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Adventures with Bridgecom - A tale of frustration!
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I was ready to buy one of the new DMR HT,s from Bridgecom. Not now!
In all fairness, the majority of people who have trouble programming these radios have no clue what they're doing. It's not the radio's fault.
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Once your refund is cleared, consider buying from Amazon. If you still end up with a bad radio, at least returns are free.
That wouldn't work since Bridgecom is the vendor for Amazon. The only other source is Gigaparts.
And, my experience with them with returns hasn't been the best.
Unfortunately this guy doesn't have the Anytones on Amazon anymore. AnyTone Products - Let's Get Ready, Inc.
He has his own website and eBay store. That's where I bought my original Anytone, when he had them on Amazon. He is a local ham here in SoCal and a member of one of the repeater clubs I belong to. Really good guy and stands behind his sales. I don't know how returns would be handled though, since the radio isn't on Amazon under his store.
I had a similar problem with a CD 800D I recently purchased. Analog worked fine, I could communicate via two radios in simplex mode but would get "bonked" whenever I tried to key up on a computer. Every other DMR radio I had worked fine. I thought it might be a firmware problem but just as a check, I reloaded my codeplug. It worked properly after the codeplug reload. I finally ended up installing the latest firmware and CPS and it's been fine since.
I suspect I might have had a mismatch between CPS and firmware. Could you have the same?
I suspect I might have had a mismatch between CPS and firmware. Could you have the same?
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I got my 878 via Amazon through Let's Get Ready.
I don't think the vendor really matters that much since Amazon stands behind their vendors. I've bought various items through Amazon Prime, but the actual vendor wasn't Amazon. Any returns were handled free and fast through Amazon.
As for alternate vendors, there's also Connect Systems and Powerwerx.
I've bought from this fellow before and have been entirely satisfied with the results! Good to know he's got them in stock apparently.
Firmware and CPS are up to date. Thanks for the suggestions in any case.
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