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FM in the menu is to turn on the option an FM broadcast receiver that is built in. A use case example could be if you were traveling and wanted to hear FM radio for some reason, turning that menu item on will give the option to turn on the FM receiver using the left side bottom button below the PTT. (I think it was that button.) It’s an option I usually leave off, but it’s there if I ever need or want it. Does that help? Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁

Thanks for explaining that. Merry Christmas

You are correct. What TIDRADIO appears to have done is taken the same radio chassis and certified it for both services-but not both bands at the same time, legally. The firmware in the radio is what determines the radio service the T3 operates in. The frequencies and power levels for ham vs GMRS are controlled by the firmware, which can be accessed at reset reboot. There is a three item menu presented when doing a reset boot (instructions can be found online). That menu will put the radio into ham or GMRS or both, depending on the selection. Technically the radio can operate in those spectrums. Legally, in the USA, that’s another matter, hence the firmware control. To be legal, I don’t suggest running both ham/GMRS simultaneously, but the radio is capable of it, and has apparently met certifications for both services… separately. The same radio is sold with different market branding. So it seems they are meeting the FCC certification rules, and it falls on the user to comply.

Glad it was helpful for you. Thank you.

Good information. Thank you for sharing that. I’ll be aware of those issues. So far all good.

Thank you. I appreciate the comment. I hope it helps the newbies. I like seeing the new hams get encouraged.

Thank you!

Same to you!

Thank you. I’m working on some other videos. More to come. 🙂

Thank you for the feedback. I’m glad it was helpful! Thank you for sharing the information about Mexico. It’s good to know. Many people in the US also use the radios for other frequency bands like GMRS, but the FCC laws here limit us with what the radio is legally “type accepted” for, (approved to use for), but technically the radio can operate on other frequencies, and other country’s radio laws are different than here. I’m sure you will have fun with it. 👍

I’m glad you liked it. Thank you for the feedback! I appreciate hearing it.

Thank you. More to come. 👍

Thank you. It's a great radio. Don't be frustrated if it seems confusing at first. We all went through that phase, and eventually it will make sense.

I just saw this question. Sorry for delay. You technically can, if the radio is built to handle a modification to do it, like some Motorola commercial type radios. Those commercial grade radios are typically the best way to do it. Baofeng and most radios can't do true duplex like that.

I've never tried using the phone. I would strongly urge getting an old PC to program with. I'm a die-hard Mac user, so I get frustrated when radio programming requires a PC. I had a friend who was dumping an old Windows 7 laptop that works perfectly well for running the CPS programming software. There is a lot going on within the software for programing DMR and you want a screen that can clearly display the various settings. The repeater offset settings are really easy to set up once you are in the programming mode. I never use the AuRepeater functions. No need to. What you will discover is that after you load frequency assignments for channels (analog or digital), you then load this channels into Zones, kind of similar to files going into a folder. Files are the channels you create, and Zones are the folders. You can mix and match analog/DMR as much as you want. Most people will set Zones by geography, but that's up to you. The channel memories can be adjusted in the field on the keypad as needed, but it's only as a last resort because it takes several steps to do. DMR adjustments are even more involved, but can be done via keypad. The repeater offsets are typically loaded in per channel, so if you had a repeater freq and wanted to do talk-around, I would create a separate channel for that function rather that getting into the keypad. I still use the keypad for VFO operation, but you I get lazy and spoiled by having everything preset. Again, when you do it as DMR, the level of complexity goes way up. Find a PC. Trust me. 😉

@@Raymazon Thanks for taking the time to answer elaborately. Yes, I trust you - it obviously makes very much sense to find a PC to do the programming, however I have not yet given up finding a solution to do this using my Linux systems. I tried QDMR, but this is of course something generic and does not support all these little details that the Anytones config allows to adjust. Next thing to try is running Anytone's CPS on Wine ... Btw, I meanwhile also think it makes sense to not use the AuRepeater functions and to set the Rx/Tx freq explicitly (this is of course supported by QDMR).

