BEST Ham Radio Amazon Prime BIG DAY Deals!

[@tomedgar4375]

I don’t care how cheap Amazon gets on Ham equipment. I will pay more at HRO or another brick and mortar store that I can walk into and get advice and help. Promoting amazon is hurting the hobby.

[@Radi0activeBen]

Consider all of the people who wouldn't be in the hobby at all of it weren't for cheap radios.

[@iowahank1]

Well most of what is on sale at Amazon isn't available at "brick and mortar" stores. In addition, you need to be lucky enough to have a store close to you.

[@billcedarheath387]

Not sound advice for people who want to get into Ham but don’t have a local store to go to. Think about how many people Amazon got into the hobby that had no local options. It isn’t hurting the hobby. Amazon got me into it. Your theory is purely anecdotal.

[@snowhack8903]

Lucky you, having a store anywhere near you. I would not be in this hobby at all if it weren't for fast easy access to it, provided by Amazon.

[@nevadabadger7925]

So, that is what a “Sad Ham” is.

[@HamRadioDX]

⬇Some of the Deals ⬇ Shop Prime Day (HRDX)➡geni.us/qgfmdt QUANSHENG UV-K5 👉geni.us/5dGoZ2 QUANSHENG K6 👉geni.us/vXbdg Retevis RT95 VHF/UHF Mobile 👉geni.us/CAivN5 Radioddity QT60 (10 Meter) 👉geni.us/pAduv Anderson Powerpole Crimper 👉geni.us/sEGdK BAOFENG $4 Programming Cable 👉geni.us/iqc9wv Portable Tinysa Spectrum Analyzer 👉geni.us/VqbtSAm TinySA Ultra 👉geni.us/SSyD NanoVNA-H4 👉geni.us/c83Cf EcoFlow Delta Max 2000 👉geni.us/XWET EcoFlow River 2 Pro 👉geni.us/f9ZPS0w Raspberry Pi 4B 4GB Kit 👉geni.us/qESwf Argon NEO Raspberry Pi 4 Case 👉geni.us/HukUB Argon ONE M.2 Aluminum Case Pi 4👉geni.us/nw8b TIDRADIO TD-H3 (Single) 👉geni.us/DjBEX TIDRADIO TD-H3 (Dual) 👉geni.us/2JQdVH0 Baofeng DM-1701 DMR 👉geni.us/Kk6jxUp Baofeng GT-5R (6 Pack) 👉geni.us/I9MCgs KAIWEETS HT208D Current Clamp Meter 👉geni.us/1gHFK5H Yaesu MH-48A6J Microphone 👉geni.us/8yXB PL-259 to 2xSO-239...👉geni.us/BixYhZz BAOFENG UV-5R+ Plus 👉geni.us/hFJKTG XZNY Compact 12V 12Ah Battery 👉geni.us/lhWjf0 XZNY 12V 20Ah LiFePO4 Battery👉geni.us/ryYCt ECO-WORTHY 12V 20Ah LiFePO4 Battery 👉geni.us/7FrEAdq YIHUA 926 III 60W Soldering Iron 👉geni.us/GzS7W7 50W PL259 UHF Male Dummy Load 👉geni.us/cCZT Radioddity RD-371 Tri-Band Antenna 👉geni.us/LO18BY Redodo 12V 100Ah LiFePO4 Battery 👉geni.us/9obbE TKDMR 568 Pcs Heat Shrink Tubing 👉geni.us/xIlOM Retevis RA25 GMRS Mobile Radio 👉geni.us/t5yyx BAOFENG UV-5G Plus GMRS 👉geni.us/yaOyvf5 Surecom SW-102 Power/SWR Meter 👉geni.us/fYbVM Solder Wick 👉geni.us/NlmcuAY 6 Pin Radio Power Lead (Yaesu, Icom, Kenwood) 👉geni.us/Zb543 Radioddity Mini External Speaker 👉geni.us/pmNcer

[@robertmeyer4744]

I have the ICOM 7300 it is a 4 pin molex style plug. I make my own cables up. I start with 12 AWG then go to 10 AWG and wrapp threw a FT 240-31 ferrite into 2 heavy duty 10 AWG ATC fuse holders into power poles with the 45 amp contacts. Get less voltage drop and helps with noise from DC power like a MPPT controller. That QT 60 is the Anytone AT 5555 N II is replaced with the QT 60 PRO now. may be old stock but I have that radio and it is great. 10/11/12 meters ! If you go with the QT 80 you get 12/11/12/15 meters CW and 80 watts ! All the newer Baofeng UV-5R type are testing clean now. And have USB C on battery ! Baofeng UV-5R sold more radios than any outher radio in the world ! I do not cry if I drop my baofeng or if it falls of a mountain doing SOTA . I have a FCC legal GMRS one and it is great ! 73

[@sbpb28314]

The naysayers are welcome to their opinion, but it's just that and it doesn't make them right. Thank you for a nice summary of Amazon ham radio items I might be interested in, that also better fit my budget than my various HRO, DX Eng and Gigaparts purchases.

