Odmaster 12+

I used this app with a TIDRADIO TD-H8 ham version running on iPad OS. I opened the app with skip sign-in. To connect to Bluetooth I had to click the program button first, then go back to connect Bluetooth, select mfr. and model. It is necessary to go back to program, select channels, go back to read, go back to program, select settings, then go back to read again. This is necessary to pick up both the channels and the VFO settings. Make changes needed to either or both, then click write.

If you aren’t careful, you may lose channel or VFO settings. The app is a bit dodgy in this respect. In all honesty it is probably easier to program the TD-H8 from the front panel because the TD-H8 is fairly easy and logical to program. Where the app would work best is for cloning new radios from one you have manually set up and read into odmaster. You switch radios by going back to connect Bluetooth and picking a different radio. It is hard to tell which radio you are programming unless you know the MAC address or have just one at a time turned on.

You don’t get to save your settings to the app unless you sign in on line, which I don’t want to do. I already have enough compulsory accounts and I don’t want to set up yet another account.

This app will only read in iOS 14.6 but will read and write files in iOS 14.4. The app is a little clunky, the saved files button is missing, but you can still tap the empty area to get to your list of files. Also, anything saved is saved in the app’s cloud location, convenient when changing devices, but i don’t think that was made clear (I did not rear the terms…). Overall, it’s extremely convenient having this to load different program files or to program someone else’s radio on the fly or in the field.

Five Stars! I used Odmaster to program 20 Retevis radios in the field - no computer, just my cell phone running Odmaster and the Tidradio Bluetooth programmer device. I loved the channel display of channels that let me go directly to any channel by touching a tile! The programming was faster than using Chirp. I wouldn’t have been able to see my computer screen in the bright sunlight and I would have needed a way to keep my laptop charged. But with the tiny Tidradio Bluetooth programmer, I was able to program the radios in seconds! It was reliable and easy - much better than using a PC and cable. No problem with unsupported cables - the Bluetooth interface just worked.