@@hennero.3826 Please let us know what you finally end up doing to solve the issue. I think the limiting factor is that Anytone only makes the CPS software as a PC program. I wish they’d support Mac. They’d be way ahead of the others if they did. I look forward to hearing what you do.

@@Raymazon Unfortunately I do not really have the solution I would have preferred. Meanwhile I tried to run Anytone's CPS using the Wine software on Linux, with the following disappointing results: 😕 With one Wine version the CPS did not run at all, with another the application started, yet it could not connect to the serial port although I configured the symbolic links on OS level for the /dev/tty... to map them to Windows COM ports. I assume for those that need to uses the device's DMR functionality and depend on CPS the most efficient solution is what you recommended (to find a PC/laptop with Windows). Maybe for what I am planning to use th device for, I will not necessarily need CPS although it would have been rather convenient. For the time being, I do not need much more than configuring a few FM channels. For this, QDMR will do.

@@hennero.3826 Thanks for the update. Fortunately a lot of people are dumping old PC laptops, so getting one for (almost) free can happen if you put the word out there. The old laptop I got has a battery that holds very little charge, making it almost worthless, but works perfectly well for programming radios. The CPS software PC port assignment on the laptop was the only thing I had to sort out. I followed the CPS how-to instructions carefully and it came right up. I didn’t have any other issues after that. I’ve been thinking of doing a video on using the software. If I can find the time, I may try making one. 73 Ray

Thank you for the feedback. In order to correct my error, can you please elaborate? Duplex has several meanings and I want to make it better understood. A repeater is usually a duplex repeater, meaning they can hear and talk at the same time, though there can be “store and forward” repeaters which are very rare and almost none existent. Many commercial radios have a setting on the control head labeled as “duplex” as the mode for the “repeater” mode of transmission, vs simplex operation for talk-around. They just use the nomenclature of “duplex” rather than “repeater”. Then there are radios such as Motorola mobile radios that have the internal circuitry to allow it to operate in full duplex mode in the car where they can transmit and receive at the same time, which allows the radio operator to receive themselves as they transmit coming back from the repeater, or the network of repeaters. Commercial grade Motorola mobile radios are heavily used in repeaters because of this highly sought after ability of being able to easily duplex, and their ability to withstand continuous transmit duty cycles. In a mobile environment, on a fully duplexed radio, if the volume is turned up too loud, you get into an echo or feedback condition when hearing yourself returning from the repeater. The advantage of running mobile duplex while on a network is that if another station on a full-duplex linked repeater keys up elsewhere on the system, then the first operator will hear the interrupting station comment in real time. Most linked repeater networks are full-duplexed networks, but not all are. Full duplex has some advantages for the control operator of the network while admin level controlling the system. So it depends on which definition of duplex is used; the one that some radio manufacturers use on their radio product control function labels, or the transmission mode. Again, if I misstated, let’s get it corrected. I was referring to the control function label found on many radios when using the term. Thank you for the input.

It just relays, or passes-through the voice in real time. If you want a playback of your voice, the repeater would have to have a voice-recorder capability in the repeater's controller hardware itself (which some can do), but it is not commonly offered on most analog repeaters. DMR Digital Mobile Radio repeaters offer that option via the Brandmeister server, but that's another topic for digital radios.

@@raymazonhamradio thanks

My pleasure! Glad it helped.

Glad the info was helpful. If you hear me on the PAPA system, be sure to give me a shout. 73 Ray

See if this video explains it for you. th-cam.com/video/hPQnWTZIGBo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-l8GV_U2hqHo0iXH

@@raymazonhamradio thank you

@@davidsteckley8846 You are welcome!

