Unboxed AnyTone AT-D578UVIIIPRO Tri-Band DMR Radio

[TailGator911]

Rec'd my AT-D578UVIIIPro Tri-bander DMR radio yesterday. Impressive little radio, and I love the hand mic features. Jumping into dmr with both feet! I'll be using it as a base station with a Cushcraft AR-270b vertical antenna about 20-ft high on individual eave mast mount just above my radio room window, maybe a 20-ft coax run. MFJ 4035MV power supply. Attached 4 big adhesive rubber feet to it and it looks nice and stout. Can't wait to fire it up!

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AnyTone AT-D578UVIIIPRO Imagine yourself sitting in your Ham Shack, the sturdy handcrafted shack you put your blood, sweat, and tears into creating. On your table lays a regular old dinky handheld. You kick it on to make a QSO and… nothing. There’s nobody there to hear from you. It’s like...

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[N4KVE]

I watched the video, but still ask myself why people would buy the ham radio version with 3 bands, but want to unlock it to transmit outside of ham freq’s. The company offers radios behind door number one, or two, but yet people want the radio behind door number 3.

 

[TailGator911]

I think the company previously marketed this and the 878 as 'survival' radios that would appeal to some in that regard.

 

[SuperG900]

I have one - it's a great radio for what it does. I really like the ability to create a channel from the handset on the fly - saves having to do the code plug from the cps just to add a single channel in.

The door number you're interested in is #14 - it's god mode.

 

[shawn1899]

The problem with Mode 14 is it takes away ability to access roaming features, talk around and digital monitor settings on the radio (Can still all be turned off/on via cps). I found Mode 0000 for me works the best...you do lose 220 though which isn't big as it's almost non existent in my area

 

[jonwienke]

The problem with Mode 14 is it takes away ability to access roaming features, talk around and digital monitor settings on the radio (Can still all be turned off/on via cps). I found Mode 0000 for me works the best...you do lose 220 though which isn't big as it's almost non existent in my area

I haven't messed with roaming, but digital monitor works just fine in mode 14.

 

[SuperG900]

I'm using mine as a base station, so I can't comment on roaming usage. I do use digi-mon (promiscuous receive) all the time. Sometimes, you just don't want to go through the hassle of editing up a rx receive list for a talkgroup you don't regularly use... A better solution: I usually make a generic PTT "channel" for a hotspot or repeater channel which I can then set to an arbitrary talkgroup. It requires that I make the new talkgroup entry up, and then assign the "PTT" channel to it - and it's super easy to do this from the keypad w/o going into the CPS. The "PTT" label designation for the channel simply let's me know in the future, that this "catchall" channel could be set to anything, talk group-wise. Of course, you need to be in an amateur capable (or 14) mode to enjoy this. Part 90 can't do this.

Most likely, the process of switching to mode 14 causes the radio to set some defaults other than we would like - but as noted - those few items can be re-enabled with the CPS, which you're likely to need at least once anyway after switching the radio's operating mode.


Mode 14 isn't something Anytone advertises. It enables the full frequency capability of the radio, also allowing VFO's, and menu access to all the features. Commercial mode locks down the menus and keypad for part 90 use, while Amateur mode opens all the features, but is limited to amateur U/V frequencies. It is on you, the ham, to limit your transmissions to amateur frequencies when operating as a ham, should you program the radio outside of amateur bands.