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.

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.

For the money spent, this is a great little radio. It is a bit hard to program, but there are good instructions on YouTube that will step you through it. When programming splits for repeaters from the front of the unit, it’s important to remember to program all tones at the same time as the receive frequency… What had me stumped was even with the offset correct, I could not get into a repeater. Some research showed that you MUST also set the transmit frequency by going back to VFO, keying in the desired transmit, and saving to the same channel again. It appears the offset does not direct the radio to transmit on the desired offset without defining the frequency. (Mentioned in title)-Quad monitor is a great function I’ve not seen before Very useful if you need to monitor 2-4 frequencies at once, however unlike others in this price point, there is not a dual PTT. 25w max output is more than enough in most situations in my area, but with the antenna I’m using, I tend to find a lot of dead spots I normally wouldn’t find. As always, for best results, use a quality antenna and good mounting solution. My needs did not account for a better antenna mount. The radio tends to get hot if used for long periods, much hotter than most others I’ve used. Even with a computer fan on the heatsink (factory installed) the temperature on the outer case easily exceeds 100F. Finally, mic is very sensitive. Too far away and you are barely audible, too close and you overdrive the mic. All in all, a great radio for the price point… It’s not the quality of the big brands, but it fit my needs, and most importantly, it fit in my subcompact car without being in the way.

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.

Before this I only had an UV-5R. Now this mobile is day and night difference. I love it. I can listen and hit repeats I couldn't before and more consistent. Audio quality for me is very good. Note I have limited experience with radio brands. Currently have no complains. Software to program: Couldn't make chirp work with it, even though there seems to be some work around to make it work. I used the software from the manufacturer. Software could be better but it gets the job done. I have only transmitted to repeaters using the maximum power and a small magnetic tram cheap antenna without any issue. It will live always on my truck. Now commutes are more enjoyable having a consistent radio not just a handy. Currently powering from lighter adapter, no issue. All reviews about this radio I have seen on YouTube seems to be correct. The radio performs very good. If you have some doubts, pickup any YouTube video they all say the same thing and that it's what you'll get.

It works and is easy to program it just doesn't last. Less than a year in my case

This is a good little radio. Had this radio for a few months now and it’s working great, use it 5 days a week

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