
#Anytone 878 battery install
The Programming cable worked with Windows 10 out of the box–I didn’t have to install any drivers.
#Anytone 878 battery software
Programming Software and Firmware Upgrades. Bluetooth PTT Switch included with the radio.
#Anytone 878 battery Bluetooth
It comes with a Bluetooth PTT switch so I can have my D878 up high on a shelf where it can get a signal and operate it remotely. While watching a YouTube video on my phone, an incoming radio transmission caused the video to pause, and the headset immediately was listening to the audio from the radio instead.Ī few seconds after the radio transmission was over, the Jabra reconnected to my phone, and I could resume playback. I have my Jabra earbuds paired with my computer, phone, and radio all at the same time (although it seems only 2 devices can be connected to the Jabra at once). I had no trouble pairing it to my Jabra Elite Active 75T earbuds and could use my earbuds for Receive or Transmit the AnyTone has the ability to adjust Mic gain for Bluetooth, so you don’t come in too loud or softly. AnyTone AT-D878UVII Plus, Bluetooth PTT switch, and Bluetooth Jabra Elite Active 75 earbuds (the PTT switch is included with the radio, but obviously, the Jabra earbuds are not). It’s better than even more expensive radios such as the Yaesu FT3DR. The Bluetooth implementation is well done. A lot of other DMR radios are limited to 200,000 (or even 1000) contacts.īluetooth. Currently, there are 200,422 Ham Radio DMR IDs worldwide, so it’s nice to have room to grow. You can set custom background images and foreground colors to red, green, blue, cyan, yellow, orange, or white. It reminds me of those candy bar-style phones from the ’90s. This allows you to change channels by feel.Ĭolor Screen. Many newer radios have a volume knob, but then you’ve got to use clunky buttons to move between channels. Physical Channel and Volume encoder knobs. Here are my observations on the Anytone AT-D878UVII Plus’s features This AnyTone is what I would consider the flagship DMR Ham Radio. Japanese manufacturers are still refusing to implement DMR, but the Chinese manufacturers are noticing the popularity of DMR and are re-designing their business radios with firmware for ham radio. However, it’s affordable and less fragmented (just about every digital Chinese radio supports DMR), so many hams have worked to make DMR suitable for ham radio, and it’s increasing in popularity. DMR is an open standard, but it was designed for the business world, not ham radio, so it’s not an ideal solution. Hence, we now have competing proprietary digital modes segmenting ham operators who choose to go digital. Unfortunately, none of the major ham radio manufacturers agreed upon a single digital standard or reasonable licensing. D-STAR and Fusion have an advantage in that they are designed for Ham Radio. If you want to talk with all three, you must buy three different radios…ĭ-STAR (created by ICOM), Fusion C4FM (created by Yaesu), and DMR (an open standard). There are three competing ham digital voice standards. You can find information about Getting Licensed from the ARRL (American Radio Relay League). This radio is intended for ham radio operators. It’s not perfect, but there’s nothing better in the DMR realm. It has a robust build and packs a lot of features into its form factor. This is the latest model (released in April 2021) in AnyTone’s ham radio HT DMR lineup. Here’s my review of the AnyTone AT-D878UVII Plus. It’s not compact, but it’s also not overly bulky for what it does. It’s also the only HT I’ve come across that implements Bluetooth correctly. This is the best DMR ham radio handheld transceiver (HT) on the market.
