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Check out the Radioddity DB-20G a/k/a Anytone AT-779UV: 20 watts, mini-mobile, cigarette lighter plug; controls on mic; 500 channels and easily opens to MURS, Ham 2 meters and 70 cms - $99-$109

I taped a printout of each channel onto the display-less Cotre. At $14, you could have picked up some more to program another 16 channels and/or another DMR Repeater. The best low cost DMR HT with a display continues to be the Radioddity RD-5R a/k/a Baofeng DM-5R (Tier II) at about a $70 price point (also the OpenGD77 firmware works on both of these).

Yeah: Still no there on Amazon. I would love to find the COTRE C006D to play with next!

Did he say where he got it from?

Seems like the Cotre C001D has now disappeared off of Amazon completely; not even available for $35 anymore! Maybe it was all a dream?!

I am currently at my "opened" Anytone AT-779UV in the house, programmed for GMRS (but with more options), with Firmware 2.26 (my Radioddity DB20-G programmed for "locked" GMRS with firmware 2.30 is in the car right now), so my comments are based upon my playing with this Anytone. 1) Holding down the FUN key for a few seconds will LOCK the keypad/mic buttons (one beep). Let me know when you figure out how to UNLOCK it!?! hahaha. Of course, holding down the FUN key again for a few seconds toggles this feature (two beeps). You can also toggle this same "locking" feature by holding down the A button on the mic/keypad. 2) I believe you are referring to Menu 19: DSPSUB, which has these 3 choices of settings. You can get to this without the software by pushing the FUN button once and then scrolling through the Menu with the V/M (Up) and MAIN (Down) buttons. You then change the settings using the Up (Arrow) and Down (Arrow) buttons and when you are happy with your settings, push FUN again to exit this mode. 3) I am not sure what you are asking here, because I probably don't have any experience here. But I want to learn, so please educate me. Is this in the software? 4) By "Busy Channel Lockout" I believe you mean a setting which will prevent the radio from transmitting while it detects someone else using the same frequency. I am looking into this for you. UPDATE: Look at the manual's description of Menu Item !!: RPLOCK, below and see if this does what you want; again using the FUN button will get you into Menu Mode:

"Like the signpost up ahead... "You're next stop... "THE TWILIGHT ZONE!"

... out came WSAC829; January 6, 2024 OOOPS: wrong algorithm!

That's not sad; you did a good deed... And your reward is that now you get to purchase technologically updated equipment!

It traces back to Groucho Marx...

Go to Device Manager in Windows 11 and report what it is saying about the Serial or COM ports and what, if any, chip driver it is reporting. A screenshot would be helpful.

There are the ham forums for "some people" but you have to know the secret handshake to get in!

You should see what the ham forums say about him!

Where did anyone mention Chirp?

Not Texas, but I Just contacted Yaesu Repair in Cypress, CA and they diagnose and quote an hourly repair plus parts price and you can decline for no diagnosis fee. Let me go reread their email; that seems too good to be true! I guess I wasn't dreaming!

Some historical perspective for the young folk: The "model" for the major American car manufactures was: Small car, small features; Large car, large features. Japan brought to American - Small car, BIG features and never looked back, especially after the oil embargo crises of the 70s had even luxury car drivers looking for better gas mileage.

So if a tree falls in a forest when no one is around...

Nice to see that Kenwood TH-79A there, too! I have a box full of 2 TH-22s, a 79a that works and one that doesn't, the base charger, a collection of rechargeable battery packs of various sizes, voltages and amps, and the original headset with VOX Brings back memories of the 90s!

Radioddity GM-30? What do you mean by beta?

2 meter VHF? i like BBQ at Charlie Brown’s Farms in Little Rock!

Sounds like you have "altitude" issues! 200 miles to Nevada?

I don't understand: there are two technologies? One can watch YouTube without commercials on a non-Roku TV, but you must watch adult toy ads on YouTube on Roku TV?

Doesn't that destroy YouTube's business model?

What do you use specifically to turn off ads?

You are not required to have a YouTube account to watch them