Won a Baoefeng DM32UV radio

[WRUE951]

Wow,   Last week I ordered a Baoefeng DM 32UV from the Baofeng direct.   When I ordered, I also entered their monthly giveaway contest.   Tonight I just received an email from Baofeng, I won a DM 32UV..   that’s cool,  now I’ll have two.  

[WRYS709]

How much did you pay including shipping?

[WRUE951]

16 minutes ago, WRYS709 said:

How much did you pay including shipping?

$97 with taxes.  I also orfdered a $9 cable...   The one i won is shipping free..  Just got a note this morning, it's on the way.   Note, when you enter their site  for the first time they give you a 10% discount code..  Copy that into your clipboard right away becasue it will disapear when you start browsing their site.  

[WRTC928]

Nice! I haven't started playing with DMR yet, but I plan to soon.

[WRTC928]

9 minutes ago, WRUE951 said:

$97 with taxes.  I also orfdered a $9 cable...   The one i won is shipping free..  

You got the pair for less than $50 each. Heck, even if you didn't have any use for two, you could sell one to a friend for $70 and you'd both get a good deal.

[WRUE951]

1 hour ago, WRTC928 said:

You got the pair for less than $50 each. Heck, even if you didn't have any use for two, you could sell one to a friend for $70 and you'd both get a good deal.

Actually, this works out..  Gonna give one to my brother,  he was getting ready to order one.  

[WRYS709]

Just curious: why is the DM-32 preferable to the $50 DM-1701, which can be flashed to OpenGD77 firmware?

[Lscott]

1 hour ago, WRYS709 said:

Just curious: why is the DM-32 preferable to the $50 DM-1701, which can be flashed to OpenGD77 firmware?

Check out:

https://openrtx.org/#/

 

[WRYS709]

31 minutes ago, Lscott said:

Check out:

https://openrtx.org/#/

 

I am not sure why you are linking me there. 

I don’t see the DM-32 included in that project either. 

[WRUE951]

6 hours ago, WRYS709 said:

Just curious: why is the DM-32 preferable to the $50 DM-1701, which can be flashed to OpenGD77 firmware?

OpenGD currently works with a very small handfull off DM radios...the DM-32 is a new DM radio..  I've scoped out OpenGD but there dosen't seem to be much enthusiasm with it....  The DM 32 has a pretty decent CPM, (free download, check it out)  and will cover my needs.  This radio will not have anything I would desire to change initially but after i play with it i may find some things i woiuld want to change.  Also, keep in mind,  Baofeng has already  had two firmware updates for this radio, so i think they intend to perfect the CPM further..  This radio also has a ton of flexibly on front panel programing, more than what you would get with OpenGD.. The way i evualate OpenGD, it's helping 'some' very limited radios, but wont do anything above and beyond what the DM32 offers..    

[Lscott]

4 hours ago, WRYS709 said:

I am not sure why you are linking me there. 

I don’t see the DM-32 included in that project either. 

It's just another open source firmware project.

The OpenGD77 firmware is not officially supported on the DM-32 per this link.

https://www.opengd77.com/archive/viewforum976e.html?f=27&

https://www.opengd77.com/archive/viewtopic08de.html?f=27&t=4841&

https://www.facebook.com/groups/808920029174333/posts/9172085989524320/?_rdr

 

[WRXB215]

12 hours ago, WRUE951 said:

I also orfdered a $9 cable

I hate it when you have to orfder the cable separate.

[WRUE951]

2 minutes ago, WRXB215 said:

I hate it when you have to orfder the cable separate.

i had a couple and just found them after the fact.  This is how you collect program cables.  

[Lscott]

59 minutes ago, WRXB215 said:

I hate it when you have to orfder the cable separate.

At least the battery is included. 

[WRYS709]

18 hours ago, WRUE951 said:

$97 with taxes.  I also orfdered a $9 cable...   

A shame that a radio as complicated as DMR does not come with its programming cable included. 

I suspect that, similar to the Baofeng DM-5R and DM-1701, the chip is already in the radio and the USB cable is just a passthru that does not include a chip. 

[WRYS709]

7 hours ago, WRUE951 said:

This radio will not have anything I would desire to change initially but after i play with it i may find some things i woiuld want to change.  

Once you receive your DM-32 please try this exercise and report back: 

You are having a QSO on the Worldwide (91) chat group. 

The other station suggests freeing up WW so that others can use it and asks you to continue the QSO on his local chat group: the Catawba Valley DMR 31678.

Will the DM-32 allow you to immediately switch over to and communicate on 31678 without having to program that Talk Group into the radio either ny hand or computer?

