HT Reviews

Looking for the right handheld radio? Tired of reviews that give you a lot of “I bought this so it is the best” and very little objective information? Want comparisons of radios between $20 and $400 all at the same place so you can see the real differences? Then you came to the right place!

Baofeng UV-82HP featured
The Baofeng UV-82HP is one of the classic Baofeng radios, not as massively popular as the UV-5R, but close. It
Baofeng UV-98 Pro Featured
The Baofeng UV-98 Pro is another variant of the Baofeng UV-9R, sporting the same basic shape, waterproof design, unique clip,
Uv9r Feat
The Baofeng UV-9R Plus is a dual-band (2m/70cm) waterproof radio and my favorite cheap Chinese radio despite its flaws. Keep
Uv9r Plus Vs Pro Featured
One of my favorite inexpensive radios is the Baofeng UV-9R Plus, is the Baofeng UV-9R Pro basically the same radio?
Uv9s Feat
The Baofeng UV-9S Tri-Band is a tri-band (2m/1.25m/70cm) radio that comes in standard black or this bright red version. Let's
Uvk5plus Feat
The Baofeng UV-K5 Plus is one of a new series of radios that appear to be based on the same
Uvs9plus Feat
I am just going to start with the elephant in the room, this radio is not a tri-band radio, full
Featured Btech Bf F8hppro
This BF-F8HP Pro is billed as a better F8HP than the original, but is it? Let's start with it being
Btech MURS V2
Without getting into the serious commercial grade radios like the Icom V10mr, the Btech MURS V2 is considered one of
Qrz1 Feat
This Explorer QRZ-1 is an interesting radio as it is based on the TYT TH-UV88. In fact, I can't find
Featured Apx8000
The HamGeek APX-8000 caught my interest for several reasons, including I had never heard of HamGeek in discussions of handheld
Id31 Feat
The Icom ID-31a is a UHF (70cm) D-STAR radio and currently the least expensive new option for getting into D-STAR
Jc8629 Feat
The JJCC JC-8629 is another in a group of recent radios that all claim a large number of bands (in
K Thd74 Feat
The Kenwood TH-D74A is the radio you buy when you want the "one radio to rule them all" and are
K Thk20a Feat
The Kenwood TH-K20A came into my possession because I have always had a thing for Kenwood. Home stereo, car stereo,
Featured Myemr1
Like you, I have seen a lot of advertisements for the My-EMR1 radio. "TIMES ARE UNPREDICTABLE... PROTECT YOUR FAMILY WITH
Uvk5 Feat
I thought I would pick up the Quansheng UV-K5 because I really don't hear much about Quanshen. They have been
Kt8r Feat
The QYT KT-8R is a little bit of a sleeper radio that crept under most people's radar. A quad-band radio
R Ga2s Feat
There are a lot of radios in the same market as the Radioddity GA-2S, namely the Baofeng BF-888s, eSynic zESY66,
Gd77 Feat
The Radioddity GD-77 is a dual-band DMR radio that looks like a copy of the Baofeng DM-1801. Is it worth