Ed W8EMV :radio_tower:<p>New <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/X6100" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X6100</span></a> on its way, to replace the one that was lost in transit. </p><p>USPS was prompt in saying "we never got the package".</p><p>ACI Logistix has a "help me" form but did not provide a prompt reply to my query.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/radioddity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radioddity</span></a> dispatched a new shipment once I got confirmation from USPS that they didn't have the package, with the understanding that if the first order does eventually get delivered I'll send it back.</p><p>Ham radio is a hobby with lots of side quests, did not expect logistics to be one.</p>
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Iak<p>I didn't get back quickly enough and didn't make it to the attic for the big antenna. But the picture is better than I expected for a cheap handheld radio with rubber antenna :-) <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/ARISS_SSTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ARISS_SSTV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/sstv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sstv</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/iss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/robot36" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robot36</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Radioddity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radioddity</span></a></p>
Ed W8EMV :radio_tower:<p>There is a mailing list for the <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Xiegu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xiegu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/X6200" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X6200</span></a> a new radio via <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/radioddity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radioddity</span></a> that builds on the previous generation <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/X6100" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X6100</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://groups.io/g/xiegu-x6200" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">groups.io/g/xiegu-x6200</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>So far early reports have uncovered lots of small issues, many of which sound to my ear like they could be fixed in firmware, but collectively sounding pretty awkward.</p><p>It looks like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://strangeplace.me/@greppy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>greppy</span></a></span> has been having some <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/pota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pota</span></a> fun with it per <a href="https://technomage.net/2024/06/the-x6200-initial-thoughts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">technomage.net/2024/06/the-x62</span><span class="invisible">00-initial-thoughts/</span></a></p>
SWLing Post<p>Dan’s in-depth review of the new Raddy RF-919 shortwave portable radio</p><p><a href="https://swling.com/blog/2024/05/dans-in-depth-review-of-the-new-raddy-rf-919-shortwave-portable-radio/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">swling.com/blog/2024/05/dans-i</span><span class="invisible">n-depth-review-of-the-new-raddy-rf-919-shortwave-portable-radio/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/DanRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanRobinson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/FieldRecordings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FieldRecordings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/RaddyRF919" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RaddyRF919</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Radioddity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radioddity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Reviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reviews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/ShortwaveRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortwaveRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/ShortwaveRadioReviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortwaveRadioReviews</span></a></p>
Lance (Ranger Bob) Taylor<p>SECRET New Handheld from <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Radioddity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radioddity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GA</span></a>-5WB </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3CYMSlX4g8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=_3CYMSlX4g</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a></p>
Dick Johnson. (he/him)<p>Hey, Retailers-<br>If you really don't want my business, go ahead and keep using Captcha to verify my humanity. <br>Trying to make out buses, bridges, and cars in those blurry-assed photos is damned near impossible. <br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Captcha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Captcha</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Radioddity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radioddity</span></a></p>
Ed W8EMV :radio_tower:<p>Radioddity is teasing a Xiegu X6200, and there's a groups.io mailing list </p><p><a href="https://groups.io/g/xiegu-x6200" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">groups.io/g/xiegu-x6200</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>alas the groups.io list has 100 members already so it's closed to new members (until it gets a paid subscription, I guess) and the archives are also closed so it's not really a source of information.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/radioddity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radioddity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/xiegu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xiegu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/x6200" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>x6200</span></a></p>
Chris Smart, ve3rwj<p>Looking to buy something for the <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> enthusiast in your life? Here's a $15 <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/discount" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discount</span></a> at <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Radioddity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radioddity</span></a>.<br><a href="https://radioddity.refr.cc/chrissmart" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">radioddity.refr.cc/chrissmart</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/SWL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SWL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/GMRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GMRS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/AmateurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmateurRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/DMR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DMR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Baofeng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Baofeng</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/TYT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TYT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Xiegu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xiegu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/raddy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>raddy</span></a></p>
de VK5ZSH 🇦🇺 🐧 👾 🏳️🌈<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/@ARISS_Intl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ARISS_Intl</span></a></span> </p><p>I use <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Gpredict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gpredict</span></a> under <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Look4Sat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Look4Sat</span></a> under <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> </p><p>and I also use the follow firmware</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/OpenGD77" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenGD77</span></a> firmware for the <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Radioddity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radioddity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/GD77" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GD77</span></a> is good, has voice prompts AOS, does doppler, polar view etc</p><p>The OpenGD77 firmware has added to support extra hardware like TYT MD-UV380 / UV390 / Retevis RT-3S</p><p><a href="https://github.com/LibreDMR/OpenGD77_UserGuide/blob/master/OpenGD77_User_Guide.md" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/LibreDMR/OpenGD77_U</span><span class="invisible">serGuide/blob/master/OpenGD77_User_Guide.md</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellites</span></a></p>
Julie moved to @julie@merida.hair<p>My <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Radioddity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radioddity</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/GD77" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GD77</span></a> is a source of joy, mischief, and mystique.</p>
Chris P.<p>Anyone own a <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Radioddity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radioddity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/GD88" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GD88</span></a>? </p><p>Is there any way to get it to not use the internal speaker when you have an audio output plugged in? That seems like it should just not happen.</p>
GeoJoeK<p>Very excited to get the first piece of my <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@tsherrygeo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tsherrygeo</span></a></span> / N7KOM boat anchor <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/SOTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOTA</span></a> kit in the mail today. Took advantage of <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Radioddity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radioddity</span></a>'s bundle sale. <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/POTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/XieguG90" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XieguG90</span></a></p>
b4ux1t3 :trek_ds9_sisko:#1️⃣<p>Okay, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> Mastodon, I have a question that I apparently need handholding to answer:</p><p>I have a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Radioddity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Radioddity</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GD88" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GD88</span></a> that I want to use to send <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DMR" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DMR</span></a> SMS msgs to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SMSGTE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SMSGTE</span></a>.</p><p>I have DMR working. I have a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PiStar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PiStar</span></a> working and comms with <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BrandMeister" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BrandMeister</span></a>.</p><p>What specific steps do I need to take to actually get this thing to correctly send a DMR SMS to my phone?</p><p>Also trying to get <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/APRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>APRS</span></a> text messaging working, but that seems like it might be a missing feature, not a lack of understanding.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AmateurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AmateurRadio</span></a></p>
Charles Dee Rice | DM43gj<p>First time in the field with my new <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Xiegu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xiegu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/G90" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>G90</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/radioddity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radioddity</span></a>. Received several comments on great audio quality and broke through a couple of pileups (or at least got lucky) with only 20W. Impressed! Can't argue with that view from the op position.</p>
de VK5ZSH 🇦🇺 🐧 👾 🏳️🌈<p>Who else running <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/OpenMDUV380" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenMDUV380</span></a> on their <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Retevis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retevis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/RT3s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RT3s</span></a>? I am enjoying it on mine as I do with <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/OpenGD77" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenGD77</span></a> on my <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Radioddity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radioddity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/GD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GD</span></a>-77</p>
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