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Q900 V4 Is it Available?

 

Hello,?

Im trying to get this rig and ordered one back in January from a vendor on AliExpress who sat on my money for a month and then dragged his feet issuing a refund! Grrrr! ?Ive tried links from TechMinds YT vids and they show it as unavailable. ?Anyone here know if its still available and from where I can get it from please? ?If not, anyone know of something similar? ?I love its compact size and the fact its HF, UHF & VHF!?

73, de Lucy, M6ECG
 

I would just try a different seller. I have the v2 of this radio and it's a performer.

73 - NE4LS


On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 10:15 AM, Lucy de M6ECG
<m6eastcoastgirl@...> wrote:
Hello,?

Im trying to get this rig and ordered one back in January from a vendor on AliExpress who sat on my money for a month and then dragged his feet issuing a refund! Grrrr! ?Ive tried links from TechMinds YT vids and they show it as unavailable. ?Anyone here know if its still available and from where I can get it from please? ?If not, anyone know of something similar? ?I love its compact size and the fact its HF, UHF & VHF!?

73, de Lucy, M6ECG

Lenny Klosinski
 

Try Ham Greek?


On Tue, Mar 26, 2024, 3:15 PM ne4ls via <ne4ls=[email protected]> wrote:
I would just try a different seller. I have the v2 of this radio and it's a performer.

73 - NE4LS


On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 10:15 AM, Lucy de M6ECG
Hello,?

Im trying to get this rig and ordered one back in January from a vendor on AliExpress who sat on my money for a month and then dragged his feet issuing a refund! Grrrr!? Ive tried links from TechMinds YT vids and they show it as unavailable.? Anyone here know if its still available and from where I can get it from please?? If not, anyone know of something similar?? I love its compact size and the fact its HF, UHF & VHF!?

73, de Lucy, M6ECG

 

Guohetec have informed me the Q900 is now discontinued ?, the PMR- 171 has superceded it. ?I may well get one of these instead although it looks somewhat bigger than the Q900! ?But in many respects it fits the bill as a pseudo military style radio with most connections at the front end allowing back pack operation. ? Its got the same waterfall and buttuns as the Q900.?

Glad to hear youre enjoying your rig! ?
Geoff Bate
 

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Hi Lucy,
Bearer of bad news I'm afraid.I had issues with the radio and it eventually went back to Banggood for a full refund.HF side was ok but problems with little or no output on vhf/uhf.No support from vendor or the manufacturer.
Fortunately i paid for it with my credit card/paypal.
I went back to an Icom 7100 for same band coverage but not an sdr receiver.

Good luck with your search
Best 73?

Geoff. G0fht?

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Subject: [Q900][GRP] Q900 V4 Is it Available?
?
Hello,?

Im trying to get this rig and ordered one back in January from a vendor on AliExpress who sat on my money for a month and then dragged his feet issuing a refund! Grrrr! ?Ive tried links from TechMinds YT vids and they show it as unavailable. ?Anyone here know if its still available and from where I can get it from please? ?If not, anyone know of something similar? ?I love its compact size and the fact its HF, UHF & VHF!?

73, de Lucy, M6ECG

 

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Yes you can get one there. But not for 400�?
These are all not available. For 500+ they are available?


Am 26.03.2024 um 15:15 schrieb Lucy de M6ECG <m6eastcoastgirl@...>:

?Hello,?

Im trying to get this rig and ordered one back in January from a vendor on AliExpress who sat on my money for a month and then dragged his feet issuing a refund! Grrrr! ?Ive tried links from TechMinds YT vids and they show it as unavailable. ?Anyone here know if its still available and from where I can get it from please? ?If not, anyone know of something similar? ?I love its compact size and the fact its HF, UHF & VHF!?

73, de Lucy, M6ECG

 

Out of stock at the moment, generally restocks quickly.

Same radio, more accessories.

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024, 13:19 Lenny Klosinski <polebrother@...> wrote:
Try Ham Greek?

