Finally a cheap modern APRS handheld radio / VGC VR-N76

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sn0ren

sn0ren

Күн бұрын

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@temporarilyoffline
@temporarilyoffline 5 ай бұрын
Hey sn0ren! Thanks for the shout out, big fan of your channel!
@sn0ren
@sn0ren 5 ай бұрын
Hey thanks man, really enjoy your videos 🙏
@jaym1301
@jaym1301 13 күн бұрын
Thanks, sn0ren! I just got my VR-N76 yesterday and hadn't been able to find the screen listing all the received messages and beacons. I found it thanks to watching that part of this video a few times. By the way, the latest firmware, 0.7.9, has a tiny on-screen keyboard at the bottom of the send message and send reply screens (also the call and check screens) that can be navigated with the arrow keys as an additional (but cumbersome and slow) text entry method that allows selection of many punctuation symbols and lower case letters. Like you, I wish the VR-N76 did some things better or differently, but again like you, I guess I can't complain because it's a sub $200 radio that can technically do almost all of the APRS things (no MIC-E messages that I've found) from the radio itself without absolutely requiring a Bluetooth connection to a phone app. 73 de DV7GDL.
@kylefreemason
@kylefreemason 11 күн бұрын
Are you using it with Android or Iphone?
@dadsrcworkbench1322
@dadsrcworkbench1322 5 ай бұрын
I came across this radio on another video and it intrigued me because of the price and built in APRS. I want the APRS function for off grid comms and POTA/SOTA spotting. Great video and keep it up.
@Siskiyous6
@Siskiyous6 5 ай бұрын
TO is a great guy, you made a good choice following his lead. I love APRS and run digipeaters ang iGates. I just bought this radio to add to my capabilities.
@bulldogbrower6732
@bulldogbrower6732 5 ай бұрын
Thanks for a great review. Thank you even more for sending suggestions to the company to improve the firmware.
@sn0ren
@sn0ren 5 ай бұрын
I’ve emailed them a long list of bugs and ideas for improvements as well as sent them this video. Crossing fingers that some of it gets implemented.
@electechyt
@electechyt 5 ай бұрын
Well explained and presented. Currently out of stock guess I'll wait but its on the shopping list. Thanks
@RabbitStu-M7UTS
@RabbitStu-M7UTS 3 ай бұрын
I have the ga-5wb cousin from radiodity…basically same radio with same firmware and apps. I have set the side buttons to switch between groups.
@msalsgiverb
@msalsgiverb 2 ай бұрын
Sn0ren love the channel and have been learning a lot from your channel. Keep going brother!
@davemichaeli5339
@davemichaeli5339 2 ай бұрын
Very nice overview. This is quite helpful 👍
@MyTube4Utoo
@MyTube4Utoo 5 ай бұрын
Looks like a very promising radio. Thanks for the video/review.
@tchambers807
@tchambers807 5 ай бұрын
BTech had the barebones of VGC in their GMRS PRO from 2 years ago. Same (roughly) open-source software. It's nice to see something on the market that's more full-featured
@tvbox6955
@tvbox6955 2 ай бұрын
"chunky boy" ...good videos, thanks.
@L0rdK0nda
@L0rdK0nda 5 ай бұрын
Don't hate the kenwood, embrace it, you know you want it
@sn0ren
@sn0ren 5 ай бұрын
I want it but I need to sell a kidney first
@RhettSparrow
@RhettSparrow 4 ай бұрын
@@sn0renyour kidney is not that cheap
@AllFouRoux
@AllFouRoux 5 ай бұрын
I already ordered one before watching this because this is exactly what I was looking for too! I have an older chinese APRS radio, the HG-UV98, because I wanted an APRS radio that wasn't $400-750 dollars. I know that this one isn't perfect but I am hoping they will software patch the issues where the UV98 was forgotten. UV98 still works great though but you really need APRSdroid to get most of the APRS features. I am really hopeful with this one!
@sn0ren
@sn0ren 5 ай бұрын
That UV98 looks pretty cool too, didn’t know about that one
@drright71
@drright71 3 ай бұрын
Between the VR-N7500 and the VR-N76, if they get those annoyances fixed and add Winlink support... You won't be able to give a big brand radio away.
