The supplied manual with purchase was awful, and many videos online (whilst most informative) do assume much prior understanding. This was great, straight to the point: Thank you for this!
This is such a great little radio for the price. I have been using one at home for a few months now and I love it. No frills but it does what it does well.
After playing around with this radio for some months, I am more and more satisfied. What's really missing is a good instruction manual. When understanding all the functions of this radio, it's pretty good for it's price. And well beyond that. I have also tested the AT-778UV with a spectrum analyzer, and there is *no spurious or harmonic emissions* above -60dBc up to 3.2GHz. So it should satisfy most technical regulations worldwide. At least EU and FCC. The receiver section is good too, but not comparable to ICOM or Yaesu when it comes to selectivity and sensitivity. But it's almost as good. And it looks so good.... If you program this radio with CHIRP you can have your own callsign as startup-screen too.
i tried using chirp to program mine, it left a garble on the welcome screen instead of my callsign and strangely it didn't, or seemingly didn't program in the receive tone squelch for each repeater i programmed in, switching to anytone's programming software, it was able to read what i had put in with chirp, and i added what was missing. so for now, i will just use anytone's software until chirp gets to a reliable state. for completeness sake, my radio is a 778uv II, so the original 778's might be a better fit with chirp.
@johngraesser4911 I just programmed mine with chirp and used the 778 vox option. Worked great with the supplied cable from anytone. Had the radio up and rolling in under 10 minutes. And that was after checking out the settings for the radio in chirp. Great little radio paired with Tram 1180 antenna. 🤙🏻
Thank you for making this video. I have been on the fence about buying one, having heard lots of good things about it but not necessarily needing another dual-bander. I wasn't sure how difficult it was to program, so I appreciate your video. I may pick one up now and repurpose one of my other ones. :)
Thank you very much for the solution to the noxious Beep! I had just received the radio and couldn't find any directions in the manual as to how to turn off the Beep. I was ready to return the radio but a UA-cam search brought me here.
I've got 3 of these. One for a base, and one in each of my cars. I program them manually cause I'm not a computer person. Being involved with my local ARES groups, it's best to know how to do this without the computer. They have been great little rigs. CHEERS from Colorado
I've had this radio in my pickup for just a few days and I really like it. I wish the screen was a little brighter as it's difficult to see in bright daylight. I also changed the microphone hook to a standard button type. Took 30 minutes to program the entire unit with Chirp. The 25W/15W/5W feature is nice. The closest repeater (and the one I use most) is only 5 miles from me so I certainly don't need to be on high power to reach it. Curious what the longevity will be as it appears that the less expensive radios don't have a long lifespan. At any rate, for $130 it seems to be a great little radio.
mine is in my apartment, power supply is a pyramid ps14kx, the antenna is a dual band jpole hung on the wall of my bedroom. have to stealth the installation, no outdoor antennas allowed.
with no memories programmed in yet, it has nowhere to go when you tell it to go to memory mode. mine did the same thing until i programmed in some memories
I’ve been having some trouble with voltage drop when transmitting. It could potentially be the antenna but I think it’s mostly the power supply. What should my power supply be rated at(amps and voltage) for successful operation when transmitting?
"12 Volt" (really 13.8 Volts) and at least 10 amps, preferably 15 or more. You could be facing an SWR issue. That can cause the radio to draw more current. Also your wire size between the radio and power supply may be undersized and may drop voltage with current. If you have any wire splices check that they are crimped good.
@@JDtheEE I also hear reports of very poor transmitted audio when I do transmit. You can’t even hear me when I transmit to a repeater 8 miles away because the audio is so bad.
@@zacjohnson9293 Sounds like RF may be getting into your radio. This can be caused by SWR, which is caused by bade cable or antenna. It could also be the reason you're drawing more power making the voltage sag. Or it could be the other way around and that the radio goes squirrelly when on lower voltage
I’m very excited to get mine. Would you be able to let me know what kind of antenna set up you’re using with it? I’m new to this hobby. I want to set it up in the house instead of my truck. Thanks KI5RGM
At the time that was using a Roll up dual band J-pole hanging from a tree limb. Now it uses a Comet GP-6 attached to a vent pipe. Both used LMR400. If you can afford it, use LMR400 coax.
im total new comer why cant i get anything it shows grean on the chans but no volume other than noise tried squelch on off no different the radio is same as your tutorial
@@JDtheEE I did watch the video and it was very helpful. It would be a lot easier to program with software but I have given up on finding a cable I can use with Windows 11. I could load Windows 10 as a virtual os and use a cheap cable and Chirp. But for the local repeaters I am going to enter, your video gave me a work around. Thanks again.
