Radioddity’s sale page is a crossword-puzzle icon. It does not dump you into the game unless you choose the game. The sale has been running all month. He does not think the next couple of days get better than what is on the page now. Mystery boxes have been listed since November 10. Three of them: $14.99, $26.99, and $29.99. What is inside is the difference.
He stumbles the labels on camera. Box A, a handheld valued up to $219.99, is $29.99. He then calls a collection valued up to $228.99 the $14.99 box, realizes he clicked C, and puts that one at $26.99. The essential handheld is $14.99. A ceiling value he reads as $1.99 does not belong in the notes. The screen he is reading is behind the camera.
He bought A and C. A’s possible radios, as he reads them: a Radioddity GD88, a GA-5WB, an HD1, a 25 Plus, a UV-25, a UV-17R Plus and a two-pack, the UV-25 as a 10-watt dual-bander and the Plus as a tribander, a K6 two-pack with extra batteries and cables, a waterproof dual-band GT-9R, a UV-5RM Plus GPS at 10 watts, triband, with GPS, a 10-watt dual-band GA-510, or the K5 Plus. The K5 Plus review and the programming video are already on the channel. C’s list is where he hopes for a GD-168. He would take a 168 or an 88. An AT-10G, which he thinks they have reviewed or will, and which they already own: UHF only, DMR. Also a K6, a 3TP with a 3800 milliamp-hour battery, another UV-5RM Plus, a UV-5R X3, a 17R Plus, a 15 Pro, a 17R, a K63, a GT-5R, or a UV-5. He stops rattling model numbers. The boxes are the point.
Radioddity did not send these. He bought them on his account and paid shipping to himself. He did not want a box loaded with a flagship so the video would look good. The description link is the courtesy. It tells them the visit came from here, and a few cents come back. The outer carton has his address. He does not care. Radioddity’s U.S. parcels come from the same shipper, and he recognizes the name. Two boxes inside, one smaller. He ordered around the middle of last week. New York, from Las Vegas. The packing is good. Once the carton is open there is no mystery left. He can see the radios. The only way to know A from C, if they are not marked, is a radio that exists on only one list.
The K63
Baofeng K63. It is only on essential C. He paid $14.99. Six watts, triband. 2 meters, 70 centimeters, 1.25 meters. AM, FM, NOAA. 2600 milliamp-hours. Wireless frequency copy. Camouflage, so he jokes about dropping it in the woods. A thick battery, USB-C on the pack, and a cradle. Manual, antenna, cradle, a headset he calls a spy set, a lanyard, a belt clip. The straight price on the page is $23.99. About ten dollars.
The K6 Pair
Box A is not the K5 Plus. His K5 did not come in a carton this size. It is a K6 two-pack, extra batteries and cables. Two radios. He starts counting one programming cable, one lanyard, one cradle, one mic, one headset, one antenna, then two more antennas, a longer one and short whips. Looking again, he counts two antenna sets, two mics, two headsets, two cradles, two belt clips, and the second lanyard. The box is full.
The page for that two-pack: he wants two extra antennas, two speakers, two cables, then corrects it to one cable, at $37.99. He paid $29.99. About ten dollars again. He says this was not a stacked review unit. If Radioddity had been dressing the box, he thinks the GD88 would have been in it. He would have liked that. He got the K6 pair.
Triband, 5 watts, 999 channels. 2 meters, 70 centimeters, 1.25 meters. NOAA, FM and airband receive, reverse repeater. USB-C on the battery. He is glad that charging style is finally normal. The screen background is the question. If they inverted it, daylight might finally be readable. That is the Baofeng complaint he keeps having. He wants these outside. One-key frequency copy. FM listening that does not get interrupted. Customizable side keys. One-key reverse. Reverse repeater. Full keypad. Reviews of all three, and a simplex range test between the pair, the same kind of test as the UV-5R Minis.
About twenty dollars off the two shelf prices. He is pleased. The rest of the sale is more than mystery boxes. He may give the radios away later. Subscriber, or you are not in it. He puts the non-subscriber share around 90 percent. The drawing he names is 500 subscribers, and he hopes that lands near Christmas.
