UKDMRUser
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- Joined
- Aug 17, 2015
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- 14
Hi there folks.
I am both a business user and home listener of radio and more recently dmr. I firstly want to thank all who have given the wealth of information in this post which has been very helpful to someone looking at this receiver. Second I want to thank the forum for being here. Since ordering the DV1 which I am awaiting to be delivered any day now I have scoured the internet and no where has information or input about this receiver like this site which I am very grateful for. The £700+ I paid for this was a lot of money for me so I'm very nervous and apprehensive about this scanner though I have to admit that is far outweighed by my excitement which is like a kid on christmas eve.
One question, and sorry to start on my first post with a question but I promise to post all my future experience with the DV1 here with you guys and help with what I can. I have bought the AR-DV1 on ebay from a Singapore seller. It is advertised as the unblocked version. I figure unblocked is better as it has more features though in reality I think it just means the cellular bands are unblocked which makes no difference here in the UK as all mobile phones are GSM which cannot be monitored on any scanner including the AR-DV1 and those bands are mostly unused here in England. In fact, watching the video of the AR-DV1 being used in the states amazed me at the 800 megz being used by law enforcement as here in the UK there is nothing in the way of PMR above 463 megz.
The question is though, this radio strongly relies on firmware updates as it is in effect an SDR. As the firmware updates are public will me doing a firmware update change the firmware from a blocked to an unblocked version?
I am both a business user and home listener of radio and more recently dmr. I firstly want to thank all who have given the wealth of information in this post which has been very helpful to someone looking at this receiver. Second I want to thank the forum for being here. Since ordering the DV1 which I am awaiting to be delivered any day now I have scoured the internet and no where has information or input about this receiver like this site which I am very grateful for. The £700+ I paid for this was a lot of money for me so I'm very nervous and apprehensive about this scanner though I have to admit that is far outweighed by my excitement which is like a kid on christmas eve.
One question, and sorry to start on my first post with a question but I promise to post all my future experience with the DV1 here with you guys and help with what I can. I have bought the AR-DV1 on ebay from a Singapore seller. It is advertised as the unblocked version. I figure unblocked is better as it has more features though in reality I think it just means the cellular bands are unblocked which makes no difference here in the UK as all mobile phones are GSM which cannot be monitored on any scanner including the AR-DV1 and those bands are mostly unused here in England. In fact, watching the video of the AR-DV1 being used in the states amazed me at the 800 megz being used by law enforcement as here in the UK there is nothing in the way of PMR above 463 megz.
The question is though, this radio strongly relies on firmware updates as it is in effect an SDR. As the firmware updates are public will me doing a firmware update change the firmware from a blocked to an unblocked version?