Radioddity DB25-D - Tiny Mobile DMR Radio

The DB25-D is an interesting DMR radio. It is more powerful than a hand held radio and only partially bigger, but you don't get to the full 50 watts of other mobile radios.
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[@AD6DMDennis]

Holy moley Josh, the clarity on that lens. And the smooth deliciousssssss blurs.......... I'm 💀

[@503Nick]

Depth of field and clarity are amazing

[@Blue-Collar-Radio]

Looks like a nice radio for what it is. Great review Josh, 73!

[@JBonds007]

Thanks Josh, I've been looking into the Retevis RT73 for my car due to it's small footprint and this looks like a sibling unit. This was a very helpful review!

[@spacemedic545]

I had a RT73. It was a piece of junk. The software was the problem. Looks like the same radio with different software.

[@1983eville]

I enjoy this radio. I actually installed one in a smart car and its fun to drive around and talk on DMR. Josh is right. It is a fun radio ONLY when you go in the CPS and configure everything to your liking. Out of the box it's unusable until configured. Digital APRS works good, good reports from local repeaters, and DMR in a very small package

[@amateursandairwaves]

Cool little radio! Excellent video, that new lens is a crispi boi

[@robertnagy2163]

Top O' the Hat Josh.... very nice production quality.

[@503Nick]

Cute radio. I’m not a dmr fan but my GD77 seems to work well for the price since I started to understand front panel programming

[@kc5cnt]

Thanks Josh for another great review. I was thinking of mounting one of my xpr units in my car, but alas that would be monoband. This gives me an option for a dual band vs the at-578. Thanks

[@theotherguy254]

The production quality 😍😍

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Thank you! Glad I'm getting it dialed in!

[@wallybiker]

Nice little radio. I figured out how to program this radio without using the software but you can't put repeater names in without use of the software. Very simple once you see it. Press and hold the top right button (B). At this point you can enter Digital or Analogue, input and output frequencies, subtones, high or low power, and then to write this to memory

[@yakovdavidovich7943]

I picked one up mostly for analog APRS in the car, and it's been working great. There are some interesting gotchas in config, and it's got the normal chinese radio rough edges. But for the price, I'm pretty happy with it so far. Also, you nailed it on the weight / form factor... just feels like a solid little brick. I personally found the speaker a little too loud on volume=1, but I like things quiet :-).

[@davef5595]

Can you TX and RX APRS messages? Or does it only do beaconing?

[@donh5794]

Nice radio review and nice portable car.

[@glynnetolar4423]

Yummy digital compressed audio. Great for communications.

[@forgetyourlife]

Sure if you speak Merman

[@peteknapp8940]

I pre-ordered this radio and got it much sooner than expected. At the same time, I picked up the small Jackery from HF at 10%. Both work great as the start of my go-box, and the radio fits perfectly in my Subaru Outback on the rare occasion I get to travel. I had quite a few issues initially with the CPS, and wish there was an easy way to translate my Anytone Codeplug, as the export and import didn't work very well. Also the transfer rate between my laptop and the radio seems to be 1kb/s, it took forever to load 200k+ contacts to the radio.

[@news_internationale2035]

I wish Chirp worked for this.

[@guitarman727]

I'm new to HAM but I always enjoy your videos simply because you are very informative,you say what's good and you point out what is bad or could be better. I kinda like this radio but still not sure if for a little more money I could get alot better radio. I like the size and portability but still looking for maybe another radio that's still small and as portable as well. Thanks again👍

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

If you’re brand new to ham radio, I wouldn’t go DMR. get an analog radio possibly a mobile radio.

[@MikieLAX]

On sale at Radioditty = $194 and substantial firmware and CPS software upgrades since 2 years ago. Mine arrived Monday and really enjoying it.

