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Ok, ill post some tomorrow. Are there any dmr radios that work with chirp? If i can make this one work ill stick with it. I just need to progress the learning curve i guess.
Chirp works with lot's of radios, although I have never used it. A friend of mine uses it, and I have seen enough. You would have to check with Chirp as to whether it works specifically with your radio or not.
As I mentioned earlier, it's very similar no matter which vendor you are using. I doubt you'll find much greener grass anywhere else.
Chirp does not work wih any dmr radio I know of. Use the GD-77 CPS from the Raioddity websight. A posting from a couple of days ago says the optional firmware is not available at this time.