I am uncertain about it's used on 446 PMR as I am unfamiliar with those regulations. However I do know that PMR 446 is similar to our FRS band. Those only allow handhelds with permanent antennas. So no, it will not work on PMR446
I'm wondering "IF" anyone on here could tell me what (if any) cable will work on a Midland DBR2500 radio? It's supposed to be the very same radio as this one???? I'm wondering IF someone Really knows? Thanks in advance for any and all info on this problem.
I'm wondering "IF" you actually "FOUND" out which one "WORKED" and whether anyone else "REALISED" you were referring to a "PROGRAMMING" cable. Yes, also works on the Retivis RT95.
Well, after reading all the comments, i'm going to be the oddball. The software of course is a piece of crap, And manually programming is not as easy as your video. My radio will not transmit even on a simplex frequency. It receives but it will not transmit. Do you have to program the radio to transmit on it? I mean is there a setting for transmit?
It sounds like you may have some other issues if the transmit is somehow locked. I only programmed it the way I show in the video, so I'm not familiar with the software. What software did you use? If it wasn't Chirp I wouldn't use it, but again I only manually programmed this radio. How do you know it is not transmitting?
Maybe you mean just for entertainment use. As for the work and use of comprehensive communication, transmission and reception, it is not at the required level and this thing is not useful because the distance is very limited and its range reaches only 5 miles in open places. As for ICOM 2100, ICOM 8000, and other models, their range reaches 50 miles or more, and when using the long Larsen antenna, the transmission distance reaches 80 miles or more.
@@mr.classic. The Anyone mobile is perfectly suitable for communication. On 2 meters it only does 25 watts versus those other radios that do 60+, but if you can not hit a repeater at 25 watts, it would be unreliable to hit at 60. I'm sorry you probably made a bad financial decision and purchased one of those instead of the anytone which offers much more flexibility and the same "distance" as the others. Your comment really is absurd and I'm tempted to just delete it.
@@K5DVT Comparing a Chinese product with limited capacity to a Japanese product, you are truly ignorant and do not know anything about transmitters. You are stupid I have a lot of experience in this field. You will not be able to reach my level in this field
@@K5DVT It is better for me and a group of my friends to put a dislike on this video so that you can adhere to good manners and respect others, instead of following the path of teenagers with your weak response.
The supplied manual with purchase was awful, and many videos online (whilst most informative) do assume much prior understanding. This was great, straight to the point: Thank you for this!
Well, your video just now helped me make my first QSO on this rig!
Thank you for this tutorial, was all i needed to know since i used chirp to set it up. Perfect vid for a new 778 user. 🤙🏻🤙🏻
This is such a great little radio for the price. I have been using one at home for a few months now and I love it. No frills but it does what it does well.
After playing around with this radio for some months, I am more and more satisfied. What's really missing is a good instruction manual. When understanding all the functions of this radio, it's pretty good for it's price. And well beyond that. I have also tested the AT-778UV with a spectrum analyzer, and there is *no spurious or harmonic emissions* above -60dBc up to 3.2GHz. So it should satisfy most technical regulations worldwide. At least EU and FCC. The receiver section is good too, but not comparable to ICOM or Yaesu when it comes to selectivity and sensitivity. But it's almost as good. And it looks so good.... If you program this radio with CHIRP you can have your own callsign as startup-screen too.
i tried using chirp to program mine, it left a garble on the welcome screen instead of my callsign and strangely it didn't, or seemingly didn't program in the receive tone squelch for each repeater i programmed in, switching to anytone's programming software, it was able to read what i had put in with chirp, and i added what was missing. so for now, i will just use anytone's software until chirp gets to a reliable state. for completeness sake, my radio is a 778uv II, so the original 778's might be a better fit with chirp.
@johngraesser4911 I just programmed mine with chirp and used the 778 vox option. Worked great with the supplied cable from anytone. Had the radio up and rolling in under 10 minutes. And that was after checking out the settings for the radio in chirp. Great little radio paired with Tram 1180 antenna. 🤙🏻
I get mine tomorrow. Thanks for the info. It will get me listening to my most listened to repeater until the week end. Then I'll program it fully.
Thank you for the tutorial. I used Chirp to program the radio. But I wanted to be able to do it manually. Thank you very much!!
Thank you for making this video. I have been on the fence about buying one, having heard lots of good things about it but not necessarily needing another dual-bander. I wasn't sure how difficult it was to program, so I appreciate your video. I may pick one up now and repurpose one of my other ones. :)
The dual-watch function responds in a 1/5'th of a second. It's impressive.
