DMR upgrade, my thoughts now that i`ve had a chance to test it a bit .
Okay, now that i`ve done some playing around with the DMR upgrade over the past day or so i have some thoughts on this, first off, i really do like the abaility to listen to DMR systems on my `436HP, very convienient for monitoring my OpenSpot and our local city busses, which happen to be using DMR
. Sound of DMR systems is really good, albiet a smidgen louder, that was easily fixed by setting the volume offset to -1, that problem solved. Only thingy i`ve really noticed so far is at least with my scanner monitoring the bus system is it seems the scanner has a bit of a time with the DMR timing, sometimes not recieving anything or missing transmissions, not sure what may be the problem, but i have a feeling it has to do with the fact that the scanner just isn`t fast enough to follow the timeslot thingy at all times, i have used an actual DMR radio (my CS750 ham DMR unit) to monitor the same system and had no problems recieving all traffic on the system, with my scanner it seems to be a bit slow as to recieve. Also, i would like to see priority functionality added to one-frequency systems as an option, right now if ya want to be able to set a DMR channel as a priority channel you have to set it up as a plain conventional channel, which i did as well for testing perposes, however doing this dosen`t allow ya to see UID`s or set up alpha tags for TG`s. Hoping there`ll be a small fix to resolve this. Still with all that i believe this was worth the $60 i blew to get the upgrade, and i`m happy i snagged it, like i said, now i can listen to my openspot without having to carry my other (DMR ham HT) radio around all the time, which is really nice, and i can listen to the shuttle busses this weekend during our balloon rally/chalkfest event too
, which will be very nice. Would i recommend getting the upgrade? You bet, worth every penny IMHO. N9NRA.