[WRUE951]

4 hours ago, WRYS709 said:

A shame that a radio as complicated as DMR does not come with its programming cable included. 

I suspect that, similar to the Baofeng DM-5R and DM-1701, the chip is already in the radio and the USB cable is just a passthru that does not include a chip. 

None of my very expensive Hytera DMR Radios came with a programing cable.. And those cables were almost as expensive as buying this Baofeng Radio..   The DM32 uses the standard Baofeng program cable.  Like i said, i had a ton of them at one time..Funny how the cheap cables tend to get lost and missplaced but that never happens with our $50 cables..   I've never misplaced any of my Hytera program cables, they have a special place unlike my Baofeng cables that are stashed at every corner  

[SteveShannon]

5 hours ago, WRYS709 said:

Once you receive your DM-32 please try this exercise and report back: 

You are having a QSO on the Worldwide (91) chat group. 

The other station suggests freeing up WW so that others can use it and asks you to continue the QSO on his local chat group: the Catawba Valley DMR 31678.

Will the DM-32 allow you to immediately switch over to and communicate on 31678 without having to program that Talk Group into the radio either ny hand or computer?

Recently I figured out how both my TYT MD-UV380 and my Alinco MD5 allow me to semi-easily add a talk group on the fly, but it took me a lot of experimenting to figure out how to do it. As I recall it also doesn’t require me to add them to a zone.  I haven’t done it for a while but I remember having the eureka moment.
Before I figured this out I was always stumped because for most talk groups you have to add the TG to the list of TGs, then create a channel consisting of the name, frequency, timeslot, color code, and TG. Then, you must add the channel to a zone.  Finally you navigate to the zone and select the channel.

[WRUE951]

5 hours ago, WRYS709 said:

Once you receive your DM-32 please try this exercise and report back: 

You are having a QSO on the Worldwide (91) chat group. 

The other station suggests freeing up WW so that others can use it and asks you to continue the QSO on his local chat group: the Catawba Valley DMR 31678.

Will the DM-32 allow you to immediately switch over to and communicate on 31678 without having to program that Talk Group into the radio either ny hand or computer?

getting it in my hands is like wating for Christmas but its on it's way..  in the meantime..  check out some of the videos.  i.e. 

 

[WRYS709]

5 hours ago, WRUE951 said:

getting it in my hands is like wating for Christmas but its on it's way..  in the meantime..  check out some of the videos.  i.e. 

 

Did you watch this YT before posting it here? With all due respect, it is worthless from the viewpoint of learning anything useful about the DM-32. I wish I could have that 5 minutes of my life back again!

When in doubt, watch Randy’s videos and after 30 seconds, I have already learned more about the DM-32 than I did from the other video 

https://youtu.be/nl4B0FPMkKc?si=f3o05pgHdmCzqdRK

[WRUE951]

7 minutes ago, WRYS709 said:

Did you watch this YT before posting it here? With all due respect, it is worthless from the viewpoint of learning anything useful about the DM-32. I wish I could have that 5 minutes of my life back again!

When in doubt, watch Randy’s videos and after 30 seconds, I have already learned more about the DM-32 than I did from the other video 

https://youtu.be/nl4B0FPMkKc?si=f3o05pgHdmCzqdRK

Oh well..  Watch Randy's videos..  You are allowed.   Bye 

[WRYS709]

19 minutes ago, WRUE951 said:

Oh well..  Watch Randy's videos..  You are allowed.   Bye 

Randy’s video answered MY question about why the $75 DM-32 over the $50 Dm-1701:

The DM-32 comes “unlocked” for use on GMRS and MURS in addition to its Ham capabilities.

[BoxCar]

Just now, WRYS709 said:

Randy’s video answered MY question about why the $75 DM-32 over the $50 Dm-1701:

The DM-32 comes “unlocked” for use on GMRS and MURS in addition to its Ham capabilities.

The 1701 is unlocked also.

[WRYS709]

1 minute ago, BoxCar said:

The 1701 is unlocked also.

Not the one I purchased from AliExpress;,unless there was some keypress or software required to unlock it. 

I purchased it to see how easy it was to install OpenGD77 and after I discovered it was easy, I gave it away to a new Ham who made a donation to our local repeater organization. 

[WRUE951]

1 hour ago, WRYS709 said:

Randy’s video answered MY question about why the $75 DM-32 over the $50 Dm-1701:

The DM-32 comes “unlocked” for use on GMRS and MURS in addition to its Ham capabilities.

you would have learned that if you paid attention of the specifications posted on Baofeng's web site or even Radioditty.