@@raymazonhamradio I’m studying for an exam on Monday and I’m learning that this stuff is far more complicated than I thought. I’ve been given things to study, and those are the things I’m trying to learn. This puts it in a little more perspective. Technically I should probably go to school, but for me this would be a promotion under a training and development (TND) for a training position. That’s why I applied for it

@@davidsteckley8846 That's good to hear. It will be worth it for you in the end. It's a very useful thing to learn, and you will have fun with it too. Preparedness is getting popular, and radio communications is an important tool. Even for people that go hiking or camping, it can easily save your life. We forget the simple challenges we all went through while learning radio communications back in our own beginning. I've considered the idea of putting a course together, so the feedback is appreciated. Good luck on Monday.

Thank you. That great to hear!

Hi Damian. Yes, a repeater would have to be used to reach that distance. (Unless you happen to be physically located atop a mountain.) I was on a hike up on a 1,000 foot hill in San Diego yesterday and was able to reach the Catalina Island repeater (75 miles away) on a hand held. Elevation is key. In the real world though, yes, a repeater will retransmit your signal great distance. Also, some repeater systems, like the PAPA system in Southern California, have a network of linked repeaters that covers half the state. There are some open repeaters on both 2 meters and 440 that should cover that area you are asking about.

@raysiposs9822 I and the receiver would only need to connect to the same repeater or each other on a linked repeater to hear one another? It's not like I need to program two repeaters to chain the connection?

@@damian3182 Correct. You are only communicating with a repeater on a mountain. The repeater does the retransmission or relay for you. The person you are talking to on the other end is doing the same thing-talking to the repeater. You hear each other by going through that repeater relay. So just on repeater will do that. Networked or linked repeaters will interconnect, but that is done mountain top to mountain top. I just posted another video on my other channel that talks a little further about the frequencies used. th-cam.com/video/hPQnWTZIGBo/w-d-xo.html

@@raysiposs9822 awesome! I'll check it out.

Hi Joaquin, A suggestion worth trying. Do a radio reset. It sounds like perhaps the radio had a firmware update without a reset. Try the reset. If that doesn’t work, try a firmware update again, and then a reset. I spoke with a very knowledgable Anytone source about your situation, and the instability of what you describe sounds like a reset issue. Let us know how it works out so others can benefit too. 73 Ray

Ray, you and your com-padre are brilliant! That was just what I needed to finish the job of updating the CPS and the Firmware on both H/T's. It is done and I have you both to thank for assisting me along the way. Muchas gracias Sr Grande! Vry 73 de Joaquin and Feliz Navidad

That is wonderful news to hear. I’m happy it was an easy fix. Feliz Navidad Merry Christmas! 🎄

You are correct. In this area we just refer to it as PL or DPL.

General Electric also called it Channel Guard back in the day too. We mostly used Motorola radios heavily here so that became the name that stuck for us.

It depends on what you mean by scanning local transmissions. You can scan a frequency spectrum like 445.000-449.975 mhz while in the VFO mode. You can find the Talk Group by putting in a frequency and going into Digi Monitor mode and any transmissions heard will display the talk group. I can’t recall if the Color Code is also displayed in that mode, but I think it is. I’ll have to confirm that.

I checked further and the color code doesn’t display the specific Color Code in Digi Monitor, but it does hear radio traffic even if the CC is not set properly. I assume you’d just have to find it manually, trying one at a time, if you wanted to transmit. Hope that helps.

will this radio pick up 160 Mhz also will it do GMRS thanks

Thank you.

Thank you. It seems overwhelming at first, but if you think of channels being stored in Zone files, it helps to get the idea of how it’s laid out. The programming software is also a challenge until you use it and realize that it really only needs input on a few menu pages once it is set up. I’ve been tempted to make a video on using the software, but I think there are some videos that do a pretty good job already. I’m not sure if it’s needed.

Thank you. The Anytone can be confusing. I hope it will start to make sense for you. 🙂 73 Ray

I've had just the opposite experience. My Icom ID-51APLUS2 has largely been ignored since acquiring it in 2017. But I have 3 878s I use quite often because DMR seems so much easier. Perhaps you could point me toward some learning resources for D-STAR? Thanks

Thank you. Excellent idea. I will do have to do that in another video explaining repeaters. Thank you for the suggestion.