BaoFeng DM-5R Banned on Hoosier DMR

[KF8ZR]

Why are you banning radios?
I use the TYT MD380. Is that also banned?
What about the Radioddity RD-5R? Also banned?

Recently, on the Hoosier DMR Network's Facebook page, W9AMT (Tony) wrote that the BaoFeng DM-5R (and Plus) are banned from his repeaters, within a few hours nearly all of the other repeater trustees added their repeaters to the list.

Effectively, they are now banned from the entire network of ~30 repeaters.

For whatever it's worth, even the Rocky Mountain Ham Radio group have published on this problem, and expanded the list to include other similar radios with this issue:

Problems with New Baofeng DM-5R, TYT MD-398 and Radioddity GD-55 Models
https://www.rmham.org/wordpress/problems-with-new-baofeng-d-tyt-md-398-and-radioddity-models

 

[JDrisc3480]

Why are you banning radios?
I use the TYT MD380. Is that also banned?
What about the Radioddity RD-5R? Also banned?

The BaoFeng radios are being banned because the activate both time slots at the same time.

 

[KC4RAF]

Read the quote in post # 1. It explains the "Why".

 

[usswood]

Why are you banning radios?
I use the TYT MD380. Is that also banned?
What about the Radioddity RD-5R? Also banned?

both are fine to use on the network

 

[qwho]

I am curious if the people using these radios actually know how to program them. There is an option in the CPS that has to be checked, and if it's not checked you will TX on both time slots.

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[K4KF]

Is this radio basically the same as the RD-5R?