Icom IC-U20SR Ultimate range tests!!!

The icom IC-U20SR is the new license free PMR446 handheld radio from icom. In this video I test how well these modern new radios work!

icom IC-U20SR

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[michaelloughlin]

Brilliant little pmrs i was thinking of getting these after viewing youre experience with them i will be now definitely be making the purchase.

[UBER]

I like how you professionally mounted the radio, on a cardboard box🤣!

[justiceforall]

Great test & review Andy, We got the same radio set & quite remarkable how well they work.
We use them from my holiday mobile home & the kids can talk to me up to 2 nautical miles out at sea when fishing & sailing on my boat.

[EnglishTurbines]

Great demo Andy...My early FPV planes used 433 UHF control and 1.2g video...My TX has a full wave antenna though....lol....😳😀😀🇬🇧

[MylesHSG]

I work on the railways and we still use radio based communications widely

[sramsdellwdm]

Great job Andy. Nice review. Love those little radios. Very good Icom quality for sure. I have had many Icom Amateur radios. So I am sure they are equivalent. Thanks again and keep up the good work

[Chris-txou]

Nice Test Andy at £141.60 per unit quite costly for a ping radio feature - would be nice to see this test on a pair of baofeng at less than £50 per pair more affordable for everyone.

[robredridge]

Try going digital. I use Kenwood digital 446 radios. I live in mid Wales right out in the sticks. Farming country where there are more sheep than people. I can keep in contact from home to the 3 local villages about 5 miles reliably. I was in the local garage getting a new tyre fitted and wanted to tell the wife i would be a bit late back home. The garage owner said that wont work here mate, there is no phone signal. Thats another benefit. The phone signal is patchy at best so these work far better than a mobile phone in our area. Best of all, no noise when in a poor location. Any received signal comes through as good 5 miles away as it does 5 feet away.

[mikecrockford]

Good review Andy, Yaesu / Vertex Standard radios have a similar feature called Auto Range Transponder (ARTS) but not with any PMR446 radios that I know of.

[josephdeery]

Hi Andy I loved this video loved doing tests like this. The only thing that jumped out at me is if you can not see the screen because of a visual impairment you do not know how many bars you are getting But a great test loved Many thanks Joe

[BigPinkJohn]

Hi Andy. I love my Icom radios and these look nice neat little sets. Amazing performance

[gbamck]

Nice review, Andy 👍
Between you and Lewis recently you've had me almost missing the hobby!
Then I read the comments from some of the gatekeeping/miserable bleeders and remember why I left it 🤣
Cheers!

[mickgatz]

Nice bit of kit Andy. Not available in Australia. (ATM)???
Guess i stick to my UV-5R 😂
However, I was rather interested with that signal report feature!
I noticed Ringway Manchester did a similar review on another radio with incredible noise reduction feature!
Great Review/Test. 👍

[stevenyemc]

I have built a 1/2W FM broadcast transmitter. It gets out miles with just a short wire antenna. I have a few leftover parts if you want to build one and test it? Dead bug style and just a handful of components. Take the decks up in the mountains ;)

[TheSpotPlot]

Two-way radios work best when you speak into the microphone from about 6 inches away. Using an external speaker microphone lets you hold the radio higher while still talking close to the mic.

[LennartWennberg]

And of course, thank you Andy for another excellent video!

[ohaya]

every silent key ham - testing from the graveyard :)

[christophersmith]

WOW. ! 1/2 A WATT. HERE IN THE USA OUR VERSION IS FRS AND WE HAVE UP TO TWO WATTS.

[manicminer]

It would be interesting to do the same test with a pair of UV-5R operating on PMR446 frequencies. Yes, I know they aren't quite legal because the antenna is removable. But on low power and narrow band they are pretty close to regular PMR446.

[spig]

Great review @Andykirby. The best feature on these is the smart ring where it pings the other radio. That is very useful.