Category Archives: VHF/UHF Transceivers

Tuning the bandpass filters on an Icom commercial mobile radio..

Posted on January 13, 2025 by Daniel

.. is actually pretty cool. Is it magic? 🙂

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MD-380 Volume Control Modification for OpenRTX/M17

Posted on January 11, 2025 by Daniel

Today I performed the MD-380 Volume Control Modification for OpenRTX/M17 on one of my MD-380 radios. This was to try to get the audio level improved for M17, after updating the radio with OpenRTX. https://github.com/OpenRTX/OpenRTX/issues/266 I did the mod as … Continue reading →

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Yaesu FTM-400D Repair

Posted on December 28, 2024 by Daniel

I’ve been eyeing the Yaesu FTM-400D for quite some time. A friend of mine had one installed in his car, and I was impressed by its true dual-band functionality, the sleek display, and its 9k6 data connection. Since these models … Continue reading →

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OpenGD77 on the TYT MD-9600 / Retevis RT-90

Posted on May 22, 2022 by Daniel

I always like the MD-9600 as a radio but disliked the firmware. Therefor I got really excited that I read that OpenGD77 got ported to this radio. I started with a v2 hardware radio and installed the Alpha version that … Continue reading →

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Radioddity GD-77: This is a wonderfull DMR radio for a fantastic price!

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Daniel

I ordered this radio as soon as it became available without any expectations. The price was so low that I did not expect much. Also as I already had a RT-82 I did not really need it, I was just … Continue reading →

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All MD380/RT3 modifications

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Daniel

This is a nice site of DL4YHF on all the TYT MD380 / Retevis RT3 modifications. http://www.qsl.net/dl4yhf/RT3/index.html Thanks to DL4YHF! 73s  

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This is a great and very helpfull website: TYT MD380 Tools

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Daniel

Please have a look at the following Website. As I have been flashing the Retevis RT3 and MD380 for a long time manually now, I still thought this website to be very helpfull. TYT MD380 Tools It has a very nice … Continue reading →

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