TYT MD-380 was one of the first platforms to receive M17 support through OpenRTX open-source firmware. A small modification was found out to be required to make it work with our protocol (its stream mode for digital voice). Many MD-380 users performed the required surgery.
Fast forward to Jan 2025: Rick KD0OSS provided a piece of code making it possible to receive and transmit M17 packets – text messages!
The test binary files are available here.
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