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Quoted: That looks like the same 10W TRI version that's been out for a while. Never heard of that site, and they have older pictures (the tan version was way back when they made the plastic body version). Most people just buy them on EBay I think. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: What do folks think about this version? I'm still trying to figure out where I should buy one from... https://readymaderesources.com/product/tri-an-prc-152-multiband-handheld-radio-mbitr-aluminum-shell-radio12-6-volt-high-power-green/ Most people just buy them on EBay I think. The site's legit, been around for a long time. Just never paid attention to these before. I had asked folks about where to buy these, but aside from "ebay" I've no idea. There are many vendors offering all sorts of stuff on ebay and I'd rather go with a reputable seller if I can ever find one. |
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Quoted: The site's legit, been around for a long time. Just never paid attention to these before. I had asked folks about where to buy these, but aside from "ebay" I've no idea. There are many vendors offering all sorts of stuff on ebay and I'd rather go with a reputable seller if I can ever find one. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: What do folks think about this version? I'm still trying to figure out where I should buy one from... https://readymaderesources.com/product/tri-an-prc-152-multiband-handheld-radio-mbitr-aluminum-shell-radio12-6-volt-high-power-green/ Most people just buy them on EBay I think. The site's legit, been around for a long time. Just never paid attention to these before. I had asked folks about where to buy these, but aside from "ebay" I've no idea. There are many vendors offering all sorts of stuff on ebay and I'd rather go with a reputable seller if I can ever find one. |
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Anyone know how to go about using a * or # on the keypad? I got one of these for throwing in the truck or SxS out on the mountains around the cabin, and now we have a new parcel where I have no cell signal. I can hit a local club repeater just fine, but wife back at the other property isn't a ham, so I'd like to be able to use the autopatch to call her to check in
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Question: I have seen several posts that state the TCA is preferable to the TRI. I have both and I was wondering why this is? Is it because the TCA can be computer programmed? 5 minutes sitting on my couch got me what I needed on the TRI. On either one I get less spurious emissions in dual receive than on my Yeasu VX7.
Sure, the VX-7 can do a lot of things. Things I never use. I have heard that both are just a Baofeng glorified. I bought a Baofeng just to see. Baofeng was worse than my VX-7, I get that, as it should be for the cost. Both can use Harris batteries and all military accoutrements. Only the TRI charger will charge my Harris batteries as my TCA will not. Any reason I should keep the TCA? Or sell on EE/ebay? Just curious |
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Quoted: Anyone have one of these that actually does 10 meter? View Quote I'd wager a few hundred at most actual units were ever made that did. It was around 3-4 years ago they did that very limited run, and that was it. If you find one, it'll be on the secondary market, and the bulk of them never came to the US. The only one I've seen video proof of was owned by an airsofter in Europe. |
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Quoted: I'd wager a few hundred at most actual units were ever made that did. It was around 3-4 years ago they did that very limited run, and that was it. If you find one, it'll be on the secondary market, and the bulk of them never came to the US. The only one I've seen video proof of was owned by an airsofter in Europe. View Quote Well that makes me sad. |
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Quoted: Quoted: I'd wager a few hundred at most actual units were ever made that did. It was around 3-4 years ago they did that very limited run, and that was it. If you find one, it'll be on the secondary market, and the bulk of them never came to the US. The only one I've seen video proof of was owned by an airsofter in Europe. Well that makes me sad. I came across this, and posted it a few pages back... Hoping it comes to fruition. Failed To Load Title |
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Quoted: I came across this, and posted it a few pages back... Hoping it comes to fruition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii9BcM0kpWs View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I'd wager a few hundred at most actual units were ever made that did. It was around 3-4 years ago they did that very limited run, and that was it. If you find one, it'll be on the secondary market, and the bulk of them never came to the US. The only one I've seen video proof of was owned by an airsofter in Europe. Well that makes me sad. I came across this, and posted it a few pages back... Hoping it comes to fruition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii9BcM0kpWs If that’s what I think it is, I hope it does too. |
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Quoted: If that's what I think it is, I hope it does too. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I'd wager a few hundred at most actual units were ever made that did. It was around 3-4 years ago they did that very limited run, and that was it. If you find one, it'll be on the secondary market, and the bulk of them never came to the US. The only one I've seen video proof of was owned by an airsofter in Europe. Well that makes me sad. I came across this, and posted it a few pages back... Hoping it comes to fruition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii9BcM0kpWs If that's what I think it is, I hope it does too. I'm curious as well. If it can do 10 meter, I will own one. On an interesting note, if anyone has $10k just lying around, and doesn't mind diving into a sketchy transaction... https://www.ebay.com/itm/GENUINE-HARRIS-FALCON-III-AN-PRC-152-RADIO-AUTHENTIC-VERY-RARE-/303876526463?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 |
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Does anyone have a lead on surplus Harris batteries? American-milspec is sold out.
