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HereвЂ™s a basic guide to building a code plug from Dan K9NPX which covers the Radioditty GD-77 and Anytone AT-D868UV вЂ“. Cathy G6AMU has also created a code plug editor for the Retevis/TYT radios ( ) and Colin G4EML has created a few basic editors for several other radios ( ). Most manufacturers have a CPS per model of radio however Motorola uses one CPS which covers them all however itвЂ™s not readily available outside of the USA and legal copies can cost near ВЈ100. The CPS is free from all manufacturers except for Motorola.

Motorola are a little different in regards to channels as they do not have them in a separate section вЂ“ you create them in the zones or a channel pool (a location that does not appear in the radio and is useful when new channels can be created for future use). But the basics are all the same as your channel needs to be linked to a talk group, a scan list (if applicable) and placed into a zone. Some will have different setting options depending on the manufacturer and functionality offered, some will contain analogue and/or digital APRS setting and some will contain roaming. Overall, code plugs contain almost the same data вЂ“ settings, talk groups, contacts, Rx receive groups, zones, scan lists and channels. The code plug supplied by Moonraker covers the entire UK containing channels for hotspots, 2m/70cm simplex (FM and DMR), analogue repeaters, DMR repeaters and DMR gateways (subject to space limitations). Some vendors such as Moonraker and ML&S will offer a code plug вЂ“ the content and layout of these code plugs will vary due to different people writing them вЂ“ very few people do them in exactly the same way as they can be personalised to suit varied operating methods. Retevis/TYT code plugs can be used on the RT and MD versions of the radios and in many cases, can be used for different models (even between mono and dual band models), however there are some radio specific settings that will need to be completed such as the button allocations. Unfortunately, not many code plugs can be used in different radios especially across the varying manufacturers.

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