I have some “noob level” Tidradio HT-H8 question that I know the crew here can set me straight on.
Concerning programming the HT-H8 GMRS in OdMaster…
Under the Optional Features menu, what do these selections control? Only CH Mode: (check box) TDR: Yes/No (slide switch) BL: Yes/No (slide switch)
Under A & B Band Frequency Mode menus… A Band Freq Mode: (in general what does it control, why does it exist?) B Band Freq Mode: (what does it control, why does it exist?)
In the FM radio stations menu… Channel: (1 to 25) selects what? Maybe user channel banks? Word Mode: (CH or VFO?) does what to the radio? Forbid Receive: (check box) controls what on the radio?
Thanks in advance for any help sorting this out.
Regards, Jake.
After several hours of research I was able to deduce what the majority of the Tidradio HT-H8 OdMaster menu options were.
No thanks to Tidradio either. Most of my answers came from studying information posted on BaoFeng and Miklor web sites.
A couple of items that I simply could not get correct answers on were:
Under Optional Features, Only CH Mode (check box)? BL (yes/no)?
Under the FM radio stations section, Forbid Receive (check box)?
Closing thoughts…
1.) I found it interesting the number of people that own and use these radios every day yet have so little knowledge of what most of the settings actually do.
2.) I was impressed with the number of people that did NOT know the correct answers to my questions but confidently answered them wrong (with their own guesses) anyway.
Thanks for your input on this Jake.
Happy travels & keep the shiny side up!
Thank you ipoke,
At some point I’ll get it figured out. The good news is that at this point both my bargain basement Tidradios are working fine.
Thanks for the reply!
I have the same questions about the A band and B band optional settings within Odmaster PC programming. Did anyone figure this out? Is it Ham on one and GMRS on the other? If that’s what you want?
Thx!
It took me forever to find a way to Copy the Repeater Freq.s for Orange County, CA into my TD-8H. I finally found a procedure that works.
Note: Be careful with ODMaster as it can real screw things up for repeaters. If you can’t change Repater offset and Freq when trying to program, let me know.
Send me an email if you would like a copy of the file to use with ODMaster. I could not get chirp to work with this radio. thom.belford@mac.com
Don’t use this function with OdMaster. It can screw things up.
Send me an Email and I’ll send a file to load as an example.
I am going to try to put the GMRS frequencies on the BChannels but I doubt using the same memory number will work.
Note: Channel names from my original Chirp file are Truncated but ok. I downloaded the TD-H8 to start a Template that I exported to CSV, then used that file to copy my info from a spreadsheet I made with my Yaesu FT5D. thom.belford@gmail.com
I Strongly suggest Owners of the TID H-8 Second edition, to NOT try to use Chirp to program, Even if you have a file that you think will work, or do firmware updates ! CHIRP CAN and have BRICKED these radios ! Program them by keypad, Cable or the OD Master app. Stay AWAY from Chirp !
Not just this radio. Chirp is a great idea, but the issue with it is that there is nobody to maintain the checking side. The people contribute to the database their own work in analysing the data stream formats and making the core system able to reprogram new radios as they appear. The fact that the fields on the screen can access the data the radio needs is great - but it does mean you can stick data in the wrong places or perhaps miss a vital link - change one bit and the manufacturer might also have changed something else, but the home brew patch doesn’t do this. You might be able to access features in the firmware that don’t actually exist. Maybe the core firmware gets used in a UHF and VHF version - but not a dual bander. The PA and receiver is single band, but the real software checks with the radio what it is and turns off one of the bands. Chirp might not do this and maybe it could write data into a field the radio just cannot do. Or maybe the radio does not have programmable buttons, but another has. You could engage a mode that requires a button the radio does not have? Chirp is a brilliant idea - but it can be very risky.