Thank you very much for the solution to the noxious Beep! I had just received the radio and couldn't find any directions in the manual as to how to turn off the Beep. I was ready to return the radio but a UA-cam search brought me here.
Great video, Jon! Love that radio. AnyTone does a really good job at making their radios easy to program manually. 73.
I've got 3 of these. One for a base, and one in each of my cars. I program them manually cause I'm not a computer person. Being involved with my local ARES groups, it's best to know how to do this without the computer. They have been great little rigs.
CHEERS from Colorado
Thanx!!! Great video. I finally figured it out thanks to you.
great!...so much easier than trying to follow the instructions.
I think I'm going to have to watch this video about six times lol. Great job!
Appreciate the video. You showed me a lot of ways to program that instead of going into the main menu. Thanks again. John KD8EEK
That was a great video, thank you. very informative, but being me I had to watch it twice just a little slow on this end. thanks again.
I've had this radio in my pickup for just a few days and I really like it. I wish the screen was a little brighter as it's difficult to see in bright daylight. I also changed the microphone hook to a standard button type. Took 30 minutes to program the entire unit with Chirp. The 25W/15W/5W feature is nice. The closest repeater (and the one I use most) is only 5 miles from me so I certainly don't need to be on high power to reach it. Curious what the longevity will be as it appears that the less expensive radios don't have a long lifespan. At any rate, for $130 it seems to be a great little radio.
Download file: zip file at-778uv_ver_3_00_vox_pc_software.zip (6630.7 Kb)
@@vinchenzionewjersey7862 you say download a file, but you don't link to where to get the file, copy n paste the file name doesn't help much
Great video! Thank you!
Thanks for an informative video de W4SJC!
Good info. Am considering this rig once I get over the lower transmitter power.
Nice job. I love mine.
Thank you so vey much for this great programming video. thank you thank you Bud S.
Thank you for this
Thank you very very much !
thank you for the vid.
Nice job
Thanks for video thinking about this for my POV, KD0UOQ
Thinking about buying this radio. One of my local repeaters uses a CTCS tone for TX, and a DCS tone for RX. This radio able to input both tones?
Thinking about buying this radio. What power supply would you recommend?
Also what antenna are you using?
mine is in my apartment, power supply is a pyramid ps14kx, the antenna is a dual band jpole hung on the wall of my bedroom. have to stealth the installation, no outdoor antennas allowed.
What cable and antennae should I get. Just ordered one
Nice job, Jon! 73, de K5XK
How do i get the RDW to the front of my radio
When I press V/M it says error on bottom of screen. New radio also. Any idea on it?
with no memories programmed in yet, it has nowhere to go when you tell it to go to memory mode. mine did the same thing until i programmed in some memories
@@johngraesser4911thank you, i did learn this on my own eventually. Completely forgot I commented on a video lol
I’ve been having some trouble with voltage drop when transmitting. It could potentially be the antenna but I think it’s mostly the power supply. What should my power supply be rated at(amps and voltage) for successful operation when transmitting?
"12 Volt" (really 13.8 Volts) and at least 10 amps, preferably 15 or more.
You could be facing an SWR issue. That can cause the radio to draw more current.
Also your wire size between the radio and power supply may be undersized and may drop voltage with current. If you have any wire splices check that they are crimped good.
@@JDtheEE Thanks, I’ll take this into consideration.
@@JDtheEE I also hear reports of very poor transmitted audio when I do transmit. You can’t even hear me when I transmit to a repeater 8 miles away because the audio is so bad.
@@zacjohnson9293 Sounds like RF may be getting into your radio. This can be caused by SWR, which is caused by bade cable or antenna. It could also be the reason you're drawing more power making the voltage sag.
Or it could be the other way around and that the radio goes squirrelly when on lower voltage
@@JDtheEE So do you think I should just get a new antenna and power supply and that should pretty much solve the problems?
my screen turned upside down. how do I get it back right side up? I'm a new tech and 75 years old, not very techie!
Push the DIR button, probably P6 once it flipped.
What does a repeater do?
I’m very excited to get mine. Would you be able to let me know what kind of antenna set up you’re using with it? I’m new to this hobby. I want to set it up in the house instead of my truck. Thanks KI5RGM
At the time that was using a Roll up dual band J-pole hanging from a tree limb. Now it uses a Comet GP-6 attached to a vent pipe. Both used LMR400. If you can afford it, use LMR400 coax.
circuit board is upside down touching the heatsink. there will be no heat issues,
function transponder crossband V/f ?
The only problem I can possibly see with this radio is it gets extremely hot with use.
Please describe "hot" for me.
