Very INFORMATIVE overview on the AT-D878UV radio. Always LOVED your VIDEOS on the Kenwood D-74. You truly are a first class HAM official. I do remember HOW cold Quebec was back a few years ago. So your dropping the radio made me shiver... Am considering the radio very seriously - thanks again...

A great rundown on this super complicated radio

happy new year Pascal from Holland here and thanks for the great video I also ordered one

Thanks so much for this excellent review, I'm definitely going to have to pick one of these up. 73!

Super explaination of how to use the radio, to me that is much more usefull than a review. The manual has a lot of info but if you're new to dmr it is difficult to come to grasps with all the terms.

Great video Pascal! Thanks for the review. I am a new ham and want to purchase an HT that I will not need to upgrade for some time. I think the Anytone just may be the one.

happy new year Pascal va2pv from france, britanny and tks for this great review and for all your youtube channel. 73's. yoann

Digitalis a fog to me. It has been a while since I have been involved in radio. You helped a bit in walking through the fog, but it is still mostly fog. Thanks for taking the time helping us with this information. You were thoughtful to do so. N4KBM

Thanks Pascal for a great review, I just purchased this radio D878 and was torn between the new Alinco dj-md5t radio and decided for the Anytone (slightly better) plus a much larger battery also. I like your Expert Electronics MB-1 HF rig too, I bought one in early 2018 Feb and absolutely love it. I do wish for you to make some other videos on it. The transmit audio quality and width capability (10-Khz) is great and also the RX audio quality is superb as well as the filtering. I use a EV RE27ND mic on it. Please do some on-air tests with it. I should get the Anytone next week. 73 N8EFJ.

i love this radio

Very helpful. Thank you.

Thanks Pascal for your video. I wish other youtubers and radio makers would stop saying APRS when they mean DPRS! Its so hard to find a good video showing simple DPRS set up for the Anytones. W VK1MIC

Happy New Year Pascal ... always enjoy your videos. Any Canadian sources for this product? Not having much luck with online searches.

Thank you for the video Pascal! We get our 878 next week! vy 73's de Andi OE3APM & Julia OE3YJM

Good review. Thanks. Just an FYI... The AT-D868UV V2 hardware and AT-D878UV hardware are identical. The D878 even has D868 on the board inside. That means it does not have a faster processor. Still, I recommend the AT-D878UV for the updated firmware and to support Anytone in their efforts to bring better products to market at an affordable price.

I believe your description of roaming may be wrong. In the DMR standard roaming is based on RSSI from sites entered into a radio.

Please help, I have an 878 but i cant get it to work with either of my hotspots. i have an Openspot 1 and a dualband BlueDV. i can hear stations on the openspot and the openspot light flashes when i transmit but it wont send over a reflector or even auto cal :( 73's De 2E0VCU Paul.

Thank you for this nice review. I do wish AnyTone did not call APRS analog because it is digital.

Great and informative video. How did you get the S-meter to show up on the monitor at the 17:14 mark?

Wish it had Air Band. Is that something that could be updated with firmware or would it require different electronic? I'm new to HAM and it checks all my boxes except for Air Band.

Great video . Can you tell me if it receives 2 analogue channels simultaneously? Like the wouxun kv9?

How rugged does it feel compared to most professional radios?

U would like the froend unbwe digital explianed to me how it works etc pf you have the tme and how you turn on the notify. Thaks. n0oer

What would you recommend the Anytone 878UV or the Yaesu FT5DR? Is the analog reception and transmission on par with the Yeasu?

Hi pascal, where did you purchase your Anytone 878 Plus?

can you demonstrate APRS use? I haven't seen anyone actually use it on this transceiver

Hello- I travel off road for camping and exploring. I am most interested in the APRS functionality. Will APRS work while you are monitoring analog FM? Can you tx and have APRS wait and resume etc?

I received the 878 yesterday and started setting it up but I found a HUGE problem with it. The main reason I wanted to try this radio is the new APRS in both analog and DMR modes. Unfortunately, the APRS is where I have run into the problem. I have found nowhere in the radio or the programming software to change the radios ARPS callsign, so each time it sends out an APRS packet it is transmitting a Chinese callsign. If you change the APRS Text with your callsign, it simply adds that as a note under the Chinese callsign. The second problem is that if you turn on the APRS, even with the volume on the radio knob turned all the way down as far as it will go so that you can no longer hear any received transmissions on the radio and the Max Vol level set to "indoor", when the radio transmits an APRS packet the sound is deafening as though the volume was turned all the way up as high as it will go. This alone renders the AT-D878UV completely useless for APRS use.

Hello, how does work that type of display under the daylight? With my md380, to watch the display under the Sun is very difficult. Thank you de in3ade

Hi. Good video. I have a question for you. Comparing the anytone at-d878 with the retevis rt82 ¿Who radio have a better performance in analog reception? I have a rt82 but I think that the analog Rx is horrendous. 73 from santiago of Chile. CA3MPR

Pascal question how is that antenna that is included withe the AnyTone AT-D878UV

does this support encryption and whats the mic headset connector kenwood or what?

Hi, just to let everyone know that I have dropped the radio accidentally a few times and the battery will disconnect from the radio. Some times the beltclip will easily break because of the tiny screws, other than that, battery life is SUPER GREAT.

I have Ailunce1 need help to program any ideas

How is the analog performance? My friend has a AT-D868UV and the analog is very noisy. Hopeful they improved it in this radio.

Hello Pascal. I want to get a DMR radio and I like the AT-D878UV. Where can I but that in Canada I live in Toronto. VA3PGS

A simple question, no one seems to answer. Does this radio Rx both main and sub band at the same time? Some china radios do not although they are dual band they do not dual Rx so I want to verify.

i can recieve aprs messages from the aprs network but for some reason I cannot send aprs messages from the brandmeister dmr into the aprs net -- does somebody has a hint, what could be the reason.

Can you use it as an analog radio scanner?

Is it possible to send analog APRS messages? I need this feature for the SOTA spot. vy 73 de Matt HB9FVF

Great video! Thank you! One thing (one of my pet peeves) LED is an acronym for Light Emitting Diode. It is pronounce L E D. Each letter singularly. LEAD is a Heavy Metal that is harmful to humans. I know, it's a tiny issue....but it drives me absolutely MAD!!! Thanks for the great video

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@1:40 note the APRS is for Transmit only -- it does not support APRS Reception. =(

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Analog APRS does not exist, it is digital, ITU designation of emission is F2D .....

Of course, you dropped it on a rubber mat! try to drop it on concrete and see.

to hard help

All aprs is digital. This ”digital aprs and analog aprs” nonsense is starting to really drive me insane. Also, DPRS isn’t ”digital aprs”, it’s very specifically aprs over d-star. Aprs over dmr is dmr-aprs.