QYT KT-8900D Dual Band Mini Car Radio Mobile Transceiver VHF UHF Compact Design

Bought this May 2025. Works great! I looked at the 1 star reviews and I see people complaining that its hard to program? I plugged it to my computer, opened up Chirp, input the frequencies, and send to the radio. Zero problems. The speaker is nice and loud! Small size is great. You can fit this anywhere. I paired it with a HYS Long Range Pretuned Low-Profile UHF 17.7inchs Whip NMO 462-467Mhz https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHYJFLXP and all transmissions are clear. Plus it receives transmission that my scanner doesn't. what I like best is that my 4 important channels are scanned at the same time and there is an indication of which station is receiving the transmission.

Nice and compact mobile transceiver. I like how tiny the unit is. Sound from the speaker is loud and clear. Sounds great on UHF and VHF. The display is nice and bright, you can change the colors. This one came with programming cable, it works with Windows 10, and Chirp free software supports this transceiver. This radio is easy to program. An excellent transceiver for the price.

The radio came shipped in the retail box with a shipping label slapped on it, and the flaps weren't sealed. I'm surprised it arrived at all. When I opened it and inspected it I found one of the mounting holes in the side of the radio had a broken screw (or tap) in it. I should have returned it at that point but I wanted to see how well it worked, so I connected the charging cable and attempted to program it with my standard CHIRP file. I couldn't get CHIRP to download an image from the radio, so I downloaded the factory software, but it wouldnt' communicate with the radio either. It was NOT a programming cable issue, as CHIRP would recognize the radio, but the radio wouldn't go into Clone mode. I tried CHIRP one more time and for some reason it finally connected and I was able to upload my CHIRP file with my local repeaters. The problem is I couldn't get (or hear) a response from the closest repeater that I have no trouble hitting with my Yaesu FT-7900. The repeater would respond but I couldn't hear the response on the QYT radio. When the repeater would automatically broadcast it's station ID, it would barely break squelch but all I could hear was static. The squelch settings seem to have very little to no effect. After trying all afternoon to make it work I've given up and I'm returning it. I really would like to find one of these small form factor, dual band radios that works but they all seem to be a huge crapshoot, and they're difficult to program, so I'll probably just get another Yaesu.

Great compact starter mobile radio. Very clear display even for it being small. Loud audio. Excellent mic. Lots of control options. CHIRP programmable and includes USB programing cable. Nice programmable color selection for the display. Manual programming is a bit difficult to learn but is do-able. Owners manual is poor (watch YouTube videos instead), and right side rubber knob comes off easily - going to use a little dab of silicon to see if that will secure it on the shaft. Overall for the price, this is an excellent deal for a very good basic compact mobile radio. I plan to purchase one or two more for other vehicles I own.

I just got this a few days ago and I have been playing with it, trying to get to know it. I am a total N00B at HAM so any Elmers can feel free to skip ahead. First, you will need to get the proper antenna for it. It's a brick until you have the antenna. Second, you'll need to get Chirp software to program it. It's FREE of charge. You can try manually entering channels or just scanning, but it's sort of a brick until you get it properly programmed. (I got a fill from my local HAM club with all the interesting local frequencies and repeaters.) Third, before you can program it, you'll probably have to get the correct driver for your included data cable. The cable included with the radio may or may not be a knockoff of another manufacturer's cable. When you plug it in, it attempts to install the most recent driver, which has been programmed by the manufacturer to prevent knockoff cables from functioning. You will need to go online, download the 2007-era driver, and replace the current driver in your Device Manager to get the cable to work. If you don't the radio is kind of a brick. Once you get the proper antenna, Chirp program (Did I mention it's free?), local channels list, and a functional cable to load the radio, you're in business. And it works. If you're a n00b like me, don't lose hope. Just keep reading or watching youboob vids and fiddling to figure it out. That being said, it works. I would rate it 3 out of 5 overall. It's closer to a 4 than a 2. I would give it 4 for function and 2 for user friendliness out of the box if you're not already an experienced HAMateur. Audio is decent. I might come back and up the vote in the future after I've played with it more.

es un equipo muy compacto y muy bueno, El equipo dice en la caja un rango de frecuenciade 144-174, sin embargo, al probarlo está abierto el rango 136-174 en vhf.

Muy buen producto y fácil de programar

Al recibir una transmisión el radio se queda bloqueado como si siquiera recibiendo una transmisión aunque se haya dejado de transmitir y este se bloquea de manera que ya no vuelve a recibir y muestra todo el tiempo que está recibiendo