[@HamRadioDX]

Thanks! Anyone is free to purchase or not purchase, I think there’s plenty of great products out there 👍

[@moojuiceuk]

I have an RT95 and it's a very good radio, nice clean sound. You can program it without a PC if you want and it's not tooo hard to do. I use it on a bench with a 12v battery and attached to a GP93 colinear on the roof of the house.

[@saltydawg8988]

I grabbed the RT-95 a week or so ago, and love it. Transmits pretty clean, and haven’t had issues. If you unlock the extra channels you’ll have to reprogram it though. Ran into that yesterday.

[@bendeleted9155]

I picked one up a few months ago and if you unlock it to mode 02, it will accept all of the other services' freqs that you would like to be able to receive and even talk to in an emergency. My shack is set up for emmcom and the RT-95 is scanning for the radios people have lying around in the U.S; FRS/GMRS/MURS/Marine, the old color dot and star frequencies, local utilities, etc. Very useful and only $100.

[@bendeleted9155]

​@@saltydawg8988yes, mine came with 600kHz offsets on every channel I created after I unlocked it. At least it shows you the offset when you key up.

[@bikeham]

I've had two chinese radios, one was the RT95 - it was clobbered by intermodulation distortion about 20% of the time. I found it unusable, even my cheap chinese HHs had no problem with the same antenna. Has anyone else had the same problem, or did I get a knock off of a knock off?

[@LatitudeSky]

Picked up a two-pack of Retevis RT-85 handhelds for $19 after $10 coupon. Got it because my UV5R was falling apart and I have a couple Retevis/TYT DMR radios. Wish I had known the RT-85 is so bloody user unfriendly compared to the Baofeng.

[@matthewnasholm]

Picked up the triband antenna. Thx.

[@cornbread-KO5RN]

Hayden , good representation for items in radio hobby, 👋🎃 happy Halloween 🎃 Booo

[@HamRadioDX]

Thanks for watching!

[@cornbread-KO5RN]

@@HamRadioDX Anytime 😎

[@LeeMcc_KI5YPR]

The Retevis RA25 can be set to different standards, GMRS, US Ham, Australia. But changing modes deletes any programming so ham and GMRS transmit do not co-exist

[@brentjohnson6654]

Hello from Texas, USA! Thanks for the list. I ordered the poor man’s tiny SA. I am wanting to see what impact some of the solar panels I am investigating along with the MPPT or other inverters do to my radio environment. 73 de HI5HXM

[@Mandarin110631]

thank you for this! picked up a couple things on your store 🙂

[@HamRadioDX]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@azarellediaz4892]

These “Special sale days” will impress me when they offer me things I’ve been looking at at a reduced price. Something like a base station antenna, a decent mobile antenna, true brand accessories like speakers or microphones, UHF/SMA connectors. On these findings the only thing with a big name is a chinisium knockoff microphone branded Yaesu but it’s pure junk. I bought one and sent it back the next day. You can buy a Tri-Band mobile unit, but not a Tri-Band mobile or base antenna, I wonder if anyone makes one. Amazon is becoming another Wise or Temu, all it does is feed dollars to China.

[@stevendodd6477]

A lot of those deals you are sharing also have money off coupons just below the price some of them were over 30 dollars from the few that I saw but if you just check the box it's even cheaper

[@HamRadioDX]

That’s right!

[@danialphaomega]

This is ASMR for RF 🤓

[@BackcountryGearShed]

Great video! I don't know why you get negative comments on your Amazon videos. The reality is they are undoubtedly one of the largest purveyors of Ham Radio equipment in the world. I appreciate you sharing your favorite deals with us.

[@HamRadioDX]

I get negative comments on almost every video I post, I guess people just love to be that way. Thanks for your comment though! 👍

[@markchristianshaw]

Thanks for the info. I was about to go on eBay and look for some Pi cases. I’ll probably get a few other things. Hope these links add some $.

[@jabezhane]

Love Prime Big Day Deals...if you have stuff in your wishlist for any period of time you know the usual price and the RRP. So the item RRP is £100 and the usual Prime price is £80. The Prime Day arrives. The Price is then shown as RRP £100 and the deal price £85!!! Yeah thanks Amazon. Always use wishlists.

[@chrissewell1608]

I have bought those replacement Yaesu mobile microphones before. Some work properly and some do NOT! If you are buying one as a spare, be sure to test out all the functions, to ensure you have a good one!

[@garryharrison3831]

I bought a couple, curly lead turned into dust within two years leaving wires exposed.