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Since these use a standard U228 audio cable, does anyone have an idea on how to adapt them for aprs use, like with aprs droid? This is the connection diagram for a standard diy Baofeng aprs cable
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Quoted: I'm curious as well. If it can do 10 meter, I will own one. On an interesting note, if anyone has $10k just lying around, and doesn't mind diving into a sketchy transaction... https://www.ebay.com/itm/GENUINE-HARRIS-FALCON-III-AN-PRC-152-RADIO-AUTHENTIC-VERY-RARE-/303876526463?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 View Quote that is about sexual. I wonder exactly what it can do now that the back has been off of it, and apparently the cci item has been removed? |
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Okay, brand-spanking new member here. I’ve been following this thread since it’s creation and I finally broke down and bought a 10W TRI 152. Other than using preprogrammed XL-200’s at work every day, this is my first time actually messing with a radio in detail. I’m still trying to learn the in’s and out’s of radio terminology and all the acronyms. I do have a few questions off the top of my head.
“PT” on the top scroller. It says that’s voice copanding. If that helps cancel out unwanted signal, should that always be on? The other question I had was the “CT” voice inversion. So I see when you switch it on, it makes everything you receive sound like Donald Duck. The question I had was, if you have two of these radios and they were both set to “CT”, would that invert an already inverted transmission, thereby making it sound normal? If it does, how secure is that? Are most/all radios able to do voice inversion? |
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Quoted: Okay, brand-spanking new member here. I've been following this thread since it's creation and I finally broke down and bought a 10W TRI 152. Other than using preprogrammed XL-200's at work every day, this is my first time actually messing with a radio in detail. I'm still trying to learn the in's and out's of radio terminology and all the acronyms. I do have a few questions off the top of my head. "PT" on the top scroller. It says that's voice copanding. If that helps cancel out unwanted signal, should that always be on? The other question I had was the "CT" voice inversion. So I see when you switch it on, it makes everything you receive sound like Donald Duck. The question I had was, if you have two of these radios and they were both set to "CT", would that invert an already inverted transmission, thereby making it sound normal? If it does, how secure is that? Are most/all radios able to do voice inversion? View Quote The "CT" voice inversion is something many Chinese HTs can do, sometimes also called a voice scrambler or, more disingenuously, "encryption". If you have another radio that scrambles using the same pattern they will come through understandable, but by no means is this secure. Think of it as the equivalent of pig-Latin as far as how secure it is. The scrambling algorithm is very basic and easy to brute force, and I'd bet most Chinese manufacturers all just use the same one. To sum up, I would just not use either of those functions. |
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Quoted: that is about sexual. I wonder exactly what it can do now that the back has been off of it, and apparently the cci item has been removed? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I'm curious as well. If it can do 10 meter, I will own one. On an interesting note, if anyone has $10k just lying around, and doesn't mind diving into a sketchy transaction... https://www.ebay.com/itm/GENUINE-HARRIS-FALCON-III-AN-PRC-152-RADIO-AUTHENTIC-VERY-RARE-/303876526463?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 that is about sexual. I wonder exactly what it can do now that the back has been off of it, and apparently the cci item has been removed? My understanding is the Private Joseki Key gets dumped which dumps the crypto algo but it's still a controlled item. |
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welp
looks like fcs has taken another step closer. No klew about specs, availability, nothing; just sharing FYI: https://www.facebook.com/falco.communications.system/ |
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Quoted: To sum up, I would just not use either of those functions. View Quote I once watched an NSA guy hear a radio transmission, identify the type of inversion used, and have it clear as a bell in literally six seconds. I wouldn't use it for anything you want to keep secret especially if you're on a list already |
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Okay, I have a new question. I’ve been learning a bit more about radios lately. I started studying for my technicians license. I figured out how to program a frequency and name it , however, despite programming 8-10 different frequencies with different T-CTCSS codes and offsets on each ones, the memory function doesn’t seem to save the tones or offsets, just the frequency and name itself. Anyone have a solution?
