MD380 with zumspot - no rx audio

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delradio

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I set up a sunspot with my mdr380. Local repeaters are out of reach so I have never been able to verify the raidio works. I have set up several channels and one of them is BM TG 4000. I can see where my radio transmits on this talkgoup and using the pi-star dashboard it looks like a response come in on TG9.

No matter what I do I can't receive any signal on my MD 380. I set the side buttons to enable monitor mode but when I use them no static is heard. Its like my radio is muted. Any thoughts?
 

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Is your squelch set to high?
I set up a sunspot with my mdr380. Local repeaters are out of reach so I have never been able to verify the raidio works. I have set up several channels and one of them is BM TG 4000. I can see where my radio transmits on this talkgoup and using the pi-star dashboard it looks like a response come in on TG9.

No matter what I do I can't receive any signal on my MD 380. I set the side buttons to enable monitor mode but when I use them no static is heard. Its like my radio is muted. Any thoughts?

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4000 drops all talkgroups from the reflectors. To use Brandmeister you just use the TG like you would with a repeater.

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I have read that 4000 will send back some sort of robot voice saying disconnected. I can see in my zumspot dashboard that 4000 appears to reply and when listening on another radio i can here the digital sound coming from the zumspot. The md380 shows reception bars but no audio.
 

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Most likely its responding on tg9.. as you have observed.

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Yes i think thats correct. Are there any talk groups where i could test the radio? I have tried talking in several groups but i have never heard any response. Not sure if no one is on or if i have a misconfiguration
 

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set up a private call to TG 9990.. This is the Parrot and will transmit back to you what ever you say once you key up..
Just like a parrot..
 

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310 311.. take your pick.. 310 is almost always busy..

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Those are the tac groups right? What does tac stand for?

Also do i have to keep up and identify in those groups in order to hear audio? I assume thats the only way the zumspot would know to switch to that contact and start transmitting audio?
 

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Tactical.. but nobody uses them that way.. 310 can be a cesspool of clicks and hotspot loops, but it's a great place to make sure your radio gears your spot as it's almost always busy

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Delradio I'm monitoring BM TG 31374 for the next bit if you need someone to test with. Ki4anz Clay
 

delradio

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Thanks for all of the help guys. I programmed some of the channels you suggested and I was able to hear audio and even joined a TN net last night. I did have a couple of questions about DMR in general.

I identified on TAC310 and heard a conversation. I changed the channels on my radio but my radio kept going back to the conversation on 310. Is this something I set by accident? Maybe monitoring on my radio?

Also it seems like to get my zumspot to switch to a new channel I have to transmit on that channel which is possibly interrupting someone else. Is this the case ?
 

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Yes it is the case with most hotspots. Until you tell the spot (by keying your ht) that you moved to a different talkgroup.. it has no way of knowing you did so. They can, unless duplex, only run one talkgroup at a time.

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