[Newest CPS & Firmware] Radioddity DB25-D Dual Band DMR Mobile Radio, 20W VHF UHF Digital Transceiver with GPS APRS, 4000CH 300,000 Contacts, Dual Time Slot Tier II Vehicle Car Ham Radio Black

Pros: it's an extremely small radio and will fit almost anywhere, DMR works well on repeaters while mobile. Mic has magnetic back so traditional mic hook is not needed. Cons: programming is a little difficult to learn at first but once you get the hang of it, it's not to bad. You have to crank the audio up pretty loud to hear while mobile, but does not distort to bad. Over all: I would recommend this radio and definitely would but again. Radioddity had a great US based support and stand by their products. You also have amazon return if it's not for you so there is no risk. Just do it, lol

I found the radio to be very good, easy to program/operate, especially using the alternative CPEditor by David Bell. Radio is very compact with a small screen. I don't have it installed in my vehicle yet, but I'm wondering how well I'll be able to see the rather small display. I've owned Radioddity items in the past and have always had good luck with them, and the DB25-D is no exception. Overall, I'm very satisfied.Snag with original order: When I received the original package, I found several items missing (including the radio itself) and other items were obviously used. I contacted Amazon and they sent me a replacement at no cost as well as a prepaid return shipping label to return the original package. This is the only reason I gave four stars. The radio itself is five stars.

Radio is dual band unit but the VHF side failed, no power output. I contacted the Radioddity Service Support team via email and they reply promptly. Irene, the service representative was excellent and followed up quickly and sent a prepaid label and a RMA number and I shipped the radio back in exchange for a new replacement radio. Irene was very attentive and professional and turned the situation from frustration with a defective radio to a pleasant and easy exchange to a new radio, thank you Irene and thanks to the Radioddity service support team

Despite the reviews being wishy washy I took a risk on this thing. Got the unit, looked like the box was clean and hadn't been touched...and that's where things get interesting...Unit arrived with just the cigarette light adapter, which...most brand new vehicles (including mine) don't have cigarette lighters anymore. The unit was supposed to come with a power cable, it didn't.The unit when initially connected and the codeplug downloaded CLEARLY had belonged to someone else. There were tons of groups, contacts, and frequencies set on it...so that was another clue. Despite all my best efforts, I couldn't get many settings to stick. The saddest thing of all, and what's causing the return is that the squelch even at the lowest setting won't break for my main repeater network's flagship channel. If you key up locally on another radio...squelch breaks...but it's choppy...when standing a few feet away.This is one of those times when I went cheap and got exactly what I paid for. I'm going to have to suck it up and get an Alinco DR-MD520 or something similar as a replacement for this little guy since it just didn't cut it.

I got this, installed a codeplug from scratch, added one local repeater and setup an analog one, then did the local parrot and it sounded fine(took a few good hard hours of figuring lol) but all good. put a new dual band antenna on the truck I used previously, made sure the SWR was good and installed it with all new from amazon connectors and coax. after a day the parrot sounded like it was getting interference, so spent the day troubleshooting it to the tune of back in my shack under good antenna powerful supply and great SWR and it sounds terrible on playback. My handheld sounded great here in the same room with a duck antenna! so off to return it goes. wish it was better news.

Purchased the radio a little over a year ago, and unfortunately i went to work one morning and it wouldn’t turn on. Irene was quick to respond and get a replacement sent! These have an 18 month warranty that is no hassle at all! Radioddity stands behind their products unlike alot of other companies today. Replacement is working great, customer for life. You wont regret it. Thanks Irene!

