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Is it the Blossom Valley 725? Sure looks like they want you to use it without a tone. Yeah: keep that UV-5R for when you get your Technician license and get an UV-5G for GMRS. Apparently there is a new UV-5GPLUS that is now available too; I was not aware of it until I recently walked into a wall thinking it was the original 5G(X). Like Mr. Natural says: Get the right tool for the job!

Please elaborate; I am not sure what the points you are trying to make in the context of the Radioddity GM-30 software: 1) Not fully compatible with what? 2) Where does it not let you add new channels?

What transmitting tone do you have to use on Channel 5 to access that "simplex" repeater?

I’ll do some research

Or when I can get another one for $14, use the antenna for parts to make a better matched adapter! But until then this experiment proved that it could propagate very well from a rooftop antenna only connected to the red wire with no ground (apparently the way the mini-whip is connected as well).

Yes, that works best to remember what is programmed to each of the 16 channels. I got this SMA to Alligator Clips adapter and unscrewed the non-standard antenna. I put the red clip inside the non-standard antenna jack and connected the SMA to a rooftop antenna and voilå this little thing is getting great reports through a local DMR repeater and it even works Digital Simplex really well, too! I would like to pick up a couple more if they were available and at the $14 price point, just to program for a couple of different DMR repeaters. And of course finding the C006D with the display would be a bonus!

Can you please post the link here, too? Thank you.

There is a flaw in HamRegistry's business model that affects many people that pay to use their service expecting privacy. However, I am not comfortable sharing this information with an "anonymous" poster that has no skin in the game...

I got it, that I made a mistake, from your first post, repetition is just plain online bullying! Some people can dish out snark, but sure can't take it in return...

You earn MORE myGMRS points when you actually answer the OP's problem, as compared to when you correct others who offer wrong answers...

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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?