Radtel RT-470X Multi-Band Ham Radio 256CH Aviation Air Band Radio NOAA Marine Walkie Talkies Long Range Handheld Transceiver USB-C, Wireless Copy Frequency 2800mAh (Standard)

I wanted an inexpensive radio to carry with me that would cover 2m Ham, air band, trains, local 911 frequency and Weather, an for an amazingly low price this does it all well!!! Bought 2. Very good reception, good sound and loudness, long lasting battery, universal "C" charge connector, included wall charger. Instructions are lacking, but a little experimenting and watching a couple of YouTube videos and I got it figured out. Got a CHIRP connector (for Baufeng) and managed to get CHIRP going and programmed the radios. Quite the find!

This is a great little radio for the price. I can't speak for other bands, but it receives well on Aircraft, WX, and FM broadcast. The sound quality is good, and the battery charges quickly and holds its charge a long time.

I'm really liking this radio. USB-C charging, finally. I have connected it to my base station VHF/UHF antenna and checked into the local repeater net no prob. The next night I checked in standing in my front yard with the little antenna it came with. I'm sticking with the stock antenna for now (and I have other antennas) So may frequencies available. I love that I can hear local aviation. (my local CTAF is 123.000) Commercial FM is good. WX is good. I'm keeping all the programable buttons as is . I only use manual programing. Super easy on this radio. (repeater menu numbers are 6 ctcss, 27 offset, 28 +/-) I recommend deleting a channel (menu 3) before saving a channel (menu 2). Naming channels (menu 9) is easy. I like the display and dual watch (menu 27 TDR on/off) is handy. I don't believe there are any channel bank option but that's not a big deal. The battery seems like a beast. For the money the 470X is a ridiculous deal.cons - I have heard there may be some spurious emissions on low and mid pwr 2 meter but I have yet to run into that.Hard not to buy this radio

really like this handheld radio, it can receive 5 bands, easy to read display, sounds great. great value for the money. and usb-c charging is the best. I paired mine with a nagoya NA-320A antenna and seems to work great. Nice bright green/red led for tx/rx. flashlight, weather, Airband rx, fm radio. way better than the other cheap radios you can buy at this price. this one is built well, has a connection spot for a lanyard and is one of my go to radios.

Raido works great!Scanner not the best and walkie talkie doesn't go that far like it say.So if you want more of a radio this is for you.

OK, CB, SSB, Marine Vhf, Flight, P.D., 144khz to 148khz, HAM VHF, then 440 to 480 , that it also plays fm radio and am....How good can it be? Nightmare. Tuning is too difficult.

All in all a solid radio. First off, the screen “scratching” issue is not accurate. I think folks don’t realize there is a thin plastic film covering the screen that needs to be removed. Yes the thin film scuffs easily bc it’s simply to protect the screen during packaging and needs to be removed. Adding to the confusion is the unit comes with a larger, more obvious plastic screen protector during unboxing. The screen itself IMO is just ok…not super easy to scratch like in reviews but also doesn’t seem very “scratch resistant”. Hope that helps. Moving on…the Aviation reception with supplied antenna is pretty great! Overall the radio does pretty much what it says. Great battery life, good sound quality, and pretty darn good price at around $30. Things needing improvement are the instructions, buttons, and icons which aren’t intuitive and should include a clear “menu” button, red “back” button and green “ok” buttons to make things more intuitive. Also I’d prefer the “0” to be under the “8” like most are instead of to the right of the “6”. Lastly some instructions for using with CHIRP software would be helpful. Took me way to long to figure out how to connect the radio to CHIRP (you have to first “upload radio to chirp”) to connect. And at the time of this posting the software didn’t recognize the 470x had AM capabilities or band coverage down to 26mhz to store Aviation and CB channels using the software. Instead you have to store from radio then sync. U can choose to store aviation channels and select FM so it writes to radio and radio will automatically recognize switch to AM.All in all, pretty cool radio for the price!

Needed a radio to use with our explorer program.and we needed something that if it was lost or broken, it wouldn't break the bank.These definitely fit the bill.Very compatible to Baofeng, Used. CHIRP to program it. Well worth the price of purchasing a programming Cable.I like the fact that you can monitor aviation with it.Has many features, Too many to list here.Some folks might complain that it's a cheap radio., But that's the fact. If you break it, it's a cheap radio..Will definitely be purchasing more.