[@webanon]

Hayden. Slightly off topic, but maybe check out battery spot welders. I'm in the process of rebuilding a battery pack for a set of clippers, but they're also useful for building smaller ham radio battery packs... I am wondering if you have any experience with a particular unit?

[@HamRadioDX]

I’m not familiar with battery spot welders sorry, but sounds like an intriguing project. Is that to weld like 18650 batteries?

[@webanon]

@@HamRadioDX Yeah, you're on track there. I've clearly consumed too many battery pack construction videos on KZbin... 😆

[@hoopztube]

Not sure why, when I click your links it just takes me to the Amazon home page for my account.

[@antoineroquentin2297]

Hamazon!

[@ranchosinnombreannjimmy8427]

You have triggered my close some tabs reflex... recalibrating...

[@HamRadioDX]

I have way too many open..

[@fm71450]

Hayden, thanks for the info. Sorry about the negative commentators - the reality is that sad hams exist. All the best, KQ4IXD

[@HamRadioDX]

No problems at all! Negative commentators are free to make their own videos themselves if they wish!

[@michaelmeyer2725]

I picked up one of those DM-1701 radios last prime day I think and it's just sitting on my desk because I haven't been able to figure anything out with programming and such. I should probably just look online because I know its there but you know how that goes. If you buy one I'll be looking for your video. :D Thanks KC3AIL

[@17sapun]

better to have the radioand a project 👍🏽

[@SteelWolf13]

Woot, that 2nd radio has a "tpye-c" Adaptor. Man the adaptors are changing so fast these days. >:)

[@johnk8091]

Nope, the IC-7300 uses the new 4 pin molex not the older 6 pin molex. That power cable you are showing is for almost all HF rigs prior to 2010, like TS-440, TS-430, FT-890, FT-990, IC-751 etc etc

[@HamRadioDX]

Ah you’re 100% correct, thanks!

[@ernestb.2377]

Tiny Sa Ultra current price in Europe is 151 euro at recognized and trusted seller Eleshop. I have bought mine a year ago or so for about 159 euro as I recall. The deal on Amazon is $ 191 which is 174 euro! I see one at R&L electronics in USA for $ 140! I am not so familiar with the prizes outside EU but 191 dollar sounds no deal to me.

[@oldfartonabmx2122]

Hey Hayden, does the crimper do those ones that have 2 tabs that when doing manually you have to trim a bit off one, then fold each over the wire and clamp down, ends up ugly!!??

[@HamRadioDX]

Yes, I'm pretty sure it does. Those tabs sit in the grooves of the crimper and then folds them over perfectly... at least the Anderson's that I've crimped it does that on... but it might vary depending on the connector. I hope that all makes sense?

[@oldfartonabmx2122]

@@HamRadioDX yes, sounds like they’re what I’ve been dreaming of!

[@HamRadioDX]

@@oldfartonabmx2122 I use them all the time for the powerpoles and then I just sweat solder a little bit on the connections to protect it even more... The Powerpoles I got were from Jaycar and I think I got some from Aliexpress too. Both worked fine in the crimper

[@oldfartonabmx2122]

@@HamRadioDXquick internet search tells me it’s the 15 amp ones I was having problems with. The 30 amp ones are round to start with and look even better. 👍

[@HamRadioDX]

Ah cool. I've definitely crimped the ones with the annoying tabs like you've mentioned with these though I'm sure of it!

[@chrissewell1608]

Every guy needs some extra loads, in his pocket! 😂

[@HamRadioDX]

Too right!

[@stephenwade8093]

These prices are for the USA market, prices in Australia are nearly double for these items, don't forget us in Australia

[@HamRadioDX]

Disclaimer at the start of the video. Amazon Australia has about 1% of what Amazon USA has.

[@markchristianshaw]

The Aussie accent fooled me. I was living in hope until I tried a few links 😩

[@Number4lead]

And you live closer to the junk factories cranking them out.

[@45auto]

Thanks!

[@HamRadioDX]

No problem!

[@Roddy1965]

Given their stance on Ukraine, and a host of other issues, I'm not going out of my way to undercut solid Japanese brands with Chinese products. Buy less, buy better. But, to each their own.

[@mediocreman2]

That program in cable is now $16.00. 😅

[@HamTechRadioScannerDrones]

I like your Videos shopping stuff is beneath u.

