Retevis RA79 Ham Radio is the newest two-way radio. It is a dual-band ham radio, with an inexpensive selling price on Retevis.com. And this RA79 portable ham radio will be an affordable price for entry-level hams in 2023.
Let's get experience on this handheld Ham radio RA79
You will find full-band on RA79, so RT79 is the full-band ham radio, right?
First, we need to check the RA79 walkie-talkie's frequency range. It supports Multi-Band Receiving and Ham-band transmission.
So if you want to receive from a different band, RA79 will be a good ham radio.
Because RA79 Handheld 5W Ham radio supports all-band receiving from 50-600MHz, including the Airband and FM band. Airband you should turn on AM and FM band you should turn on FM.
Below are the detailed bands for RA79 Receive and Transmit.
F1:50.0000-76.0000MHz(RX only)
F2:108-.0000-135.9750MHz(RX only)
F3:136.0000-173.9750MHz(TX and RX both)
F4:174.0000-349.9750MHz(RX only)
F5:350.0000-399.9750MHz(RX only)
F6: 400.0000-469.9750MHz (TX and RX both)
F7:470.0000-600.0000MHz(RX only)
And because the US ham band and EU ham band are different, so there are two versions of the RA79 two-way radio. You may check your location to choose the right ham band.
This is a good question. If we want to talk with others, we need to know their channel information like frequencies and CTCSS/DCS codes. But we don't know, how to talk with them.
Don't worry, RA79 has a function named Frequency Meter function. This feature will help you to easily pair with other radios even different models.
When you Multi-press the F button to find the frequency meter function. When there has a strong signal, your RA79 radio display will show the frequency and CTCSS/DCS. You may also save them as a channel
RA79 with the power 5Watt, and dual-band UHF and VHF Two way radio.
Support the functions like Scan, Transmitting CTCSS/DCS and Receiving CTCSS/DCS codes, VFO, Cross-Band receive and transmit, NOAA weather channel (US version only), FM radio, and so on.
If you want to get one, you may order here
US with free shipping: https://www.retevis.com/ra79-noaa-multiband-receiving-air-band-amateur-radio-us
EU: https://www.retevis.com/ra79-multi-band-receiving-air-band-amateur-radio-eu