Also just picked up my first Btech UV5X3 and programmed 70+ local repeaters using chirp in under 5 minutes. Soooooo much more convenient than FPP. My eyes have been opened. On the bright side, with the TRI whip on 10W I can TX/RX a 2 meter repeater from 9.8 miles away in a densely populated city. |
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Quoted: welp looks like fcs has taken another step closer. No klew about specs, availability, nothing; just sharing FYI: https://www.facebook.com/falco.communications.system/ View Quote I saw someone ask about HF, and apparently it will not. Also, TRI is apparently releasing a new version that will do 300mHz, AM, and will support a TRI KDU. |
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Quoted: I saw someone ask about HF, and apparently it will not. Also, TRI is apparently releasing a new version that will do 300mHz, AM, and will support a TRI KDU. View Quote FCA is releasing the one that supports the kdu they are making. Kenny Wei has been promising this for about a year now. (TRI may be up to something also, but I don't know it.) |
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The new 2021 TRI 152 is out now according to a post on the FB page I follow. Just a few highlights...
UHF1:400Mhz-470Mhz UHF2:330-370Mhz UHF3:220-259Mhz VHF136Mhz-174Mhz FM AM(Air Band) receive. FM:78-108Mhz AM:106-136Mhz Max Output 15W Power. KDU will be released in next few weeks,price is pending now Nylon Battery case,same texture with real original HARRIS battery. Limited Edition PRC152 Comes With Real Harris Battery :295USD Standard PRC152 Comes With TRI Made Battery:270USD |
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I know these radios are primarily marketed to the milsim/airsoft users, but it would be a real McCoy if TRI used the Anytone 878 internals on this unit. Adding DMR and AES 256 to the design would make it more desirable to preppers. However, most militia groups photos show members with 2k$ rifles, 1.2k$ uniforms and armor, but using the cheapest $25.00 radio available online. I guess any fancy upgrades won't happen
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Quoted: I know these radios are primarily marketed to the milsim/airsoft users, but it would be a real McCoy if TRI used the Anytone 878 internals on this unit. Adding DMR and AES 256 to the design would make it more desirable to preppers. However, most militia groups photos show members with 2k$ rifles, 1.2k$ uniforms and armor, but using the cheapest $25.00 radio available online. I guess any fancy upgrades won't happen RS View Quote If buy 10 of them if they did that! |
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I think I’m leaning towards grabbing one of these… what does the brain trust think of them?
Quoted: The new 2021 TRI 152 is out now according to a post on the FB page I follow. Just a few highlights... UHF1:400Mhz-470Mhz UHF2:330-370Mhz UHF3:220-259Mhz VHF136Mhz-174Mhz FM AM(Air Band) receive. FM:78-108Mhz AM:106-136Mhz Max Output 15W Power. KDU will be released in next few weeks,price is pending now Nylon Battery case,same texture with real original HARRIS battery. Limited Edition PRC152 Comes With Real Harris Battery :295USD Standard PRC152 Comes With TRI Made Battery:270USD View Quote |
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Quoted: I think I'm leaning towards grabbing one of these what does the brain trust think of them? View Quote That said, I'm considering picking up one of the new gens, especially given the new freqs it can access and support for a KDU to be released soon. I haven't transmitted on mine, but it seems to receive pretty well, cleanly catching a repeater about 19 miles from me, over mountainous terrain. It also seemed really good on battery life, using a couple Harris batteries I picked up. Love to find a couple more of those, but American Milspec seems to be out of them. |
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Quoted: Ended up ordering one of the new 15w TRI radios.. Kind of wish they used the 152a shell but whatever. Also snagged a crye airlite radio pouch I've been eyeing. https://i.imgur.com/fqeteQc.jpg View Quote Just saw a post on FB from the ShiQing guy that the KDU is out now for $145. It is only compatible with the new TRI version of the radio. Might be ordering another radio and KDU very shortly |
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Quoted: Ended up ordering one of the new 15w TRI radios.. Kind of wish they used the 152a shell but whatever. Also snagged a crye airlite radio pouch I’ve been eyeing. https://i.imgur.com/fqeteQc.jpg View Quote @TigerHawk Can you post a link to buy for us boomers? |
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Quoted: @TigerHawk Can you post a link to buy for us boomers? View Quote I PM’d the guy through Instagram and paid via PayPal. I’m pretty sure he has some eBay postings for the radio and kdu. https://www.ebay.com/itm/264391481611 https://www.ebay.com/itm/265241220135 |
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Quoted: I PM'd the guy through Instagram and paid via PayPal. I'm pretty sure he has some eBay postings for the radio and kdu. https://www.ebay.com/itm/264391481611 https://www.ebay.com/itm/265241220135 View Quote I assumed he was on there. He had a website of sorts, perhaps it's a few pages back or something, but I couldn't find it in my bookmarks or notes. Here is a link to the new radio with the remote head: https://www.ebay.com/itm/265241250784 But all I know of is he does business on the apps (fb, insta, etc) |
