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As I have mentioned previously, I have used Parallels in my Mac to run Windows as far back as Windows XP for programming my non-Chirp radios. It is not well known that you don’t actually have to activate Windows for it to operate properly. To rephrase without double negatives, Windows operates properly without having to pay for it

We are talking HT antennas here and the human body holding the HT acts as the ground plane. In my anecdotal experience, I have always had better performance using my 5/8 2 meter telescoping antenna on my HTs, including my DSB Quansheng UV-K5(8), than either a 1/2 wave or rubber duck. Especially for those times a little extra “umph” gets me into a repeater or successfully complete a simplex QSO

Based on your comment, I took a look at this “5/8 rubber duck” on the Smiley website. It seems a contradiction in terms: an antenna is either cut to 5/8ths length or is electronically made into a “rubber duck” with coils; but it seems to me it can’t be both! A true 5/8 should out perform a 1/2 wave or rubber dick.

Back to the original topic: according to comments on the Facetime Baofeng Owners Group, the DM-32 is limited to 50,000 Digital IDs, hence making it impossible to download the complete Digital ID library into memory. That plus it’s inability to use OpenGD77 firmware (or separately emulate its benefits) severely hampers the usefulness of the DM-32. I suspect that Baofeng does not want this model at its lower price point, to cannibalize sales of their more expensive models. To the OP: enjoy VHF/UHF and when you can get into HF, 10 meter band openings while we can enjoy the current sunspot cycle, but keep an open mind on the 24/7/365 availability of QSOs with DMR, of which low cost models with OpenGD77 continue to exist.

Although they are hard to find today and require a bit more strength to hold steady, the 2 meter 5/8ths telescoping antennas offer me quite a bit of “more fars” when I operate HT portable.

WoW! Ok: I will keep all of that in mind the next time you create a thread about a new radio and make all sorts of dubious claims about it!

That's why Heinz' makes 57 varieties! I have a friend who is a ham radio enthusiast and an international diplomat. Once time when he went to Europe to consult for a foreign president, he brought his DMR HT with him and we were able to consistently have 100% clear communications during his time there. Could I do that with HF; of course not! It all depends upon whose ox is being gored...

Here is the problem; I am trying to respond to your excitement about your upcoming DM-32 DMR HT and its Baofeng DMR software, but I just can't seem to get any specifics from you about what makes it better than sliced bread: Telling me to download the software and take a look at it without having a radio is no substitute for hearing what your actual positive experiences are, but you seem unable or unwilling to go into detail about your excitement with the DM-32 DMR programming software. The fact of the matter is that some months ago (when the DM-32 was only available for purchase at AliExpress), in order to be able to help someone else online, I DID download the Baofeng DMR software from a 3rd party source to take a look at it; Version 1.24, which appears to be the same version available now on the Baofeng website. It looks virtually similar to the Baofeng/Radioddity DMR software that I have been using since 2018 and with all due respect there is nothing exciting about it! That is why I moved over to OpenGD77 firmware on my RD-5R and DM-5R, which has been like night and day! And when my models went out of production, I purchased a DM-1701 from AliExpress to see how easily it would be to install OpenGD77 on it and it was like a hot knife through butter! Not being too impressed with that model, I gave it away for a donation to our local repeater club. But then all your excitement about the DM-32, which as we both know does NOT support OpenGD77. Normally I would just buy it, play with it and again probably give it away but I just cannot find any 3rd party confirmation about your enthusiasm about its Baofeng CPM DMR software, and I just don't want to waste $75 and be disappointed. Yes, this radio has new up-to-date radio features that are non-DMR: such as dual watch capability, a bigger/nicer full color screen and a different, perhaps better interface, and is also USB-C rechargeable. But none of these features improve the DMR programming capabilities. After further research on the internet, I found this comparison between the DM-32 and using a DM-1701 with OpenGD77: For reference, here is the DM-32 DMR CPS: And here is the 2018 Baofeng DMR CPS: Maybe once you get the actual DM-32 and have experience programming it, you will share with us why you are so excited about its DMR CPS programming...

Every time I am tempted to buy the $34 Radioddity MURS HT; I ask myself: why?!?

Somebody get me a cheeseburger!”

As I recall, @OffRoaderXdeclared Channel 19 as the GMRS National Calling Channel and the Feds backed down!

To you, perhaps.

No DMR radio is supported by Chirp

Some of the “UV-5R” style of radios require you to actually “delete” the channel before going into VFO Mode, reprogramimg the information and then saving this information into the same channel number.

I am very familiar with Baofeng DMR CPS programming and how OpenGD77 (only available in a “limited” number of DMR radios) improves upon that experience. I have no experience with either Hytera or Harris DMR CPS software. Since you express so much enthusiasm about these Hytera and Harris programming benefits, that you say are now being utilized by Baofeng in the DM-32, I was hoping you would share those benefits with us. You assert that the “new” Baofeng DMR CPS software is a game changer on the DM-32 and I am trying to access whether another $75 purchase for this game changer is worth it.

Just curious: what specific Hytera and Harris CPS programming features improve Baofeng DMR programming?

You’re not part of the Gang I was referring to… And, shouldn’t you be making Oklahoma hypotheticals?

Ah, click bait!

It’s so typical on this forum to see the Gang of One, Two, Three, Four dump on the guy making a scholarly presentation instead of the one who suggests 5 watts on WBFM on FRS 10!

We all want to pay $30 for $150 worth of radio! If you don’t like digital, we are not holding our breath waiting for you to use it!

What about 65 miles on my HT at 5 watts to a SSB station doesn’t work for you?!? It works for me!! OMG: I have an 80-6 meter vertical: all these years communicating with Hams with beams - my whole amateur radio career is trash!!! Geesh!! Let the OP live a little on 2 meters talking to SSB stations. He told you he can’t afford the Icom…

No sweat, right? I do have some issues with Win 11 sometimes. So I still have Win 10 and XP when needed.

While admittedly, Chirp is easiler, for the most part; what’s wrong with you using the Baofeng CPS? Are you talking about a “virtual machine” on a Mac? If so, I have been programming my non-Chirp radios in Parallels on a Mac since Windows XP back in those days!

What’s your point?!? The OP suggested SSB on 2 meters and you suggested a $1,900 Icom. I pointed out I make QSOs with 2 meter SSB stations at 5 watts HT for $20 and you are nit picking about DSB vs SSB Do you get a commission from Icom?!?

Doesn’t Bridgecom offer a codeplug that is a massive database of interesting frequencies!?