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| Reviews Summary for Alinco DR 570 |
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Reviews: 14
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Average rating: 4.8/5
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MSRP: $(missing—add MSRP)
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Description: Dual Band Mobile
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K4GF
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Rating: 5/5
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May 6, 2008 09:13
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Very Nice Rig!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I highly recommend the DR-570 for anyone who needs a decent dual-bander at a reasonable price. I bought one of these over two years ago for a very reasonable price off of Ebay (yes, EBAY!!!). It has been in my truck, ever since, where I have used it many times over for casual QSO's or storm spotting. The audio is good and I get good signal reports from others. It's an older rig, but since I don't need 200+ memory channels any way, so this is not a problem for me.
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N0FPE
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Rating: 5/5
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May 13, 2007 08:50
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Just keeps on tickin
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have had 3 570's over the years. Always regret when I part with one. Solid radios. great cross band repeat system. I have one now in service as a crossband that has been at it for 10 years!! never a miss. I will grab another one if I find one for sale!!!
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KC2RDG
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Rating: 5/5
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May 13, 2007 05:16
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Nice older Dual band
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I just bought an Alinco DR570T at a local
hamfest, and am very impressed with the radio.
The radio was made in the early 1990's
and for a unit thats aprox 15 years old has
many "Modern" features.
It is a very rugged chassis, and looks like
it will last for Years.
73's
K2HAT {former KC2RDG}
Lee Hatfield :)
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W4AVD
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Rating: 4/5
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Dec 6, 2006 12:46
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Solid
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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A nice gentleman at my local radio club sold me this rig for $100. I am a broke college student and he could have gotten more. I love this radio. Hot reciever and good audio. I live in a small town surrounded by terrain that prevents an HT from hitting any repeaters. I use the crossband repeater to get into repeaters with my HT so I can sit on my porch or walk around town insted of being confined inside.
I have only have two issues with the design:
1. Cannot independantly set power for each band. (Dont need high power on 70cm to hit my HT 100 feet away).
2. Only 10 memory settings per band. (9 if you want the call button to take you to 146.52 and 445.000).
Otherwise this is a wonderful rig and I will not be getting rid of it anytime soon. 73
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W4MY
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Rating: 5/5
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Sep 18, 2004 14:38
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Bullet Proof
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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I bought this one used about 6 months ago and installed in my truck. The previous owner wired a small switch on the side for x-band repeat as it is an earlier model with the switch inside (why did they do that?) I don't mind as it lowered the already reasonable price I paid for it. I've actually used the x-band repeat in a few events I've been in, very handy.
The rig is easy to use, doesn't mind the abuse of the truck, plenty of audio to the outboard mobile speaker. Reminds me of the old Western Electric dial telephones, nothing you could do to it to make it malfunction. Get one cheap and abuse it with impunity!
One thing I have noticed is that the RX is not quite as sensitive as some of my friends' newer radios, but not like its THAT big of a difference, but hey, the duribility makes up for it! 73
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KG4GSC
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Rating: 5/5
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Feb 10, 2004 15:12
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Solid rig..a survivor!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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This rig has been thru it all....aero mobile, auto mobile, motorcycle mobile, lugged around with a gelcel/solar cell and an extensible vert dipole for the mountain cabin, etc. Still works great. Typical hot Alinco audio. Cross band works fine, tho I don't use it much. Lots of audio, even on the bike. Yup, the backlights went out...simple fix. Covers FRS for monitoring tolks using those freqs and MURS for that side of things. NOT a delicate radio like some on the market. LCD is STILL very clear, unlike my old Kenwood (tho the newer Kenwoods seem to be excellent).
Some put down Alinco...there may be some dog models, sure, but NOT this one. If you don't need a ton of memories, this is a good find at around $150/$175 or so. In the 4-5 years I've owned this one, it has always worked. Mine did need repair at first, but the previous owner xmitted into nothing....still took a few minutes to kill the final (Huh...wonder why I can't hit that repeater??!!"" Let's try HI power!!"). "Operator error" is not a problem with the radio!!
73 de KG4GSC
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K0UC
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Rating: 4/5
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Dec 26, 2003 12:27
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good radio
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Bought mine new over 10 years ago at the same time my friend bought one. I later bought his used, so I have 2 now. Both are great radios. Only prolbem I've had is that the pilot lights inside both radios burned out over time. Replaced them with radio shack bulbs, so no big deal if you don't mind a little soldering and disassembly. Otherwise a good tough radio. Mine have the "repeat" switch on top.
One negative is that it only has 10 memories per band. If that's not an issue, don't hesitate to buy one.
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PA3GPA
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Rating: 5/5
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Apr 26, 2003 11:50
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Try to get one !
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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This one does not come with all the modern gadgets, the European version lacks the present UHF repeater offset (have not found a way to adjust that yet), but the RX/TX performance easily keeps up with the modern radios. The controls and functions are easy to understand, it has big buttons for the main fuctions and a clear illuminated LCD panel, very good for save mobile use. If you need a lot of features, don't buy it. If you are looking for a rugged basic (mobile) radio with great performance, just try to get one !
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WL7MW
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Rating: 5/5
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Mar 18, 2003 16:23
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Great radio for everyday use
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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This radio is great for "most everyone". I've had this radio for 9 years and used it for everything from packet to repeater including sat. and simplex. If a new ham has only one radio--- THIS would be it.
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N1JGA
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Rating: 5/5
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Nov 15, 2002 22:25
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11 years later
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Great radio. I have had this radio in 5 different cars, with several different mounts - I even have brought it backpacking. It is just a simple/basic radio but it has always worked great. The only thing that I have had to fix is the microphone. I replaced it with a more current model after repairing the stock mic several times. I have purchased a new radio for the car but will continue to use the 570 in the shack as a cross band repeater.
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