--- product_id: 245815602 title: "Radio" brand: "mangepagar" price: "£37.58" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 4 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/245815602-radio store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # compact 2.25x1.75x10 in design 200 dual-band channels 1400mAh high-capacity battery Radio **Brand:** mangepagar **Price:** £37.58 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 📡 Stay in the loop, wherever life takes you! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Radio by mangepagar - **How much does it cost?** £37.58 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/245815602-radio) ## Best For - mangepagar enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted mangepagar brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Power That Lasts:** High-capacity 1400mAh lithium-ion battery keeps you going longer - • **Ready Out of the Box:** Includes battery and optional battery eliminator for versatile power options - • **Compact & Lightweight:** Sleek 8-ounce design fits perfectly in your hand or pocket - • **Entry-Level Excellence:** Affordable yet reliable radio for everyday pros and hobbyists alike - • **Stay Connected Everywhere:** Dual Band UHF/VHF with 200 channels for seamless communication ## Overview The TYT TH-UV88 is a durable, budget-friendly dual-band analog radio featuring 200 channels across UHF and VHF frequencies. Powered by a 1400mAh lithium-ion battery, it offers extended use in a compact, lightweight form factor ideal for both professional and casual radio operators. ## Description Radio ## Features - The TYT TH-UV88 is a solid, economical Dual Band UHF/VHF analog radio for everyday use at an entry level price. With 200 channels, the UV88 is an excellent choice for radio operators. - Stander 1400 mAh battery ASIN B096YG6KWJ - High Capacity battery ASIN B08Y8D2LQY - Battery Eliminator ASIN B08Y8HQ32N ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Item Weight | 8 ounces | | Product Dimensions | 2.25 x 1.75 x 10 inches | | Country of Origin | China | | Item model number | TH-UV88 | | Batteries | 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included) | | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No | ## Product Details - **Brand:** MangePagar - **Color:** Black - **Number of Channels:** 200 - **Special Feature:** Uhf - **Frequency Range:** VHF - UHF - **Tuner Technology:** FM VHF/UHF - **Voltage:** 7.4 Volts (DC) - **Water Resistance Level:** Not Water Resistant - **Number of Batteries:** 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included) - **Item Weight:** 8 Ounces ## Images ![Radio - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71QFjYBM2fL.jpg) ## Questions & Answers **Q: I just bought this radio and no matter what i do, i cant manually enter frequencies. how do i use the keypad to enter them?** A: "TYT has updated the TH-UV88 radios being shipped to the United States and VFO mode is now disabled out of the box. Normally, pressing the # key on the keypad switches between channel and VFO mode. On the new radios, this doesn't happen. Most likely this is TYTs way to ensure that radios being shipped into the country aren't able to be programmed to transmit outside of the amateur bands, the only frequencies for which they are authorized. It is understandable that TYT would want to restrict the radios to amateur frequencies, however it's not clear why they chose to accomplish this by disabling VFO mode. Fortunately there is an easy way to unlock the radios and re-enable VFO mode. Turn the TH-UV88 radio OFF. Hold down both the 1 and 7 keys. While holding down those keys, power the radio ON. After you hear the voice prompt "seven", release both keys. VFO mode is now enabled. This procedure does not directly switch the radio into VFO mode. It unlocks and restores the ability to switch between channel and VFO modes by pressing the # key. " **Q: Does the th-uv88 have a reverse transmit function that on repeater channels causes the radio to transmit on the output and receive on the input?** A: The TYT TH-UV88 is not capable of doing Reverse Mode. **Q: Is there an supplementary documentation that describes how to configure the radio for two tone decoding? The manual says little on this topic.** A: None that I have found. I just had to play around with the settings until I got it to work **Q: I lose audio on conversations when I take it off scan even though the conversation is still ongoing and receive light is lit. Any ideas?** A: When the receive light is lit and you can't hear anything, that's often because you have a receive tone (R-CDC) set, but should not have that set. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ TYT TH-UV98: a better option than a BF UV-5R, but not without its quirks *by R***D on August 4, 2021* How does the TYT TH-UV88 compare to a Baofeng UV-5R? First, the good points.