Complete 878 Plug and Play Bundle Setup

Now I’m usually one that nothing ever works like advertised. However, I opened the box just as Cody did. Put it together just like he showed, and it WORKED THE FIRST TIME! Thanks so much for the video. I’m looking forward to learning more via BCSU and talking to someone soon. 73, WB4PJF, Norwalk, OH

video is too difficult to watch. Hit the pause and all kind of popups. Adds are too distracting.

would have been nice if after he did the parrot he tried to get another ham that was monitoring for a short QSO

A great video would show the proper/best operating practices when working DMR. For example, if a repeater has 10 channels set up and I have properly loaded that info into my code plug, how do I most efficiently scan those channels? I may be wrong, but I think that if I do not key up the repeater I will not hear some (the dyanamic??) channels when they are active. Sometimes I listen to dead air for hours, then I will key up the repeater and there are a couple of guys talking away that I did not hear previously. There must be many similar things that a new digital operator needs to learn ABOUT OPERATING DMR that an experienced analog operator has no clue about. Also, a non-digital, but general ham info video about some transmission techniques would be good…. such as being sure to ID every `10 minutes; moving from a static TG to a dynamic local TG to free up the wide area TG; try not to say “Ah, uh,” in every sentence; discuss some topic of general interest, not limiting your QSOs to “I’ve got my new Anytone 878 here, how do I sound… thanks, gotta go feed the goldfish now.. 73”; I think you get the idea. It would do wonders to have new hams actually experience and enjoy to friendships that can be built via ham radio QSOs. Thanks for considering.

K4ATG here, have not made the switch to DMR yet, but have been reading up on it. I am not sure of the distance to a similar repeater.