Where to find Kydera CDM-550H?

[NavyBOFH]

I've been looking high and low for one of these - I was liking the feature set and large color screen for a "low cost" mobile.

Grapevine Amateur Radio used to sell them but I cannot seem to find a current U.S. seller for them. Anyone have a place?


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[NavyBOFH]

Update - Jason at Grapevine Amateur Radio has a shipment coming in soon for anyone looking for them. He's expecting to do a video review of it as well.


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[Forts]

I've been trying to find more info on these as well... Other than a few crappy videos on YouTube I haven't found much. Would be nice to see a good hands on review.... they are a nice looking radio! Although... what's the deal with the two volume/squelch knobs on the right hand side?

 

[NavyBOFH]

I'm waiting to hear about the knobs myself. Looks like it's a dual receive so you can have DMR on one and Analog on the other - which would be amazing since our 2 biggest amateur repeater setups here are a UHF analog and the NC PRN. But still waiting on Jason's review for the word. I'd have thought t would be out by now.


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[N4GIX]

Read a review on eHam.com and it was a huge disappointment. Worse than BaoFeng or Wouxun stuff...

 

[NavyBOFH]

Read a review on eHam.com and it was a huge disappointment. Worse than BaoFeng or Wouxun stuff...

That's disappointing. I guess that's why it hasn't been stocked by almost anyone.




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[KX4KDH]

Truth....

Yes, I have the CDM550H, and the DM-880 (portable). Absolutely awful.... So bad, they are just sitting on the shelf. The programming software is equally awful. A friend of mine who is now SK ordered a few of these for resale. We used to joke about how bad these things are.

 

[N4KVE]

There's a few at the Dayton Hamvention right now being peddled as the DV4mobile. GARY
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[KX4KDH]

There's a few at the Dayton Hamvention right now being peddled as the DV4mobile.

Yeah, that raised an eyebrow when I saw that.