[@grahamshoesmith7919]

These prices dont work for us aussies

[@HamRadioDX]

See the start of the video

[@mostlypostie1]

2:36 This is the new QT-60 PRO (Same as the NEW AT-5555Nii "SHORT CASE"). It has many changes compared to the last version including CW mode! Here are the changes: - No more VFO RX muting - CTCSS TONE readout (Hz) and CTCSS scanning. - WX RX, with VHF RX VFO from 136-174MHz FM. - Channel overwrite issues of the old radios, fixed - LCD dimmer control - VOX improvements (VOX.SPK and VOL.PATH) - will support digi modes via the mic socket just like the 6666PRO can. - CW mode - FM Dev 2K/4K - SSB TX Bandwidth 3K/4K - AGC Fast/Slow - 100 memory channels (up from 6) 73

[@James_Bowie]

Your links don't go to the specifically-named product; they go to pages showing dozens or more products. Coming across as an Amazon shill.

[@HamRadioDX]

Please see the disclaimer at the start of the video

[@KG-xf9ew]

What you are doing is very nice, but these aren't deals. These prices....or very close to them.....have been out there already.

[@BackcountryGearShed]

Sure they've been out there already, but these are deals. I've had my eye on several of these items, including the UVK5 and UVK5 (8), as well as the Retevis RT95. These are legit price drops. I just pulled the trigger on a RT95. Just because it's not the first time they've been on sale at this price point doesn't mean they aren't on sale.

[@KG-xf9ew]

@@BackcountryGearShed From that perspective I would agree with you 100%.

[@TheRange7]

Can someone help an old dude who wants to get into an emergency radio setup?I'm looking for everything I'll need to legally have up to 5 people in the family on this setup? I'm cheap, I love Prime Days. I need everything from soup to nuts......who wants to help an old dude out?

[@Number4lead]

What country are you in? Get some GMRS radios, decide amongst yourselves on a channel to use, preferably one with the most power allowed. Set everybody's radios to the same CTCSS tones and your set. If theirs any distance beyond 5 miles you will want to use external antennas up on a roof, and will need radios capable of hooking an external antenna cable to it. MANY ON THE MARKET HAVE REMOVABLE ANTENNAS. if you need more distance buy rigs that put out more watts. Also you can buy repeaters, cheap simplex repeaters or more expensive real time duplex repeaters.

[@TheRange7]

@@Number4lead USA, thanks I appreciate the response

[@danialphaomega]

I set up a basic GMRS repeater with 2 uv5r and with an ebay special 50w amp and some cheap used deep cycling batteries but LiFo seems better, but any ways i uses 2 cheap base station 462mhz antennas with a 100w PV to keep it charged up and set up on a hill in the AZ desert up a 30-40' old abandoned miners tower and use it for off-roading since there zero cellphone service and i frequent this area a lot heck i can ping that home made repeater from 30 miles away in some days even better everything cost me less than $200 like 3yrs ago, but some materials i had to borrowed for tuning and setting up or used some other people brains much smarter than i Best of luck😊

[@danialphaomega]

And also forgot to mention you could pay like 50 bucks for a gmrs license and it covers your family for life and you can ask nicely to other GMRS repeater owners who will let you use it or pay a small fee a month for use just saying

[@marca90210]

Another promotional.

[@brentmcc6048]

No deals for Australians nothing to see here if your an Australian.

[@HamRadioDX]

Yep, as per the disclaimer at the start of the video. Amazon Australia has nothing compared to Amazon US

[@danielflakelar8193]

Not available for Australia.... Move on, Again nothing to see here

[@HamRadioDX]

Yep, as per the disclaimer at the start of the video. Amazon Australia has nothing compared to Amazon US

[@christophermarshall5765]

Bad idea promoting radios sold on Amazon. Yes, I prefer the "high end" radios, as you know. Too many cheap & nasty radios out there being sold by Temu, Amazon, & other online stores. If I have a problem with my gear, I'll ring the seller during business hours, & ask him. You being a ham radio operator in Australia, SHOULD be promoting AUSTRALIAN businesses that sell ham radio equipment. I buy from Strictly Ham in Melbourne. I've never had an issue. Ross has always treated me well. Every ham radio I own was bought from him, & his service has been brilliant. With Amazon, they really should not be selling anything to do with ham radio.

[@jesperwall839]

There’s nothing stopping local dealers to sell their stuff on Amazon. They need to get in to the 2020’s or else they are gone.

[@christophermarshall5765]

@@jesperwall839 stop talking crap. Most local dealers sell online through their business online ordering system, which is how I bought, & still buy my equipment, but I deal direct with the local dealer, not Amazon. You also need to realise that those who sell radio gear here in Australia, are licenced operators themselves, whereas Amazon is NOT. Take your stupidity elsewhere.

[@caboaddict]

Not all of us are in Australia….

[@JD144-]

I killed a groundhog with a stick one time.

[@mattomeara65]

The majority of the items Hayden promotes on these videos is only available in the USA anyway or is way overpriced if they are available to Australians I have found.

[@radwest86406]

Thank you Amazon!

[@Radar55]

Thanks for this. Keep them coming. (AC4MB)

[@HamRadioDX]

Cheers 👍