is this radio a 5 watt amateur radio
1585961
It is amateur radio specifically vhf and uhf. Max tx power is 3 watts if i recall correctly
1585962
No. The specifications state that the UV3R series including the UV3R+ is 2 watts transmit power. More likely it is about 1.5 watt VHF and 1 Watt UHF.
2272364
It is excluding the Sub. I think the Sub is 200W, separately. And its each channel having that 120 W or whatever, not something like 24W * 5 = 120.
51922
If you have a Ham license, you know they are line of sight. Mine will easily go 100 miles if I'm hitting someone or a repeater on a mountain top.They are 5 watts and they behave like any other 5 watt radio. I have a 50 watt transmitter I can hook it up to in the car.They are great radios.
1015104
I hope you haven't bought this piece of junk. It doesn't matter how many watts it is. See my review (JG) from 12/31/12. I sent mine back.
1970183
It's supposed to but I have heard many people online saying that the RF output is NOT 8 watts. Sorry I don't have a wattmeter to test it.
1308335
The manual says it is rated for 10 watts per channel. But I am running with about 50 watts per channel and no problems.
1526060
You only need a gmrs license for channels 15-22, and also for channels 1-7 only if you use more than .5W (low power). You don't need a license to use channels 1-14 at one half Watt. These radios will transmit at "high power" on channels 1-7 though, so that would require a license, although technically noone would know you were doing that, anyhoo, just getting technical here.
2055534
vhf 60 watt high 25 watt med 10 watt lowuhf 45 watt high 25 watt med 10 watt low
1455958
The antenna has a low VSWR on those frequencies as checked by my AEA Bravo antenna analyzer here. The transmit power that can be applied on those frequencies is untested here. It works OK on the 2 meter amateur radio band [144 to 148 Mhz.] at 10 watts. Hope that helps. The construction is fragile. The elements will break off easily at the mounting hub if they are bumped with any unusual force. I ended up selling my ST4 because of the elements breaking off. I made my own discone antenna with more durable parts and construction.
2155394
Obviously it's not truly 5k watts.. It's actually only putting out about 500 watts. I never claimed this amplifier doesn't stretch the truth but for the money it's a great deal
1242196
Yes; it takes four AA's. It's a good little radio that--like most--does best with a strong signal. :)
1017992
Not sure, but don't waste your money... this is a very bad radio... sounds bad, and not worth it! My advice, don't buy it!
446848
Recieves up to 6 watts, outputs up to 5 watts continuous, 1.2 amps, 5 volts.
2160282
This radio is designed for US amateur bands. I am sure they have a European version, probably with a name like VX-3e. Buy from Amazon in Europe.
2172674
Personally, I don't know much about ham radio, except that one of the requirements used to be that you build the radio yourself. If that's still the case, you would have a better idea of the power requirements than most people here. I'm guessing, though, that the power requirements for an amateur short wave set would be pretty high. With this model, you're going to get 5w of power, with a total capacity of 9200 mamp hrs. Probably far short of your requirements. There are suitcase sized devices available which deliver wattage inthe 100 to 120 range (but cost 1000s of $). That's probably what you should be looking at. Personally, I don't know much about ham radio, except that one of the requirements used to be that you build the radio yourself. If that's still the case, you would have a better idea of the power requirements than most people here. I'm guessing, though, that the power requirements for an amateur short wave set would be pretty high. With this model, you're going to get 5w of power, with a total capacity of 9200 mamp hrs. Probably far short of your requirements. There are suitcase sized devices available which deliver wattage inthe 100 to 120 range (but cost 1000s of $). That's probably what... » Read More Personally, I don't know much about ham radio, except that one of the requirements used to be that you build the radio yourself. If that's still the case, you would have a better idea of the power requirements than most people here. I'm guessing, though, that the power requirements for an amateur short wave set would be pretty high. With this model, you're going to get 5w of power, with a total capacity of 9200 mamp hrs. Probably far short of your requirements. There are suitcase sized devices available which deliver wattage inthe 100 to 120 range (but cost 1000s of $). That's probably what you should be looking at. « Show Less
775837
I am sorry but I do not know. My emerg. radio in my home comes on when required. I have place this radio in our church and will have to check it out. More latter!!
233997
It is 13 watt as marked on the unit. One thing I do not like with this unit is after a power outage, you must reprogram the unit. Little power glitches it keeps it programming, but not a power outage of 30 seconds or more.