Category Archives: D-Star

AMSAT DSTAR Reflector

Posted on September 19, 2022 by robert

While there isn’t a whole bunch of DMR activity in the New England area, one of the Talkgroups that is fairly active is 98006, which is the AMSAT Talkgroup.  That DMR Talkgroup has been bridged over to the DSTAR world. … Continue reading →

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DVMEGA Cast Up and Running!

Posted on June 4, 2022 by robert

I’ve used a number of digital radios/modes, but have settled into using a local Hotspot and a HT (either DSTAR, Fusion, or DMR, of course).  The Hotspot worked very well, but it seemed like the radio was never in the … Continue reading →

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Hotspot Updated to 4.1.4

Posted on April 19, 2021 by robert

It’s nice to have a hobby like Amateur Radio in retirement as it can keep you very busy.  There is always something new to do, or you might rotate through various aspects of the hobby as your interest comes and … Continue reading →

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Buster running on MacBook

Posted on June 9, 2020 by robert

One of the programs that can use the AMBE Server is “Buster” which is a Mac OS program.  It appears to support only DSTAR, but it is working well on my Mac.  I did have to shut the program down … Continue reading →

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Zum AMBE3000 Server

Posted on June 9, 2020 by Bob Beatty

As I was configuring my BlueDV to work with my ancient DV 3000K USB AMBE3000 device, I notice some comments about using an “AMBE Server” which caused me to do some digging.  The early devices like my DV 3000K were … Continue reading →

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BlueDV Running with DV 3K Dongle

Posted on May 25, 2020 by robert

Taking full advantage of a reduced workload these past few days, I found myself thinking of DMR again after stumbling across the Zumspot AMBE Server.  That seemed like an excellent non-radio means of bringing up DMR, DSTAR or Fusion on … Continue reading →

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Where we wound up: ID-5100 Programming for the Blind

Posted on January 15, 2020 by robert

Over the past few days I’ve put in about 18 hours trying various methods of programming the ID-5100 so it would be useful for a blind ham.  I’ve discussed the problems with the radio and its very limited speech synthesizer … Continue reading →

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Stymied with ID-5100 Programming

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Bob Beatty

My struggles continue to get a useful programming set for Ryan’s ID-5100.  I’ve been at this for many hours over the past few days.  Every time I think I’ve worked out something that might be useful, some quirk shows up … Continue reading →

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A Plea to Amateur Radio Gear Designers

Posted on January 13, 2020 by robert

I’ve commented a few times about a young ham that I spent about 18 months getting ready for his Technician License.  This was a bit more difficult journey due to Ryan being blind.  After a year of being on the … Continue reading →

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Yaesu System Fusion and ZumSpot Hotspot

Posted on August 18, 2018 by robert

My friend Pete, W1LAB, one of our DSTAR and Linux gurus, mentioned that he had become interested in a new HotSpot, the ZumSpot, that has become quite popular and is sold by HRO.  Part of the appeal was the rather … Continue reading →

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