Thank You for the review. I bought a DB-40 G about a month ago. I was fairly happy with it. It is pretty basic radio for the money. It output just under 45 watts, which was unexpected. Now the bad. I made a rookie mistake. I had run a coax to the other side of the house for a future antenna. It was not terminated, not shorted, just open. I hooked up that coax instead of my coax hooked to my GMRS antenna (I have been using the radio for a month with zero problems). I keyed down for less than 3 seconds. Smoke pored out of the radio. I opened the radio and the main chip was melted. Any quality radio will fold back the power to save the radio when the antenna port is open. Not this radio. Again, the coax was open, not shorted...I checked. Bottom line, if you have any problem with your coax or antenna, this radio will roach itself. Not an ideal thing as it cooked itself so quickly. Even with a SWR meter in line, if there was a problem, your radio would be toast before you could hardly realize there was a problem. Radioddity promptly sent me another radio, so kutos to them. Be very careful and be sure to check your coax/antenna on a regular basis. For the asking price, this radio should have high SWR protection. It does not. Buyer beware. Given what happened to my radio, I would not buy one if I knew how easily this radio will fry itself.
It works very well. Never runs hot and puts out the watts it claims. I was getting 48 watts on a few of the repeater channels. 35 watts on the 15 to 22 channels. 5.2 watts on the lower channels. Running it on my base with a power supply. As for simplex it matches the distance I get with my Wouxon 1000g plus. The manual is not very good. It actually has some mistakes it in. You can label the channels with names however.
yep like he said , you just fill out a form , pay some money and you get it. plus its good for your whole family (same house) so my wife doesnt have to have one as technically she falls under mine.
How many amps is your power supply? I use a 30a continuous and and tune your antenna a bit you may be able to increase the watts. Still great performance! Like you said most don't actually get what they say
Why do you care where that guys location is? All that matters is he is getting into the repeater from his location and you too are getting in to the repeater. He might be 60 miles from your location but that doesn't matter on repeaters, your talking through the repeater. What matters is how far he is from the repeater and how far you are from the repeater. It doesn't work like simplex on a CB.
Thank You for the review. I bought a DB-40 G about a month ago. I was fairly happy with it. It is pretty basic radio for the money. It output just under 45 watts, which was unexpected. Now the bad. I made a rookie mistake. I had run a coax to the other side of the house for a future antenna. It was not terminated, not shorted, just open. I hooked up that coax instead of my coax hooked to my GMRS antenna (I have been using the radio for a month with zero problems). I keyed down for less than 3 seconds. Smoke pored out of the radio. I opened the radio and the main chip was melted. Any quality radio will fold back the power to save the radio when the antenna port is open. Not this radio. Again, the coax was open, not shorted...I checked. Bottom line, if you have any problem with your coax or antenna, this radio will roach itself. Not an ideal thing as it cooked itself so quickly. Even with a SWR meter in line, if there was a problem, your radio would be toast before you could hardly realize there was a problem. Radioddity promptly sent me another radio, so kutos to them. Be very careful and be sure to check your coax/antenna on a regular basis. For the asking price, this radio should have high SWR protection. It does not. Buyer beware. Given what happened to my radio, I would not buy one if I knew how easily this radio will fry itself.
It works very well. Never runs hot and puts out the watts it claims. I was getting 48 watts on a few of the repeater channels. 35 watts on the 15 to 22 channels. 5.2 watts on the lower channels. Running it on my base with a power supply. As for simplex it matches the distance I get with my Wouxon 1000g plus. The manual is not very good. It actually has some mistakes it in. You can label the channels with names however.
Thats awesome.
Good review. What kind of antenna are you running? I'm getting 45W on CH 30 with SWR 1.36.
I have an Ed Fong antenna... I have a video on it.
Mr. Mac would this be a good beginner radio for someone who is just looking for a home radio to talk with the local NC area..?
yes, I am a beginner when it comes to GMRS..
Good vid! What type of repeater was used?
Thanks! I have no Idea on the repeater except it is the Raleigh repeater at the fair grounds. also I may have been hitting the Ashboro repeater.
Does this require a fcc license ? Thank you
GMRS requires a license to transmit. Unlike ham, there's no test and the license is good for 10 years. I think 30 or 35 bucks iirc.
yep like he said , you just fill out a form , pay some money and you get it. plus its good for your whole family (same house) so my wife doesnt have to have one as technically she falls under mine.
Man 28 watts is a long way away from 40 watts.
yes, but getting 33 on some. most dont get what they claim.
How many amps is your power supply? I use a 30a continuous and and tune your antenna a bit you may be able to increase the watts. Still great performance! Like you said most don't actually get what they say
Right? You also need like an lmr400 coax for gmrs frequencies or you will not get the power@@jeffworkman1982
@@jeffworkman1982agree it could be a power supply issue. The Ed Fong GMRS antennas are pre-tuned and you really can’t change them.
Why do you care where that guys location is? All that matters is he is getting into the repeater from his location and you too are getting in to the repeater. He might be 60 miles from your location but that doesn't matter on repeaters, your talking through the repeater. What matters is how far he is from the repeater and how far you are from the repeater. It doesn't work like simplex on a CB.
because I do.
Because it's cool stop being a troll
@@jeffworkman1982 Tell your mom I said hi and I'll see her soon.