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Category: Transceivers: VHF/UHF+ Amateur Hand-held

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Review Summary For : TYT TH-350
Reviews: 5MSRP: $99
Description:
Tri Band HT 144 mHz; 220 mHz; 440 mHz
Product is in production
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# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
2453.8
KB8CSL Rating: 2023-03-20
TH-350 Owner and Rated Price for Value Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I have owned the TH-350 for over a year. The programming is easy by keypad. The price for this radio is great and the radio performs well. This is a simple tri-band radio that performs well and has power output on 220 Mhz of 5 watts. I can't get that out of my Yaesu that cost 6 times as much. Unlike cheap hams, I bought a tri-band antenna and I am happy with it. I will buy another one when the time comes. Keep in mind that more and more manufacturers are dropping the 220 Mhz band off their radios. I am glad to see TYT is helping us hams use 220 Mhz.

The audio out is loud and clear. Transmit audio is clear. Power output is 5 watts on high. The radio is a quality radio and is cheap. I like this radio better than my Yaesu VX-6RB. Comes with handy desk top charger. Battery eliminators are available for this unit on Ebay and other outlets. The other bands are 144 and 440 Mhz. They work well too on this radio.

My advice is buy one and join 220 Mhz.
K1WCC Rating: 2022-10-06
Good and bad Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
I bought this at Dayton for a reasonable price. I've been having problems with the NAME function-it won't come up despite being programmed into the settings menu. Channel and frequency are ok. I did not get a 220 antenna with this radio, just a 2m/440 dual band. Not much 220 activity in this area anyway.

I also use this as a monitor radio for RR frequencies. That works well, just set it up to scan the RR freqs I programmed, push the blue key on the side and it starts to scan.

I gave this an OK rating, because that's what it is. It's not great and not awful. It's rugged and the display is good, and the receiver works well. I agree about the battery pack/belt clip. Poor design. I only have one battery so it doesn't really matter to me (unless I buy a second battery!)
K7TP Rating: 2021-06-24
Software is just one problem. Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I just received this from XXXXXXX and am trying to return it. (No luck there)
The main reason for the return is that it is marketed as a tri-band radio but it is not usable as such, principally as it comes with two antennas, one for 2m/440 and a separate one for 220. So what am I supposed to do? Change antennas every time I wish to talk on another band? That's not how it works folks. "Sorry John, I'll meet you on 220 after I find the other antenna." A tri-band antenna should have been provided.

Additionally, the operation is simply strange - I expected that I would have a choice of which band to display in each of the three display lines, but no! The slots display any channel no matter which band it is on. Therefore I can't divide the "bands" as they call it into actual bands.

In fact, you can, with the correct antenna fitted, talk on any of the three bands. But listening to three bands at the same time is not possible. The marketing people have settled on the word "watch" which means that it is quickly scanning between the three displayed frequencies any of which could be on any of the three bands. Whichever frequency goes active is the band you will be taking on (until you discover a menu item that lets you set one of the frequencies as the one you wish to be talking on no matter what).
By contrast, my TH-F6 can listen to two bands at the same time and has a balance control to set the relative volume of each.

The software for programming is a little strange but not unlike many of the Chinese radios.
The menu choices on the radio are also confusing with abbreviations that will send you scurrying to the manual for an explanation.

Programming from the keypad takes a bit of thought - well a lot of thought. The software does make it less painful though.

Physically the radio is similar to other TYT handhelds but the provided charging cradle does not work with the 380 Series. It is well packaged with a transparent earpiece, a wall transformer, and the two antennas. There is a programming cable in there too. The battery has the threaded inserts for the belt clip which means you lose that clip if you change batteries.

FWIW I am retired engineer with some time spent on "human factors" which means understanding how best to set up a device/human interface so that it is easily understandable and usable.

Compared to other radios in my stable, I rate this as not very good primarily because it is not well designed as a tri-band radio. The other two TYT DMR radios I have are fine but I cannot recommend this model.

73
K7TP


N6DGY Rating: 2021-03-20
Good little portable radio for 220mhz. Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I purchased this radio for use on 220. There aren't many current production portable radios that operate on 220, and this seems a much higher quality product than the Baofeng. I do wish the display could be configured to sync the channel number with the frequency and name.
KO1C Rating: 2021-02-24
Got Me On 220 Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
Bought this on Amazon, easy to program with the software.

I noted that my club had added a 220 machine, wanted to try it out.

Worked for me.