Radioddity GM-30 plus

[SargeRN]

What say you? Anyone using it and what have been your issues and or good things.

Thanks,

Sarge, WRPJ623

[Guest]

1 hour ago, SargeRN said:

What say you? Anyone using it and what have been your issues and or good things.

Thanks,

Sarge, WRPJ623

Not me but I know a few people that have them. It’s a radio like any other.  It works for what it is I tend. Except these new screens are very hard to read out doors in the sun light.    But other than that it works just the same as a $3000 Motorola or a $150 woxoun.   

[AMangum]

The downloadable program for the radio that Radioddity offer does’t work. It is not Chirp compatible, at least until the moment of this post. If you are planning on programming frequencies other than GMRS for listening purposes, you have to do it manually. The program doesn’t support them. You have 10 zones with 100 entries each. The radio works on one zone only. When you change zone, it only let you access that zone so you need to plan these zones well. The program doesn’t support copy/paste or insert/delete rows making it very difficult to work with specially if you make a mistake. I have not been successful with the GPS feature but I haven’t tried to much either. The radio is not bad in my opinion. It is underdeveloped. As it stands, I don’t recommend this radio. 

[WSCB536]

16 hours ago, AMangum said:

The downloadable program for the radio that Radioddity offer does’t work. It is not Chirp compatible, at least until the moment of this post. If you are planning on programming frequencies other than GMRS for listening purposes, you have to do it manually. The program doesn’t support them. You have 10 zones with 100 entries each. The radio works on one zone only. When you change zone, it only let you access that zone so you need to plan these zones well. The program doesn’t support copy/paste or insert/delete rows making it very difficult to work with specially if you make a mistake. I have not been successful with the GPS feature but I haven’t tried to much either. The radio is not bad in my opinion. It is underdeveloped. As it stands, I don’t recommend this radio. 

Software worked for me. I don't have a PC and needed to borrow one, but its seemed just fine at programing the radios I received. I like that I can listen to just about anything with these. I was in Gatlinburg and listened to the Ober Mountain operations people. that was fun.

[wrci350]

I downloaded, installed, and used the Radioddity software (v1.0.6) in early September without any issues.  It's a typical CCR programmer ... *works*, but leaves a lot to be desired as far as features go, including the lack of ability to cut-and-paste.  I also noticed that there is at least one menu item that isn't in the programmer (or at least I cannot see it).  The software lets you pick English or Chinese for the voice prompts but there is no option to turn them off, which you can (thankfully!) do on the radio.

Grabbed the radio yesterday to play with it a bit more and decided to look to see if there was a newer version of the software.  Did an Internet search and the first link was to the Radioddity site, where a new version is available.  Downloaded and tried to install and Windows Defender flagged it as malicious.  *Could* be a false positive, but it could actually be infected with something.

I noticed that the second result from the Internet search was to a programmer from RT Systems.  I am a big fan of their programmers so I went ahead and bought and downloaded it (I already have their K-type programming cable but they imply that it will work with other cables).

I would highly recommend the RT Systems software.  Yes, it seems a bit silly to spend $25 on software to program a $35 radio, but it works SO much better.  Just being able to select a range of frequencies and cut-and-paste (or copy) them to another bank makes it worth it in my book.

Interestingly enough, I still don't see the "turn off voice" in the settings.  Maybe they forgot to include that in what's visible through the programming interface! 

[kurgen99]

Under "General Settings" using the Radioddity software there is "Voice Alert" box.  That turns off the voice.

I have the Radioddity GM-30 and the Baofeng GM-15.  They are the same radio with some minor cosmetic and waterproofing differences, and a different antenna adapter. They have worked pretty well for $25 radios.

I had no problems using the Radioddity software for both.

[wrci350]

14 hours ago, kurgen99 said:

Under "General Settings" using the Radioddity software there is "Voice Alert" box.  That turns off the voice.

Yes. but thjat's for the GM-30 (which I also have).  This thread is about the GM-30 Plus, which is a totally different radio.

[SteveShannon]

On 10/7/2024 at 7:54 AM, wrci350 said:

I downloaded, installed, and used the Radioddity software (v1.0.6) in early September without any issues.  It's a typical CCR programmer ... *works*, but leaves a lot to be desired as far as features go, including the lack of ability to cut-and-paste.  I also noticed that there is at least one menu item that isn't in the programmer (or at least I cannot see it).  The software lets you pick English or Chinese for the voice prompts but there is no option to turn them off, which you can (thankfully!) do on the radio.

