I purchased this radio it is suppose to be the top radio the green button shows which make it is the radio is of great quality as far as I'm concerned and the accessories it comes with and you can get for it are awesome. I'm still just learning how to operate it as it does so much including in the beginning you choose what you are basing the use of the radio for meaning amechur,Professional, ect my radio has blue tooth and wifi which is a nice feature besides programming 500 thousand contacts ect the radio is unstoppable for communication best radio I ever bought so far as I do have Motorola and Kenwood and this radio seems just as well build you feel the quality in the radio the weight, set up and feel the volume is clear the performance is superior you can set the power rating of out put with direct input which is a great feature as I stated in all learning as this DMR is a learning curve all by its self but there is plenty of information on setting to the radio and down loads for its programming to make things easier. One with basic knowledge of how to use and program a Ham radio should have no issues working and setting up these radios. Over all of your looking for a great hand held radio the AnyTone AT-D878UVII Plus or even the other models which are not as expensive as this one I have you can't go wrong and you will be very very happy with your purchase. Oh yeah you can buy a bigger battery then the factory one that comes with radio for all day and night usage to which they will have deals by a larger battery get a free hand mic to which is great and you can use the factory charger for all the batteries.

High quality radio compared to other Chinese radios, ok its not the Motorola/ kenwood build quality but neither is the price. Had the TYT, AILUNCE radios, and this is my preferred radio over them all. Easy to operate, clear display (white on black or colour on black) I prefer mine all white rather than coloured. Great all around radio. You can dual watch and dual slot monitor aswell as promiscuous mode to hear the groups of various users instead of on a particular group. (You can put in a local repeater frequency and the radio will allow audio on the talkgroup transmitting if in promiscuous mode if you haven't got promiscuous mode on and a different talkgroup transmits then the radio will illuminate the screen and green led but not allow audio through only correct talkgroup comes through.

I have recently purchased this Anytone Radio, and can so far say WOW, just WOW. Apart from the great price and delivery options the additional software download made the radio very easy to set up.
There is quite a steep learning curve if you are (like me) new to DMR but there is plenty of help and advice available from Moonraker and elsewhere.
It has taken me a while to get up and running, but now starting to gain much more confidence and many more contacts.
My advice to anyone thinking of starting with DMR is buy from a reputable source, take your time and enjoy this aspect of the hobby.

Well, where to start - the 868 series share a lot of the underpinnings with Baofeng DM1702x and Alinco MD5 series. So by approximation, so it as probably equiv to an MD5-GPS or GPS version of the DM1702B (aka DM-X), but possibly the minor circuitry upgrades (MCU/CPU mostly it seems) on the UV Plus vs the UV seems to be the major internal difference over the non-Plus version and others mentioned in the writeup (that said, i've not had an MD5 or a DM1702B opened yet, but i do know their firmware base derives from an equally mostly common RT series DMR Dual unit).

So there's a lot that is pretty much identical between those mentioned, where the MD5-GPS and the radio in question are distinctly more friendly is because of the extra functionality in FW (so could be added to other similar chassis radios) that's more ham orientated, although the terminology and reference is still very 'commericial' mode in documentation and what you will really need to understand to maximise programming these radios.

But the SP & Rx Audio side (DSP processing) feels/sounds more effective on the UVPlus vs the DM-X/DM1702B. In fact, at vol 3 or higher on the internal spk, it's as punchy but not tight/squashed tone and very much what you'd expect from a good wide-band speech audio as correctly PA & dynamically compressed by codec and demuxed accordingly. Whilst you see this at best effect where other station is using same brand (i noticed it's present on comms with the 878 DMR mobile too based on the QSO's i have on DMR simplex with an 878 user locally), especially notable vs the DM-X/DM1702B which is more commercial-comms tone. That said, it's more a comms tone to the audio sent and heard that's typical DMR punch bordering on harsh (actually a common LMR commerical charateristic on FM & DMR) but the extra DSP (software tailored it seems) takes the worst of the harshness off without diluting the commercial mode punchiness. A good indicator it's been done sympathically is that Vol 1 rx level is audible to the radio user without necessarily disturbing those nearby, so vol 1 setting on rx makes a good standby vol level setting.

You will probably find that you'll definately need to employ a habit of speaking 1-2inchs (maybe as high as 4 inches) away from internal mic when using the onboard mic/speaker setup. I find, despite the fact it uses an electret or MEMS transducer for mic input on internal (not sure which in practice) as common to most modern radios, as much as many modern radios use similar non-dynamic inserts for speaker/mic drivers on external mics, on internal it certainly makes good on my voice which definately normally only sounds ok and punch on dynamic mics, but i do have the mic enhance option shut off as the DSP filter the option uses makes my spoken audio very thin - most probably won't encounter it.