[@kg7yts187]

It's perfect for the weird little opening on my 1996 Corolla

[@davidruthwa5dav954]

I bought this preorder. It is a great little radio. I have a 2021 Ram 1500 and it fits perfectly in the cubby in the dash and the cig lighter plug is right there no need to run power to the battery. I also got a small mag mount antenna that can handle 20+ watts and I have a sun roof and was safely able to run the antenna cable from it through the side to the radio. No holes or anything needing drilled as I used Heavy Duty (Gorilla) double sided tape with the mount and it isn't going anywhere. Now the software is buggy as It had deleted a whole entire zone not sure how it did that. It also will power cycle on me on occasions when I transmit, not sure why through. Overall the size and usage will be great for a many uses. I got two one for my vehicle and one for my wife who has a buick enclave which is harder to mount a radio, can't wait to try that method shorlty. I am told I come in loud and clear when transmitting.

[@thomaslearn1136]

I bought this radio during the pre-order discount period and I gotta say that it tics a lot of boxes for me... but the software and firmware bugs make it difficult to recommend! At least as it is currently. I hope after some updates things will improve. I have 3 DMR radios that I use frequently... one for the shack, one for my belt, and this one for the car. This one is by far the most difficult to get programmed because of the software bugs. Deleting channels in zone 1 will default channels in zone 3 for example! And sometimes fields change seemingly at random, it's maddening! I've noticed some strange firmware behavior also. I hope they get the kinks worked out because this little radio has potential!

[@jackK5FIT]

I bought one a month or so ago and played around with it for a week. No DMR repeaters in our area at present but I know they are coming. I wanted the GPS and APRS functionality too. I programmed in all our local analog repeaters, both VHF and UHF, and used the radio a lot. I discovered that my particular radio would get very hot and when it did the audio would either disappear all together or break up badly. If I let it cool off it would work again. I tried it in my truck as well as in my shack, both climate controlled, and the issue appeared both places. Radioddity has great customer service and had me return the radio for a replacement that's due today. I really want this little radio to work. Thanks for the review, Josh. Jack K5FIT

[@brucekempf4648]

Something I found is that when you program the PL transmit tones in the CPS and write to the radio, as long as you don't touch the tone button on the radio, it will not have an overheat problem. As soon as you ever touch the tone button, you will going forward need to set the tone up manually on the radio which requires both TX and RX tone. The issue then comes when it starts getting warm after talking, your receive will go out for anywhere from 5-30 seconds until it cools enough. Seems the RX PL looses frequency stability when warm and won't hear the PL tone to open receive. Someone said that changing from wide to narrow bandwidth fixes this but I have not tried that.

[@ScannerJunkie]

Way to introduce Ben. Like it

[@SANTINIIO]

I love the mobile demo you had set up 😂

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Haha. Me too.

[@valdesc36]

Greetings from El Salvador. I am YS2CBV. 73.

[@TwitchRadio]

I'm really going to have to look up how to use Dmr... Talk-groups and zones and God knows what else... seems to be the more logical digital mode to use in my area not enough Yaesu system Fusion or the star to right home about... anyways thanks for the video think I might pick one of these bad boys up cuz I can't afford the any Tone Pro version that thing's pretty nice

[@matthewlangley5565]

The suspense on these videos sometimes makes me say wtf. Its like watching a good movie and the credits just pop up.

[@raymondmartin6737]

I bought the Retevis RT-73, a while ago. 73 de W2CH/1 Ray

[@spicemasterii6775]

How do you like it so far? Would you recommend?

[@snoboi79]

I got one at the end of July and had some problems with the CPS intermittently changing time slots and color codes on two channels every time I wrote to the radio. I found that although the instructions say it can read csv files to import data, the CPS doesn’t like MS Excel. I’m hoping they release an update to the CPS now that the radio is in production. Great video Josh- keep up the good work W1SFS

[@TheNoCodeTech]

That production quality tho, TeamReplay for the win ThNHR Edit: spelling

[@grigorirasputin5020]

I wish they made this in an analog-only configuration without the GPS. The size is perfect for modern cars with the much smaller back-to-front dimension.

