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PA1U
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Rating: 5/5
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Feb 28, 2009 09:42
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TG-UV GOOD
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I owned the QUANSHENG TG-UV for 1 month now.
It's a great dualband porto. Audio is also oke.
Price is really good. I bought it from a fellow ham operator new for 115 euro. In Hongkong the price is 115$.
I use the porte verry often and it's almost only positive. The only option that posibly can be missed are 1750Hz tone and no name's in the memory, just the frequency.
It's the most rugged Chinese porto thats around, not to big, good accu, Yaesu apearance and sollid.. and a verry good price....
The Chinese are getting bether so watch out HIHI...
I am verry pleased by this nice Chinese porto...
PA1U, ex PE2MD
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PD0LUR
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Rating: 5/5
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Feb 6, 2009 15:26
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Excellent value for Dollars
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I ordered this TG-UV dual band HT from Hong Kong. The price I paid is $115 through Paypal inclusive shipping.
Ordered on Januari 23th and shipped out of Hong Kong on Januari 25th. It was received by me on Februari 5th.
Boy this HT is nice to operate.
The sensitivity is really superb and even the manual is written in almost good English.
With some imagination one can work out exactly what is meant in the manual.
The audio quality is good for such al small HT. The Li-Ion charger that comes in the package is an intelligent one so no real worries about burning or exploding Li-Ion batteries.
The X-mitter is producing on Hi-pwr a bit over 4 Watts, on Medium pwr a bit over 2 Watts and in Low pwr roughly 1 Watt.
The possibility to adapt the channel step is 5KHz, 6.25, 10, 12.5, 15, 20, 25, 30, 50 and 100KHz in 10 steps.
CTCSS/DCS is present and squelch level can be preset to 10 levels. Even a TOT timer (1~9 minutes) is present.
Every key press is announced with a loud beep that can be switched off.
Even a VOX is supported on this HT.
The HT memory can be programmed via a PC thru the speaker/microphone connecter that is shielded with a detachable rain cover. (Speaker/Mic is optional and needs to be one that fits a Kenwood)
It has 99 memory spaces that can be programmed with your favorite frequencies and yes it will operate in repeater mode on VHF and UHF once you set the repeater shift. The frequency X-mit range on VHF is from 136~173.995 and on UHF from 400~469.995 so all amateur bands are well covered. Dimensions are 110mm x 56mm x 37mm and tge aerial standard delivered is an inductively loaded antenna with an SMA-female connector. The length of the antenna is 210mm. This is quite a different little devil then those Puxing, Weierwei's etc. that are single banders.
If it becomes more known to other users I am sure that they are going to fall for it.
Anyway I am glad I have bought one for sure!
73, Stan
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VR2AX
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Rating: 5/5
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Jan 17, 2009 05:48
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TG-UV Dual Band
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I bought this V/U HT in Hong Kong.
Spec is:
88-108 RX
136-174 RX/TX
350-390 RX
400-470 RX/TX
470-520 RX
Measured 4.25 watts output on a Bird 43 (spec is > 4 watts).
Manual is written in comprehensible English and Chinese. Warranty said to be 3 years.
Sensitive RX, and accesses local repeaters ok.
Only costs a third of the price of the VX8R. Has all that most people need without bells and whistles. Feels and looks good. For what it is, seems like good value.
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VK6NX
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Rating: 5/5
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May 12, 2008 19:41
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Great radio for price
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Well I thought I put through my opinion on here.
I purchased a TG25AT over two years ago and its still going strong. Needless to say as soon as I bought it everyone else in our club wanted one. So I ended up becoming the importer here in Australia.
The TG25AT (2 metre) and the TG45AT (70cm) have been quite a good thing considering all the new hams we have now here with the "Foundation License".
We had a tech in Tasmania test them and they came up very well. The Rxer was really good and Tx was as well. I think Ive sold about 1000 Australia wide now and they have proved to be reliable.
I saw a post on here saying he was dubious of the strength of the unit but I have to say my original radio has been dropped from my very high 4WD several times and still functions well.
But as a 2m or 70cm radio without all the bells and whistles, and for the price, these radios are just great and worth the 5/5.
By the way Quansheng produce 60000 units a month for the chinese market. So Im only a small player for them but they have treated me exceptionally well.
