AnyTone AT-D868UV UHF and VHF DMR radio is now here!

AT-D868UV UHF and VHF radios are here!

AnyTone issued a press release some months ago, and we all became very interested in getting our hands on one of those radios. I now have my hands on it – the new VHF and UHF dual band DMR and Analog radios. It was easy to program as there is a Programming Guide available with the radio. It offers 10,000 Contacts, and 2,000 Digital channels, and 2,000 Analog channels. This should cover any use in the world we can foresee. There are 4 power settings for the TX, and offers an astonishing 6 Watts of power. The top line on the display shows a red “T” inside a square = Top power level.

The radio is very simple to use. The screen tells you what is happening – one of the pictures show that I am talking to a repeater and that my signal is accepted. If the repeater is busy I see that on the display as a blue “RX”. The display can show two channels simultaneously, and it can be a Digital channel and an Analog channel which I listen to at the same time. Many great features, and a price below $200.00 I expect. The FCC approval remains to be completed before it can hit the US market.

 

10,000 Contacts sounds like a lot, but it's actually way short of the 64,000 contacts currently in the DMR MARC worldwide database (and that number is growing fast).*

I wonder if the radio is any more hammish than most of the other Chinese DMR radios (like my TYT-MD-380). Does it have a 'VFO' (manually entered parameters, kind of complex in DMR)? Conventional memories that can be accessed individually, not just through zones? More than 16 'channels' in a 'zone'?

*The 'Contact' count is important because DMR radios don't send ham callsigns/names like D-STAR and System Fusion do. They send numbers (which DMR MARC assigns and correlates with call signs and names in a database). The radios import the data from the web and can display names and call signs when they receive signals. If the name/call isn't in their copy of the database, you just see the number. So with a 10,000 number limit, you can't see everyone you might receive on the worldwide talk groups.

Some radios have a 65,000 number limit, and we're about to hit that!

 

Yep. 10k contacts is way behind the times, my 2 year old CS750 can hold over 65k.

I wonder if it can actually keep it's emissions in the time-slot it's assigned like a proper Tier II radio?

https://www.rmham.org/wordpress/baofeng-dm-5r-test-results/#more-3807

 

Thank you for your comments - I have forwarded the comment about 10,000 contact positions to AnyTone design staff, and we will see what reply I get from them. The radio does offer a VFO. I believe it also offers a way to select a channel (talk group) from the menu. I have 91 currently in the pre=production radio, and can select any of them. And yes it is banks of 16 channels.

 

Had opportunity to play with the dualband HT during a "show & tell" session at a recent DMR breakfast. Must say I was impressed and will be purchasing one when they hit the shelves. As far as the limited amount of ID storage... more would be nice but truly is a non factor.

If we have become that dependent upon technology to tell us who we are talking with, instead of using social skills & introducing ourselves, maybe its time to find a different hobby with no need of human interaction.

 

I find that the DMR Tier II codec's compression can really make it hard to recognize a persons voice, especially if you have several people talking in a round table. FM, no problems, IMBE (P25 Phase I) no problem, but the AMBE+2 vocoder is really aggressive, and it's nice when the radio displays a familiar call sign rather than an ID. YMMV, I find the list helpful, and my current limit of ~65K is an issue, no way I'd want to go backwards in capability...

 

I wonder it will cause Tytera to lower their price on the MD-2017 dualbander?

 

KD0PNQ, thank for posting!

Nope. Today there are approx 64k registered DMR users worldwide and there will be more and more.
Channels? Sure, more is better. But actually it depends on CPS: shall it allow easy and more or less automated import from MARC, BM, DMR+ or whatever database to your particular codeplug?

Speaking in terms of S-units, it gives negligible addition to a signal strength comparing to 4W or 5W. Speaking in terms of battery capacity and heat dissipation, it gives pretty noticeable battery draining and (over)heating. Again, more is better as you may reduce power to more economic level.

Today two MD-380s, one VHF and another UHF, will cost less for you. MD-380 has HUGE support with tons of improvements, it handles all 64k contacts (downloadable automatically) and has pretty good receiver. Moreover, with two radios you'll get two desktop chargers (nice option, don't you?) plus true duadband operation.

The most important thing everyone wants to know: what is the receiver? RDA1846 or true superheterodyne? Has it enough selectivity and dynamic range for a real world?

 

Sounds like fun can't wait to try one out.

 

This looks like clone of my BFDX 580 sold by Connect Systems .

 

With a VFO, not so many memory channels are necessary. As for the contact IDs, I personally only store those of people I know. This radio sounds ideal for me. What I need to know now are where I can get it and what it will cost me.

73 de Alun, N3KIP, G8VUK

 

The topic of this article title picture shows a Mobil anytone?
Good review on this HT covered.
Let's see more about that cause more RF is what we need to advoid audio pixalating chop out. The Md2017 is a great looking radio but we await dualbander dmr 40/50 watt radios .

 

AnyTone D868UV Radio



The new AT-D868UV DMR digital radio with full Analog features specifications:



Size: 5” tall, 2 14” wide, 1 ½” deep w/o clip, antenna 6” tall

Frequency Range: 136~174 & 400~480MHz

DMR: True 2 slot which complies to Motorola Tier I and II

Auto-senses digital or analog reception

Power: 6 W, 5 W, 2.5W or 0.5W – 7 W max on VHF

Sensitivity: ≤0.25 µV Analog @ 25 kHz, ≤0.35 µV Analog @ 12.5 kHz

0.3 µV/-117.4 dBm (BER 5%) DMR

Selectivity: ≥ 70 dB @ 25 kHz, and ≥60 dB @ 12.5 kHz

Modulation: 7K60FXD data and 7K60FXE data+voice

DMR Talk Groups: 4,000 Channels, 10,000 Talk Groups with 150,000 Contacts

Display: 1.77 inch color TFT screen with dual channel display

can be set to single or dual channel operation

displays DMR ID, Call sign, Name, City, State, Country etc.

Bandwidth: 12.5 kHz/25 kHz Analog, and 12.5 kHz DMR

Analog Tone: CTCSS/DCS encode and decode

DTFM/2Tone/5Tone encode and decode

Four different Tone-Pulse frequencies

DMR call: Individual, Group or All call

Display icon or voice prompt when connected to repeater

Vocoder: AMBE 3000

Encryption: Allows encryption functions

SMS: Allows SMS via keyboard

Recording: Allows internal recording of calls (option)

PTT: ANI function and PTT ID or Voice Operated Transmit

Alarm: Emergency Alarm Transmit with GPS coordinates

Connection: Kenwood type earphone/mic connection - programming cable

GPS: Full feature GPS positioner (option)

Programming: Easy to use software for programming DMR and Analog

allows export/import of each parameter to/from excel spreadsheet

easy import of DMR contact database (entire world wide)

Programming Guide available to clarify all parameters

Advanced Features: Call Alert – will send a message to target radio

Remote Monitor – Open the mic at target radio

Get GPS – will obtain GPS position of target radio

Check Radio – will check if target radio is powered on

Kill/Wake – can make target radio inoperative/open it up.

Battery: Standard 2,000 mAh Li-ion battery

Optional 3,300 mAh Li-ion battery (thicker back)

Optional 2,400 mAh Polymer battery

 

Any word on when these radios will be available? I was thinking of picking up a MD-2017, but after seeing this radio, I may be swayed into buying the AnyTone instead.

 

Do you have all ten billion world wide phone numbers in the contact list on your cell phone? If not, how can you tell who you are talking to on the phone?

The notion that we need to have every single ham worldwide who has ever requested a DMR ID number stored in each radio is nonsense that sounds logical only to new hams.