/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1488474
>DMR makes you sound like a drunk Microsoft Sam.
The $90 chink radios like the tyt md380 sound bad on dmr but they are very popular on our network.You just get used to it after a wile.The higher end tait, motorola, kenwood, etc stuff all sound fine. And that really isn't surprising since dmr is a mature product in the commercial lmr radio world. The chinks and hams are still new to it. They are sounding better with each revision though.
Another cool thing about dmr that wasn't mentioned is it supports ipv4/ipv6 networking in the latest spec. I have yet to see any amateur networks play with that but I am sure it will come. I know txting is popular at least now.
We have just about all of lower new england covered and linked on 70cm dmr. Some states have statewide portable coverage. . 2M is a fucking wasteland. All the repeater pairs are taken up by boomers with their old analog repeaters that do nothing but ID every once in a while with that dumb 1980s robot voice. They are worse then domain squatters. Just sitting there unused like zombies taking up spectrum and tower sites.

>>1488356
>What's a good starter radio?
TYT MD-380 is what everyone starts with to get their feet wet.They are so popular they are now on amazon prime. They suck but they work. And since they are so popular you can easily find a codeplug (local programing) to copy in to yours form someone around you. I run old xpr4000 series motorola gear. Kinda a pain to get in to but I like the sound and build quality.