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Reviews For: Radioddity GD-88 V/UHF DMR/Analog HT

Category: Transceivers: VHF/UHF+ Amateur Hand-held

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Review Summary For : Radioddity GD-88 V/UHF DMR/Analog HT
Reviews: 1MSRP: $219.99
Description:
Summer 2022 - Radioddity's newest addition to its DMR line since discontinuing the GD-77. It's a fully capable DMR HT which will accept 300,000 Ham Contacts from radioid.net.
Product is in production
More Info: https://www.radioddity.com/products/radioddity-gd-88
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WN3R Rating: 2022-08-13
Very impressive DMR HT Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Perhaps I am rushing this review a bit as this is my 3rd day owning it and just a few hours using it. I spent the first 4-5 hours programming it. Fortunately, for me, I was familiar with the DB25-D which shares the same CPS so I got off to a fast start.

Like any radio that's new, one can ask stupid questions or simply spend some time with the manual. I actually did both.

In a word, "Worth it". It's $100 less than the gold standard, Anytone, but appears to be just as rugged but in a smaller-lighter package. No BT.

I certainly have not implemented every feature, like APRS, GPS, etc. as my primary interest is DMR.

My next favorite DMR HT is the GD-77 with OpenGD77 firmware and CPS. Sadly, it is no longer available new.

Once the initial pain of needing to set a channel up for every contact, it is a pleasure to use. (OpenGD77 took a better programming approach especially for those using hotspots)

Programming hint: If you get your ham contact list from RADIOID.NET (file name: user.csv), you need to make a couple of changes: delete the "header row" and the "last name" column before you can directly import it into the CPS. BTW, this database dump is performed daily by the nice folks at Radioid.net.