"We received a brand new shipment 2 days ago and have already sold several of these updated radios. This is the latest version of the TH-9800 Quad Bander, which contains a new PCB board and has the most up-to-date firmware."I wish there was a little more detail in the message.
A jack of many hobbies and a master of none - spending lots of time on amateur/ham radio, running, and technology.
Friday, October 10, 2014
TYT TH-9800: Version 2
Grapevine Amateur Radio sent out an e-mail about the updated TYT TH-9800 Quad band mobile. They have it for $279.99:
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According to TYT there were some components / design flaws which caused the PA stage to overheat and fail prematurely as a result.
ReplyDeleteMost (if not all) Chinese VHF/UHF rigs lack circuits which will alert the user to high SWR or overheating. Some common sense is necessary -- almost no rig available today allows continuous 100% duty cycle operation.
Thanks for the info.
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