Budget and Entry Level Transceivers

Commonly referred to as CCR (Cheap Chinese Radios)

Related Links

• RadioReference Budget and Entry Level Transceivers forum

Chinese Manufacturers' Web Sites

This is a partial list. There are many two way radio manufacturers in China.

As of April, 2014 none of the manufacturers listed below produce products that are FCC certified for use in the USA on FRS (Part 95B) or MURS (Part 95J) frequencies.

One manufacturer, Wouxun, has only one model/FCC ID that is GMRS (Part 95A) certified.

Several of the manufacturers listed below produce products that are FCC Part 90 certified for use on Public Safety and Industrial/Business frequencies. FCC grantee codes (first three or five digits of FCC ID) are shown in parentheses.

• AnyTone (T4K)
• Baofeng / Pofung (ZP5)
• Baojie (OBJ)
• BFDX / Beifeng (UUT, 2AARF)
• Chierda (OA8)
• FDC / Feidaxin (ZS4)
• Hiyunton
• HYT / Hytera (YAM)
• Iradio (Y23)
• Jingtong
• Kirisun (QXH, Q5E, RL5)
• KYD / Kydera (VO6)
• Leixen (2AC2Z)
• Lisheng (XEP, 2AB2F)
• Nanfone
• Puxing (AUJ, BJZ)
• Puxing
• Quansheng (XBP)
• Radiu
• Shouao
• Suicom
• TDXOne / TDX / Tongdaxin (QGD)
• TYT (X24)
• Vero Telecom (XAE, ZVM)
• Weierwei (YC2)
• Wouxun (WVT)
• Yanton (SV8)
• Zastone

General Information Web Sites

• CHIRP programming software
  • Note: This software can download conventional data from the RRDB with a paid subscription. See this page for more information
  • Note: Cables bought from RT Systems Inc. may be incompatible with CHIRP. Please see the CHIRP wiki for more information.
• FCC ID Search
• FCC OET Authorization Search
• KC8UNJ Commander Series programming software for some Wouxon radios
• Miklor.com Baofeng and Wouxun information, FAQs, programming software, drivers and guides
• RT Systems Inc. programming software and cables

Related Wiki Articles

• Baofeng UV-5R
• Wouxun KG-UV2D