Why Digital Mobile Radio for Preppers? DMR Series

Really looking forward to this series. I am with you 100% on the Use Case. Been sitting on two 878UVII+ radios for awhile. Not much about them is intuitive in terms of digital programming for radio to radio or APRS. Thanks for your content. Always good 👍

Does the SMS messaging require the other radio to be on the same frequency to receive the message in simplex?

Love how most SHTF people are encouraging others to purchase a radio manufactured by a company owned and operated by the CCP, America’s most serious threat. Remember the Israel pager/radio hit. Amazing. Could the appropriate signal from a satellite shut down your Chinese preparedness radio?

Random question....what picture frame are you using for your Yaesu world map and what are the dimensions

sooo.. does DMR work through SATCOM?

SHTF came. The folks who had Baofengs had their cries for help heard.

So what exactly are you prepping for i find a lot of people really don't have a clue what they will be getting themselves into if what yhey think they are preparing for happens

Some DMR like the TYT 390 Plus offer encryption. I think that is the reason I went that route. FCC rules do not apply in a SHTF situation.

I have licensed VHF and UHF frequencies for nationwide and 120 km local coverage and have authorization for 13 different types of emissions. We use DMR with full digital encryption most of the time and the system works much better than any hamster system.

So can't you set a CTCSS Tone to hide when using Baofeng?

YT reviews indicate these anytone radios to be a nightmare

Does baofeng have dmr radios I think they do

I wish you could use them without having a license for them. I guess I’ll just stick to midland radios. lol

The boafeng army had my laughing lol

Opengd77 firmware on a rt3s is supposed to be the most painless DMR setup and reasonable price under $100. Haven't tried it myself yet but it should be in the mail in a payday or 2 whenever I can't keep ignoring it 😅.

New subscriber here. I got my license in 2011, but simply dropped out of the hobby because of elderly parents and sibling. I have now reentered mainly because of the state of the world and wanting to be prepared in an area, communication and computers, that I feel I can add some value in case things go south. So, I am enjoying your sites and have watched many. I have a FT857D that I bought in 2011 for all the reasons that you have shared. I have an F60R simply because it is a tank and I can't break it. I am in the process of putting together a manpack and hope to be back operational in the near future. I do have one question. In case of and EMP or GMD, how could we protect our gear from being fried. Or, is that really a scenario that we need to be concerned with. I could build a faraday room, but it seems that would be a difficult proposition continuously deal with. I could also buy multiple radios, but that tends to be an expensive proposition. Since you are doing a lot of research and testing in the off grid communication, I would like to have your opinion. Thanks, Keith Finch

yea the anytone costs to much ,,,so i went with the Retevis RB25 ,,,,,,no screen but its only $40 and is 10watts ,,,, and digital mode NBRE < retevis own DMR version !!! ,, so to listen u would need the same radio , talke group and code,, and it even has encryption ,,,,,,so someone would need an SDR ,,, that can some how work out the digital signal with out a plugin and then decrypt it LOL , so for the price of an anytone i got like 5 radios with better encryption and get 3-5 miles more distance

Just don't say what you don't want people to hear.

hey if the price is right I might buy it from you!

Great video! As a ham mostly for preparedness, this is exactly the video about DMR I was looking for.

I'm a new ham and definitely not interested in becoming one of the ham nerds that make up about 90% of the hams out there. Thank you so much for being the only one out there really putting ham in the context of prepping.

Please make the video about how you got your fcc business license

Hello can you used this Panasonic touchpad to program radios

Even you have a DMR you can't listen someone else unless you have their DMR ID. If you are a prepper, you can't risk to be caught while using a ham radio. You should only use passive receivers to hear whats around without getting caught by signal. And if a time comes that you need to use, simplex is not the choice, you should use ionesphere to communicate and get less disrupted by any jammer. Thats what I know as a beginner.

I'm a retired military comms guy...i have maintained and operated the most advanced encrypted commo systems in the U.S gov. I now find myself getting into HAM and DMR for the exact same reasons you stated in this video. Funny enough, with all my training and experience, the world of DMR is a whole different beast. Consider me subbed. I'm in for the ride!