[@austinhallett9497]

if they made a cheaper non digital version of this radio I would grab it for the shack

[@StuartGorsky]

Audio is poor on analog as it distorts quite a bit. You can plug in a external speaker (not a standard speaker plug so you have to get an adaptor or purchase their speaker) Also, when you put the radio in external speaker mode the front firing speaker still goes off and distorts.

[@MikieLAX]

Look at the Radioddity DB-20G a/k/a Anytone AT-779UV ($129 and $99 respectively)

[@news_internationale2035]

This is already a fairly cheap radio and I want the digital in big part because I could use it for tier I & 2 DMR. Picking up commerical and public safety stuff.

[@stuart0604]

omg I went to make a drink and came back to see you mounting an antenna on a toy car ha ha

[@Georgiaguntraining]

Maybe you could teach Randy how to say Radioddity? (notarubicon)

[@briantheminer]

And you know what we call the turning thing here in the U.K., oh the knob too 😏

[@keithfrost1268]

I've been keeping an ht in my hydration pack when I go bike riding for a while. I saw this and thought the same thing, "it's a step up from the ht". still looking for a small light battery for it. I haven't learned DMR yet. currently trying to program it with Chirp. The included cable would detect it correctly, but not download. Still looking for my good cable.

[@kimandolife]

I love DMR, but I'm not sure I would add this radio to my inventory. If it were $50 less, I would be tempted just for kicks and giggles. I can see this radio working well in a jeep or a side-by-side due to the small footprint. In my daily driver, I prefer a higher powered rig 50 watt minimum. I could see some backpacking application as well. Love to see the innovation in new radios. Screen looks good.

[@MikieLAX]

On sale at Radioddity for $194 and now comes with MM7DBT's CPEditor, better CPS program and firmware updated, too

[@WillOnSomething]

Looks like most of the major issues with this radio are software-related, and that's true with a lot of Chinese radios on the market (not just DMR either). I would really like to see some kind of open source (unofficial) firmware we can flash to these radios that provide more stability, and possibly even more features like APRS RX and (analog) APRS messaging, which seems to be a feature missing on many of these radios, including my AnyTone 878. Think of RockBox for old iPods except for ham radios.

[@StuartGorsky]

First Impression, Day One with DAY TWO UPDATE - Radioddity DB25-D DMR Mini Radio

[@icorezx14r]

Honestly very intrigued by this little radio. If they dropped the price to say $199 I think it would sell like hot cakes. Great video as always. AF6TW

[@news_internationale2035]

The radio under the name Retevis RT73 is available for about $210 on Amazon.

[@xSikks]

I know I'm 2 years too late, but it's $209 on Amazon. 😁

[@Pascal_IU8CEW]

Hi friend, a question: if I wanted to put an external GPS antenna, the typical ones with the cable, do you need an active or passive GPS antenna? thanks and 73

[@stridermt2k]

Great video thank you! Cool shirt! 73 de N2NLQ

[@TheCdnBoy]

With the program/earpiece jack, think you could connect a Mobilinkd TNC? :)

[@Subgunman]

Forgot to ask, is there power available on the GPS port that can be switched on if I want to use an amplified GPS antenna?

[@scottieecholes-bey1818]

Good evening I'm new to amateur radio and I will be taking a technician test on the 21st of this month where did you get the connection for your radio from because I'm looking to do something like that that I can add to a battery

[@darrenrogers5174]

If you are using it to talk on a local 2 meter or 440 repeater, how do you set it to display the transmit and receive frequency?

[@bugtussledog]

Josh, I have the gd-77. but I could not figure it out,so I just ignore it KE0WYN

[@derek3376]

I'm watching this radio closely for my jeep wrangler...it's slightly bigger than Ben's car, so the tiny size is great. But the weak speakers are probably a huge issue with my road noise.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

You can add that external speaker and be g2g

[@StuartGorsky]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse It would be better if they had a standard sized external speaker plug so you could use your existing speaker. I'm a bit disappointed you didn't inform your listeners regarding the nonstandard plug. On the other hand you video quality is great....

