Did TidRadio Listen to my Request? Is Airband improved? Still a Bug?

[@thenewarea51]

Awesome, just got mine and after the FW update, airband is much improved. I enjoy your videso very much!

[@m7frs272]

Excellent, glad to hear that. Thanks for watching and enjoy the radio!

[@craigspada1676]

Excellent video, I love this radio, it's always evolving. 73's WA2TWF

[@petercarter9034]

This radio always feels like a work in progress, there are some third party firmware releases doing the rounds but these feel the same, I still like the radio though

[@m7frs272]

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@franzgeil422]

Mine is arriving today!

[@m7frs272]

Thanks for watching, enjoy the radio! 👍

[@terminsane]

I had a bug where i couldnt delete channels. And the channels it listed for deletion were nit the same as available. Resetting to factory with the unlock menu seems to have fixed it though, and channel save/deletion works. It feels like theres a memory overflow bug perhaps

[@KG-xf9ew]

Great video, just a reminder this is a $30 radio in the US. And your airband comparison had 2 different antennas? Am I missing something?

[@m7frs272]

Your correct, I was using the base antenna for one clip and the stock antenna for the other (that was my mistake). I was really trying to compare the audio quality rather than the signal strength. Thanks for watching.

[@jaycee1958]

I see a complaint that airband reception is still poor. I wonder how they have implemented the 8.33kHz spacing? Are the makers, and indeed some users, aware that the published frequencies for an airport are not actually the transmit and receive frequencies (in most cases)? I would assume that a radio at this price level doesn't have a proper 8.33kHz system like an aircraft radio would have and that you will have set the radio to the actual frequencies e.g. if the published frequency is 132.035 MHz, the actual frequency being used is 132.0333 MHz.

[@m7frs272]

Thanks for your comment and for watching John! Yes it's still not brilliant but at the end of the day it is a low cost radio. I did have to try and explain that in the email to Tidradio. I did attach a link to the OfCom page explaining it further, however like you say, I'm not really sure how they have implemented it either.

[@kiwicory100]

dumb question: you have 3 links HAM, GMRS, Unlocked as this radio does HAM, GMRS, Normal is there a reason for delineating all three separately or are all the firmware updates different?

[@m7frs272]

Not a dumb question at all. Yes I believe you are correct and each version requires a different FW. Thanks for watching.

[@Ei2iP]

Hi Ben, I might have bricked mine during a firmware update, any thoughts on a hard reset that I could do to recover radio, if not, I'll just buy another one.

[@RoplayWX]

Is the radio flashing the top white light?

[@m7frs272]

Hi, I'd suggest sending TidRadio a message. They are very helpful I have found. Thanks for watching. tidradio.com/pages/contact-us

[@edwardvanderbosch]

Link is 404 not working

[@OK-king]

SAME HERE

[@m7frs272]

Yeah sorry, thanks for the info. I've changed the link to the files section on the TidRadio users Facebook page. Thanks for watching 👍

[@m7frs272]

Yeah sorry, thanks for the info. I've changed the link to the files section on the TidRadio users Facebook page. Thanks for watching 👍

[@ScottReeder-on7kz]

Nice radio ben

[@m7frs272]

Thanks Scott 👍

[@evandro37]

after last upgrade version is good

[@m7frs272]

Thanks for watching, hope you found it useful 👍

[@evandro37]

@@m7frs272 ok a new upgrade i will do in a few moments color bar etc etc

[@marcosmellooficial7544]

Essa versão é a 240625?

[@m7frs272]

Yes, thanks for watching 👍

[@bulldogbrower6732]

How can a manufacturer of thousands of units not be aware of the frequency spacing of the different radio services their radios are designed to receive. The airband on these radios still sound terrible. Can these FM transceivers truly replicate AM in receive ? If they can’t, why include these services on the radio.

[@m7frs272]

I can only guess it's because they are not in the market for AM airband radios. Hopefully future FW updates will improve further. Thanks for watching.

[@KG-xf9ew]

It seems to be a thing that these Brit KZbinrs don't read comments beyond the first day. Esp when they are trying to get subscribers

[@m7frs272]

Apologies for the delayed reply. I do try and read and respond to as many comments as possible , however my Father was rushed into hospital at the weekend so I've not had time to look at KZbin. I wouldn't really consider myself to be a 'KZbinr' I'm a Dad, Husband, fulltime and on-call Firefighter with Ham radio as a hobby and KZbin is a platform for sharing my hobby when I get time after family, home & work commitments. Thanks for watching, Ben

[@KG-xf9ew]

@@m7frs272 Sorry to hear of your dad and hope things are OK. Thank you for your reply.

[@OK-king]

Link is 404 not working

[@m7frs272]

Yeah sorry, thanks for the info. I've changed the link to the files section on the TidRadio users Facebook page. Thanks for watching 👍

[@OK-king]

@@m7frs272 Ha ha, thanks anyway, no good either. This page isn't available The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed.

[@OK-king]

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