A Worlds First On This Top Tier Radio - TIDRadio H3

Here we take a look at the TIDRadio H3, a truly fantastic radio which is both clean on transmit and now supports programming using the inbuilt USB C port. This is a FIRST for any radio coming from the China region.

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[kggav]

If you hold the PTT, * button and turn the power on, you can select whether the radio is in Ham, GMRS, or Normal (freeband) mode.
Note: changing modes will reset the radio and erase any programmed memories and settings. This is where ODMaster on the phone comes in handy. You can have all your channels saved on your phone, so when you go back to the other mode, you just reload all your channels and settings via bluetooth in just a few seconds.

[pgyyhem]

I bought 2 H3 and love them. Nothing to change in the units. I think they are great and had become my daily use. It is perfect radio, even like it more than the H8.

[JennyEverywhere]

I have one of these radios. At the time I got it, CHIRP was not yet supported, so I'm VERY happy to see they finally managed to include it. The cost was very reasonable, and it's noticeably heavier than a cheap plastic body radio would be, while being narrower than most handhelds but thicker front to back. It's very comfortable in the hand, and it fit a radio holster I got on either Banggood or AliExpress and attached to my purse with the MOLLE straps. Currently, this radio is my main handheld when I'm out and about. I used to carry the Baofeng UV-13pro, because I got it so inexpensively I wouldn't have cried to lose or break it. But I also have the very popular Quansheng Q6, which is the same as the Q5 but with special sauce. Right next to me on my "Shack Stack", I have the Baofeng UV-18 pro Black, which is a very nice radio I haven't heard much about. That one is hooked to a speaker/mike, and an external antenna. My Shack Stack is one of those "bread rack" style shelving units made of steel tubing with wire shelves. I've got 4 amateur handhelds a GMRS handheld, and an Inrico HT-phone that I use mainly for Zello, Echolink, and Teamspeak 3. When I get my Ras Pi put back together and on our network, I'll have a ThumbDV AMBE stick set up so I can access it from my phone or the Inrico using BlueDV for Android. That way, I have access to DMR on the known networks such as Brandmeister and TGIF, D-Star, Fusion, and NXDN, with which I am not familiar. Once the PI is back up with AMBEServer, I'll be able to access it from anyplace I can access Internet data.

Add in my Elecraft KX3 with 100w amp, and a CW Hotline for accessing VBand, and that's my shack at the moment. I've got a pile of radios that I can pick and choose from when I go out and play radio. The lockdowns really took a toll on me, and I don't have the energy I used to have. So I'm not out working the world all the time like I used to. But I'm working my way up to that.

Great video as always!

[HouseholdDog]

I bought one. Loving it so far.
It feels really solidly built.
It is tiny though, so the Nagoya antenna looks a little ridiculous on it.

[ugsisr]

Great review...Anyone who has one of these Radios.... If you use Bluetooth Programming make certain you Turn Off Bluetooth after using this feature. Leaving Bluetooth on by mistake had some negative effects on mine. Thank You

[janhenkins]

Wow, really nice! Dammit, bad GAS attack... Regarding the airband sounding garbled, with proper equipment it only sounds marginally better to be fair. Pilots and controllers knows what is being said because the language used is highly "ritualised", so you don't need everything to be crystal clear in order to understand what is being said. Hmm... <sound of me clicking on Aliexpress link>

[Normie-cs]

I was hoping for some c programming over the usb

[fretlessfender]

Nice!... same double dash symbol as Quansheng... same factory?

[tubeDude]

I like it, but I wish it would have put out a full 5 Watts.

[ohmbug]

That's a nice radio. Lots of features at a very cheap price.

[HouseholdDog]

To get rid of those spurious emmissions you really need a band pass filter.

[FirstNameLastName-csye]

Hi can we APRS on this radio using odmaster app?

[tkflanagan]

I keep losing the little Brass ring around the Mike screw....can I get more and how do you keep them tight??? Please HELP Thanks

[ReefMimic]

How’s the scanning function? Any good?

[EnnTomi]

i think mine is ham H3, and i can RxTx 470 -600just fine.

[LeeMcc_KIYPR]

The 1.25m output is not very high, but at least it is there.

Is the Odmaster app the one that uploaded data to China? If so, I see them doing that for marketing purposes, but it is disturbing.

[ZzedZed]

what happens if you press both ptt's at once? :)

[LawpickingLocksmith]

Thanks buddy. Ordered 100 but they are still nagging about the price, offer me Baofengs instead.

[tweedandbriar]

This is my second Tidradio that's being returned. First was an H8, dreadful reception, screen FAR too much to the left....just received my H3 hoping that this had been addressed (and also assured by Tidradio that it had) guess what!!! It was out of the box for no more than 10 mins before being boxed again and retuned. VERY disappointing.

[CptnKremmen]

Anyone know if you can drop the TX power down to a Watt or less?