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No, ultimately it was defective, so I sent it back to China for a refund. Subsequently, I was given one in a swap and I will use it with the Radioddity DB25-D that I acquired recently.

I like it; it does not go too far above the top of my vehicle's roof, so it only hits my garage door lightly twice. But it seems that yours with a coil with have better mobile range.

Instead of paying the extra money for 20 more watts, I went instead to replace my DB20-G in the car with their DB25-D DMR dual-band, 20 watt, mini-mobile for about only $100 more. With a Hotspot and my OnStar WiFi, I will be able to communicate all over the world easily with DMR especially on longer drives, where my experience with analog repeaters is poor, because you lose range to them very quickly.

Let us know how it goes. I might pick up that antenna as an improvement instead of my $20 Dual Band Mag Mount.

I always like to recommend the Radioddity DB20-G a/k/a Anytone AT-779UV mini-mobile: 20 watts, cigarette lighter plug, 500 channels, and only costs $99-$109 for ease of entering GMRS and can always upgrade to a different radio later. I instead purchased a 2nd one to use in the house. Good luck!

I see that Amazon's listing of that antenna includes a SMA to 239 adapter cable, for $35. Was that your experience.

Out of the box, using the alternative CPS programming software provided with the radio, CPEditor by MM7DBT, it transmits and receives on the GMRS channels; well at least the couple of repeaters channels that I have used it on. I can't imagine that if it works randomly on those, it would not work on all of them. Of course avoid transmitting on Channels 8-14, as this radio probably exceeds 1/2 watt on Low. I just acquired a hotspot and this is an extremely versatile technology. It was setup for me to access both the Brandmeister and TGIF Networks and I only have experience on Brandmeister. You just go to the Brandmeister Hoseline and can see all of the activity that is currently available and can listen to each channel by simply clicking on it. Then by clicking on Player, you can easily see which Callsigns are using that channel and can easily disconnect from that channel, too. Once you get familiar with activity patterns, you can add these channels to your codeplug and listen to them from the radio. A good channel to start with is World (91). Just sit back and hear all those Hams around the world easily talking to each other. Not something that the "old-timers" would accept as DX, but in the modern world it is another tool in the Ham Radio toolbox for those who want to use it.

Firmware updates make me nervous. I take much time researching the issue before I do them. i have not yet bricked a radio, but that is my fear. My concern was not the hijacking of this thread but that a more focused thread will get more replies and information

I suggest you be careful getting answers to deep questions about a firmware update on the gm-15 pro in a thread about the TD-H3. You are just not going to get the depth of responses from experiences users of the gm-15 pro, because, other than a few, why would they be here? For example: I do not have a TD-H3 and am only here because reviewing "Unread Content" at this particular moment in time revealed:

It seems to work! Nice to have a 5 watt HT option when traveling.

As a hedge against hamregistry fees, I purchased some DJT on the open market!

$30 5 watt Dual SideBand 2 meters. . my next project after RM Noise reduction for HF using AI

There has been interest in getting compatibility with Chirp ever since the original Radioddity GM-30 arrived on the marketplace a couple of years ago. But it seems there is some stumbling block to getting Chirp to work. So it might not happen soon.

I also have the programming software but I can't remember the link to where I got it from.

All seems to be good; you are here.

Nah, they're free. Play with them until you want more out of an GMRS radio and then upgrade!

Generally I don't help others with radios I do not use, since so many others here with this radio can help you. But not here yet... So I looked at their downloads and first is the USB cable driver for windows 10 and 11 and then the CPS software. At what point do you fail?

As I recall that has to do with Menu 29: DSPCHANNEL being set to CH, instead of either FREQ or NAME. Push the FUN button to enter the Menu Mode and use the V/M button as UP and MAIN button as DOWN to go to Menu: 29. When you are at Menu: 29, use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to go through the 3 different selections (CH, FREQ and NAME) and pick either FREQ or NAME as you desire and then Push the FUN button to exit out of Menu Mode. V/M should now toggle between VFO and Memory (Channel) modes now.

As I recall that is a problem with version 1 of the CPS software and version 2.06 fixes that.

Does the Baofeng software allow Do It Yourself Repeater Channels with different tones between 31 and 54?

Yes, thank you.

For $29.99 you can purchase an out of warranty update! https://www.radioddity.com/collections/consumer-radios-frs-gmrs-radios/products/radioddity-gm-30

Where did you find version 2.0 SIX of the CPS? Update: my mistake: it is 2.06

Version 2.02 Radioddity CPS software opens up the DIY channels

With the current firmware and v2.02 of the Radioddity CPS software, Channels 31-54 should be DIY.