This Radio Has CHANGED My Mind About DMR

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I love my DMR radios. My W0CHP PiStar has Brandmeister, DMR+, TGIF, SystemX, XLX and DMR2YSF all running seamlessly.

you need an Retevis RT3S with OPENGD77 on it. turns a $130 radio to a $600 radio with features that amateur radio operators need and use. Icom and Yaesu should be taking notes from OPENGD77

Open GD-77 firmware would be much easier to work with on one of the supported radios. Not a fan of this HT myself. Welcome to DMR! Hope to hear you on sometime!

“Not too bad actually…” Thank you, that’s all I needed to know 😂 But I watched to the end …

Nice video Hayden! I struggled with DMR when I first got into it. I have an MD380, RT3S, 868, and 878 Bridgecom Systems helped me learn the CPS software. One thing I have found is the Contact software from N0GSG helps take one code plug and puts it in a neutral format so you can output codeplugs for different radios using the same data. It makes it easier to move from one DMR unit to another. 73

50 mile range. Point to point. I love dmr

Excellent video Hayden. As I've commented below i have the Retevis RT3S and i like it as i have now figured out all of its quirks. Some of the features of this one though do leave me wanting more from the RT3S. Also sorry i didn't have a better clip for you to splice into the video.

Thanks for the great video and the shout out!

Thanks for testing the full duplex! Looks like this one should work well for satellites.

I really like the btech 6x2, you can export to csv files, edit them and then import them back into the CPS it is so much easier, the anytone 878 does that too.

I really liked this radio on the videos I seen with it but the faults/bugs stopped me till they were sorted. I have the 878 and really like it. I think we'd have to import the GD88 unless I can make it to the States next year. :/

I remember my first DMR programming experience. So many "Curses and Oaths" shouted.... I nearly threw it out the window. Finally I developed a system that works.

Exactly like a Motorola marine radio, just with a different sticker. They've been around for a while now. I'm curious, what date stamp is on the chips and board. Mine's 2019 xx xx. . ;)

If I wanted to send an analog APRS message like APRS2SOTA, is that possible on the GD88 or does it just do GPS beaconing?

I have had the Anytone 868 for a few years and I view that the anytone is the best of the Chinese breeds. My Radioddity gd77 lasted about a year before it stopped working on DMR totally. FM was still OK.

Mine arrived a few days ago, did some updates and unfortunately im not having much luck with this radio. I've had to try to reflash it a few times, i note when you had it on the test set it was off freq but yours is working ! Ill persevere. Coming from a commercial radio background these cheaper radios are rather frustrating. Update: After alot of more testing this radio needs some help from software developers. The firmware is riddled with issues: Volume control seems to freeze, aprs simply refuses to work: gps will not lock when you wander from inside to outside.... Dual vfo with one analogue channel and one dmr channel simultaneously wont work: zero RX. The most annoying thing is not being able to able to access any kind of alignment mode....

I have the GD-88 and I love it, despite some of it's weird quirks.

I haven’t got into DMR because I don’t have a PC, only Mac. I won’t install Parallels or similar because I hate them and I don’t see why it needs to be so complicated. It’s 2023, we should be able to program radios with a smartphone.

Just like any HT, the manual entry is good for adding a repeater in the field. But the computer is better if you got the computer.