Thank you. Just, thank you. De EA4IAU
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:54 am
Hello OpenGD77 people
I just wanted to thank you for such wonderful piece of firmware.
I got a DM1701 with the intention of using openGD77, but had it with its original firmware for a few days to check it’s working in correct order.
…My experience with the original factory firmware was one of the worst experiences I have ever had with a radio. It didn’t even work right in analog! no real squelch control, you had to create a new channel for every small little detail you changed.
However, then I loaded OpenGD77, which turned an unsufferable radio into a great Ham Radio machine, that allowed me to explore, scan, communicate, and even improved on transmission quality! (reportedly).
I see that because DMR came from a commercial environment, the DMR landscape is flodded with radios with terrible firmware that makes DMR look bad. But if every DMR radio had a firmware like openGD77, it would be as popular as FM. Why not? it’s just modulation.
So thank you. I am so happy with this firmware. And I hope to be able to contribute to it at some point.
EA4IAU
I just wanted to thank you for such wonderful piece of firmware.
I got a DM1701 with the intention of using openGD77, but had it with its original firmware for a few days to check it’s working in correct order.
…My experience with the original factory firmware was one of the worst experiences I have ever had with a radio. It didn’t even work right in analog! no real squelch control, you had to create a new channel for every small little detail you changed.
However, then I loaded OpenGD77, which turned an unsufferable radio into a great Ham Radio machine, that allowed me to explore, scan, communicate, and even improved on transmission quality! (reportedly).
I see that because DMR came from a commercial environment, the DMR landscape is flodded with radios with terrible firmware that makes DMR look bad. But if every DMR radio had a firmware like openGD77, it would be as popular as FM. Why not? it’s just modulation.
So thank you. I am so happy with this firmware. And I hope to be able to contribute to it at some point.
EA4IAU