As part of my exploration of DMR and my quest to play with as many radios as possible, I picked up the Kirisun DP770 from ebay. Overall the radio has a solid feel. The CPS is freely available, but be careful as the manufacturers website only has 1.5x posted, yet other hobby sites have 1.8x. I had issues initially with the 1.5x which were resolved by the 1.8x. Just odd that the manufacturers website had an old version.
The display was nice, but I noticed that when scanning, the radio would lock onto an active talk group, but the radio would not display the unit ID. It displayed fine when not scanning, so I’m guessing this was a firmware bug of some sort.
One cool feature is that the entire configuration can be exported to an XML file and you can freely edit it, and then import it back in. This makes it nice for making bulk changes such as adding a large number of contacts and or zones/channels. But, as when editing any XML file, BE CAREFUL. One comma in the wrong place, and the import will fail. So using proper caution, this is a good avenue for configuration.
The DP770 uses the same programming cable as the Motorola XPR6550. Since the seller failed to ship my radio with the cable, that was a major plus, as I already had the cable on-hand.
Ultimately I returned this radio to the seller. Since they were having issues providing all of the items that were included with the auction and the radio ID display behavior while scanning that I noted above, I just didn’t care to keep the radio. Additionally, as I understand it, Kirisun has been purchased by another company, so at this point, it’s a real unknown as to what the future both for the radio as well as development/support.