Cheers to all
Geoff
VK6NX
www.hamshack.com.au
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M0OXD
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Rating: 5/5
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Nov 9, 2007 06:28
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Fantastic audio
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Having owned two Kenwood HTs and a Yeasu before, getting my first chinese transceiver was something I was sure I will regret. By no means! Here I am today, after a couple of weeks of constant use of the Kenwood clone, the Quansheng TG-K4AT, a very satisfied customer. I use the FM transceiver mostly at work and the Quanshenk keeps it up with the likes of pricey Motorola. Colleagues are impressed with the nice size/shape and material (not what you would expect from a chinese mock up) but moreover with the clear receive and crisp transmit this little radio is capable of. At home, this Quansheng opens all the repeaters that the previous 3 HTs used to open, and I can talk to fellow radioamateurs without a problem. Considering the price I paid for it brand new off an ebay auction(£16+£7 carriage), this is the best deal I ever did on a 70cm transceiver. The scanning works great, once you manually program all the freq and ctcss tones you normally use, the annoingly loud voice that speaks english with bad chinese accent can be muted with one simple command, and with a SMA-to-SO239 adapter I can hook it to my 2m jaybeam outside and listen to far repeaters no problems. Only downside is the lack of an adjustable squelch, although you could virtually scan a number of frequency by keeping pressed the switch which opens the squelch (until your finger starts to hurt that is). All in all, if you're not looking to work distant/weak signals on 70cm, this is the radio to have with you on your daily walks.
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K7JOE
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Rating: 3/5
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Oct 7, 2007 01:47
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Not bad for the money - disposable radio
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I live in Beijing and frequently see the various "no-name" locally made radio clones - cant agree more with the posts on here - most are not worth your time or energy, especially when you can get a type-accepted, brand named radio for under $100 these days.
Prices on these clone radio's range anywhere from $10 USD per unit (basic, computer programmed 1 channel 1 watt type) to $50 USD (fully programmable and featured unit).
Compared to the ebay prices, i am getting a good deal -- of course, i dont pay shipping - just pay my money and hand carry it home. Most that I have encountered are look-alike clones and built in the same factories as the big brands (YaeKenIcoMotVert). Quality is usually dubious - factory "seconds" in terms of electronic components, batteries sometimes dont hold full charge, connectors/buttons not well fitting, etc. Just the same, who can resist a toy for a few bucks to at least tinker with, toss on the service monitor, and then chuck into the drawer only to eventually be sold at a hamfest when-ever i find myself back in the USA.
Anyway... I have purchased at least one of just about every locally made radio to try out. Almost all are handhelds and are covering the UHF spectrum. Rarely have i seen the VHF variety. Most have been literally junk, or just above junk quality - either shoddy physical construction, poor ergonomics, lousy programming, missing features, low RF output, or somewhat dirty transmitter specs. Remember, these are not FCC type A so you can probably use them outside the USA but I'd probably think twice before using them with a FCC license on the line. Anyway, these products are just above "toy" status but the progress on quality is moving at a fast clip - very typical of "lets copy someone else's product". Eventually, maybe 3 years, you'll see new brands popping up WITH fcc type acceptance -for sure. just a matter of time.
Recently i came across the newer offering by Quansheng, which is a local radio manufacturer in Fujian province, China. This is their UHF handheld portable transceiver model TG-K4AT which claims a 400-470 Mhz frequency coverage, 99 memory channels, PL encode / decode, and up to 5 watts of RF output power. All in a compact case, huge 1100mA battery, charger, rubber duck antenna female SMA - radio has male SMA. It apparently is a good close copy to a Kenwood commerical radio.
I paid $32 USD for mine, out the door. This, without a lot of bargaining with the local vendor, so i probably paid $5 too much but oh well, thats life. Goes to show you the sharks in Hong Kong on EBAY are making a few bucks charging $40 to $50 for this radio and another $32 for shipping.
Quality on this unit is actually pretty good. Sensitivity on UHF for this radio is clearly better than my Alinco dual band VX5R hand held. Deviation is right at 4.5%, power output was a tad above 4W on high power 1W low with a fully charged battery. Programming is reasonable - not totally intuitive but I had it down in about 30 minutes. PL encode and decode can be stored separately. Variable repeater splits can be programmed. Scans with auto-resume (slow scan rate though). For the money, it's a reasonable deal - includes HT, battery, rubber duck antenna, carry strap, and a 220V drop in charger (and very easily modified to 120V by changing a resistor).
I would not pay $100 for one of these radios, but for $32 why not. It would make a great APRS radio, a packet radio, or something to use to listen for satellites/FRS/GMRS or even UHF public service.
I wont say it's built like a tank, but it does have a very nice and solid feel to it.
Only modification i recommend - pry off the volume/power knob and grind down the inside "lip" to make it smooth with th radio case - this will prevent binding - all the radio's i tried had the volume knob interfering with the case. Grinding this down with my pocket knife fixed the problem and it is totally invisible cosmetically.
Display is bright. Mine even announces the key inputs in chinese (recall hearing this can change to english or thai too, but, have yet to figure that out). It's obnoxous so turning it off is my preferred method of operation.
Originally thought this would be a good IRLP radio, but the radio lacks a DTMF feature - so not the best choice if you node-hop, but a good choice for accessing a local node etc.
It uses a standard "kenwood" pin spacing for speaker-mic, so i bought a locally made clone speaker mic too ($4, who can resist). Will figure out some good function for this inexpensive radio - maybe UHF packet.