Grabbed the radio yesterday to play with it a bit more and decided to look to see if there was a newer version of the software.  Did an Internet search and the first link was to the Radioddity site, where a new version is available.  Downloaded and tried to install and Windows Defender flagged it as malicious.  *Could* be a false positive, but it could actually be infected with something.

I noticed that the second result from the Internet search was to a programmer from RT Systems.  I am a big fan of their programmers so I went ahead and bought and downloaded it (I already have their K-type programming cable but they imply that it will work with other cables).

I would highly recommend the RT Systems software.  Yes, it seems a bit silly to spend $25 on software to program a $35 radio, but it works SO much better.  Just being able to select a range of frequencies and cut-and-paste (or copy) them to another bank makes it worth it in my book.

Interestingly enough, I still don't see the "turn off voice" in the settings.  Maybe they forgot to include that in what's visible through the programming interface! 

Menu + 9 enables or disables voice. Page 25 of the factory manual.

[wrci350]

54 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:

Menu + 9 enables or disables voice. Page 25 of the factory manual.

Yes.  You are agreeing with what I said in my post:

"I also noticed that there is at least one menu item that isn't in the programmer (or at least I cannot see it).  The software lets you pick English or Chinese for the voice prompts but there is no option to turn them off, which you can (thankfully!) do on the radio."

You can do it through the menu system, and I found that all by myself without looking at the manual.  

What you cannot do (and this was my point) is change that setting through the CPS.

[SteveShannon]

1 minute ago, wrci350 said:

Yes.  You are agreeing with what I said in my post:

"I also noticed that there is at least one menu item that isn't in the programmer (or at least I cannot see it).  The software lets you pick English or Chinese for the voice prompts but there is no option to turn them off, which you can (thankfully!) do on the radio."

You can do it through the menu system, and I found that all by myself without looking at the manual.  

What you cannot do (and this was my point) is change that setting through the CPS.

And here I thought i was being helpful. Silly me. 

[wrci350]

2 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:

And here I thought i was being helpful. Silly me. 

No worries.

The actual answer (in the category "Radioddity GMRS Radios", is "What is ... buy the RT Systems programmer?"  

[SteveShannon]

3 minutes ago, wrci350 said:

No worries.

The actual answer (in the category "Radioddity GMRS Radios", is "What is ... buy the RT Systems programmer?"  

I have several of the RT Systems programmers. Two of them, the ones for DMR radios, can corrupt channel memory, which I submitted to RTS as a bug. Instead of saying “Thanks, we need to fix this” they said (paraphrasing in my own snide way) “yeah, that’s really risky to try and use the features we provided.” So I no longer try to move channels up or down in the channel list or zones in the zone list, but I really do like the DMR calculator that builds multiple channels at a time by conflating talk groups with frequencies.

[wrci350]

1 hour ago, SteveShannon said:

I have several of the RT Systems programmers. Two of them, the ones for DMR radios, can corrupt channel memory, which I submitted to RTS as a bug. Instead of saying “Thanks, we need to fix this” they said (paraphrasing in my own snide way) “yeah, that’s really risky to try and use the features we provided.” So I no longer try to move channels up or down in the channel list or zones in the zone list, but I really do like the DMR calculator that builds multiple channels at a time by conflating talk groups with frequencies.

CPS for a DMR radio is a different beast than that for an analog radio for sure.  I was VERY happy with all the RT Systems programmers I purchased until they started releasing (and of course I started purchasing) ones for Alinco and Anytone DMR radios.  A lot of erratic and annoying behaviors.  I learned to save often.  Over time they have gotten better for sure, although still a few oddities when updating a zone or scan list.  I've found that sometimes I have to restart the program to see changes I've made.  I still prefer them to the manufacturer's CPS though!

Also disappointing to hear that was the response you got.  I've always found them to be very responsive and a couple times they've fixed issues for me overnight.

Where's the DMR calculator function?  Haven't used it, but sounds like I should!

[wrci350]

But back to the GM-30 Plus.  Available on Amazon (for Prime members) today for $29.59 or in a two-pack for $55.99.

