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I've had 2 the first design then I bought the third design using it for a base radio and I love it I've had a lot of 10 11 meter and I mean a lot and the Optima is the best by far for what it was intended for. Sure a ham radio might and I mean might on the low end like under 1000,00 but the...
Turbo tea if you wanted an a.m. radio you should of bought a cobra 29 the Optima is a great sideband 10 m radio which of course can be modified for 11 m
It didn't have echo it had a volume and tone control I still have a new one in the package. Want to keep it for myself. Beware the early ones had a slight hum something about a ground inside the mic but the later ones had that changed in production.
I had one of the first run of the Optima radio and loved it. Sold it to a buddy of mine and got the V3 which isn't much different but do use it on 10 meters since I finally got my Ham ticket. What a great radio and sometime in the near future they are coming out with a Huracan 2, kind of the...
Hope you enjoy it I have the Anytone 5555 version 6 which is the same radio with a different faceplate name and it's a great radio. I have heard people having issues but I never did and use it in my mobile for over 2 years now. Good Luck
Well I pulled the trigger and bought one, nice radio, gets out well but the recieve audio stinks, I've tried Motorola, Johnson, Radio Shack, GE speakers and all sound raspy to me the only thing that is kind of ok is an old Sony computer speaker. I wonder if there is any way to change the recieve...
The Quad radio is the same as a Anytone Version 6., Good radio but there are a lot of better choices, Stryker 955HP I like a lot but the best radio in my collection and I have a lot of radios is the Yeticom Optima, it just does it all and does it a little better than them all. My 2 Cents
Does anyone have one of these and if so does it drift all over the place? I'm trying to get a friends radio to stop the drifting, I changed the Voltage Regulator to a S817 and replaced the crystal with a new one from International Crystal and this bugger still drifts until it's on over 2 hours...
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