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As there is for almost all radios! Congratulations and Enjoy! NOTE: I hate this "feature" where posts are default listed by votes and I have to manually change to Sort By Date, so that I do not miss any important posts!

Which Radioddity radios do you own whose software you have never had much luck with? Not sure why you are criticizing the DB20-G's ability to show your call sign on its startup screen:

The Radioddity DB20-G a/k/a Anytone AT-779UV has a somewhat unique "hidden" feature embedded in it. When the programming cable is connected to a computer that is connected to the internet, it scans this Forum to see what comments, if any, the owner of that particular radio has made about the radio and/or its programming software. The radio then treats it owner accordingly! Those of us owners who know how to treat our radios and comment online, don't have this Define Starting Display problem!

1) Push FUN button 2) Using the V/M button as UP and MAIN button as DOWN, go to Menu Item 29:DSPCHANNEL. Using the UP ARROW KEY (^) as UP and the DOWN ARROW KEY as DOWN, change CH to NAME. 3) Press the FUN button again to exit Menu Mode You should now be able to toggle between VFO and Channel Modes. @OffRoaderX would have told you this tip, but he was too busy being snarky to others whose only “crime” is wanting to help others on this Forum.

Some third party distributors include instructions for how to open it; especially for the Anytone AT-779UV clone. Amazon user comments have the instructions for the DB20-G. And that’s MR DUDE to you!

Let us know if you need instructions in more detail to manually program your DB20-G, or if the posted instructions work for you. Is yours set to GMRS mode or have you “opened” it to get more flexibility when programming manually?

And doesn’t Midland charge a “premium” for such “features?”

I believe the answers you have received to date have confused the concept of: 1) What is the topic of the Net? with... 2) What Service/Band/Frequency is the Net located so that I can attempt to tune them in? MURS does not allow for Repeaters on that service, so my guess it is that, although a Net can be Simplex (in the example to allow for the FRS'ers to join in), this MURS Net may be conducted on a GMRS Repeater for the benefit of those GMRS'ers who also MURS over a wider area of location. Reminds me of a story I used to tell to young Interns back in the 90s who worked at my wife's Production Company that needed to learn how to operate the company's Macintosh computers when the predominant computers were PC/Windows: My Wife came back from Italy with a VHS tape of an Italian motion picture that she wanted to remake in the USA. Unfortunately it was encoded in the European PAL system of video and our VHS VCRs used the US NTSC system. I took the tape to a location production services company and had them copy it over to a VHS NTSC tape. When my wife inserted the VHS NTSC tape into our VCR started to watch it, she exclaimed: "But it is still in Italian!"

Somewhere on the Forum somebody posted a Template in Python that he claimed would allow you to merge a CSV file into the Radioddity DB20-G software so as to make programming somewhat akin to CHIRP! I downloaded the Python template, but I have reached the point of my life where I do not like to research something that I will only do once. SO: not knowing how to program Python, I am a bit reticent to study up all the time it would take to learn to run Python on either my Mac or in Windows.

Did Midland ever fix those units to be able to run WideBand FM instead of the default Narrow Band?

I may have said this before, but I added to my Radioddity DB20-G and Anytone AT-779UV; a Radioddity DB25-D. In effect this is a DMR version of these radios with the same analog capabilities with the addition of DMR worldwide capability for a reasonable price ($180-$210)

I purchased the Ham Radio version, the UV-13Pro for $20 from AliExpress and discovered it openly transmits on GMRS and MURS in addition to Ham 2 meters and 440MHz. Has its own programming software. I retired my similar TYT-88UV

You fotgot the most important PRO: $99-$109! I bought a second one for use in my home with a rooftop antenna and irrespective of what output a wattmeter may claim; my range simplex and to distant repeaters far surpasses my expectations There is a large user base of the Radioddity DB20-G a/k/a Anytone AT-779UV on this Forum.

“Some people” use that app to find cats and dogs when they are hungry.

Cotre C001D

How about a link?

I have found my Radioddity DB20-G in my home with my 2nd story rooftop antenna gets amazing range simplex and on repeaters that are just too far for me to hit with an HT. It is a mini-mobile, 20 watts (18 UHF), 500 channels, cigarette lighter plug into my AC to 12v power supply, many controls on the handheld mic and for the Hams in the audience, easily opens to 2 meters/440 MHz. It is also sold as the Anytone AT-779UV $99-$109; and I put a 2nd one in my car!

Is that the Cotre model with the LED screen? I got the low end version for $14 before they disappeared from the face of the Earth, and I would love to find the LED version. And yes, my FTDI cable works with the Cotre too.

Another analogy to traffic laws... Last time I checked, no one was injured when they transmitted on GMRS without a license or in contravention of Part 95 rules! Find a more relevant analogy...

Yes, I purchased a FTDI chip USB to K1 cable from Amazon back in 2016 when I first started working with Baofengs and the FTDI chip is easily supported by updated driver software for all operating systems! I even build a DIY adapter that I found on Miklor that allows it to work with the Radioddity DB20-G and Anytone AT-779UV mini-mobile RJ-45 style radios!

Someone once suggested this driver

That AA case is for a different set of radios; not the GM-15: Your usage may be different, but for me, a 12v cigarette lighter plug battery eliminator has more utility that a AA battery case.

Which AA battery case?

Computer1->flashdrive->Computer2