Alinco Dj G7 Upgrade The Firmware

The price is too Build quality is just fine.robust and solid.

Battery life is excellent and even better with a AA pack.

Sensitivity is normal.same as all other HTs - except around 800mhz.where it is lower.no big whup.

Programming is easy once you figure it out for yourself- as the manual is poor.

Ive found features that are not in it, and forgot how I did them The belt-clip is wacky.

Odd. The sub-band set of volumechannel controls are too close to the antenna for comfort.

The external mic connector is under a metal screw.odd.

On another note, I remember reading an article where 23cm was used by railway tunnel engineers in the UK, as an experiment to see whether comms could be maintained.

The results were very good, with reports of no problem TX or RX through a mile or so of non straight tunnel.

Apparently the reflective qualities of 1296MHz, when faced with a brick faced tunnel proved very useful.

I had an X in the location next to the M or S for the Main or Sub.

I did a partial reset and was freed from the lock up but lost my settings.

Alinco Dj G7 Upgrade The Firmware

Solution - upgrade the firmware Note that the Yaesu 3.5mm programmimg lead will not work with the Alinco as it is wired differently.

The Alinco uses a 3.5mm 4 terminal socket but the tip and lowest part of the barrel are not used for programming.

I used a USB to serial converter that had a 3.5mm 3 terminal stereo plug.

But I made a coversion lead to a 3.5mm 4 terminal stereo plug.

And take care as the Alinco has a threaded section on the socket.

This meant that I had to leave the plastic cover on the 3.5mm 4 terminal 3.5mm plug unscrewed to get the connector to mate properly.

Alinco Dj G7 Manual