Top dials (channel/volume) turn and rest well and are firmly seated. I gently removed this screen from the body (held in-place by a tacky retaining strip inside) and applied a very small dab of superglue on each inside corner and re-seated into the front panel. The unit that I was shipped came with that same plastic screen cover slightly detached at the left lower corner. Four menu navigation buttons are seated above these. Front panel buttons are semi-soft opaque plastic material with alpha-numerics printed onto them.

The speaker is embedded behind the keypad panel, emitting audio through six small slots. The unit is not referenced as waterproof or water-resistant. Seam lines are fitted together snugly and uniformly. I find it very functional, less obstructive to belt-clip carry, more cosmetically appealing and an affordable add-on to this radio.īUILD QUALITY (score 4):The Alinco DJ-MD5T body is comprised of a durable black plastic outer case. It's gain is 2.15/3.5 dBi respectively and it can handle up to 5 watts. it's 1/4 wave on 2 meters and a 5/8 wave on 70cm. The Comet is a three inch 2M/70cm flexible rubber duck antenna.

PLEASE NOTE that I've mounted a Comet SMA209J sma-female antenna in place of the OEM antenna (see below photos). This prompted me to write my own product review. Only slightly heavier and thicker than my analog Alinco DJ-500T, it's become my new everyday carry radio. At that time, there were virtually no reviews or user-made reference materials available. I purchased the DJ-MD5T (with GPS) shortly after it was released in the US, late August 2018. OVERVIEW: Please feel free to watch my basic overview video for this radio, found here. A complete features listing may be found at, DJ-MD5T. It also receives FM radio broadcasts ranging from 76.00 MHz to 108.00 MHz. This radio ships with one 1700mAh rechargeable battery, an OEM 'high gain antenna', a charging cradle and adapter, USB programming cable, belt clip and wrist lanyard. The Alinco DJ-MD5T is a dual band 2M/70cm 5W analog and digital DMR handheld transceiver that is compact, lightweight and quite capable.

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