@ArcticBlues1
@ArcticBlues1 2 ай бұрын
Good Job! Thank You :)
@briankendall1978
@briankendall1978 5 ай бұрын
Why would Kenwood put a BT chip in the device that does not work with iPhone/iPad? Sorry that is a miss, especially for $700 radio.
@sn0ren
@sn0ren 5 ай бұрын
Yeah it’s ridiculous
@9M2PJU
@9M2PJU 4 ай бұрын
I did not found the inbox for aprs messaging.
@LawpickingLocksmith
@LawpickingLocksmith 5 ай бұрын
Thanks! Xmas wish settled!
@RealXFool
@RealXFool 3 ай бұрын
How does it compare to Quansheng aprs? Can anyone suggest the best aprs handheld?
@jarredjones8476
@jarredjones8476 5 ай бұрын
im glad your getting good battery use out of yours but i get a day out of mine from 100% down to the teens and thast whithout any actually transmitting except aprs. it needs a battery eliminator or a 3500MAh battery
@KD6HOF
@KD6HOF Ай бұрын
Is its screen easily readable in sunlight?
@gshockhodinky
@gshockhodinky 5 ай бұрын
Super
@alexjamesmalcolm
@alexjamesmalcolm 5 ай бұрын
This seems extremely similar to the BTECH GMRS-PRO. The feature list and the app are almost the same. What’s going on behind the scenes to produce these radios? Is it a common company being contracted out that makes both the internals and the app?
@RhettSparrow
@RhettSparrow 4 ай бұрын
Vero vgc is the company making it for btech from what i understand. Btech/Baefang used their name to sell it ahead and now vgc is making it under their own name, but still not sold anywhere else other than on vero. That makes me uncomfortable, i think i will stick with yaesu, i think i will be paranoid with beijing tracking and listening to me via the app 😂
@0xKruzr
@0xKruzr 3 ай бұрын
@@RhettSparrow it looks like the BTECH UV-PRO is also the same exact device as this and the Radioddity? Am I reading that right? (Would link but KZbin would eat my comment.)
@RhettSparrow
@RhettSparrow 3 ай бұрын
⁠@@0xKruzrthats my understanding as well, all manufactured by vgc for btech and radioditty with slight differences
@Schollergrott
@Schollergrott 4 ай бұрын
Good video. I have several questions: General settings Can someone explain: PTT follow PTT lock Tail elimination Signaling preamble Audio relay Tone Who can explain?
@DIYjelah
@DIYjelah Ай бұрын
nice
@evanduffy1015
@evanduffy1015 5 ай бұрын
I got the Radioddity version of this radio (I think they're identical just the name is different) and I cant get the APRS beaconing to work on iPhone at all its driving me crazy. I contacted support and they gave me a workaround that didnt work and now they're radio silent... I wish I'd known the iOS version was broken before I bought one :/
@sn0ren
@sn0ren 5 ай бұрын
Yeah it’s really weird. From my testing beaconing breaks every time I connect an iPhone to it. When I connect the android app beaconing starts working again.
@tratzum
@tratzum 3 ай бұрын
Is there any other radio like this feature set anyone can recommend?
@markphillips8019
@markphillips8019 Ай бұрын
Can it do actual proper AX.25 packet radio to the local BBS?
@sn0ren
@sn0ren Ай бұрын
The latest firmware update added true TNC over Bluetooth functionality!
@markphillips8019
@markphillips8019 Ай бұрын
@@sn0ren That's not quite how that works. There are many factors dictating the support of FULL AX.25 which mostly include sufficient RAM to store a few large 256byte packets. Most APRS "TNC" modems lack sufficient RAM to buffer a packet of larger than 64bytes (which is the size of the APRS spec).
@cazcov
@cazcov 5 ай бұрын
I have the Radioddity version. Great radio and i hope those features can be added with software updates as well. Seems totally possible- especially with all the 3rd party stuff that people are doing with the Quoshong (?) radios. 73
@ArturSN7I
@ArturSN7I 3 ай бұрын
How do stations 200 km away show up there?
@sn0ren
@sn0ren 3 ай бұрын
Because APRS digipeaters repeat the signals and they are mostly placed in high up places/tall antennas which mean that they can easily reach distances of 80km per hop.
@ArturSN7I
@ArturSN7I 3 ай бұрын
@@sn0ren ok, there aren't that many of them in Poland... I thought they were stations that you receive from the internet via a program.