Now mentioning audio - it'll take any of the two-pin mics that fit the common standard plug arrangement of stuff intended for Baofeng etc. But it is notable that some of those mics lack the DC blocking capacitor and have not so great screening/immunity, so you may find that with some you'll get a bit of own-radio sourced EM oscillations from the digital circuitry leak back into your spoken audio and depending on the speaker/mic you use, the audio will sound thinner and tighter in and out vs the internal route. As far as i can tell, the additional Audio DSP handing on this set is internal spk/mic orientated, although you may find the Mic enhance useful on external wired mics.

BT audio, using a headset, is much about the same as using a earpiece headset on a phone (same qualities/flaws), so you may find your first choice of headset isn't necessarily the best.

I use a modern high grade BT5 earpiece headset for outdoors with the radio, but use an TB i30 Gaming/Mobile headset via BT for indoor untethered QSO's - but that said, the TB has been modded with a better inline SP circuit and a boom mic to compensate for the general purpose weaknesses in the headset. So you may find for indoors use, a good PC/MAC/Console high end gaming headset makes a nice in-shack untethered BT solution (most good ones have a BT function for phone link).

Overall a good set, only really tainted by the software used for bulk programming it - but that's something you'll only do occassionally hopefully as a lot of changes per preset/zone is easily done via the radio's keypad for simple few-item reconfig. Please note, though, the observations over the downloadable programming software which is a bit of mixed bag as far as user friendliness goes (it's still very commercial usage orientated as belies the basic and primary market origin of the radio) but this is true of many of the programming clients (which again on a lot of radios, are variations of the same basic commerical radio programming clients). The only audio performance i rate higher on a HP really is on my C4FM handheld (but that's as much to do with C4FM rather than the radio itself) and for outright punch, the speakerphone mode on UHF mode on my R700 DMR smartphone (but the R700's UHF radio mode is a horrible experience on every level). But in fairness to DMR radios, that's more due to the phone having a pretty damn good speakerphone/hands-free characteristic rather than a good PTT client for the 70cms UHF radio use).

So it's definately a better choice than a DM-X (unless you can get a DM-X for battery pack replacement money), and probably a close call vs the MD5-GPS (i didn't get to spend much time with a borrowed MD5), and probably the only thing i would say it lacks vs the MD5 is the MD5's Auto mode function which can auto switch between FM/DMR based on signals received - much like AMS function on C4FM/YSF radios. But for most purposes, it's not a deal breaker as most people wouldn't necessarily find it useful unless they did a lot of simplex use.

The supplied antenna is functional, and not awful - much like most stock antennas. So unless you're using the radio for very localised comms, the first or second accessory you'll end up buying is a better antenna. I personally use a 42" tri-band SMA-F tactical item on mine (as i do for 2m/70cm on my FT-70DE and FT-818ND with SMA-SMA or SMA-BNC adaptions appropriately), but the MRW ultra-gainer tele item isn't a bad cheap alternative if you want better than a helical (the helicals, across the board, aren't great irrespective of brand or size as they are somewhat always a compromise on a compromise).

Whilst i don't have figures for the ultragainer use to hand, an antenna swap to a non-helical could be as effective as what i get (if you can find the best handheld radio antenna solution that's practical) - anywhere within 10-15 miles from the bottom of a valley on the lowest power, on mid i can hit the most distant local repeater, and on medium power, hit both the analog and digital 2m/70cms at Danbury in Essex using the large tactical (indoors and outdoors) which is at least 30 miles non-LOS from home.

As a set, overkill for use with a hotspot for network DMR unless the more ham-orientated tweaks make it easier in your mind, but definately a highly regarded and often used choice of mine for mobile/true ped portable use.

So it's a five stars all the way for me in modern radios context, as the few aspects i was less impressed with won't really be an issue for most modern radio owner/users. The long endurance and infrequent full charging factor is definately worth something of the cost as (retail) an upgrade battery pack over what's commonly on many DMR HP's writes off a notable chunk of the extra cost for this model.

I have purchased this radio as a first radio for DMR. replacing a borrowed MD-380
Although I don't fully understand the many features the audio reports have all been great. I upgraded the firmware set up my ID and details. Installed the moonraker codeplug and was further blown away by the number of Talkgroups and other Channels available

Moonraker again excelled, superb customer service, Ordered radio and it arrived the following day well packaged.
thanks Adrian

Purchased this radio as an upgrade from another make. This is the best handheld I have owned in years both dmr and analogue it is packed with quality features. Still getting to grips with all it can do. Audio is great. Have used with bluetooth in car no problem. Moonraker gave me their usual great service from purchase to deliver.if you are looking to get into dmr buy this as and you will not regret it,.

On ordering this kit I supplied my DMR ID. and received it set up and ready to use. Very impressed with how much functionality it has.

I purchased this radio from moonraker with the zum spot and I highly recommend it had a few problems with zumspot but I spoke to Chris and he spent some time with it and he sorted it all out highly recommend the company highly recommend the price 10 out of 10 for all their help next radio on purchasing is the mobile version many thanks to Chris at moonraker all the best from Jay

Great radio no problems at all and good service.Only gripe is
Where has moonraker codeplug download gone?

What a machine! - so many features to explore. 1st class customer service from Chris and the team :-)