RT3S Dual Band DMR Radio Non-GPS/Built-in GPS

Very robust, dropped down twice and nothing bad happened. Sound quality is very good, both transmit and receive. Sounds like a much more expensive radio. Operates on analogue as well, which is very nice since you can have both analogue (many repeaters out there and many radios) and DMR on one device. You absolutely need the programming cable to configure. Note that you need a license to use it, such as an amateur radio operator license, depending on which country you line in. The only thing I don't like is that the battery only lasts for two days in listening mode or one day if you transmit as well, so you need to put it on the charger frequently AND the charger is really slow, takes hours to charge fully. If you intend to use it in the field often, buy a second battery (which can be a challenge due to the recent strict post legislation). Other than that I really love this radio and wait to see its long term reliability.

Item came on time, but when I was using it I noticed that when pushing the PTT button, the screen would completely distort and then go white. I had to turn radio off and back on to fix this. So,back it goes. Bad QC? Contacted Retevis, they responded in a timely manner but wanted me to take a video of the issue and sent it to them. If I buy an item I want it to work out of the box. So I will return the radio. Update: 9/21/18. Immediately after I posted my review, I was contacted by Angela from Retevis Direct and they shipped me a new unit, no Questions asked. I received it yesterday and I must say I am so happy and excited, Retevis really stands behind their products and they want the customer to be 100% satisfied. They apologized numerous times and I am really impressed by their customer service. This is my 2nd Retevis product and I will be a customer for life after this experience.

I have digital and analog devices so the setup was easy out of the box. The device runs and operates as expected to and the battery so far has been lasting 2+ days depending on use. The only issue I have was not being able to add channels from the device, but being able to edit them is possible. The other features of the radio seem a little confusing at first, but once you get past the learning curve it's much better. Overall it's a great radio and I would definitely recommend it.

Chinese manufacturers have arrived in the luxury class. This device does not need to hide from brand manufacturers. The large-signal immunity is perfect. The storage facility, and the battery life is better than the brand-name manufacturers. Qualitatively better than any ICOM, YAESU, or similar device. Have the device now for 3 months and I am absolutely satisfied. Die Chinesischen Hersteller sind in der Oberklasse angekommen. Dieses Gerät braucht sich nicht vor Markenherstellern zu verstecken. Die Großsignalfestigkeit ist perfekt. Die Speichermöglichkeiten und die Akkulaufzeit ist besser als bei den Markenherstellern. Qualitativ besser als jedes ICOM, YAESU oder ähnliches Gerät. Habe das Gerät nun seit 3 Monaten und bin absolut zufrieden.

I strongly recommend the designers start working on a dual band unit (if they have not already started.) Thank you

I bought 2 of the RT3 for DMR mode , very good products ! Many thanks for your very good RT3 modell for DMR

I bought my RT3 3 months ago it has worked flawlessly ever since. This is a sensitive radio in receive mode and has good audio in TX and RX. Easy to program for the Amateur DMR networks. Strongly built High Class Radio.

I Nougat my Retevis RT3 one month ago, I never regret, my desicion. Best buy for the Euro.

I was skeptical at first about the quality of a DMR radio from China, but after using it for a few weeks, I'm a fan. Yes, it's a clone of the XPR 7550 in a lot of ways. No, it doesn't have the selectivity or sensitivity of a Motorola. But it is a very usable radio for a very good price. The software is easier to use than MOTOTRBO CPS, too. The FPP features can be a bit buggy, and if they fixed those issues I'd happily give it 5 stars. I also wish they'd document what encryption algorithm the enhanced privacy feature uses. The key is MUCH larger than 40 bits, so it's not ADP. It may very well be AES256 based on the key length. At any rate, two of the MD380 radios will successfully talk encrypted to each other when the key information matches. I have not been able to make encryption work between a MD380 and a Motorola XPR 6550 though.

Its not the revered bathead product, but for a sub-$200 product that supports MOTOTrbo DMR, its wonderful. The radio has good heft, solidly made and works as advertised. The radio is flawless when examined on my Motorola service monitor. Everything was in spec. The CPS software, like all CPS programming software requires a doctorate to understand and is not for the faint of heart. Not a big deal--if you are a newcomer to DMR, you might want to get an example codeplug to start out and use it for an example to learn from. I was an absolute noob to DMR and I was able to figure it out by using Tennessee's VolNet codeplug to work off of. It only took me a couple of hours to get the hang of it. Now I can help friends out pretty easily customizing codeplugs to their liking. Thus far, the radio has performed flawlessly.