@sn0ren
@sn0ren 3 ай бұрын
Stations from the internet are not propagated onto radio, unless they are directly messaging you, then a nearby I gate (internet connected digipeater) can send the message to you.
@mortenlund6351
@mortenlund6351 5 ай бұрын
Hej. Jeg købte 2 stk qunnsheng uv k5 egentlig for at lodde full range mod på den ene,, men jeg aner intet om radio, har du et hint til hvor jeg kunne få viden om det.. jeg finder ingen der snakker. Kan høre lidt radio dr, osv 😂
@sn0ren
@sn0ren 5 ай бұрын
Du kan finde forskellige frekvenser på dkscan.dk - og ellers kan du prøve at lytte til radioamatørrepeatere i dit område, dem kan du finde på www.oz1ln.dk/kort_og_lister/ - og ellers kan jeg anbefale at finde en radioamatørklub i dit område, der er helt sikkert nogle der gerne vil hjælpe dig igang.
@mortenlund6351
@mortenlund6351 5 ай бұрын
@@sn0ren tak det vil jeg prøve
@tomb9953
@tomb9953 3 ай бұрын
Cannot connect BT on IPhone 14 iOS 17.6, works great on Android.
@TalkingSasquach
@TalkingSasquach 5 ай бұрын
Take my money!
@yogi4202
@yogi4202 5 ай бұрын
Hvor kan jeg købe den i eu /dk??
@sn0ren
@sn0ren 5 ай бұрын
Pt. kender jeg kun til at den kan købes fra det link i beskrivelsen direkte fra Kina. Men prøv at kontakt kinaradio.dk eller bmradio.dk - det kan være de har planer om at importere den.
@TheGeekiestGuy
@TheGeekiestGuy 5 ай бұрын
For the text messaging, do all users need to be using vgc radios, or can any aprs receiver/ digipeater receive? I love that yellow color scheme. I've been listening in on the war games with my good old Yaesu ft-60 and my cheap, lovable uv-k5 with a better antenna. Thank you as always for the awesome content, brother. 🤙🏾
@sn0ren
@sn0ren 5 ай бұрын
It works with any APRS devices
@bulldogbrower6732
@bulldogbrower6732 5 ай бұрын
The software looks almost exactly like the BTech GMRS PRO, that radio sends the APRS Data burst on any of the GMRS channels. The data can contain location or a text message. I’m wondering if these 2 radios can exchange data. The BTech GMRS PRO only costs $139.00
@sn0ren
@sn0ren 5 ай бұрын
Interesting, they do look like they have identical software. They probably lock the gmrs version to their own BSS mode for messages/location
@TheGeekiestGuy
@TheGeekiestGuy 5 ай бұрын
@bulldogbrower6732 I was pretty bummed out that the Btech Bluetooth mic they have for the gmrs pro isn't compatible with the dmr pro. It isn't a huge deal, it'sbut since they do badge engineering, I figured they'd have some extra compatibility. Especially since both models have Bluetooth modules.
@user-jt5vm3mi1w
@user-jt5vm3mi1w 3 ай бұрын
DMR and record to SD card imagine
@vintageradiationbadatgaming
@vintageradiationbadatgaming 5 ай бұрын
hi
@numbersix7193
@numbersix7193 Ай бұрын
Why does anyone need aprs? I know I do not want it.
@clems6989
@clems6989 21 күн бұрын
Fun technology!
@shadowsrwolf
@shadowsrwolf 4 ай бұрын
does more than you think like report all your cellphone information to the CCP
@wanderingcalamity360
@wanderingcalamity360 4 ай бұрын
Wouldn't surprise me.
@randomnicemusic5906
@randomnicemusic5906 3 ай бұрын
Flawed logic. Why do they need that when they already made the phones in CCP, they already have the information… backdoors…
@wanderingcalamity360
@wanderingcalamity360 3 ай бұрын
@@randomnicemusic5906 What do you think people will turn to when their phones stop working?
@randomnicemusic5906
@randomnicemusic5906 3 ай бұрын
@@wanderingcalamity360 most of the sheeples will wander around blindly absolutely dumbfounded and hopeless. Us radio geeks both with and without licences will luckily be able to keep the banter / ragchew going a while more… as long as batteries and or solar power lasts…
@edwinkant
@edwinkant 3 ай бұрын
以己度人
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