Like start my truck on fire hot?
nice"
How do I get the radio in vfo mode?
please show how 2 reset 2 factory setting......... thanks Kb2URX Queens NYC (AT 778UV)
im total new comer why cant i get anything it shows grean on the chans but no volume other than noise tried squelch on off no different the radio is same as your tutorial
There is no way to lock the keypad as a saved option...it unlocks every time it powers up.
does the lock slider on the other side of the mic from the ptt not lock your keys?
@@johngraesser4911 I'll check to see if mine has that. Digitally the keypad lock has to be done after every startup.
Is there any Crossband option deeper on the menu?
No, no crossband capabilities exist on this radio.
@@K5DVT Thanks
i was able to program in vhf up and uhf down for the space station, haven't tried it yet to see if it actually works.
Looks like a SR-94.
How send a 1750hz tone with this radio?
the option is there in the anytone programming software, we don't use 1750 to open repeaters here, so i didn't bother turning it on
That is what my wife said 😅
The screen flipped on me omg how do I flip it back
Hit FUNC -> P6 (It should say DIR upside down if flipped)
@@JDtheEE I got it man thanks for the fast reply lol
@@chris2crazzy no probs
Has anyone found a programming cable that works with Windows 11 and Chirp? The only thing I found cost $40 to $50. For a $120 radio? Insane!
The point of this video is for you to program it by hand, not with a cable. Did you watch the video?
@@JDtheEE I did watch the video and it was very helpful. It would be a lot easier to program with software but I have given up on finding a cable I can use with Windows 11. I could load Windows 10 as a virtual os and use a cheap cable and Chirp. But for the local repeaters I am going to enter, your video gave me a work around. Thanks again.
Does that ctcss tones come with a( ROGER BEEP )
No, as Roger Beeps are not used in any radio service. CTCSS tones are something completely different
Still can't program.the radio 😮
Hi
Can I use this radio, on 446.xxx MHz PMR hear and speak also if I unlock this radio with Powr ON/OFf + P4 bitton, mode change ?!
Thank You
I am uncertain about it's used on 446 PMR as I am unfamiliar with those regulations. However I do know that PMR 446 is similar to our FRS band. Those only allow handhelds with permanent antennas. So no, it will not work on PMR446
It can be hacked but how you chose to use it after that is your call.
@@v0n1b0 Thanks, I use 2 years ago ...
I'm wondering "IF" anyone on here could tell me what (if any) cable will work on a Midland DBR2500 radio? It's supposed to be the very same radio as this one???? I'm wondering IF someone Really knows? Thanks in advance for any and all info on this problem.
I'm wondering "IF" you actually "FOUND" out which one "WORKED" and whether anyone else "REALISED" you were referring to a "PROGRAMMING" cable.
Yes, also works on the Retivis RT95.
Well, after reading all the comments, i'm going to be the oddball.
The software of course is a piece of crap, And manually programming is not as easy as your video.
My radio will not transmit even on a simplex frequency.
It receives but it will not transmit.
Do you have to program the radio to transmit on it? I mean is there a setting for transmit?
It sounds like you may have some other issues if the transmit is somehow locked. I only programmed it the way I show in the video, so I'm not familiar with the software. What software did you use? If it wasn't Chirp I wouldn't use it, but again I only manually programmed this radio.
How do you know it is not transmitting?
@@K5DVT
Hey thanks for the quick reply. I actually did a full reset and it came right back to normal so thank you very much again.
This device is limited in use and features and cannot have features like those found in ICOM 2100 or icom 8000 transmitters
Um, no? This it literally has has multiple bands and those other radios don't.
Maybe you mean just for entertainment use. As for the work and use of comprehensive communication, transmission and reception, it is not at the required level and this thing is not useful because the distance is very limited and its range reaches only 5 miles in open places. As for ICOM 2100, ICOM 8000, and other models, their range reaches 50 miles or more, and when using the long Larsen antenna, the transmission distance reaches 80 miles or more.
@@mr.classic. The Anyone mobile is perfectly suitable for communication. On 2 meters it only does 25 watts versus those other radios that do 60+, but if you can not hit a repeater at 25 watts, it would be unreliable to hit at 60. I'm sorry you probably made a bad financial decision and purchased one of those instead of the anytone which offers much more flexibility and the same "distance" as the others. Your comment really is absurd and I'm tempted to just delete it.
@@K5DVT
Comparing a Chinese product with limited capacity to a Japanese product, you are truly ignorant and do not know anything about transmitters. You are stupid
I have a lot of experience in this field. You will not be able to reach my level in this field
@@K5DVT
It is better for me and a group of my friends to put a dislike on this video so that you can adhere to good manners and respect others, instead of following the path of teenagers with your weak response.
??????????????? LOL