I have been following your channel for a while now. I am interested very interested in the path you are on, especially now. I want all the same functionality for the same reasons. I would like to join your buy me a coffee crew so we can talk in more depth. Basically I want to run the same quality gear as if I was still in the Marines but with a business license so I can access this restricted equipment in order to protect my family and community. I live in a small town and would like to strengthen our community through building a strong SHTF plan. We have very highly trained police but only a handful of them and a volunteer fire department. My goal is to augment these services by adding the ability to train likeminded and capable people on the community so we can effectively deal with the shit that is inevitably coming down the line. Look forward to learning more from you and see you for a cup of coffee soon! Maybe we can have a cup over zoom or whatever video chat for a proper intro. BTW I also just signed up for classes in Cybersecurity at Champlain College so as to make sure I can be as proactive as possible for what may come. Looking forward to speaking with you! - JC - OUT

u5vr is a a crappy 4.5 watts radio at best ,,,,cost 22 dollars ,,, when u can get the uv13 v2 for 16 Dollas which has way better reception and antenna with a nice 7.5 watts output , now as a guy thats tested every radio out there ,, i can say the RT86 that kicks out 10 watts and has built in scrambler ,,is by far the best long range analogue radio on a to get ,,,,,, i under stand DMR will last longer with added security, but the 10watts of it is like 70 dollas a pop !!!, and the price of a repeater ,, is shocking

The Ailunce HD1 GPS is waterproof... did you consider that option

Surely for prepping you would need the largest audience possible.

DMR and Prepper should never be included in the same sentence together. Once the SHTF the Deep State will throw the Internet OFF Switch, then DMR is useless.

I would absolutely love for Yaesu to release an updated VX-6. GPS and C4FM, maybe some other things. (I would like DMR but Yaesu ain't gonna do that)

$29 SDR dongle with DSD++ can listen to DMR or any Trunk Mobile Radio you can purchase unless you have encryption.😅

Baofeng makes a DMR radio... its pretty cheap too. But my Retevis does 220 and DMR Digitaly Encrypted :)

Video was excellent. However one correction. There are license free digital radios available in the ISM bands 900mhz and 2.4mhz. The Motorola DLR and DTR series are such radios, and what I would recommend for non licensed preppers or civilian non radio types for secure communications. They are as good as you will get without actual encryption.

Is the programming software for these DMR radios readily available?

You mention a business license for operating encryption modes legally. Can you expound on that a little? I am interested and would like to know what steps I would need to take ... :)

Good content thus-far. Awaiting delivery of my Anytone AT-D878UVII PLUS (best option for DMR give the price-point and what I could find so far). May upgrade to something a bit more "beefy" down the road, but will have the 878 as a starting point.

Have you done any experimentation with the Retivis RT-29 for "semi-secure" comms? They have a "scramble" feature. Not a true encryption, but also not something a $20 baofeng could decipher.

As a product manager, i both love and hate that you blamed the PM for the shitty design of the 878 features 😁

I subscribed. I am looking forward to this series. Love the content. Keep up the good work. 73

Great video

Baofanf uv 390 pluse . Can you talk about this radio ?

Your always so Thorough Brother Love your Videos Super Informative 👌

I like the Motorola DTR series. They have group or 1 to 1 calls and are the most secure consumer grade radio as you can get. Range is going to be the same as those DMR radios and they are much less program complicated versus DMR. Uses Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum technology. No monitorable on a scanner.

I have the Anytone 878uv2 plus, if you use AT-options you can open the frequencies to Transmit and receive 400-520 and 136-174, if you want the software also opens up the Anytone 878uv2 plus into a tri band 140-440-220 it is a tri band capable.

Motorola can suck it. I'd rather give money to China

If you ever need any software or a code plug to go by with either p25 or anytone. Code plug. Also if you have your ham license while your able to by a hot spot and use dmr learn dmr world i listen to isrealas well as Pakistan, Egypt, Syria, and Russia, even though I cannot speak the language, I use my phone to do the translation, and it is very interesting what you will hear on the Russian DMR

Love my anytome 878 yes you can do encrypted but you messages are not now using a Motorola xts 2500 or 5000 you can do encryption on your business aes 256 no issues and messages can be sent as well on encrypted channel p25 is your most secure way to go. Yes any newer p25 scanner will be able to pick up p25 and dmr dmr can be unencrypted very easy with sdr software. Even tho it’s supposed to be aes 256 anytome that will work with mototurbo