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KB1JAE
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Rating: 3/5
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Oct 2, 2007 14:24
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operating guide in english
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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has any 1 written a usefull operating guide for QUANSHENG
TQ-K4AT
KB1JAE
drno_503@yahoo.com
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PE1RLN
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Rating: 5/5
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Jul 17, 2007 15:09
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Value for money and more
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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The Quansheng TG-K4AT is a Chinese HT that can be bought on Ebay for almost nothing.
I bought mine for € 59,- ($ 75) and it arrived after 2,5 weeks without any customs asking questions.
For this money you will get a radio that transmits and receives, holds 99 channels, has CTCSS, has the best backlit display ever seen and all this comes with two batteries, two beltclips, a desktop charger and an earpiece-microphone.
That's all, no more, no less.
It doesn't have a 1750Hz tone which is the worst flaw and entering a repeater into a memorychannel with different RX and TX CTCSS tones is a bit difficult.
The display is good but not very good because viewing it from an angle causes it showing only 8's. But, who looks at the display from an angle...
The antenna-socket is a MALE SMA like Motorola has and there are adapters to deal with it.
The possibilities with this radio are very basic and what more do you need for all-day service. For the money you don't have to be cautious with it and with all those accessories (which will cost a lot of money when made by Yaesu or so) it is too cheap to be true but it IS true.
More important is how it performs:
Transmit: good
I drilled a hole for the microphone since it receives tha audio through the hole of the speaker (huh?) and after that, audio was reported as very good so no complaints. The local repeater can be worked by the 5 W very easily.
Receive: good
Reception is as good as other equipment, so the original antenna is quite good. Receiving audio is very clear, it only gets interrupted when pressing a key (for the shut-off voiceguide I guess) but that doesn't really bother.
Feeling/looks:
It feels very rugged, no cracking, no gaps or badly designed rims, no "plastic" feeling at all, a bit Motorola-like.
And it doesn't only feel like Motorola, they obviously missed inspiration so they stole the desing from Motorola and Kenwood but who cares. Why design something that already exists?
Overall conclusion:
For the little money you will get a simple yet modern radio that performs very well with a lot of accessories and no fancy options. Handy as a back-up for your car or garage.
The disadvantages are overruled by the low price so I can give it a 5/5.
Buy it'you'll love it!
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KE5MBX
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Rating: 4/5
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Mar 5, 2007 14:16
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outstanding value
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Quansheng TG-K2AT I recieved from a fellow in Canada with an extra battery is worth far more than the $45 I paid for it (by the standards of Yaesu and Icom). I expected a piece of junk barely useable for my dirt-cheap college dorm ham shack, but it is very usable and sometimes downright smart. It will store input and output frequencies and seperate CTCSS tones for 99 channels, puts out a good signal when connected to a better antenna (found one on ebay, and an adapter) and seems very durable. This radio is, in my opinion, roughly equal in quality to the highest-end monoband HTs.
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VK3YAZ
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Rating: 2/5
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Dec 28, 2006 14:34
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Good value but usability only fair
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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These comments relate to the TG-45AT (400-470 MHz). Firstly, the chinglish instructions need further translation into English before you can start understanding the features. Maybe there are even more features but are not documented? Next you will discover that the display is poor and cannot be read easily when the back light is on - as when you are entering the information! You will need to find the correct angle for best viewing.
The voice monitor function should be disabled before you get quickly annoyed as the information is not informative and the level is fixed (at loud!).
The squelch is not adjustable and only has a push button to overide it. So although the receiver may be sensitive you can't monitor a weak signal. Entering the channel frequencies is chore as there is no external programming facility. You can have CTCSS on either Tx or Rx or both. Ensure that the Rx CTCSS is disabled if you wish to monitor unfamiliar channels.
Power output is quickly settable between Hi (about 4.5 W) and Lo (1 W).
The mains power charger is almost a hazard. As supplied, it is specified at 220V 60Hz so in VK with 240V 50Hz it runs far too hot in the transformer and series resistor as it drives 120 mA into the battery. Best to increase the series feed resistor from 33 ohm to 180 ohm to bring the charge rate back to less than 50 mA. This will improve battery life and give you piece of mind if you should accidently leave it on charge for a long time. Maybe use a separate mains plug pack. The 12 V charger will allow you to charge the unit with the flying lead while charging the spare battery in the cradle. Again you should change the two 33 ohm to give say 180 ohm total in series with the output. Or use a switch to change the resistors to give fast and float charge rates.
A strange omission is that there is no DTMF on the keypad. A DTMF keypad would be more useful than the irritating voice monitor function.
Sound quality on Rx and Tx is good.
Overall the functional ease of use and instructions are inferior to the big name JA items but for value it is very good. If you have the chance, get all the accessories now eg. extra battery, 12 V charger, separate mic/speaker and external antenna adapter.
It could be worthy of a 4 star rating if a few more functional features were better executed.
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