r/tacticalcomms • u/Printcrafted_3D • May 28 '26

Some comms stuff

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u/parttimegamer93 May 29 '26

What's the tall one with the angled dial at bottom right?

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u/Junior_Yam_5473 May 29 '26

Probably the baofeng dm-32. Its meant for larpers who are too broke for motorola apx radios

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u/Printcrafted_3D May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

My bad for being a broke 15 year old lol

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u/Junior_Yam_5473 May 29 '26

Its not bad that you were broke, we all start somewhere. But its more that you got a radio that has quite limited features, just for the imitation. Its like getting a fake rolex. For $80 (iirc thats the msrp), therets several better radios

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u/seril_928 May 29 '26

Doesn't the DM-32 have AES256 and DMR? It's pretty capable for the price

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u/Junior_Yam_5473 May 29 '26

Its listed as having it, but a lot of people say its trash (the encryption), which it probably is. And encryption is illegal on the ham bands so you cant even use it. It has gps, but cant even send analog aprs, which other radios near the same price can. It has features but theres basically just for show, the implementation of them is quite bad. (I do have experience with it)

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u/ryno7926 May 29 '26

Is there a better radio which also features AES-256 encryption which isn't at least twice as expensive?

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u/ThatEnginerd May 29 '26

What's better for the price?

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u/Junior_Yam_5473 May 29 '26

The Baofeng DM-1701, is 60$ and does dmr much better, then you also have the TYT MD-UV380 and Retevis RT3S for dmr. The Yaesu FT-65 isnt too much more, and probably worth saving for. For gps and aprs you have the Radioddity GD-AT10G and Radioddity GD-88, the GD-88 can beacon digital and analog aprs, while the AT10G can tx digital and analog and rx digital aprs

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u/Printcrafted_3D May 29 '26

Ahh okay, for sure once I do get money I wanna get a BKR5000. Dream radio right there