The Alinco DJ-MD5TGP is indeed a high quality product and assembled/manufactured in Japan and not China like most, not all Alinco communications equipment. I just want to point this out that there is no bad workmanship inside this radio, especially since many find it easy to question construction capabilities of radios made today to save costs because of frugal or entry level customers. If you have really good eyesight, you may notice what appears to be sloppy soldering on the MCU, but this is intentional.Īlinco has bridged the shown pins on purpose, just like as found in the earlier Alinco DJ-MD5 radio as well as the Anytone AT-D878UV and the earlier AT-868UV. The below non-RF major component table will help guide us along.īoth versions main PCB interestingly both show that they are both considered revision 2.0, but with different date of manufacture codes. I did the hard work so you do not have to by doing a basic tear down of the DJ-MD5XTG and comparing it to the DJ-MD5TGP, which I also tore down back in November 2018.
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If you are looking to sell your original DJ-MD5 series radio to offset the cost in buying the new radio or are looking for a deal, please think about some of the following based on the teardown of the new DJ-MD5XTG. The major difference between it and the Alinco DJ-MD5TGP is the inclusion of GPS functionality. When purchasing an Alinco DJ-MD5 series radio, there are now three versions that have been created and the most basic DJ-MD5T is discontinued. It does not or at least officially, which makes the band coverage on par with the popular Anytone AT-D878UV, available from vendors such as Bridgecom.Īt the time of this article, the second generation Alinco DMR DJ-MD5XTG is available in the United States by DX Engineering. Let me first start out and dispel a rumor I created that the latest Alinco DJ-MD5XTG would support the 220 MHz band. This article details from the inside out, what makes this model different than its predecessor. Much has happened in the world of amateur radio since and Alinco continues to do interesting things via its latest DMR handheld offering, the DJ-MD5XTG. What can I cay, I have always liked Alinco products going back to my first ever HT, the credit card sized Alinco DJ-C1T.