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024, 3:15 PM ne4ls via <ne4ls=[email protected]> wrote:
I would just try a different seller. I have the v2 of this radio and it's a performer.

73 - NE4LS


On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 10:15 AM, Lucy de M6ECG
Hello,?

Im trying to get this rig and ordered one back in January from a vendor on AliExpress who sat on my money for a month and then dragged his feet issuing a refund! Grrrr!? Ive tried links from TechMinds YT vids and they show it as unavailable.? Anyone here know if its still available and from where I can get it from please?? If not, anyone know of something similar?? I love its compact size and the fact its HF, UHF & VHF!?

73, de Lucy, M6ECG

 

Hi Geoff,?

Thanks for the heads up on this! Just to verify, are you referring to the Q900 or the PMR-171?

I had also come to the conclusion that the 7100 might be the way to go or even the now very, very retro IC706MKIIG! ?Im more inclined to the 7100 though as they're newer and I could afford a decent second hand offering … ?I do love an Icom! ?Do you use yours /p? ?Is it bulky and heavy to lug about? Whats power consumption like running low power??

It really surprises me that Icom havent developped more ultra portable rigs to go alongside the 705 with slightly more wallop especially now that POTA has proved to be such a big hit with so many!?

Thanks again for your info! ?

Lucy?
 

Hi Donald

To be fair, the people at Guohetec have asked me to contact them direct for the best price. ?Having been somewhat messed about by a previous vendor on AliExpress, I’d feel better dealing the manufacturer direct who have sent me friendly and helpful emails.?

Im looking at the PMR-171 now but as Geoff has mentioned the IC 7100 is also a contender and will actually do what I need the radio to do! ?

Its such a shame there are so many conflicting reports, I love the look and spec of these little Guohetec radios but I dont have money to just throw away on a punt! ?I already have a Xiegu X6100 and cant fault it, its terrific!?

73 Lucy M6ECG
Lenny Klosinski
 

In my opinion The Icom 706 version 1 Is one of the best Radios made! I bought one on eBay From Japan Had to do a mode to it to work on 40 meters.I have the Q900 V4 & like the radio Also the G-90 is a great Qrp rig Bang for the Buck Yeasu 817- 818 is a good rig With CAT cables & RTL dongle you can build pan adaptor to make them Nice SDR radios Look into HDSDR Omni rig & HamRadio deluxe for computer control Best of luck 73 KOSHF?


On Wed, Mar 27, 2024, 3:19 PM Lucy de M6ECG <m6eastcoastgirl@...> wrote:
Hi Geoff,?

Thanks for the heads up on this! Just to verify, are you referring to the Q900 or the PMR-171?

I had also come to the conclusion that the 7100 might be the way to go or even the now very, very retro IC706MKIIG!? Im more inclined to the 7100 though as they're newer and I could afford a decent second hand offering … ?I do love an Icom!? Do you use yours /p?? Is it bulky and heavy to lug about? Whats power consumption like running low power??

It really surprises me that Icom havent developped more ultra portable rigs to go alongside the 705 with slightly more wallop especially now that POTA has proved to be such a big hit with so many!?

Thanks again for your info! ?

Lucy?

 

I was also trying to order Q900, as I was looking for an '817 replacement. Somehow the PMR-171 seems to have doubled in weight for the same innards, and is now the weight of my FT-891.

If you want to use 2m/70cm, then the RX sensitivity given in the specs? is poor on 2m and very poor on 70cm ((0.5uV, 12dB worse than FT817).
If they perform per specs - you won't be using it with great success for satellite comms or VHF/UHF SSB contest work without a preamp
Given that they don't seem able to give a consistent weight for these radios, they might be better or worse than specs.
 

RX sensitivity of my Q900 V4 can compete with my Yaesu Ft-3D on VHF with the right RF gain and lower AF bandwidth for week signals.
On UHF it is actually poor like in the specs.

73 DD6KW

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