Transcript
Two Radioddity mystery boxes. The sale is behind a crossword icon. You can play the game. You do not have to. The deals have run all month. Mystery boxes since November 10, at $14.99, $26.99, and $29.99. He mixes the labels. Box A, a handheld up to $219.99, is $29.99. He calls another collection, up to $228.99, the $14.99 box, then sees he clicked C and puts that price at $26.99. The essential handheld is $14.99. A value figure that comes out as $1.99 he does not leave standing. He bought A and C.
He reads A’s possible radios: GD88, GA-5WB, HD1, 25 Plus, UV-25, 17R Plus and a two-pack, UV-25 as 10-watt dual-band and the Plus as triband, K6 two-pack with extra batteries and cables, waterproof GT-9R, UV-5RM Plus GPS, 10-watt triband with GPS, GA-510, or K5 Plus. The K5 videos are already up. C might be a GD-168, which he wants, or an 88. An AT-10G they already have, UHF-only DMR. K6, a 3TP with a 3800 milliamp-hour battery, UV-5RM Plus, UV-5R X3, 17R variants, a 15 Pro, K63, GT-5R, UV-5. He stops listing and opens the boxes.
Radioddity did not send them. He paid, on his account, so the box would not be dressed up. The description link is optional and kicks a few cents back. The shipper is the one he always sees on Radioddity’s U.S. parcels. His address is on the label. Ordered mid-week, Las Vegas to New York. Two boxes, one smaller. Well packed. Once it is open he can see the radios. A radio that is only on one list is how you tell A from C.
K63 first. Only on essential C. $14.99. Six-watt triband, 2 meters, 70 centimeters, 1.25 meters, AM, FM, NOAA, 2600 milliamp-hours, wireless copy. Camouflage, a thick USB-C battery, a cradle, manual, antenna, headset, lanyard, belt clip. Shelf price $23.99. About ten dollars off.
Box A is a K6 two-pack, not the K5 Plus. The carton is too big for the K5 he owns. Two radios, extra batteries. He counts one cable, then two antenna sets, two mics, two headsets, two cradles, two clips, two lanyards. The two-pack page is $37.99 after he corrects the cable count to one. He paid $29.99. About ten off. If this had been a sponsored stuffing, he thinks a GD88 would be in the box. Five watts, 999 channels, the same three bands, NOAA, FM and air receive, reverse repeater, USB-C. He wants to know if the screen background finally works in daylight. Copy, side keys, reverse, full keypad. Reviews, and simplex between the pair, like the minis. About twenty dollars saved. Maybe a giveaway. Subscribers only, at 500, maybe around Christmas.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which boxes did he buy?
A and C. A is the $29.99 box, listed as a handheld that can be worth up to $219.99. The possibles he reads include a GD88, a GA-5WB, an HD1, UV-25 variants, a 17R Plus, a K6 two-pack, a GT-9R, a UV-5RM Plus with GPS, a GA-510, and the K5 Plus. C is the one that can be a GD-168, which he wanted, an AT-10G he says they already own and that is UHF-only DMR, a K6, a 3TP with a 3800 milliamp-hour battery, another UV-5RM Plus, a UV-5R X3, more 17R variants, a K63, a GT-5R, or a UV-5. He does not spec every model. He will not treat a review loan as the test. He paid.
What was actually in them?
A K63, and it is only on the essential C list, so that box was the $14.99 one. Six-watt triband, camouflage, a thick battery with USB-C and a drop-in cradle, antenna, cradle, headset, lanyard, belt clip, manual. The page price is $23.99. The other box is a K6 two-pack. He expected it might be a K5 Plus and the carton was too big. Two radios, extra batteries, two sets of antennas including a longer whip and short whips, two mics, two headsets, two cradles, two clips, two lanyards. Pricing the two-pack, he says two extra antennas, two speakers, and then corrects himself to one cable, at $37.99.
What does he want to know about the K6 screen?
Whether an inverted background finally makes a Baofeng readable in daylight. Most of them are not. USB-C on the pack is the trend he is glad to see. One-key copy, FM receive that does not mute the other side, customizable side keys, reverse repeater, a full keypad. Reviews of all three radios, with the pair used for simplex range the way the UV-5R Minis were. He is happy with about $20 off the two shelf prices. A subscriber giveaway at 500, maybe near Christmas, is the close. Not subscribed means not eligible.