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title: Hytera PD785G
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aliases:
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- /amateur-radio/2020-01-27-aprs-with-hytera-pd785g-v9
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summary:
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date: 2019-12-31
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lastmod: 2024-06-09T06:32:40+0000
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showBreadcrumbs: true
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# showDate: false
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showReadingTime: false
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showWordCount: false
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# showPagination: false
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---
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This is the second DMR radio that I bought. I wanted something stable,
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a rock-solid handheld radio that cannot be bricked, since my [first DMR
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radio][1] did not start any more.
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[1]: {{< ref "anytone-d878uvplus" >}}
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The transmitted audio quality of this device is really good. Also the TX
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buffering is an awesome feature if you tend to respond immediately. It buffers
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your voice until TXing is ready (otherwise you can setup a TX-ready tone).
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The radios operating frequencies are **70cm only**!
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Also analog operation is not very easy, yet alone a 1750Hz tone is hard to generate,
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I've been looking on the internet to accomplish that (in europe many repeater open
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after they receive that tone on their RX frequency). At least in Tirol the newer
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repeater are triggered with a 77Hz subtone.
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It has a nice fit in my hands, but I rarely use this radio.
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No channel can be entered without a computer, you may want to use the Hytera
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software for this only.
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I'm using Firmware v9 on this, but I've read that v8 would be a better choice.
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Sending Hytera devices for repair is a major pain in the ass, the friendly people at
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the store where I bought the device had to send it over to the UK because noone in
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europe can replace parts... that's how it looks... at least.
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They changed the motherboard at a cost of about 150€. The whole correspondence took
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about 4 months (which also was a major pain) - specially when they tried to convince
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me to trash the device and buy another one (with some discount).
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## Output power (70cm band)
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The Hytera PD785G only supports 70cm.
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![output power around 433.500 MHz](power.png)
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