Device specific classes for Baofeng/Radioddity RD-5R. More...
Classes | |
| class | RD5R |
| Implements an interface to the Baofeng/Radioddity RD-5R VHF/UHF 5W DMR (Tier I/II) radio. More... | |
| class | RD5RCodeplug |
| Represents, encodes and decodes the device specific codeplug for a Baofeng/Radioddity RD-5R. More... | |
| class | RD5RFileReader |
| Methods to read manufacturer codeplug files. More... | |
| class | RD5RLimits |
| Implements the configuration limits for the Radioddity RD-5R. More... | |
Detailed Description
Device specific classes for Baofeng/Radioddity RD-5R.
The Baofeng/Radioddity RD-5R radio is likely the cheapest fully DMR compatiple (Tier I&II) VHF/UHF radio on the market. Consequently, it is quiet popular and is usually the first DMR radio many operators may buy. In my opinion it is a decent radio with reasonable sensitivity and audio quality (for a handheld). However, the receiver frontend seems to be identical to the analog Baofeng handhelds and thus suffers from the same well known issue of blocking whenever a strong signal is nearby (even across bands). But you get a lot for a $70 radio.
It features up to 1024 channels organized in 250 zones, where each zone may contain up to 16 channels. The radio is a dual VFO and each VFO might be assigned to a different zone. Hence, a zone is just a single list of up to 16 channels (in contrast to many other radios where a zone contains two lists of channels for each VFO).
The radio can also hold up to 255 contacts (actually 256, but due to a bug in the firmware RX is disabled whenever all 256 contacts are set), 64 RX group lists and 250 scanlists.