As an aside, the GM-30 is $19.99 and extra GM-30 batteries are $12.79.  Oh, and RT Systems has a programmer for the GM-30 too!

[SteveShannon]

1 hour ago, wrci350 said:

CPS for a DMR radio is a different beast than that for an analog radio for sure.  I was VERY happy with all the RT Systems programmers I purchased until they started releasing (and of course I started purchasing) ones for Alinco and Anytone DMR radios.  A lot of erratic and annoying behaviors.  I learned to save often.  Over time they have gotten better for sure, although still a few oddities when updating a zone or scan list.  I've found that sometimes I have to restart the program to see changes I've made.  I still prefer them to the manufacturer's CPS though!

Also disappointing to hear that was the response you got.  I've always found them to be very responsive and a couple times they've fixed issues for me overnight.

Where's the DMR calculator function?  Haven't used it, but sounds like I should!

Yes, the DMR radio was an Alinco, but Anytone inside. 
The DMR Calculator is under the Settings menu.

But now that I’ve used OpenGD77/UV380 firmware on a radio, I probably won’t recommend anything else to anyone who wants to use DMR. 

I’ll stop hijacking this thread now. 

[Skunkworks]

I don't have the GM-30 plus, but I was under the impression it is the same as the Baofeng UV-17 PRO GPS.  I do have several of those and they program with Chirp just fine.   Has anyone tried selecting the UV-17 pro gps with chirp to progran the GM-30 plus?

[WSFC609]

On 10/14/2024 at 10:35 PM, Skunkworks said:

I don't have the GM-30 plus, but I was under the impression it is the same as the Baofeng UV-17 PRO GPS.  I do have several of those and they program with Chirp just fine.   Has anyone tried selecting the UV-17 pro gps with chirp to progran the GM-30 plus?

I have two of the GM-30 PLUS and used CHIRP with UV-17ProGPS to program the radios today. The first several times I tried using CHIRP with these radios, CHIRP would freeze up when I went to the Settings tab. After coming back to it today, CHIRP worked seamlessly for programming and modifying the settings. I was even able to make changes to the Bank names. CHIRP shows all 1,000 memory positions in a single list with Bank 1 showing in positions 1-100, Bank 2 in positions 101-200, and so on.

[WSFJ540]

On 10/29/2024 at 4:46 PM, WSFC609 said:

I have two of the GM-30 PLUS and used CHIRP with UV-17ProGPS to program the radios today. The first several times I tried using CHIRP with these radios, CHIRP would freeze up when I went to the Settings tab. After coming back to it today, CHIRP worked seamlessly for programming and modifying the settings. I was even able to make changes to the Bank names. CHIRP shows all 1,000 memory positions in a single list with Bank 1 showing in positions 1-100, Bank 2 in positions 101-200, and so on.

I'm in a similar situation regarding programming the GM-30 Plus.  I don't have a Windows laptop so I can't use the Radioddity software.  After your post I tried to use the Baofeng UV-17ProGPS and it worked - thank you! 

[WRYS709]

8 hours ago, WSFJ540 said:

I'm in a similar situation regarding programming the GM-30 Plus.  I don't have a Windows laptop so I can't use the Radioddity software.  After your post I tried to use the Baofeng UV-17ProGPS and it worked - thank you! 

What computer (other than Windows) did you use for the Baofeng UV-17ProGPS software and where did you find it for download?  Thank you.

[WSFJ540]

I have an old Macbook Air (Intel based) and just downloaded the latest Mac version of Chirp.  I didn't, however, get the Bank assignment to work.  I keep getting an error that the Banks are locked.  Not sure what that's about.

[WRYS709]

19 hours ago, WSFJ540 said:

I have an old Macbook Air (Intel based) and just downloaded the latest Mac version of Chirp.  I didn't, however, get the Bank assignment to work.  I keep getting an error that the Banks are locked.  Not sure what that's about.

I have and program the original Radioddity GM-30 clone, from Pofung, which requires a Windows computer for programming, but no experience with the GM-30 Plus.

What is the "Bank assignment?"

[WSFJ540]

6 hours ago, WRYS709 said:

I have and program the original Radioddity GM-30 clone, from Pofung, which requires a Windows computer for programming, but no experience with the GM-30 Plus.

What is the "Bank assignment?"

I assume it's a partitioning of channels that can help keep separate channel settings for different locations.