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Review on πŸ“» Enhanced AnyTone AT-D878UVII Plus Portable Radio by Robert Tyus

Revainrating 5 out of 5

I can't get 12 hours of my life back.

Please see how many videos try to show you how to program this radio. Too bad they offer a university course on radio programming with quizzes and all. This is far from practical if this is your first DMR radio. Beyond the learning curve. I programmed this radio to low once and saw the RX go out every 5 seconds or so. I tried both local DMR repeaters in Digi and it also disabled listening to the local NOAA station in analog mode (side by side alongside the humble Feng for comparison, mind you). With each iteration of the volume change, the internal speaker resets to no sound, and the set level is set immediately thereafter. This looks like a hardware error. Several antennas were used with this DOA HT for 12 hours. Unless you're greedy for pain, stay away. Just wait FT-5DR.

Pros
  • Quality Construction
Cons
  • Compatibility