jack into the mic to use a keyer
Top device, same as CRT 9900Pro or AnyTone 6666 Pro. What's strange is that in Germany you can't get a programming cable and you have to buy it separately. Nobody understands this.
Sounds weird,--- it is common for companies to re-badge a model and call it something different
@@FarpointFarms Yes, unfortunately there is no programming cable for the Ares 2 and the others that I have here have to be ordered for 23€ 😔
Did the radio come moded?
Yes.
@@FarpointFarms thanks. Interesting they ship it that way by default .
It comes out of the box ready on 11 meter CB?
Just got one $40 off does it have variable wattage
I would order one if I could find one 40 off
Sounds like you got a great deal with $40 off
@@FarpointFarms yessir
lol DYNAMIC... is a D104 SILVER EAGLE (from the 80s) dynamic or ?? LOL HEHEHE lookin for a radio to hoook up my chikkenchokker to .... ;)
Um. Sure!
@@alexmikhael5061 their definition of "DYNAMIC" is anything under 700 ohms,your D104 should be around 600.
the president digimic and wireless mic both work on that radio and sound good.
Good to know. I'll have to try it out.
@Farpoint Farms Hey Eric you did not get a President Washington radio from President obviously as you skipped that radio but made a review about the Radioddity QT80! Nice review! Too bad you could not do a video review about the President Washington but you did one about the President George! Well anyway it is a good review. Maybe next radio you do a video!
Stay tuned. It's comming.
Exact same radio as an Anytone AT-6666 Pro, which has been reviewed by other RUclipsrs.
Many radios I've reviewed are sold under different names. It's fairly common these days.
15 meter band is very deaf in sensitivity
Can't comment on that, as I mostly play on 10 and 11.
Nice Radio.
Sounds like it needs some filters. On the rx part. 73
It was filmed during a massive solar storm. Nearly wiped out all of the hf band. It was a miracle to make those two contacts!
It has many built-in RX filter options, but none of them were enabled when he made this video (for some reason). 73
@@FarpointFarms I guess i'm just used to my kenwood and yaesu
Ok 73
No 6 Meters??? I’m out!
Can't please them all
@@FarpointFarms Yes you can! 705
it didn't come thru modified out of the box. that is illegal to sell that way period!
And yet, it did! Turns out, literally no one cares. Many internet sellers offer this and other radios modded, tuned and opened up. Takes about 3 seconds to verify that.
@@FarpointFarms Are you suggesting people think before they speak or?🥴
also 15m 21mhz move the jumper simple .
Thanks!