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My review of the rd-5r

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1enry1

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i have this radio.... NOT WORK well ! very bad


1) when finish received in analogue mode a very high sound is ear , terrible !

2) in DMR when start the conversation i ear bad ... problem to decode in the chip vocoder ?

3) in any time some collegue say to me the modulation was BAD, i power-off and on ..and all ok !


not a good radio ! not buy !!! 73
 

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i have this radio.... NOT WORK well ! very bad


1) when finish received in analogue mode a very high sound is ear , terrible !

2) in DMR when start the conversation i ear bad ... problem to decode in the chip vocoder ?

3) in any time some collegue say to me the modulation was BAD, i power-off and on ..and all ok !


not a good radio ! not buy !!! 73

Despite the broken English I will try to explain your negativity to you professionally.
EVERYTHING you just described more than likely has nothing to do with the radio unless you've been testing it in a controlled environment.

How far are you from your repeater?
Are you talking to someone locally on that repeater?

As soon as you add the internet into the mix - EVERYTHING can change. And I won't even get started on the people who use Hotspots as their reference for radio performance.
 

1enry1

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Navy sorry but is NOT only my personal impression but ...the problems that i see in this radio

i read for all others ham-radio in some Facebook groups of this radio !



A terrible noisy when in fm analogue the conversation is out .... not good
 

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Until you or “they” use a service monitor and appropriate test equipment to quantify exactly how bad the radio is - I don’t care to hear opinions.

Same people would throw a $2 Chinese antenna on a Motorola and complain about poor quality.
 

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The TYT cables do not work with the RD-5R. However the RD-5R comes with the programming cable. And they are readily available.
 

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I dont have a rd5r i have the dm5r v3 which doesnt come with the cable. I have a old baofeng prolific cable and a md380 ftdi usb cable. Can anyone tell me how to use dual stand by on this thing cant find it anywhere??
 

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9 Double Wait
Press Menu
Select On
Press Exit 4 times

When you have Double Wait turned on, you will not be able to scan until you turn it off again. If you press Scan, you will get the message "Scan Fobid".
 
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