Category Archives: DMR

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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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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AMSAT DMR Net (Wed 10 PM ET on TG98006)

Posted on February 18, 2020 by robert

My thanks to Walter, K5WH, who was nice enough to confirm that my DMR Radio was working on the AMSAT Talk Group 98006.  Walter also indicated that there is a 10 PM Eastern Time net that meets every Wednesday run … Continue reading →

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Using a TYT MD-430 with a pi-star Gateway

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Bob Beatty

*** Updated 19:15 UTC Jan 21 *** My thanks to KB1YSK, Stan, who was the first station that I heard on NA TalkGroup 93.  We had a nice contact, confirming that my first guess at a CodePlug for the MD-430 … Continue reading →

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DMR 2 YSF Crossover

Posted on April 5, 2019 by robert

Having now gotten my DJ-MD5 working well on DMR, I figured it was time to up the stakes and see if I could use the DMR2YSF bridge feature.  Sure enough it works, although not fully yet.  It appears that the … Continue reading →

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Update on DMR and ZumSpot

Posted on April 5, 2019 by robert

Back in December, I wrote a post about my initial impressions of the Alinco DJ-MD5GP Type 90 approved DMR/Analog Dual Band HT.  With no DMR repeaters nearby (and only a couple in all of RI), I needed to use this … Continue reading →

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Fumbling through ZumSpot setup and DMR

Posted on December 24, 2018 by robert

So the next step was to enable DMR services on the ZumSpot.  That was easy, but several more menu items relating to DMR popped up.  Suspecting that I didn’t want to be linked to Europe, I changed over to some … Continue reading →

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