I've recently been following a thread on the MD-380 Yahoo group regarding the fact that the Repeater Talk-Around function (T/A) apparently does not work on the TYT MD-380 and its variants. More precisely, a radio monitoring a particular DMR repeater channel/talkgroup will not receive any signal from another radio on the same repeater channel/talkgroup operating in T/A (direct) mode. Direct radio-to-radio comms are possible only if BOTH radios are set to T/A mode by advance arrangement.
At least one other person has reported that the T/A function does work as expected on major-brand DMR radios (Motorola, Hytera, etc).
I'm curious if these statements are accurate and if so, is this a well-known issue?
Additionally, is the issue limited only to chinese radios and is it possible that it could be resolved by a current or future firmware upgrade?
Thanks in advance for any insights.
John AC4JK
At least one other person has reported that the T/A function does work as expected on major-brand DMR radios (Motorola, Hytera, etc).
I'm curious if these statements are accurate and if so, is this a well-known issue?
Additionally, is the issue limited only to chinese radios and is it possible that it could be resolved by a current or future firmware upgrade?
Thanks in advance for any insights.
John AC4JK