In my opening remarks I would suggest – Don’t Do It! You must be mental! On the other hand there is nothing better to get the little grey cells working.…

I am prompted to write a few lines owing to the state of some of the number of code-plugs I have seen recently. I have all the CPS software and…

GB7HT is an MMDVM UHF DMR Repeater, situated in Ashington, Northumberland – IO95FE, owned and operated by Chris G4NAB. Follow the dashboard here. The original hardware was the former F5ZLW…

When I first started my radio career, (NOT in the amateur field), I was always curious as to what went on, on the other channels, so I had already sown…

The things that strike me with hotspots, is how simple they are, and how difficult people make them. Most of the problems go away with reading more and preparation. There…

Every day I see posts on social media and other places where folk have made a code plug and have various issues with it. For the most part hotspot users…

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DMR – Digital Mobile Radio. As it stands the whole concept is a professional application of a dual slot time-division multiplex radio system, that has been adapted for use in…

*eli5 – Explain Like I’m 5 Fixed or Dynamic (user activated) Talk Groups versus Dynamic TalkGroupReWrites and reflectors. We are all familiar with the Baked Bean Can Telephone of our…

Normally the MMDVM is pretty foolproof regards D-Star and YSF, by DMR is a little more tricky. Equipment required: – The repeater (obviously) and an RTL/SDR Dongle running on a…

There are two ways to use DMR Gateway now that BrandMeister UK has finally accepted Talk Groups as the way to go, as I described over two years ago. The…

In the words of the Monty Python team, “Now for something completely different!” The tuning of Duplexers and cavities filters is not an experience to be taken lightly. The professionals…