* Comes with a programming cable, and it works -- PC and Mac. (A "proper" Baofeng programming cable doesn't work, despite looking similar.)* Supports CHIRP, though it doesn't offer the same level of customization as with the UV-5R.* Case feels a lot more solid.* Charger connection feels more secure.* Buttons have a tighter "snap", and the "underbutton" feels less likely to slip out of place.* Louder (almost too loud), with better sound quality.* Not nearly as prone to overloading, or randomly breaking squelch when there's no carrier, even with the squelch set to 1.* 200 memories vs 128.* 26 dedicated memories for FM broadcast radio.* 10 character names for a memory slot. (No memory names for FM broadcast radio, though.)* Memory names can use both uppercase and lowercase letters.* The display shows numbers in bold. A channel name with mixed letters and numbers without spaces (example: "147.165ROC") is still quite legible.* LCD light level is adjustable.* LCD display is much brighter and easier to read.* Three FM modes - narrow, mid, and wide. I don't know how wide "wide" is.* Remote stun, kill, and restore. Probably not a feature most will use.* Voice scrambler / decoder. Definitely NOT kosher on 2m / 70cm amateur bands in the US.The Retevis RT85 is the same radio in a slightly different case. The Retevis version of the owner's manual is online, and it's much better than the Chinglish TYT manual, or the regular UV-5R manual.Scanning speed is about 10 channels / second.Quirks and annoyances, compared to the UV-5R* TYT programming software has a lot of Chinglish. It's also for Windows only, and only works when I run it as an administrator, both on a dedicated Windows machine, or Bootcamp on an Intel Mac. The mini CD is useless. You have to hunt down a downloadable version yourself, and it's not on the English language version of the TYT site.* CHIRP support isn't as complete as with the UV-5R.* No way to realign squelch in software.* Up button is left of the down button, like this: [▲][▼]* Can't press and hold up/down buttons to quickly advance through channels or frequencies.* Touchy volume control that goes from silent to LOUD in a 10 degree turn.* No way to set or extend the LCD backlight time.* No LCD colors - just white. ("Colors" in the documentation really means light level.)* Defaults to lower / B tuner after reset.* When tuning to a NOAA weather channel in dual listen mode, sometimes the receiver will switch to the other tuner. NOAA 162.55 on A? Here's the B tuner instead.* Have to pre-tune frequencies or channels, and upload to CHIRP or TYT software, to set them as the default channels for reset. Even then, they sometimes don't "stick".* Occasionally defaults to a split channel A / VFO B mode (or vice versa), but no way to do it manually or in software.* Front panel menu / programming is fairly similar to UV-5R; a bit more intuitive in many ways, but there's some not-so-obvious menu options.* Battery life seems a little bit shorter.* Belt clip goes on the battery, not the radio itself.* SMA male connector on the antenna, so you can't reuse an Authentic Genuine Original Real Legitimate Nagoya antennas (or others) from a Baofeng radio. All the SMA male-to-male adapters I've seen on Amazon look like they're intended for coax, not an attached antenna.It has the same "throw radio and individual channel settings under the same menu" UI as a typical Baofeng CCR.Despite these annoyances, I think the TH-UV88 offers more bang for the buck than a Baofeng UV-5R. It's definitely a CCR, but for US$30, it doesn't feel or perform like a bottom tier disposable. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Includes USB-C battery *by E***. on March 3, 2025* I just want to confirm that the radio I purchased from Lets Get Ready does have a usb-c rechargeable battery and the box includes a usb-a to usb-c cable. It also has an ac dock for charging that way, too. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ GoOfY operation, decent build quality *by B***S on April 19, 2021* This radio is difficult to operate and IMO very user-unfriendly.Programmed up with CHIRP just fine. Not all radio settings may be set from within CHIRP. Set to my local repeater and you need to hold the top side button to send a tone to be able to hear what's happening on the repeater, even though the radio shows activity with the light. Each time the radio is powered on, you need to do this operation to hear repeater activity. Maybe this is normal(???) but with the radios I'm used to using, this is not normal.Want to view the frequency instead of the name? You can go to the menu, dial in 22 and change to frequency instead of name, however that only applies to that one channel, going to the next channel displays the name vs the frequency; the absence of