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

@@StuartGorsky I absolutely mentioned the plug for the speaker. Did you watch the video?

[@stevie8842]

Can you bust out a video walk-through programming software on the Radioddity DB25 Pro Dual Band Quad-Standby Mini all the information you put out is stellar but can't find anything on the DB25 pro

[@mctscott123]

Also will that side kenwood plug work with a lapel mic?

[@SteveWrightNZ]

Will this and most other DMR radios connect to a cross-band repeater? That is, can it connect to a repeater transmitting on VHF and receiving on UHF and vice versa? Thx

[@forgetyourlife]

I prefer the SO-249 and PL-$4.99 connectors to the MNO or MSNBNC style.

[@PupitoManuel]

Hmmm 🤔 Now I’m in a pickle deciding for MTV or CSPAN antenna.

[@n1kkri]

@@PupitoManuel Don't get the MSNBNC is will be "fake" :)

[@KTARChuck]

How crazy would it be to use this radio with an an antenna that has a SMA connector, using an SMA female to PL-259 adapter? Not sure how much power the SMA can handle, but it's make or break since I'm not adding another antenna and loathe the idea of adding a mag mount. Thanks! Great video, as always!! -Chuck W6KNX

[@kc5cnt]

Hey Josh, do you think that this radio can be modified in the sense of adding 1-1/4m, since its pretty much a soup-up SDR radio? I also asked Jason.

[@rickpinelli1586]

Reminds me of a Network radio....

[@PatrickKQ4HBD]

It looks tailor made for some bikepacking. What temperature and humidity is it rated for?? Power consumption?

[@StuartGorsky]

Hey Josh, the analog audio on this radio is distorted unless you set the volume at 2. If you plug in an external speaker (which does not take a standard speaker out plug) the audio is better but.. In the speaker settings you can set the radio to "speaker only" but when you do this the front speaker still stays on along with your external speaker and you hear the distortion from that front speaker. Also, the radio takes only one DMR id and in this day and age its not acceptable and the display only displays 10 characters when most new radios take 15.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Thanks for the feedback. 1. The audio is fine on on mine. Grab that external speaker. 2.I did tests on HRCC link for DMR, ysf and dstar and it’s sounded compressed. But that is to be expected. 3. I don’t have a problem with the character thing. Bit I appreciate the complaint and agree more is better. I call it as a see it. My experience might not match your own.

[@StuartGorsky]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse Sorry Josh for giving you a hard time, it was the analog voice that was really distorted.

[@kieludwig2012]

Hi Josh I've had mine for about a month and works great but I can't get it work on my hotspot no matter what I do. I could really use some help

[@demizer1968]

👌

[@DominicMazoch]

And you know Jack(ery)! Just got my at HFT.

[@allencb]

Any view on analog simplex performance? I'm not a repeater or DMR user, but I need a small radio for my daily driver. Being able to use it as a portable for SOTA would be a neat secondary use. I've considered removable faceplate radios, but that would be more or less a permanent install, where this could pull double or triple duty (as in easily movable to other vehicles). Also, how well does it handle intermod and other interference? The Yaesu FT-2900 in my 4x4 doesn't handle that very well to the point I seldom turn it on when I'm in town. Thanks, KI4POT.

[@yakovdavidovich7943]

I have had one now for a month or so (I was a preorder!). It's a wonderful size for something a bit more powerful than an HT. It's not a 50W beast, but I'd rather carry it around than my larger mobile rigs. Re: interference, the squelch opens sometimes when I'm driving around, but it's not as bad as a baofeng. It seems to be pretty close to my FT-65, if maybe a little more open than that.

