This radio is confusing… and that’s the point.
On paper, the AnyTone AT-5289 II looks like a 10-meter mobile.
In practice, it behaves like something else entirely.
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It has:
• A VFO you can spin
• A CB-channel/band style layout
• Separate RX and TX tones
• AM and FM only
• No repeater split (by design)
And yes… it can be modded into a CB.
So what is this radio actually for?
In this video, I walk through:
• A quick unboxing and physical overview
• Power and basic performance checks
• What the radio won’t do (and why that matters)
• Who this radio makes sense for — and who should absolutely skip it
10 meters was quiet during filming, but that actually helped reveal the real intent behind this radio. This isn’t a repeater rig. It’s not a DX tool. And it’s definitely not trying to be a traditional ham radio.
Think simplex, local comms, truck-to-truck, off-road, or CB-adjacent users who want more control.
If you judge it as a bad ham radio, you’re probably right.
If you judge it on what it was actually built to do… it starts to make a lot more sense.
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