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Radioddity This thing look decent? Radioddity GD-88
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rf_patriot200
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I'd suggest a Anytone 878UVII plus before the GD88. There's far more support for it.
…. And if you take a deeper look at Facebook groups for the GD-88, you’ll see that this radio has still plenty of bugs waiting to be ironed out.
I have some other Radioddity radios (a few of the excellent but discontinued GD-77), and more than a few of different orher brands, but this one, even though I would really want to get it, I am still waiting for the day it will do everything that was promised it’d do (because it is really promising).
I have some other Radioddity radios (a few of the excellent but discontinued GD-77), and more than a few of different orher brands, but this one, even though I would really want to get it, I am still waiting for the day it will do everything that was promised it’d do (because it is really promising).
rf_patriot200
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LOL, Ok I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, but I've HAD some crap from Radioddty and the Only thing that didn't have software issues or fail, was my G90. Then again I Don't believe ANYTHING said on Fakebook.
kc8kek
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Writing to the radio injects new, and random, errors every time. Channels will be in new zones, settings will change, CTCSS might be different...data gets corrupted somewhere in the transfer if you touch the cable, make noise, are sitting in a running vehicle.
Best part is random location data transmitting, even when it's disabled. Spamming everyone with your location and callsign is a neat way of getting your name out there. I guess it's like FT8 in that regard.
Pros: Radio does neat stuff I've never seen before, and helps you make pen-pals on the internet. Also spams people in DMR mode, which I haven't seen other bands offer yet.
Cons: Little expensive for a Baofeng with a random-number generator built-in to the VFO
Best part is random location data transmitting, even when it's disabled. Spamming everyone with your location and callsign is a neat way of getting your name out there. I guess it's like FT8 in that regard.
Pros: Radio does neat stuff I've never seen before, and helps you make pen-pals on the internet. Also spams people in DMR mode, which I haven't seen other bands offer yet.
Cons: Little expensive for a Baofeng with a random-number generator built-in to the VFO
It's a halfways-decent radio when you can find a way to turn off that annoying spammy beacon. It lacks some features; but has others. As far as I'm concerned, it isn't a finished radio and needs more firmware upgrades to finish it off.
I like my Anytones better, though.
I like my Anytones better, though.
