Radioddity DB-25D Pro Dual Band DMR Mobile Radio, 20W VHF UHF Ham Amateur Radio Digital Transceiver with GPS APRS, 4000CH 500,000 Contacts, Dual Time Slot Tier II Vehicle Car

Had this little mobile hammer about a year or more. I love it. First, the footprint is tiny, so it’s super easy to mount just about anywhere and it doesn’t look like you’ve got a ham nerd city pile in your car. The trade off; it’s only 25w, BUT, it produces and uses every bit of that wattage, it doesn’t hold back. The audio is crisp, the mic produces a good tx, and it’s easy to program. The menu is pretty much identical to the gd88 which I also own. The cps isn’t the best, but you can use third party user made cps and have a far easier time. The cps isn’t bad, so to speak, just not quite as user friendly as others that are out there. I actually use an 8 pin rj45 bulkhead extension and mounted the radio to my dash, and have the mic stashed in my console, works like a charm and it’s way less clutter. Again, because of the size, it’s an absolute breeze to install. Depending on your vehicle, take a look at bullet point mounting solutions. I put a grid in my f150 above the stereo receiver, chefs kiss mounting spot for the db25d. This gets a solid thumbs up from me. Absolutely recommend if you don’t want a nasa Apollo mission dashboard with half a server deck under your seat. Yes you sacrifice a little power, but the trade off is not looking like a goober.

Very nice radio. Well built and easy to program. Menus are easy to navigate. Tx quality is clean and the tiny speaker works remarkably well for its size. My only complaint is that it is limited to low power on analog. However, this is a non issue if you are using it primarily for DMR. The rig itself is very small. About at wide as an iphone is long. It’s so compact in fact that I was able to mount it on a flexible seatbolt mount like the head units from larger radios. I’d buy it again. 5 stars if it didn’t limit analog power.

Yeah, everything seems to be working. Just fine and enjoy it very much thank you.

Nice little radio. Using it primarily for GMRS on local repeaters and it works very well. The size makes installation very easy. I'll add HAM repeater frequently later when I get my ticket. The Radioddity programming software is very glitch, so I used CodePlug Editor and that made things much easier. Otherwise, great radio.

Disclaimer: bought this Used - Like new. Unit came as expected but was missing the power cable, and I have yet to use the radio for obvious reasons. - Update after trying to check in to a net: the mic wiring was incorrect, which is why it doesn't transmit. The Radiooddity team was helpful and gave a partial refund as I was unable to return the unit.

I've had this radio for 6 months now and have to say, I'm really happy. So far I've used it as a base station, mobile in a vehicle, and carried it as a manpack. In every case it's shown itself to be a versatile performer that provides more options and versatility than anything else I've come across in anywhere near a similar price range. General thoughts: The radio falls into a decent spot. There are one or two little quirks you need to get used to, but those mostly reside in the programming software and what CPS doesn't have issues? The hand mic it comes with has just enough buttons and options to give you the ability to work the radio mostly from it. The controls all have a good, solid feel and have a good sizing and spacing. As a base station: I ran this sitting on my work desk next to two different computers, a few monitors, and a bunch of wireless accessories. While I was begging for interference hell, everything actually worked quite nicely. No interference to speak of in either direction, which surprised me (keying up my 25 watt base station in the same location overloads a USB dock). The only downside I ran into was the GPS antenna didn't get a good enough view of the sky to reliably get a signal lock. As a mobile: This feels like what the radio was designed for. The main unit is small enough to fit almost anywhere in your car, which is great. If you're going to want APRS data, I'd suggest putting it somewhere on your dash, simply so the GPS antenna can get a signal lock. With the unit being as small as it is, this really isn't a problem to do. You could hide it further inside the car and relocate the GPS antenna to a different location, but I never really tried that. While the main speaker doesn't get incredibly loud, the fact that the hand mic has a speaker built into it helps with being able to listen even at high speeds. As a manpack: It's pretty surprising what the radio can do on this front. This radio is surprisingly small, which allows for some great possibilities. In a 9"x6" admin pouch I was able to house this radio & hand mic, a 5Ah battery, 1/4 antenna, throw line, and a roll up j-pole... basically a VHF/UHF kit that fits on my belt or day pack and can be used both as a HT replacement and as a base station.

Radio is to compact and hard to operate in mobile aplication.

Got this radio as my "mobile starter" and I love it. Heres the thing, if you have owned DMR radios before, especially China made ones - you know programming them is a nightmare. All my DMRs are. Radioddity is not immune to that. I knew buying this, my first question was "Seems like a nice radio, but how hard is it going to be to program?" Yea, its not the best. I rank it as the worst DMR I programmed...until I found out someone else made a better software and thats just the nature of DMR. Thats it. But thats not why I am taking 1 star away. I am taking 1 star away because there should be things in the menu I can change. You can edit pre-programmed channels, you can change PL tones, you can change frequencies, power, channel mode (Analog or Digital), you can change volume, the programmable buttons work great and you can program ALOT of buttons. BUT - why on EARTH can I not change my mic gain ON the radio? Even my DM32 HT allows this. That can easily be changed with firmware, or maybe it IS in the menu, but I dont see it. Its annoying for that ONE setting I seem to have to keep tweaking because of being told im either too low or too loud, I ahve to take the radio inside, plug it into my Btech power inverter, plug it into the computer, pray that the setting i put it at no one says its bad, and go back and put it in the car again. Other than that, the screen is really nice, once you program it the way you like (I have a standard for my preset programable buttons), create your zones, create your channels, it works great! The handmic sounds good. Both the microphone and the speaker. The screen is nice and bright, I dont find many of my 2m or 70cm repeaters have been doing its full 20 watts on my Surecom SW-33 Plus meter. 2m Im seeing about 17 watts on most 2m repeaters, and 18+ watts on 70cm. When i put my good GMRS antenna on there if I want to talk on GMRS (which yes, this will take GMRS frequencies), GMRS gives me about 15ish watts. I hit repeaters like...40 miles away though. I have this paired with a Comet SBB-5 Antenna for my 2m/70cm, and my GMRS antenna is actually self made with a coil loaded base NMO mount and a custom tuned antenna on it for GMRS. VSWR with my SBB-5 Comet is almost perfect VSWR across all my repeaters and 2m/70cm simplex channels. I am getting alot of noise on the receive end when im driving but im in my cigarette lighter so...if you have a newer vehicle (a jeep especially)? Just hard wire it into the battery and put some ferrites on it.