I live in south Florida, north of West Palm beach, and I have been on D-Star for a few months and I really like it. However, i do get to talk to Hams from all over the world on D-Star, and many have DMR as well. I hear that DMR could be better than D-Star, but I wanted to see for myself, so I bought the CSI 700 HT, and will need to program it for South Florida. I'm not exactly sure if I have a DMR repeater in Stuart, but maybe I do. I would like to know if someone would send me a code plug for South Florida to give me something to start with.
Without that, maybe someone has a good "Idiots Guide to programming a DMR radio in PDF format.
To be honest, to set a D-Star radio up, all one does it load Rt Systems software and select the D-Star calculator, then tell it where you live and load what you want from a menu. My radio was working in a few minutes. I tweak it a little as I get used to what I can do, versus what my radio currently does, and bring the programming up to my speed.
The D-Star group is fantastic in terms of how friendly they are , and who will help you understand D-Star.
The radio will arrive in a day or two via priority mail, and i will be very eager to get it working. I have an antenna at 40 feet, and will use this radio in the shack along side my D-Star radio. I operate D-star on HF, but i saw no reference to DMR on HF, does it exist?
I am currently reading The Amateur Radio Guide to Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) by John S. Burningham, W2XAB, dated october 2014. I find the DMR system to be better than D-Star in some respects, but far behind it in others. I will know if this is true once I get my radio programed and working. I plan to document this as a report for the D-Star community. Many of my D-Star friends are curious about DMR. if i say anything about DMR, i want it to be first hand, not something I heard, or read.
All help is appreciated.
Without that, maybe someone has a good "Idiots Guide to programming a DMR radio in PDF format.
To be honest, to set a D-Star radio up, all one does it load Rt Systems software and select the D-Star calculator, then tell it where you live and load what you want from a menu. My radio was working in a few minutes. I tweak it a little as I get used to what I can do, versus what my radio currently does, and bring the programming up to my speed.
The D-Star group is fantastic in terms of how friendly they are , and who will help you understand D-Star.
The radio will arrive in a day or two via priority mail, and i will be very eager to get it working. I have an antenna at 40 feet, and will use this radio in the shack along side my D-Star radio. I operate D-star on HF, but i saw no reference to DMR on HF, does it exist?
I am currently reading The Amateur Radio Guide to Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) by John S. Burningham, W2XAB, dated october 2014. I find the DMR system to be better than D-Star in some respects, but far behind it in others. I will know if this is true once I get my radio programed and working. I plan to document this as a report for the D-Star community. Many of my D-Star friends are curious about DMR. if i say anything about DMR, i want it to be first hand, not something I heard, or read.
All help is appreciated.