Showing posts with label TDXOne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TDXOne. Show all posts

Thursday, January 29, 2015

TDXOne TD-Q7

Via Nate...

A sorta big brother to the TDXOne TD-Q3... the TD-Q7 even has an external antenna! While a "FUN" button is always nice, I'm still looking for the tiny VHF radio.




TDXONE TD-Q7 Black 400-480MHz 3W Radio

Is Customized : Yes
Talk Range : 3.0Km
Type : Two Way Radio
Radio Type : Portable
Storage Channel:99
Maximum Range : 1.5km-3 km
Is Display : Yes
Dimensions : 10 x 5 x 2 cm
Frequency Range : 400-480MHz
Model Number: TDX-Q7
Instructions:
1.       Delicate and  ultrathin appearance, Small and exquisite, Convenient to carry
2.       Various function,prolonged standby time,loud and clear sound.
All of our item are brand News
Model
TD-Q7
Frequency Range
UHF
Channel capacity
16/99
Output power
<=3W
Operating Voltage
3.7V
Antenna
undetachable
Working Temperature
-20°C+50C
Frequency Spacing
12.5/25kHz
Battery capacity
1800mAh
Color
yellow,blue,red,white,green,black
size
14x5x2cm
Weight(Include Battery)
102g
Feature
FM radio
Yes
Emergency alarm
Yes
Flashlight function
Yes
Scan function
Yes
Monitor function
Yes
Key lock function
Yes
Volume adjustment
Yes
Low battery indication
Yes
Voice purification function
Yes
TOT(timer-out time)
Yes
CTCSS/DCS
38CTCSS/83DCS

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

TDXOne TD-Q3

A step in the right direction in my quest for a tiny 2M radio - except it is UHF - the TDXOne TD-Q3 (409Shop - $28.50 or Amazon - $38). Dimensions are 82 x 47 x 24 mm. The 409Shop says it can be expanded to 99 channels, but everything else says 16.









409Shop:

Model:
TD-Q3
Frequency Range:
UHF 440-480MHz
Channel capacity:
16(can be extened to 99)
Output power:
<=3W
Operating Voltage:
3.7V
Antenna:
Built-in aerial
Working Temperature:
-20°C—+50°C
Frequency Spacing:
12.5/25kHz
Battery capacity:
1800mAh
Color:
Blue
Dimension(Exclude antenna) :
82x47x24mm
Weight(Include Battery):
95g
Feature:
FM radio:
Yes
Emergency alarm:
Yes
Flashlight function:
Yes
Scan function:
Yes
Monitor function:
Yes
Key lock function:
Yes
Volume adjustment:
Yes
Low battery indication:
Yes
Voice purification function:
Yes
TOT(timer-out time) :
Yes
CTCSS/DCS:
38CTCSS/83DCS


Thursday, July 18, 2013

TDXOne TD-Q8AH:

Via Nate... a followup on the TD-Q8AH.

The guy doing the video doesn't like it. And the batteries aren't compatible with the UV-5R.

Friday, July 12, 2013

Baofeng UV-5R and TDXOne TD-Q8: Menu Comparison

Just a comparison of the menus of the two radios as part of Nate's analysis.

UV-5R TD-Q8
0 SQL BEEP
1 STEP SQL-LE (SQL)
2 TXP SQL-LE
3 SAVE VOICE
4 VOX SCN-QT (CTSCSS/DCS SCAN)
5 WN VOX
6 ABR AUTOLK
7 TDR TXP
8 BEEP BCL
9 TOT CS-REV
10 R-DCS WN
11 R-CTSS C-CTC
12 T-DCS R-CTC (=RX-CTCSS/DCS)
13 T-CTCSS T-CTC (=TX-CTCSS/DCS)
14 VOICE SAVE
15 ANI-ID TOA
16 DTMFST TOT
17 S-CODE WT-LED
18 SC-REV RX-LED
19 PTT-ID TX-LED
20 PTT-LT ROGER
21 MDF-A SFT-D
22 MDF-B OFFSET
23 BCL STEP
24 AUTOLK CHNAME
25 SFT-D MEM-CH
26 OFFSET DEL-CH
27 MEM-CH CH-MDF
28 DEL-CH PF1 (Side Key Fn)
29 WT-LED TDR
30 RX-LED ANI
31 TX-LED PTTDLY
32 AL-MOD PTT-ID
33 BAND DTMFST
34 TDR-AB IDEDIT
35 STE RESET
36 RP-STE PONMSG
37 RPT-RL DW
38 PONMSG
39 ROGER
40 RESET

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Baofeng UV-5R: TDXOne

Nate has been surfing around the interwebs again and is having some fun with YABUV5RC (Yet Another Boafeng UV-5R Clone).

