WRYS709

DPS?

It is a common myth that Channels 8-14 are limited to 1/2 watt, narrowband, because they are "interstitial" between repeater input channels. The fact of the matter is that historically before the 2017 Reorganization, Channels 8-14 were FRS only and not accessible by a GMRS licensee, except for those GMRS licensees who used "combo" radios that allowed both FRS and GMRS or strict FRS radios, and in essence when using Channels 8-14, they were using them under FRS rules and not GMRS rules. The restrictions on Channels 8-14 were instituted to keep the Family Radio Service from interfering with each other. Those restrictions were carried forward in the 2017 Reorganization. Channels 1-7 are also "interstitial" between repeater output channels, yet allowed to transmit up to 5 watts on GMRS. The opportunities for interference to repeaters is a factor not only of power and frequency proximity, but also geographical proximity.

This radio does not require any "unlocking" to listen to frequencies other than GMRS within its stated band limits. As far as "unlocking" for the ability to transmit outside of GMRS, as of the date of this post, there has been no known way to unlock this radio or its clones: Pofung UV-15 and Radioddity GM-30. There is a "ham radio" version of this radio, the Baofeng UV-13Pro, that comes unlocked; and it requires its own version programming software to be downloaded.

Feel better: White Light!

Damn Windows drivers issues!!

Try to get close to the repeater and listen on the input. Sometimes repeaters use different tones for both encode and decode.

Here is what that link's software and sample codeplug looks like:

OK: attached is my generic codeplug to program it back to GMRS and still allow the other channels to continue to be open. Once you add your specific channels, you will want to resave it with a new name or date, so as to have a backup. Anytone AT-779UV GMRS 202310130140.dat

Do you have any recapping experience with Amiga of Rochester?

My K-1 cable has the FTDI chip, so I will be programming with that cable, so @wrci350: you are saying it should not work?

You sure it’s really DMR? i’ll take a look at the CPS programming software. Are their any sample codeplugs available?

Thanks! I’m ordering one right now!

You can use the programming software to turn off transmission channel by channel if that is your fear. Somewhere on this Forum, I posted my GMRS codeplug for once the radio is open to transmit on all 500 frequencies, to keep it within Part 95E rules, other than the fact that it probably loses its certification once opened. It might be posted on an Anytone AT-779UV thread, as that is the same radio.

This $13.69 COTRE radio from Amazon work with DMR?!? UHF and VHF?

Try this: Power Off Hold down V/M button Power On What do you see after MODE and what do you see as the firmware version after V?

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I see they are unavailable at Amazon; do you know a source that is actively selling these? I'd like to experiment with one of these COTREs.

Are you looking for the European license free DMR radios? I think the cheapest Chinese HT with DMR I have had experience with is the Radioddity RD-5R, which if I recall correctly was electronically the Radioddity GD-77 reformulated into a UV-5R formal. It offered standard analog and DMR on VHF and UHF and cost about $70 and used all of the UV-5R battery packs and accessories.

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With all due respect to Randy and his voluminous research for his videos, on this one I suggest that more due diligence is needed on using a PO Box or even HamRegistry to achieve "privacy" from the FCC database. In my experience, these suggested solutions are not 100% fail-safe; others may well be.

Do you have it? Many times a firmware package will include a text file of changes from, at a minimum, the last version of the firmware. It would be interesting to read that file. Did I read you on another thread to say that this 3.0 is only good for the latest upgraded hardware on this radio? http://Letsgetreadyinc.com- last time I heard they were out of stock, so I take it from your post they have new stock? And are they still offering a dual-band mag mount for $29 and both with free shipping?

It seems that only one of those connectors (other than the K-1) looks useful: the one for the waterproof radios. Also it is missing the RJ-45 connector used by some radios, including my Radioddity DB20-G and Anytone AT-779UV. So I got all my current cables working on both Windows 10 and 11 instead.

Now there's something upon which we agree!

I’ll check back when someone quotes you for the exact opposite proposition that you believe and see how you respond to it. Cheers!

That one yes save your GMRS default codeplug first i will boot up the software later and research deleting information