Amateur Radio: DMR
Revised 2021-02-24
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Get your amateur radio license…
What is DMR?
DMR For Dummies
What Is DMR? (also see Tait videos a> )
Get/Register a DMR ID
RadioID.net (worldwide registration mark>)
Amateur Radio Notes by KE0FHS
Networks
BrandMeister Network
BrandMeister Explained
BrandMeister News
BrandMeister Talkgroups
Hoseline
— A capability to listen to talkgroups using a browser, prior to early 2020, apparently permanently disappeared by September or October 2020. Hoseline fails with a "502 Bad Gateway" error message. A message in Telegram stated that the developer is no longer interested in the project. Some talkgroups may be streamed elsewhere, but no list is known. Android users: see Droid–Star for a solution.
TG 31360 TriState Info
BrandMeister Bans
CCS7 User Database (search by call or DMR ID)
Changelog (network software changes)
Digital Communications Interconnect
Talkgroups
Digital Mobile Radio (DMR)
DMR Learning Series by KD8TWG
DMR Learning Series by K8JTK
DMR-MARC
Worldwide Talkgroups
Ham Digital
Hotspot Security
Configure Hotspot Security (Pi-Star, openSpot, BlueDV)
Hotspot Security, Pi-Star
Last Heard
3021 Canada
3134 New Jersey
31088 CO HD
31360 TriState
31629 SW Iowa ‐ Nebraska
31660 Ocean County NJ
310015 Fair Lawn (NJ) ARC
Messaging
Server Locations in USA
Server Masters
Talkgroup Activity Aggregator | K3HEX (Easy-to-read last-heard one–page overview) Note: As of November 2020, aggregation appears to be not working.
Talkgroups (Download CSV etc list using buttons atop page)
Twitter @BMMasterStatus (monitors status of BrandMeister servers)
Weirdness (changing master servers…)
HBLink (HBLink provides a suite of programs for building and extending existing networks.)
HBlink@DVSwitch.groups.io
HBlink for Python3
HBlink Monitoring Server: ColoradoHD.31088
Make Your Own DMR Server
T G I F Network
Pi-Star Configuration for T G I F
T G I F Forum
T G I F Lands in Pi-Star
T G I F through the DMRGATEWAY (older method)
T G I F Talkgroups
T G I F Windows
Contact Lists
AmateurRadio.digital
DMR Contact List Download
Hotspots
Firmware Upgrade— A firmware release in the late fall of 2020 has prompted discussions on how to upgrade and if it is necessary to do so. A suggestion: before upgrading, make a note the firmware version currently in use. The following includes a select list of links related to upgrading tophat firmware. The list is not comprehensive. FWIW I don't believe it is necessarily beneficial to upgrade firmware, but the choice is yours. User beware. Your mileage may vary.
New MMDVM_ HS_Hat firmware released (message thread)
Latest Firmware? (message thread)
MMDVM_ HS Releases
Updating hotspot firmware via Pi-Star
Resources
Hotspot Offset Calibration | K9NPX
ZUMspot & MMDVM Demo Page
ZUMspot Raspberry Pi Info and Setup
ZUMspot—DMR Hotspot
Vendors— The following includes a select list of hotspots, based upon conversations with persons whose opinions I and friends trust. The list is not comprehensive. Links are not endorsements. Buyer beware. Your mileage may vary.
DMRspot
Hotspots by Ailunce
MMDVM Duplex Hotspot | Commswg
NEX-GEN Custom Hot Spots
SharkRF openSPOT
Time Converter Time Converter
Nets
Sunday
Monday
PAPA DMR Roundtable: TG 31077 (Mon 2000 Pacific time)
Tuesday
Colorado HD Hotspot Discussion Net: TG 31088 (Tue 1930 Mountain time – 2130 Eastern – excellent!)