[@chrono581]

As a thought that radio would be pretty damn good to make a man pack out of its small size and respectable power envelope we're allowed to do that pretty darn well my thoughts

[@DominicMazoch]

Rig, magmount, pizza pan, Jack, and you are ready to go.

[@guitarman727]

Also, how can I check my computer to make sure I can program DMR with it? It's Windows 10 but it is an older one. What program would work best for me to look for?

[@larrydeck5169]

Nice video! What model Tram antenna did you use? I believe you said model 1811. Is that correct?

[@peteygnyc]

Yes, 1811. I wanna know what mag mount he's using.

[@billcrow5403]

Am I missing something on the cost? I checked radioddity and they were $99. Oops was checking DB-25. Nice price for that

[@news_internationale2035]

I don't like the robot sound of digital but that this radio has such a huge channel capacity for analog seems interesting.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

If you just want analog consider an icom 2730a

[@news_internationale2035]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse Although I don't like the sound, DMR having linked systems is neat. There was an analog linked system near me that fell into disrepair that I liked. Then what I would want DMR for would be for using it as a rudimentary scanner for some of the commercial and public safety DMR.

[@VA3HDL]

It would be nice to have an external power meter connected during the video. Many of this radios do not provide the advertised output power. 73

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Watch right in the beginning, I cut to a power meter :D

[@VA3HDL]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse Hey Josh, I missed! - Almost 20w pretty close. Thanks. 73

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

@@VA3HDL Its looks to be straight up 20 watts. I assume the meter isn't perfect either :D

[@the1spyderryder]

Please do a Chirp demo for a UV S9 OR TELL ME WHAT RADIO TO TELL THE LATEST version Chirp the radio you are using for the S9. Thanks

[@krazyjojo1]

Try the Radioddity if-5rx3 if your s9 is a tribander

[@dangermandave67]

This thing would be really interesting, except that my F-150 has aluminum panels so I haven't yet figured out how to attach a decent antenna to it. Any ideas? I've got a bracket that fits onto the top of my windows but I don't think you can safely attach more than a HT antenna to it. Also, do you think Radioddity will eventually upgrade the software in this thing to include more than just APRS beaconing?

[@Bootyhunter1971]

I have same truck, remove 3rd brake light, put magnets on the underside of the roof, attach mag mount antenna, reinstall 3rd brake light. Works!

[@sirus2496]

Did you say it runs from 136 MHz to 147 MHz (around 0:49) ? I hope you meant 174...

[@brucekempf4648]

Hi Josh- I just got this radio and set up the code plug. Two issues. While all my FM repeaters have tones set up in the CPS, when I write to the radio, everything is great until I touch the tone button on the radio. After that the default is CTCSS 62.5 TX/RX. If you change these on the radio to the correct tones- As soon as the radio heats up, you loose receive for several seconds depending on how long you talked. I believe the heat is de-tuning the RX CTCSS circuit. It's become very annoying. Do you have any advice on correcting this? The only way I can fix is to re-write the radio until I accidentally touch the tone button again. One other issue is the analog APRS all set correctly is not being received by my FTD-3 while other radios are being picked up fine. Any ideas here?

[@MikieLAX]

Mine arrived Monday, where is and how do I avoid the Tone Button? I program everything in with new MM7DBT CPEditor available for download on Radioddity's website.

[@cnguyen32]

Can you mod it to extend TX?

[@joecuppko40uh29]

Actually as for as the lens goes, watched this on my TV first and did not notice a difference however on my computer monitor the difference is definitely noticeable, very nice. & I guess I am way behind the ball, but from a point of view of using ham radio in an emergency situation what does DMR bring to the table? I get the whole size thing but I am very concern about the whole digital & computer required issues. I am still a noob ham and am looking for my first mobile radio, right now I'm using my HT with an antenna adapter and handheld mike in my car & that works pretty well using the repeaters locally, haven't done much on simplex (5 watts) and not hearing a lot of simplex traffic here in NE Fl. Still got to set up an base station antenna for home base as well. & since I'm asking for thoughts, for mobile should I go with UHF/VHF or HF. Thanks 73

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

For Emcomm. DMR doesn’t offer a lot aside from it being digital.

