Baofeng Baofeng UV32/DM32

[Paco-Jerte]

Anyone try their new super huge battery pack? I Amazon has it for $38-ish ?

seen them for $23

 

[rescuecomm]

That battery pack looks as if it adds 1 inch to the height of an already tall radio.

 

[devicelab]

seen them for $23

Yeah sorry it's $24 on Amazon.

 

[Triple_Blox]

After twisting and turning I took my 30% refund offer and kept my portable pig. My radio had .046 firmware so I obtained 0.47 and saved a copy, I hex edited the CPS and my code plug to lift the uhf band up to 512mz and updated firmware. In the radio it reports as .048 go figure ….. after multiple read and write errors , it just wouldn’t complete the process reliably, I ticked some boxes and made some adjustments TOOLS > EMBEDDED INFO and things now seem to work correctly read and write complete. I decided my most regular use case is monitoring a large T3 system of a major airline during work hours and so listening to air and land ops combined works, not seamless or complete but it works. I've been using Hytera for years now and so the only downside with this turd and was always the case with Motorola & Tait as well, limited scan members (Motorola 16 Tait 50) and having to program both slots individually (Motorola and Tait). Problematic for this particular T3 12 frequency site. Hytera psuedo trunk listens to both slots so I‘d have effortless coverage of the entire site in a single 15 slot scan list. DMR decoding is smooth and consistent, it sounds quite good and analogue U/V TX RX is fine. DMR monitor is useful. This would be a frustrating first venture into DMR for a new learner with all the built in quirks and software shortcomings currently but it does work …. eventually. I’ll keep messing with it and watching developments in the community as this is my first and likely only CCR purchase, a curiosity purchase after years of commercial LMR options.

I want to get up to 512Mhz on my DM32 as well. Can you show what exactly you did to get it to work?

 

[Paco-Jerte]

I want to get up to 512Mhz on my DM32 as well. Can you show what exactly you did to get it to work?

read post #102 and #109 or download the firmware mod (google) M7OCM/DM-32UV

 

[kinglou0]

That battery pack looks as if it adds 1 inch to the height of an already tall radio.

Maybe a bit more than an inch. Couldn't find a ruler this time of night.
But, it adds a certain heft to the radio. Feels good.

I like a chunky radio. It's Chinese plastic so it'll probably shatter into a million pieces if you used it as a bludgeon

 

[kinglou0]

Anyone try their new super huge battery pack? I Amazon has it for $38-ish ?

It's not bad. Can't say anything else about it. It works and capacity is more than the standard battery.

Long term reliablity? Beats me. Chinese batteries and all the jazz. For the price, stack them deep if one poops the bed.

 

[headsense]

I want to get up to 512Mhz on my DM32 as well. Can you show what exactly you did to get it to work?

In my absence, the advice given "follow the instruction posted earlier" is the simple answer, you really cant make it it much simpler then that. There is a multitude of modified firmwares and hex edit mods orginating from a Russian forum also thats freely available and easy to interpret with any free translator. I'd suggest initially using the basic hext edit - frequency range limits only until you've learnt all the quirks of this radio and you are confident the unit you own is functioning correctly initially from the factory. Then go for broke and add all the "hacks". Having said that, this is a relaitvely easy radio to "unbrick" should you do yourself a mischief. Enjoy.

 

[devicelab]

It's not bad. Can't say anything else about it. It works and capacity is more than the standard battery.

Long term reliablity? Beats me. Chinese batteries and all the jazz. For the price, stack them deep if one poops the bed.

I ordered one from Amazon the other night and they sent me the friggin' UV-5RH extended battery despite my order of the correct DM-32 battery. /sigh

 

[devicelab]

I ordered one from Amazon the other night and they sent me the friggin' UV-5RH extended battery despite my order of the correct DM-32 battery. /sigh

FYI, do not order the single, UV-32 3800mah battery from Amazon. They have mislabeled the packages. I ordered the DM-32 3800mah battery x 2 kit and they ARE the correct batteries.

 

[krokus]

I received a DM recently, and have not been able to figure out how to engage digital VFO mode. I don't see it in menus or key assignments, but figure this is one of those things of hiding in plain sight. What am I missing?

 

[chief21]

I received a DM recently, and have not been able to figure out how to engage digital VFO mode. I don't see it in menus or key assignments, but figure this is one of those things of hiding in plain sight. What am I missing?

Select VFO A or B; In the radio menu, select Settings/Channel Set/Channel Type/Digital. I think you can also set a programmable button for Channel Type. Alternatively, you can create separate memory channels as either digital or analog.

 

[krokus]

Select VFO A or B; In the radio menu, select Settings/Channel Set/Channel Type/Digital. I think you can also set a programmable button for Channel Type. Alternatively, you can create separate memory channels as either digital or analog.

Ok. That worked. Thank you. I thought I looked at that menu.

 

[kinglou0]

Looking for an extended battery and have some extra cash??
Good deal right now. Who knows for how long.

I guess you get a "bonus" UV32 thrown in for a couple of bucks more.

 

[kinglou0]

Having said that, this is a relaitvely easy radio to "unbrick" should you do yourself a mischief. Enjoy.

Even more so now that our favorite Russian Baofeng hacker released a version of the firmware that disables the ALPU self-check. Guy is talented.

Scary Russian Website...Oh noes!

 

[CW3GTC]

On the

Done on YouTube, and extremely low SE. Baofeng finally has a decent radio for an CCR!

Baofeng downloads pge at DM-32, there is a certifications approval from a 3rd Party Certifier.I think you have to download the zip file, unzip, and its the last two docs.

 

[devicelab]

While the DM-32 is hardly a perfect radio it appears to be on sale at Amazon. $66 for a complete kit and $77 for a kit with both small and large batteries. Pretty nice deal. They seem to have multiple color variations too.

 

[Paco-Jerte]

DM32 is great, really enjoying monitoring DMR locally in the 818 and although many users in many sites say its too big its perfect for my use. Here is a snap shot of my 4 budget radios to compare sizes. My newest is the 950 Pro.

 

[N4KVE]

My friends & I use mostly Moto DMR radios for the local DMR repeaters. One friend likes a challenge, so he ordered one 6 weeks ago. He struggled to build a huge code plug with all ham, & business repeaters within 50 miles. GMRS, FRS, weather, MURS, retail stores, aircraft, & other stuff, about 20 zones. Also there were some quirks in the CPS like scan lists, & encryption. They had to be programmed from the keypad, & then read by the CPS to be saved. Also talker alias messed up TX audio, so it was turned off. After 6 weeks, the code plug was good. I was at his place last Friday, & played with the radio for 10 minutes, & felt it was worth the $60 to buy. Amazon had it at the local fulfillment center, & it was delivered the next day. He popped in his code plug, added a zone of my freq’s, & it works great for what it cost me. Surprising, it works well listening to the aircraft band. DMR TX audio is good, & RX is loud. $60 delivered the next day with Amazon Prime. It even came with 2 antennas. Mine came with the most recent FW, which is 48.