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Essendomi interessato al DMR nelle comunicazioni radioamatoriali ho prima comprato un portatile economico per prendere mano con la programmazione e l'utilizzo, poi ho deciso di acquistare un apparato semi fisso da tenere nella mia stazione/laboratorio. Dopo una breve ricerca mi sono orientato su questo modello della Radioddity sia per le buone recensioni sia per il prezzo ragionevole. Devo dire che rimasto estremamente soddisfatto: l'apparato ha un aspetto robusto ed è concepito sia per un uso veicolare che come apparato da base. Il manuale fornito nella confezione è estremante stringato e non di grande utilità. Fortunatamente il sito web Radioddity fornisce ampie informazioni e manuali integrativi in un perfetto inglese, non nel classico cino-inglese spesso incomprensibile per errori di grammatica e frasi sconnesse (preciso che l'inglese è la mia seconda lingua). Il s/w CPS scaricabile dal sito non è particolarmente complesso da utilizzare, e analizzando con attenzione tutte le funzionalità dell'apparato si riesce a realizzare una programmazione funzionale alle proprie esigenze. L'unico limite che inizialmente mi ha lasciato perplesso è che quando si riceve una conversazione su un ponte DMR il display non visualizza il TG su cui chi si ascolta sta trasmettendo. In altre parole, se uno imposta su un canale un Rx Group con più TG disponibili sullo stesso Time slot, e poi ascolta quel canale, non si sa quale TG si sta ascoltando. L'ultima versione f/w della radio però permette di ascoltare sempre il TG impostato come contatto nel canale se non si imposta sullo stesso canale alcun RX Group (Rx Group = Off). Questa cosa la trovo utile. La cosa poi cambia in meglio se si carica nella radio un file .csv con i nominativi e gli ID DMR degli OM con cui ci si connette frequentemente (o l'elenco di tutti gli OM con ID DMR, reperibile in formato .csv sul web). Infatti, in tal caso, oltre a comparire il nominativo dell'OM che si sta ascoltando, compare anche il TG sul quale trasmette chi stiamo ascoltando. Vi è inoltre una utile funzione chiamata "promiscuous" che, se attivata, consente di ricevere ogni trasmissione operante sul Time slot del canale indipendentemente dal TG su cui avviene. Di fatto, in tal modo, gli RX Groups sembrerebbero inutili. Per concludere, preciso che l'apparato ha dimensioni molto ridotte e quindi si adatta anche a chi dispone di spazi limitati nel proprio shack o nell'auto e che, ovviamente, consente di operare anche in analogico, in simplex o tramite ripetitori, sia in VHF che in UHF.

Had some unusual software problems with my Radioddity DB 25 D, had contact with the very friendly Irene from Radioddity. She sent me a replacement only a few days later! Before that the great support team helped me with some other computer questions, because I was pretty new to digital radio communication. For me the support from this company was the best I have ever seen. The DB 25 will not be the last radio I buy from them, I can recommend the company to every radio amateur!

Ich war erst etwas skeptisch, da meine Lage zum nächsten DMR-Repaeter nicht die günstigste ist. Bisher betreibe ich ein Anytone 878 II Plus an einem Hotspot da hier die Leistung nicht ausreichend ist um den Repaeter zu erreichen. Also hab ich das DB25D getestet. Was soll ich sagen, ich erreiche den Repaeter mit recht guten Werten.Die Programmierung habe ich mit dem CPEditor von David Bell (MM7DBT) vorgenommen (gibt's auf der Herstellerseite). Codeplug erstellen ging unkompliziert. Gut man muss sich auch in diesen etwas einarbeiten, die Datei zum programmieren, leider nur in englischer Sprache, lesen und dort einiges beachten. Aber nach etwas Zeit hat es geklappt. In DMR ist für mich die Lautstärke 5 bis 6 am angenehmsten, gut verständlich und nicht zu laut. Im analogen Betrieb ist die Lautstärke 1 doch noch recht laut. Weiter reduzieren geht leider nicht. Hier wäre ein zukünftiges Update super um feiner einzustellen. Aber es geht.Die USB Verbindung ist stabil und bisher ohne Abstürze. Um die DMR IDs aller Kontakte sollte man diese aus einer Exel-Datei importieren. Die Übertragung von ca. 255.000 Kontakten hat aber ca. 45 Minuten in Anspruch genommen.Bisher bin ich gut zufrieden, gerade bei diesem Preis ein rechtes Gerät.