I have had mine for just under a month now (25 days) and everything is working flawlessly for me. NOAA weather alert is working, 2 tone paging works, I have picked up several inbound commercial flights on the air band, FM commercial. Not sure why all the older hams are hating on it so much.
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Interesting Anytone Termn-8r info
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teufler
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The radio cuts into the profits of the Big Three. Long time ago, Wilson came out with a WH-2510. m MOTOROLA AT THAT TIME SOLD TRUNK MOUNT UNITS AND THIS WAS AN UNDERDASH, unit. They screamed bloody murder , this was a synthesized, multi channels , scanning unit. Sold for about 1/4th of what the Motorola units sold for. Same thing with the Chinese units. Everyone talked about their life expectancy, a year or two later, they are still going strong.
Mine failed 4 months after owning it. *shrug*.
Shouldnt have messed around with the firmware i reckon. I've heard of quite a few failed TERMN-8Rs. The anytone 3318UV and 398UV series are very popular over here and so far i havent seen a single one fail. For those who are unaware the UVD version of the above two is electrically identical to the TERMN-8R.
eh? There is no third-party firmware or even OEM firmware updates for the TERMN-8R, and in reality probably never will be.
The Termn-8r IS the third party firmware. As i said, its electrically identical to the 3318UVD, except for firmware differences. They took a normal 3318/398UVD and modified the firmware to enable these NOAA, Murs and gmrs features. Presto, you have a Termn8r. The radio itself is exactly the same. They ordered a larged quantity and had the customized by the factory. Just like other company does with the baofengs.
Firmware added shortwave reception to the 398UVD? Added dual receive to the 3318?
They are certainly similar but I don't think they're the same internally.
nd5y
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I don't remember the model numbers and FCC ID's but I remember looking at the internal and external photos posted on the FCC web site for the different FCC ID products.
You can tell by looking at the boards and external photos that Anytone used two common RF boards with different display/keypad boards in different combinations for several different radio models.
One RF board version appears to have space for a second SDR chip and other components that are pobably only used in the dual receive radios.
It is possible that they may have used boards with all the parts with firmware that doesn't support all the features to save production cost and charge more for additional features.
You can tell by looking at the boards and external photos that Anytone used two common RF boards with different display/keypad boards in different combinations for several different radio models.
One RF board version appears to have space for a second SDR chip and other components that are pobably only used in the dual receive radios.
It is possible that they may have used boards with all the parts with firmware that doesn't support all the features to save production cost and charge more for additional features.
Oh, I agree that the BOM Is likely the same or modular (whatever is cheaper) but to say it's just "firmware" I think is unlikely, especially for the model with only one receiver.
That said, I've pondered getting the 398UVD as I'd like to have a dual receive HT that is in the $100 range (and isn't the horrid Wouxon 8D, I had nothing but issues from it and the display is impossible to read in the sun) but it doesn't appear it's available except from alibaba or such.
That is, if I can flip my VX-7R. So far selling it on ebay isn't happening, I'll just keep it if the price isn't right.
Project25_MASTR
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And added an extra receiver. Theory is supported by the FCC IDs...but still the radio doesn't actually need dual ID's (Part 15 receivers are covered under Part 90 certifications). As the actual distribution of ID's suggests there are two transmitters (note the radio sent in for testing only had a single ID while shipped radios had two).
Then why do the 8R-Series radios that have been causing all the controversy have dual FCC ID numbers? One coming back to the 398UVD and the other the 8R series from ATT? Also, ATT states that there is an additional receiver in the 8R series radios (which is where dual receive and shortwave comes from).
Look at the spec sheets people. Both the 398UVD, the 3318UVD and Termn8r have the exact same specs with the exception of the 8R's Noaa, gmrs and murs channels. Its all in the software, not the hardware.
If anyone want picture or video proof of the 398UVD having dual recieve and shortwave, i can make it happen.
If anyone want picture or video proof of the 398UVD having dual recieve and shortwave, i can make it happen.
Astrogoth13
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My Termn8r is still working. My only issue is both knobs have cracked and fallen off. Has anyone found a pair of replacements that fit and look okay? Maybe on eBay??
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