[@joecuppko40uh29]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse OK? That's part of my question I guess, what does being digital give me besides being smaller? Which is great in many ways, I've humped a PRC-77 radio more miles than you want to think about with a secure set attached to it, so being smaller & lighter is great for a portable/mobile radio. My main concern is digital being a detractor for emcomm, is that a valid worry or am I just being a worry wart?

[@StuartGorsky]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse Not true, having two independent repeater channels for the price of one is powerful for ECOM....

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

As long as it’s running sure. But not easy for everyone to be on if you want to be a community hub.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

DMR will work over longer distances than analog. It works very well on simplex too.

[@Subgunman]

Cps software complex, no, try using Motorola's software for the high end P25 radios, its a learning curve. So far I like what I see however what I would like to know is are there any controls or settings for output power? Does anyone make an external power amp for digital radios such as these, I live way out in the sticks and with digital your either in the game over here or forget it. 73 from SV9 land!

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Hah!

[@enigma6482]

Can it transmit on GMRS (for emergency purposes only obviously)?

[@sumoddball]

yes

[@Tobi-xj8xw]

Is there any dmr radio with full aprs functionality?

[@jam3ohio]

The new AnyTone 878 has Rx and Tx.

[@Tobi-xj8xw]

@@jam3ohio i'm pretty sure it doesn't have aprs messages

[@n1kkri]

Radioddity GD-AT10G Would like to see a review on this Anytone Clone, except its only UHF?? Would like to see the inside guts of it.

[@DavidB445]

Look up the FCC ID for the AnyTone 878S. "T4KD868SUHF" and "T4KD868SVHF" There you'll get internal circuit board images. AnyTone made UHF and VHF only versions of the 868 and 878. Radioditty is rebranding the UHF version :)

[@n1kkri]

@@DavidB445 Thanks for that update. I have been in DMR for only 3 years and did not know about the 878S. I will look up the FCC cert to get the pictures. Thanks again.

[@DavidB445]

@@n1kkri Yeah there's not much information on them, I found an old Amazon listing for the UHF model and some on AliExpress but other than that I don't think they were sold for very long or maybe they weren't widely available for purchase and perhaps made as a slightly cheaper mono-band alternative for business use etc.

[@clydeosterhout1221]

I can’t imagine fully setting up an analog radio without using the cps, much less a DMR! Why would anybody want to?

[@charliehawkins7479]

How do you get the cmt I’d number ?

[@Siskiyous6]

If I have to use a computer then does it do Linux, or is it of no interest to me?

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Likely no interest.

[@yakovdavidovich7943]

I was not able to run the CPS software in Linux under Wine, for example. So unless you've got a VM with USB pass thru or a Windows box available, I don't think there's an alternative.

[@n1kkri]

Does it require a RX Group List to receive? How many Contacts can it hold?

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

I mentioned in the beginning. You can have an rx group or run promiscuous.

[@n1kkri]

Is it required to receive? The Anytone 878 doesn't require a RX Group List to receive saving a step in the programming.

[@DavidB445]

You don't necessarily need to program Rx groups to receive.. however promiscuous mode is off by default and would need enabled each time the radio is turned on. Hopefully this will change in a future firmware. It will hold 20,000 contacts (talkgroups) officially, however 30,000 can be programmed using third party tools. It will also hold 300,000 DMR IDs so will have no issues uploading the entire worldwide database to the radio :)

[@n1kkri]

@@DavidB445 The problem with promiscuous mode is if on a repeater you will hear other talk groups. I have an older Baofeng DM-1801 with original firmware. If you do not create a RX Group list you have no receive. I had to create a RX Group List for each talk Group/Channel so I would only hear that particular talk group when on it. I understand later firmware removed the need of having to have a RX Group List to listen on the talk group it was programmed for. Appreciate you replies.

