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Sadly, DPMR is a crap shoot because its a lotteri if i can communicate with other DPMR radios.But it does support analog, so at least its good for FM.
 

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Sadly, DPMR is a crap shoot because its a lotteri if i can communicate with other DPMR radios.But it does support analog, so at least its good for FM.
You'd need to make sure each brand is on the same standard. They'd make nice Echolink simplex micronodes.

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So whats the difference in DMR and DPMR?

(Besides the "P" in there) ;-)
 

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So whats the difference in DMR and DPMR?

(Besides the "P" in there) ;-)
The major difference between DMR and dPMR is the choice of multiple access scheme. DMR uses 2-slot TDMA to achieve two communication paths per 12.5kHz channel, whereas dPMR uses FDMA to divide the 12.5kHz channel in to two 6.25kHz sub-channels.

Essentially, dPMR is Tier I , whereas DMR is Tier II (or Tier III).
 

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That's a confusing way of describing it, because dPMR has its own tier 2 and 3.

More correctly, the terminology specified is Mode 1, Mode 2, and Mode 3. Also, those three "Modes" are not license free as dPMR446 is.

The main difference between dPMR and DMR however remains the digital encoding/decoding methods used.

DMR is - except for Tier I - TDMA. Tier I is FDMA

dPMR446, and dPMR Mode 1, Mode 2 and Mode 3 are all FDMA

The major takeaway however is that dPMR (any flavor) and DMR are not compatible with one another!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_private_mobile_radio
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Isn't that essentially what NXDN is?
 

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Trying to program one of these radios and having a bit of a problem. I didn't buy the programming cable but attempted to use a baofeng one. I get a device not recognized. Anyone have an Idea how to get around this or should I just order the proper cable?
 

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It says "unrecognized device" so doesn't even start a COM port. Works fine when plugged into the proper radio but not with this one. I'm guessing some behind the scenes voodoo/black magic at work. I went ahead and ordered the correct cable. Now I'm going to have to wait till next to to "play" with these guys.
 

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Trying to program one of these radios and having a bit of a problem. I didn't buy the programming cable but attempted to use a baofeng one. I get a device not recognized. Anyone have an Idea how to get around this or should I just order the proper cable?

Hello, What do you think about the radio? Good sound quality? Overall performance? Do you know what range you get? And on which frequencies do you use the radio?
Thanks in advance!
 

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So can I say dPMR is like single sideband, where it splits the frequency?

dPMR uses 6.25kHz per channel.
DMR uses 12.5kHz per channel, but only for 50% of the time.

Two usable channels will cost you 12.5KHz of spectrum in either case, but the physics determines that with a contiguous 12.5KHz, it's cheaper to use DMR to get your two channels. If you already have 12.5KHz of spectrum available, chances are it's contiguous, so that's why DMR is doing better.

I think the physics may also determine that a 6.25KHz radio is more efficient than a 12.5KHz one but I can't remember.
 
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