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Nope, I'll pass lol. Thanks for the update though. 73, n9zas
 

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The analog Baofengs are a pain to program , I can just imagine the nightmare of programing a Baofeng for DMR.
 

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The analog Baofengs are a pain to program , I can just imagine the nightmare of programing a Baofeng for DMR.
The Baofeng is only Tier 1. Essentially useless. Will not work on any repeater. It is essentially a DPMR radio.

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I noticed it's only 128 channels. That won't get you too far in the HAM DMR world unless you intend to program in just a few repeaters. I'm a little skeptical.
 

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I noticed it's only 128 channels. That won't get you too far in the HAM DMR world unless you intend to program in just a few repeaters. I'm a little skeptical.
Yep. Junk right out of the box. 73, n9zas
 

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If it's really Tier I only, the sellers will have fun with all the returns from the cluless who don't (or aren't smart enough to) research before buying.

We should have a contest for guessing how long it will take people to show up here on the forums asking why they can't program their local DMR repeater.
 
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I'm a "never say never" kinda guy but I'm not yet convinced it really is a DMR radio. The photo of the radio doesn't look any different that the many, many variants of the UV5R radios that currently exist. The display doesn't suggest that it displays talkgroup information. Furthermore, and most importantly, there is no listing of its emission designator so who knows what DMR means to Baofeng?
 

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I'm a "never say never" kinda guy but I'm not yet convinced it really is a DMR radio. The photo of the radio doesn't look any different that the many, many variants of the UV5R radios that currently exist. The display doesn't suggest that it displays talkgroup information. Furthermore, and most importantly, there is no listing of its emission designator so who knows what DMR means to Baofeng?
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If it's really Tier I only, the sellers will have fun with all the returns from the cluless who don't (or aren't smart enough to) research before buying.

We should have a contest for guessing how long it will take people to show up here on the forums asking why they can't program their local DMR repeater.

Once they go to market, It's gonna be fun :) Some may do the homework; but others won't believe it until they see for themselves.
 

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Only thing it'll do is be more annoying toy for people with no license or clue throwing whatever frequency in simplex once they figure it out and be keying up murs and gmrs frs with the cheap dpmr.
 

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Baofeng and "Killer" used in the same sentence is an entertaining thought.....

I must have missed that. However what came to mind is that a Baofeng radio dropped from a tall building and accelerating at a rate of 32ft/sec/sec could then fall (pun? hmm) under the category of killer. Perhaps that is the only time.....
 

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Now QRZ and other sources are reporting this is a Tier 1 and 2 with a $10 purchase , possibly code to unlock software option . Just released info .

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