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Quoted: I PM’d the guy through Instagram and paid via PayPal. I’m pretty sure he has some eBay postings for the radio and kdu. https://www.ebay.com/itm/264391481611 https://www.ebay.com/itm/265241220135 View Quote Thanks! |
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[sigh] ARF just cost me some more money, once again
Oh well, the new -152 with a KDU will go nicely with the BB-2590 adapter that ebay seller Murphyjunk sold to me a couple of weeks ago (It works great with the 1st TRI -152 have, and I bench-checked it with a regulated 13.8 vdc 3a power supply) BB-2590 adapter https://www.ebay.com/itm/203504156223 and a female BB-2590 connector socket ( https://www.ebay.com/itm/163372663054 ) that will get spliced into a homebrew 12 vdc marine battery box (yet to be built). |
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Quoted: Yeah I saw his post on IG yesterday and got one on order. Going to also order a juggernaut pals mount and see if I can get a mount of some sort for the kdu printed. https://i.imgur.com/iZYXbso.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Just saw a post on FB from the ShiQing guy that the KDU is out now for $145. It is only compatible with the new TRI version of the radio. Might be ordering another radio and KDU very shortly Yeah I saw his post on IG yesterday and got one on order. Going to also order a juggernaut pals mount and see if I can get a mount of some sort for the kdu printed. https://i.imgur.com/iZYXbso.jpg I also placed my order this morning for the radio and KDU. |
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Quoted: [sigh] ARF just cost me some more money, once again Oh well, the new -152 with a KDU will go nicely with the BB-2590 adapter that ebay seller Murphyjunk sold to me a couple of weeks ago (It works great with the 1st TRI -152 have, and I bench-checked it with a regulated 13.8 vdc 3a power supply) BB-2590 adapter https://www.ebay.com/itm/203504156223 and a female BB-2590 connector socket ( https://www.ebay.com/itm/163372663054 ) that will get spliced into a homebrew 12 vdc marine battery box (yet to be built) View Quote Murphyjunk is legit. If his website is still up, it's an amazing read |
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Quoted: Murphyjunk is legit. If his website is still up, it's an amazing read View Quote https://www.murphyjunk.net |
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Nice. I'm still waiting on mine to ship.
Edit: Got shipping info this morning! |
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That is the Unicorn of radios, I heard they existed but never saw one until your post.
I had asked earlier about the difference between the TRI and TCA models, after having both, I sold the TCA as I didn't need computer programming. My TRI with a real 152 battery puts out 11.6 watts on full power and lasts for at least 3 days. I still have my Yaesu VX-7, but it has too many "bells and whistles" and very sort battery life |
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Quoted: https://i.imgur.com/CWV6FA5.jpg https://i.imgur.com/kDUuGIj.jpg Happy with it overall, and I did end up getting a partial $25 refund on the original price. Some of the buttons are a little harder to press than others. They all have a very positive click feel. The case fit a finish needs a little refinement but it all seems pretty solid. Didn't have much hands on time yet so more details to come. View Quote Just had mine arrive! Initial impression is very good: They've improved the receiver's sensitivity. Using the same OEM Harris antenna , and just with tuning in to SeaTac Approach (squelch set at 4, AM Air band 133.6500, and about 8.5 miles line of sight from my backyard), the new -152 receives good clear signals from both the aircraft and the ground controllers, while the previous generation -152 typically only could weakly get the ground controller, and the aircraft were mostly broken and unreadable, with the squelch set at 1. My Kenwood TH-D74 with a Diamond SRH320A antenna doesn't receive as clear a signal as the new -152. |
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Quoted: Just had mine arrive! Initial impression is very good: They've improved the receiver's sensitivity. Using the same OEM Harris antenna , and just with tuning in to SeaTac Approach (squelch set at 4, AM Air band 133.6500, and about 8.5 miles line of sight from my backyard), the new -152 receives good clear signals from both the aircraft and the ground controllers, while the previous generation -152 typically only could weakly get the ground controller, and the aircraft were mostly broken and unreadable, with the squelch set at 1. My Kenwood TH-D74 with a Diamond SRH320A antenna doesn't receive as clear a signal as the new -152. View Quote Glad to hear the positive feedback on the radio. I’m having some problems with the radio occasionally “locking up”. I usually can replicate it by configuring about 8 frequencies in memory and having the radio scan those channels. Not sure if it’s related to the KDU or not but I have locked the radio up around 10 times doing this. Also how are you setting the squelch on a AM band frequency? Whenever I try to change the squelch on AM the radio goes back to a vhf/uhf frequency. |
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