[@mctscott123]

AES 256 encryption???

[@Titanykus]

Forget about the radio, what is that micro laptop?

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Lol. It’s a GPD pocket 2. Video coming soon.

[@Onefgear]

Anyone know why the latest DB25-D firmware (12/21) is not work with Hotspots? The 9/21 works fine.

[@MikieLAX]

Mine just arrived Monday with 12/23 firmware.

[@Onefgear]

Awesome. Their website only goes to 7/23. @@MikieLAX

[@stevenaustin2860]

lol yer i was laughing josh not lol were you you find this stuff josh lol funny stream look forward to next one mate 73 m7byf liverpool eng

[@christophersmith1155]

what was that back ground song ? that was cool !

[@jasonhopkins6180]

Would it Dmr noob friendly? Wanting to get into DMRs and APRs.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Probably. But do consider analog only as a first radio

[@jasonhopkins6180]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse , I would be new to DMR. I have a htx-100, couple baofengs, and just started playing with sdr on a pi4. I have old kenwood vhf mobile but need to find someone to help do so.e work on it. The lcd screen goes in and out, camt do nothing with it.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Yeah you’re probably g2g. You’ll need windows though for programming.

[@viewatyourownrisk]

DB25-D vs MD9600. Which one wins?

[@thomaslearn1136]

I have both and the MD9600 wins mostly because the CPS software isn't so buggy. Plus its 30 more watts and has a better speaker.

[@poppafuze]

the radio got very little percentage of the camera time

[@brontoab1]

The more I learn about DMR the more I wonder why radio amateurs would be interested in it when DSTAR has it beat on so many levels from smaller bandwidth to much more functionality with repeaters, reflectors, and digital communications. I get that it's another mode to play with if you will but it's not even a shiny object to chase after. It's more like radio amateurs are just chasing after a turd.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

I agree. I prefer either DSTAR or Yaesu System Fusion over DMR.

[@MrTaylorfenoglio]

Lol it's still a cigarette lighter in my car 🚗

[@fabiang332]

Gmrs

[@treywinchester2010]

I was wondering the same thing. I was thinking bout something like this for "all in one" small mobile radio for my trail rig/overlanding rig but as of right now I am only GMRS licensed; but I'm working on studying for my ham license.

[@tonywright8294]

Can you send Morse with it ?

[@yakovdavidovich7943]

You could click the PTT as a straight key. But otherwise, no.

[@ThatCleanMT]

Is that a Motorola start up tone on this radio? 😆

[@sumoddball]

yea lol

[@hikaru-live]

Is your son licensed?

[@jwolthers]

I hope the internal hardware has improved since the Kydera version. Analog mode is utter shite. Broadcast FM radio bleeds through randomly. Work around is programming analog narrow band but also affects TX and signal reports always poor unless you yell into the microphone. Programming software is flakey. Flogging a dead horse with this radio.

[@fourfortyroadrunner6701]

If it's a DMR, doesn't that make it a "digital mobile radio RADIO?" Why does it stop at 147MHZ?

[@brianjensen5200]

174 more likely

[@markmoreno7295]

Does it have VOX capability?

[@MikieLAX]

Yes, but I have not tried it yet

[@forgetyourlife]

Digital voice sounds so bad. If the hobby goes narrow I’m out.

[@mrbyamile6973]

I agree, im not impressed with digital. I do own Yaesu with C4FM but never use it. APRS is fun to play with, would be interesting to mount this to my quad.

[@wxfield]

It's a horrible radio...stay clear of it. Mine is at the bottom of the Atlantic, if you want one.

[@charliehawkins7479]

I meant dmr I’d number

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Google it.

[@MikieLAX]

Use the better MM7DBT CPEditor that Radioddity now has on their download page and the ID goes into the first tab.