Yaesu FTM 500D First Look

Video:YouTube/Ham Radio Outlet

A look at the new Yaesu FTM-500D....

Anytone Ares II Teardown

 

With news that the Anytone Ares II is coming to the US, internal photographs have been released on the FCC website.

Click images to enlarge!

President Digimike With Noise Reduction

Video:YouTube/Mike Cricket113

A look at the new Noise Reduction Microphone from President...........

Yaesu FTM-500DE UK Price Revealed!

 

Better sit yourself down and take a deep breath as the UK Price of the new Yaesu FTM-500DE is announced.....

Yes you can be the owner of this dual band, FM/C4FM, mobile transceiver for just......

£629.99

GULP!!!!!

Anytone Ares II Firmware Update April 2023

Video:YouTube/Scott's Radios

Some interesting new features with the latest firmware update on the Ares II radio..... 

Quansheng UV-K5 - Anysecu UV-K5 - Radtel RT-590 - Wurui K5

 

One new radio with many different names!

Could this replace the Baofeng UV-5R as the cheap radio of choice?

New 'Inclusive' Radios From President - The President Nancy AM/FM

 

News today from President Electronics in the USA who have announced a new range of CB and HAM radios which are aimed to be more inclusive to today's operators. 

Gone are the days when CB and Amateur Radio can be thought of as an exclusively white, male activity. Operators from all walks of life are to be found on the air and need to feel welcome.

So with this in mind, President have announced the first of their new 'inclusive and diverse' range of radios with the launch of the President Nancy AM/FM, named after Nancy Reagan, the former First Lady, wife of Ronald Reagan who was president of the United States between 1981 and 1989. 

   (Nancy Reagan)

Radio Specifications:

- 40 channels AM / FM
- 12 / 24 V
- Up/down channel selector
- Volume adjustment and ON/OFF
- Manual squelch and ASC
- Multi-functions LCD display
- S-meter
- Public Address
- SCAN
- Talkback
- ANL filter, NB
- F function key
- Beep Function
- Roger Beep
- VOX
- Noise Gate
- Mode switch AM / FM
- Preset channel programmable
- TOT (Time out timer)
- Front microphone plug
- External loudspeaker jack

Other radios in the range will be:

President Betty (Betty Ford - Wife of Gerald Ford)

President Pat (Pat Nixon - Wife of Richard Nixon)

President Michelle (Michelle Obama - Wife of Barack Obama, the first African-American President)

President Jabari (Jabari Brisport  - First openly gay person of color elected to the New York State Legislature)

President Rosa (Rosa Parks - American Activist) 

President Caitlyn (Caitlyn Jenner - American media personality and former shot-putter) 

And for UK operators:

President Lily (Lily Savage - Alter ego of UK drag act and TV host Paul O'Grady who recently passed away at the age of 67)

President Sam (Sam Smith - English singer/songwriter and all round weirdo)

Prices and release dates to be announced.