a VFO/MR button makes this difficult to use. I do like that you can have VFO or MR operation on either line at any given time, but it's not easy to toggle viewing channel vs name info for presets; once you're in VFO mode, it doesn't display info pertinent to the channel you have selected. Menu item 33, Display Mode, seems to do nothing other than show you the name or the channel number in big and small numbers, it never actually displays frequency.If you monitor while listening to FM, you'll need to disable FM radio and go back in for the radio operation to resume.This firmware is buggy and overall not very refined. Pressing and holding buttons to navigate through channels does not work, you must press and press and press and press, over and over.I have updated to the latest firmware and these issues were not addressed.Sound quality is pretty good and clear! Build quality is about one full notch above the Baofeng radios.I really wanted to like this radio, but it's just kinda confusing to operate. The manual is not clear and not terribly helpfulFinally, the antenna connector is SMA Female, which could be a positive since it's impossible for "the pin to break" since the pin is on the (inexpensive) antenna instead with this configuration.I bought this to basically replace my UV-5R since it has 200 presets vs just 128. I don't like how it operates and even though it's only $30, it's going back.UPDATE after just a couple of days of ownership:I kinda like this thing. I bumped it from three stars to four stars.The LCD is extremely readable and it's nice that they made the numbers bold so you can easily tell O from 0. The screen displays more characters than the UV-5R and that family of radios, which if you haven't figured out by now is what I'm comparing it directly to, for obvious reasons.When programming with CHIRP, using the exact same cable, it's two to three times as fast to upload and download data, even though it has nearly twice as many memory presets. Nice.The radio just plain looks better to me; they didn't try to make it look like something it's not, or go for some cornball aesthetic, it just looks like a radio with a well laid out HMI - from bottom to top you got buttons, screen, speaker. I like having the screen in the middle, and the activity indicator at the top, where you'd actually be able to see it if it's clipped to you... handy since it won't pickup my local repeater without me sending a tone.... (ugh!) It can be set to display battery voltage or a message on power-on, which is extremely useful.The LED light, although an ugly purple-ish blue in color, is quite a bit brighter than the light on my four different Bow-Fang units.The screen has only a single backlight color, unlike the three available on comparable units, but SEVEN levels of backlight intensity. The chinglish manual refers to the brightness settings as colors, they are not.Scanning is responsive. You can change direction quickly using the ^ and opposite of ^ buttons, but as you might expect you cannot set it to scan just a range.Bottom line is that it still is not just quite perfect. Why would it be for $30? I've not transmitted in any meaningful way so I can't speak to how well you'll sound on a repeater, since I'm not yet licensed, but using the off-band frequencies with other radios I have it seems to sound as good or better than the Bow-Fang offerings.Bottom line - if all your weird prepper friends are buying up chinese radios for "SHTF" and you wanna show them how obscure and quirky you are, get this one instead. It works with CHIRP (to an extent, support is still in beta at this time), works with the K-connector or whatever they call the headset/programming jack accessories, but will NOT work without an adapter with antennas since it's the opposite sex, if that's the right way of putting it.Also worth noting is the charger is SO dollar-store-glue-gun-esque, with it's VERY undersized mains-carrying wire and the dirty circuit stuffed into the base itself. TYT, whatever ghost brand they are, even offers, as an upgrade, a type of charging wall-wart and base station similar to the Bow-Fang's standard charger as an option. From what I can tell there are no USB chargers offered.I refer you to my top line. ## Frequently Bought Together - Radio - TYT TH-UV88 Ham Radio Handheld 2 Pack Two Way Radio Analog Amateur Dual Band VHF UHF Walkie Talkies for Adults Long Range, Rechargeable, 200 Channels, Scanner, LCD Display, DTMF, Support Chirp (Black) - Retevis RT85 Walkie Talkie Battery 3200 mAh,Compatible with TYT TH-UV888 UV88 RT85 GM-15 Pro TD-H5 Two Way Radios,7.4V Rechargeable Replacement Li-ion Battery(2 Pack) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/245815602-radio](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/245815602-radio) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-18*