AnyTone AT-778UV

Nice well built mobile unit with a very nice color display that is bright and clear. I find it easy to program repeaters manually and have programmed about 4 dozen repeaters so far. It has more memory channels than I need. The PX buttons are programmable. Although no fan, the heat sink is hefty and will get warm after a good bit of TX - I have had no overheat issues. The RX audio is good and clear, and I also receive good TX audio reports. It has 5, 15 and 25 watts. The mic feels good in the hand and is easy to use. It has adjustable key backlight and some programmable hot keys. The PTT feels solid. I have tested this as a base station - I already have units in my vehicle's (two Yaesu FT-7900R & Icom V8000) so have used this on an Arrow J-Pole, Diamond X-200, and even a mag mount with various mobile antennas at home. So having Yaesu & Icom mobile units I would be happy to use this unit for mobile or a base unit. After watching a few YT videos I just had to pull the trigger for one of these and so far, I feel this is a really nice transceiver at a very affordable price.

This mobile radio is working great for me. I'm using it as my 2 meter base until for my Ham shack. I built a 2 meter ground plane antenna and purchased the Jesverty SPS-1330 power supply to power it. With that set-up, I've had several weeks now of successfull QSOs and interacting with a local NET via a repeater. The programming cable that comes with this radio WORKED PERFECTLY to program it. I used the CHIRP app to program this radio. There are a few reviews that mentioned they had to buy a different programming cable and couldn't use the CHIRP app, but if that was the case, those issues have been RESOLVED. My guess is that those problems were with version I of this radio. This is version II. So, I can verify the fact that these issues have been fixed. I'm very happy with the purchase. Fyi, this radio is voice only. You can't do CW with it. It's got both the 2 meter band and the 10 meter band. YOU NEED TO AT LEAST HAVE YOUR TECHNICIAN LICENSE TO TALK ON THIS RADIO. Otherwise, it's illegal for you to do that. You can easily listen to Weather reports that broadcast on the 2 meter band and I have been picking up police and fire frequencies too. (For monitoring only, of course).

This radio is a good value. Manual programming is not terrible, but the AnyTone software can at times easier if you have a lot of channels to program. I would buy another one for a spare. Do be aware that there is a quirk with these new version of the radio. There are no channels programmed on the radio from the factory, like most radios. The quirk though on the model, is that you can not put it into Channel mode, until you have saved your first Channel. Now, here is the caveat. The memory mode can not be saved to out of the box, so you will have to use the software by AnyTone to save at least one channel. This is not documented anywhere I have found. So, if you get your AT-778UV and you turn it on and press the [V/M] button to change to channel mode, and it displays [ERROR], then you will have to download the software from AnyTone, setup at least one channel, and then write that to the radio. This will fix the memory issue, and you can setup channels manually going forward. Also, be sure if you purchase this radio, to get the one that already comes with the programming cable. It will save you time on trying to find a cable that works. de KO4ZFO

great little radio, clear audio, easy to program, having controls on the microphone a definite plus.

Great radio for the money. Puts out rated power with impressive receiver as well. I reorganized the knob to be volume control & buttons p5 & p6 as squelching & channel. After a few days I was operating it as if I had it for years. Seller was top notch in getting the product sent out as well. Try one for yourself. You may be impressed like myself.

Was easy to program via CHIRP, you must select 778UV (VOX) for the 778UVII model. If you have limited/incorrect frequency ranges, look up how to unlock the radio and change the band mode from either 1 or 3 to mode 2. (Mine came with the correct frequency ranges) Audio sounds great, mic has a speaker but it's quiet compared to the radio so I turned off the mic speaker.

I'm only a new licensee. I've never used any other VHF/UHF rig except for this radio and an HT, but I'm starting to feel like this was the right choice. Using an indoor, "slim jim" antenna on the 3rd floor of my city house, other hams say I'm clearly audible on repeaters as far as 40 miles away. (Disclaimer: My neighborhood is higher than some of the surrounding city) The radio is supported by CHIRP, but it's also reasonably easy to program through its front panel and microphone buttons. At full power, It only draws about four amps from the supply. Downsides are: (1) I don't know if it can be interfaced to a Digirig or similar interface for digital modes. But I don't worry about that because by the time I'm ready for digital, I probably will be ready to purchase a more capable radio anyway. And then there's (2), No dedicated volume knob or dedicated squelch knob. You have to press a button first, and then use the encoder knob. This can be annoying if you reach to turn the volume, forget to press the button, and then end up changing channels instead. Maybe that would be more than annoying if you're trying to use it while driving a motor vehicle. I don't know. I haven't tried to use it in a car.

This is the 3rd radio I received. I bought one a few years back and been using it until I have it away to a friend who finally got his ham license. Well forward a few years I was needing another radio for my daily driver. Ordered this radio last week on 02/10/2024 and received it on the same day. Upon receive, I powered it up with a 12v 20Ah LIPO battery and the radio turned on. Was able to program the radio and upload all my frequency into the radio. This is the second version of the radio where if you want change the Band Plan, you have to do it thru the factory CPS. So soon after everything was loaded up. Once I plugged the mic back in and attempt to push the PTT button. The radio suddenly turned off on itself. I thought it was maybe the battery I was using, I then switched to another battery with the same result. I then left the radio on for a few minutes and it then turned itself off again. I thought it was maybe the code plug, I reset the radio and wiped the memory and the radio still does it. But now when radio turned itself off, you cannot turn it back on until you unplug the radio from the power source. Request a replacement from Amazon after I described what the radio is exactly doing. Received the replacement today 02/12/2024 and fired her up. Loaded the frequency and everything works. It's a great entry mobile ham radio with the support of CHIRP.