Colorado HD Net Recordings
Telegram (secure online chat)
TG31088 Net Check-in
Colorado Digital HD Net Resources
DMR Information Net: TG 31648 (Tue 1930 Central time, net control KC5RJL)
East Coast Reflector Tech & Swap-Shop Net (Tue 2000 Eastern time)
North Star Digital Net: TG 31630 (Tue 2000 Eastern time—DMR news, discussion et al; net control WA2UMP)
Wednesday
Georgia DMR Net: TG 3113 (Wed 2000 Eastern time—DMR news, discussion et al)
Thursday
NJ Emergency Communications Team Net: TG 3134 (Thu 1900 Eastern time— emergency comms purpose; net control K2HES)
Tidewater (VA) DMR Net: TG 31515 (Thu 2100 Eastern time—DMR news, discussion et al; net control WZ4K)
31171 Net: TG 31171 (Thu 2000 Central time—general purpose net, see link for additional multiproticol inputs; net control KB9TZQ )
#redditnet FakeHam LIDNet: TG 98003 (Thu 2130 Eastern time—fun and sometimes silly)
Friday
Saturday
F-troop: TG 505005 (Sat 0000 UTC – general purpose net) (also on AllStar/Echolink)
Lists, Other Sources
K4KNJ: Ham Radio DMR Nets ( on Telegram)
N8NQP : Digital Repeater System Calendar : Nets
NEX-GEN: DMR Nets
Quadnet2 Nets
Rickey: DMR Nets
Sierra Nevada Amateur Radio Society | SNARS : Nets
W0WC: BrandMeister DMR Nets
Pi–Star
BrandMeister API
BrandMeister Talkgroup List
Color Schema
CW ID
Cautionary MMDVM Tale
Pi-Star CW ID
DMR+ with Pi-Star (add DMR+ networks to co-exist with BrandMeister)
Forums
FCS Reflectors
Github: Andy Taylor (explore the inner workings of Pi-Star)
Groups.io: Pi-Star Users Support Group
Hotspot Interface
Make a Full Pi-Star Image File
MMDVM Scrolling Logo
MMDVMCAL
Pi-Star Colors
Pi–Star Deep Dive (podcast)
Remote Commands | Shutdown & Reboot
Road to the MMDVM
Updating and upgrading Pi-Star
Wiki
Private Calls & SMS Text Messaging
Radios
TYT MD-380
Scanning (setting up scan lists on 380/390)
TYT MD-UV380
Comments on the TYT MD-UV380
60 Days with the TYT MD-UV380 (source: HVDN )
Firmware Update: TYT MD-UV380/390 Update 17.05 (also CPS software) (source: HVDN )
Teardown & Comparison: TYT MD-UV380: Part 1 & Part 2 (source: HVDN )
Raspberry Pi
Reflectors
Colorado Digital Multiprotocol Reflector Gateway #31088
DCI c-Bridge Netwatch – Active Talker & Last Heard List
KC5HWB CBridge 2.0 NetWatch (Home)
Netwatch NJ-TRBO
Pi-Star Multi-Reflector #31672
What is the Pi-Star Multi-Reflector?
XLX Multiproticol Gateway Reflector | KC2IDB
Repeaters
Frequency (Repeater) Coordinating Councils—USA & Canada
Repeater Networks
K4USD Network
N2JTI NJ-NY-PA DMR Ham Radio Network
N2NSA NY Metro DMR Repeater Network
WR3IRS Interstate Repeater System
Resources
Amateur Radio Guide to Digital Mobile Radio
Basics of DMR Digital Mobile Radio | Radioddity
Codeplugs
CQ DMR Map by EA2CQ
Dealers— A select list of dealers, based upon conversations with persons whose opinions I and friends trust, selling DMR radios. The list is not comprehensive. Links are not endorsements. Buyer beware. Your mileage may vary.
Amateur Radio Toys
Bridgecom Systems
Buy Two Way Radios
Connect Systems Inc
Let's Get Ready
Smraza (Raspberry Pi)
DMR Shack | DMR Blog and Review
DMR Shack | DMR to YSF
DMRTexas
First Coast DMR
Ham Radio Concepts
Ham Radio DMR | Telegram
Ham Radio 2.0 (more videos )
Hotspot—Hardware Network Switch: BrandMeister–DMR Marc
Hudson Valley (NY) Digital Network
Introduction to DMR | Tait Radio Academy (Series of videos; commercial, but useful—have a look)
N5AMD's Digital Voice Resource
Reddit: DMR
Powerwerx Software Downloads (radios, USB cable drivers, firmware, DMR contact CSV files, codeplugs)
Roger Clark, Freelance IT Consultant & Developer — OpenGD77 Project
OpenGD77 Forum OpenGD77 conversations have mostly moved to the BrandMeister talkgroup 98977.
Using APRS on DMR…
VA2PV Ham Radio Video Playlist
Additional Digital Resource Materials
SMS Text Messaging
Software
Droid–Star (listen to DMR, D–Star, Fusion on Android)
Codeplug; Building a…— There are numerous YouTube videos but I prefer the printed word. Your mileage may vary.
DMR Codeplug 1.0.1 | K3NXU
How to Build a Code Plug | K9NPX
Codeplug; Organizing a… —Choosing talkgroups and grouping them into zone lists.
Codeplugs; Sample…— Codeplugs are enigmas. Whereas it is best to learn to build your own codeplug, looking at samples can help. These repositories may be helpful. Third-party codeplug editors (below) can convert file formats and make global changes. — If using a sample codeplug, you may have to change the hotspot simplex frequency to conform to your area's bandplan, cf. USA & Canadian Frequency Coordinators .
Anytone Codeplugs by State (see warning)
Colorado Digital Codeplugs
DMR at Foxhollow
DMR Starter Codeplugs… | Miklor
DMRTexas National Codeplugs
DMRTexas User-contributed Codeplugs
DMR-Utah Codeplugs
Florida Digital Amateur Radio Network Codeplugs
Hoosier DMR Codeplug Vault
Hudson Valley Digital Network Codeplug Repository
Minnesota DMR Codeplugs
N2JTI NJ-NY-PA & WR3IRS DMR Codeplugs
TYT MD-UV380/390 Basic Codeplug | Parker (CO) Radio Assn
Codeplug Editors— FYI. I haven't evaluated or thoroughly tested all editors. Third-party editors that not been updated since January 2020 have been removed from this webpage listing. See my notes . Back up your codeplug file(s) before using an editor. I like, use and support N0GSG 's software; recommended.
N0GSG Contact Manager (manipulate codeplugs)
SD Card Tools— I suggest using 16gb or 32gb Class 10 SanDisk or PNY cards. Don't depend upon the cheap no-name cards found in some hotspots, including those from China.
SD Memory Card Formatter
Win32 Disk Imager
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