The BaofengGate Conspiracy

From all the Baofeng UV-5R clones we've seen in the past two+ years, this gets the prize for being the most "original".

It all started after I've spotted a seller named "A-plugs" or "A-Plus" selling this radio in their virtual AliExpress store 913499:



Firstly, they have an original name: TDXone

They have changed as much as they could:
- Volume knob.
- Antenna connector (and a different looking antenna).
- Speaker 'grill'
- Location and shape of the RX/TX LED
- The side buttons are both under the PTT, and are both black.
- Shape and location of the VFO/MR and the A/B buttons.
- The belt clip.
- And the charger looks different too.

The specs shows it to be the version where you can either have a standard 144/440 MHz radio or a 220/440 MHz radio. (See the note here regarding versions.)

Now changing labels and plastic is a very Chinese like thing to do, but changing the antenna connector? This is very suspicious.

Then I found the culprit: From the state of Ohio: Universal Radio Inc - apparently, this just appeared about two weeks ago on their website: TDXONE TD-Q8 HT.

This radio is also sold on eBay, but get this, only by Americans. Two sellers, one a company called Lentini Communications, Inc from Berlin, Connecticut, and the other is also from Ohio, that not only claims to beat "Universal" in price, but that the radio is graded IP65.

There you go, the BaofengGate conspiracy is solved.


(And I waited so long to post this, Nate kept digging. - Brick)


The BaofengGate Conspiracy Part II

Some more information about the 'conspiracy':
The domain: tdxone.com belongs to Universal Radio Inc.
I believe the eBay seller from Adamsville, OH, is Walter KD8HWG.
The radio appeared several month ago, maybe around April.

There is a weird claim that keeps repeating itself about this clone:
128+128 Memories, what is that about?

TDXone logo:



Software Download
Specs

This frequency range post here is interesting. Universal talks about the frequency range, but fails to mention that there is a 220 version. The 220/440 versions cover 219-225 MHz, The good people of Universal, left the specs as 245-246 MHz which is really only interesting to you if you want to use it in Thailand.

And looking at the TDXONE TD-Q8 Controls:

- Is "#" the confirm button? For UV5Rs, you press the MENU button again to confirm an action.
- On the bottom left: Scan? What happened to the Monitor function?
After examining the users manual (keep reading), I found out that the graphics was misleading, MENU still confirms changes, and the monitor function still exists.

Menu comparison chart is here.

Yet another American company has it: Radio Inc

Users Manual is here (PDF).

Anderson Communications from Australia also has it. His version is TD-Q8AH with a "super high capacity battery".

From the manual I've learned that the menus are slightly different, and you can change the functionality of one of the side buttons, edit channel names, and the ANI.

They also added PL/DCS scanning.


(And I still didn't get it posted, so he dug some more... - Brick)


The BaofengGate Conspiracy Part III


Also aaRadio.com has it too...

But they call it Tongdaxin TDX1 Q8.

Which brings a whole slew of more information:

TDXChina.com carries the name Tongdaxin.

Their website, shows that this radio is actually 3 sub models:

TDX-Q8(CH)
TDX-Q8(BH)
TDX-Q8(AH)

And there is the TDX-Q8-silver which has the same case as the TDX-Q8(BH); they might be the same radio.

A clone that looks like a simply relabeled UV5Rs: TD-Q6
A clone with an interesting keypad layout: TDX-Q7
And something that looks new and probably not on market: TDX-Q10
Of-course you have a bunch of the usual commercial radios.


(After all that, all I have to add is I think the picture at the beginning of the post makes this the perfect HT for a Cylon - 70's version. - Brick)